{"373821":{"#nid":"373821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gerhardt Named Goizueta Foundation Faculty Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERosario Gerhardt, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), has been named Tech\u2019s new Goizueta Foundation Faculty Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Goizueta chair position is awarded to outstanding tenured faculty who have demonstrated excellence in research and teaching, as well as leadership in the campus Hispanic community and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to me to be able to share my story with people,\u201d said Gerhardt, who was born in Peru and had the experience of being an international student when she came to the U.S. for college. She studied and worked at Carroll College, Columbia University, and Rutgers University before coming to Tech as an associate professor in 1991.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the interim years, she was granted tenure and later promoted to full professor in MSE. In her academic work, she has published more than 200 papers, garnered more than $5 million in research funding, and has personally advised and mentored more than 100 individuals at all levels, including faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and K-12 teachers and their students. Her scientific research focuses on determining the underlying structure of materials and how that structure affects a given material\u2019s electrical, optical, and magnetic response. Her work has applications in areas such as electronics, energy, transportation, and security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to serving as an academic mentor, Gerhardt has also served as a guest speaker and supporter for several campus groups and is principal empowerment officer for HOLA, the employee resource group for Hispanics, Latinos, and allies. In 2011 she took on the part-time role of executive director for the Office of Institute Diversity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding is provided to the Goizueta chair for academic and research activities and to support efforts related to service as a role model for Hispanic students. Gerhardt plans to use some funds for updating lab equipment, activities with recipients of the Goizueta Foundation Fellowship, and continuing her work with the GoSTEM outreach program. Though she works with these students already through her role with Institute Diversity, she hopes to grow those activities in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing the new Goizueta Foundation Chair will give me a little more clout and more opportunities to interact with them on new projects,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her personal life, Gerhardt has raised two female engineers, both Tech graduates, who work in science and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cShe is a true embodiment of what the Goizueta Faculty Chair at Georgia Tech should be \u2014 passionate about her job as a professor, committed to mentoring the underrepresented, and providing inspiration by being an example of what one can accomplish at an institution such as Georgia Tech,\u201d said Naresh Thadhani, professor and chair for MSE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGerhardt looks forward to leveraging the role and resources of the Goizueta chair to continue her service as a role model and advocate for other underrepresented minorities on campus. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s really important for students to know that it is possible to do whatever you set your mind to,\u201d she said. \u201cSometimes it requires certain sacrifices, but the bottom line is, no one should ever feel that because they are from a particular group that they don\u2019t have the opportunity. All that is needed is hard work and the will to do it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGerhardt\u2019s appointment officially begins Aug. 15.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe chair position is awarded to outstanding tenured faculty who have demonstrated excellence in research and teaching, as well as leadership in the campus Hispanic community and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The chair position is awarded to outstanding tenured faculty who have demonstrated excellence in research and teaching, as well as leadership in the campus Hispanic community"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-02-05 17:27:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:50","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"373831":{"id":"373831","type":"image","title":"Rosario Gerhardt","body":null,"created":"1449246186","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:06","changed":"1475894344","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:04","alt":"Rosario Gerhardt","file":{"fid":"75113","name":"rosariogerhardt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rosariogerhardt.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rosariogerhardt.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":691529,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rosariogerhardt.jpg?itok=YXXzc2by"}}},"media_ids":["373831"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Institute Diversity"},{"url":"http:\/\/mse.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Materials Science and Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8016","name":"CoE"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"2674","name":"goizueta"},{"id":"117741","name":"hispanic initiatives"},{"id":"4497","name":"Materials Science and Engineering"},{"id":"10774","name":"MSE"},{"id":"15362","name":"Office of Institute Diversity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}