{"394281":{"#nid":"394281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Honored for Academic, Research Contributions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the close of the academic year approaches, many Georgia Tech students are celebrating with honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations in recognition of their academic prowess.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/media\/news\/release.php?nid=392941\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMuhannad Bakir\u003C\/strong\u003E , \u003Cstrong\u003EHyung Suk (James) Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EChaoqi Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E earned IEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Best Paper Award in the Advanced Packaging Technologies category.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/brandie-banner-georgia-society-professional-engineers%E2%80%99-student-year-cee-alumni-take-top-awards\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrandie Banner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a civil and environmental engineering major, was named Engineering Student of the Year by the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/media\/news\/6571\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlice Grossman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, was named a 2015 Eno Center for Transportation Fellow.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETimothy Kassis\u003C\/strong\u003E, a graduate student in bioengineering, earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication Award.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/media\/news\/release.php?nid=390391\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EXin Li\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, received the Best Paper Award at the Photoptics 2015 conference.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/media\/news\/release.php?nid=387151\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENelson Lourenco\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, earned a 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Graduate Scholarship.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETravis Meyer\u003C\/strong\u003E, a graduate student in biomedical engineering, and \u003Cstrong\u003EGregory Richards\u003C\/strong\u003E, a graduate student in physics, were selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer in Lindau, Germany.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERob Parrish\u003C\/strong\u003E, a graduate student in chemistry, earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication Award.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/media\/news\/6565\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECorinna Slater\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a civil and environmental engineering major, earned the Joe T. Laboon Award for excellence as a co-op student.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the close of the academic year approaches, many Georgia Tech students are celebrating with honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations in recognition of their academic prowess.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As the close of the academic year approaches, many Georgia Tech students are celebrating with honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations in recognition of their academic prowess."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-04-07 10:16:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:58","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"2188","name":"Honors"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"167034","name":"student awards"}],"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":""}}}