{"422881":{"#nid":"422881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"PhD Student Michael Patterson Named NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAE PhD student Michael Patterson has been awarded a graduate NASA Aeronautics Scholarship. He is one of only five graduate students nationwide selected by the program, which focuses on identifying students with the potential to become leaders in aeronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGraduate applicants were asked to submit a research proposal on a topic relevant to NASA\u0027s aeronautics mission.\u0026nbsp; Michael\u0027s proposal focused on developing multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization capabilities that will be used to study small aircraft powered by distributed propeller electric propulsion systems.\u0026nbsp; These aircraft offer the potential of greater efficiency and lower operating costs than traditional small aircraft powered by reciprocating engines.\u0026nbsp; With ongoing advancements in battery technologies, these aricraft may soon enable a new mode of low cost on-demand air transportation for people and\/or goods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMichael is advised by Prof. Brian German.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA NASA news release can be found\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press\/2013\/july\/nasa-announces-2013-aeronautics-scholarship-recipients\/#.UgAFApLVB8E\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and a list of all the scholarship recipients can be found\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aeronautics.nasa.gov\/2013_scholarship_recipients.htm\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AE PhD student Michael Patterson has been awarded a graduate NASA Aeronautics Scholarship."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-09 11:40:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:56","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"133351","name":"Michael Patterson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}