{"425811":{"#nid":"425811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE alumnus Nicholas Picon selected by Aviation Week for Twenty20s List","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech alumnus and Marshall Scholar Nicholas Picon, AE \u201914, has been chosen by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;for inclusion in its 2014 Twenty20\u2019s list, an honor that he will officially receive at ceremonies to be held in Arizona this November.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe distinction is awarded annually by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E, in conjunction with Ratheon, to recognize 20 up-and-coming engineering stars who are either in school or beginning their careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m honored to receive the award just as I was honored to be nominated originally by my undergraduate advisor Dr. Marilyn Smith,\u0022\u0026nbsp;Picon said in an email sent from Nepal, where he is currently hiking to the Mount Everest base camp.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Dr. Smith was a fantastic advisor and mentor and I\u0027m very thankful for all of her help and advice during my undergraduate career. I cannot wait to meet the other winners!\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwenty20 candidates from across the country are drawn from a variety of majors \u2013 math, science, engineering, technology. More than 90 nominations were submitted this year. The winners are selected according to three criteria: academic excellence, research and projects undertaken, and contributions to the broader community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a letter announcing its decision to Picon earlier this week,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;lauded Picon for his dedication to research and for his many contributions to the Georgia Tech community. A former president of the Georgia Tech Student Government Association, Picon conducted research for both Rolls Royce and Boeing while at Georgia Tech. As a member of the GT chapter of Engineers Without Borders, he also participated in a service project in Honduras.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn November of 2013, Picon was chosen to receive the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, an honor that will allow him to pursue a graduate education in the United Kingdom. He plans to pursue\u0026nbsp;an MSc degree in autonomous vehicle dynamics \u0026amp; control at Cranfield University.\u0026nbsp;Later, he will pursue a degree in international conflict at King\u2019s College London.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe degrees are exactly what I want to do,\u201d Picon said. \u201cKing\u2019s College has a great War Studies department, and I\u2019ve been really excited since the first time I looked it up.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELater this fall,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;will publish a special section to recognize all 20 of this year\u2019s honored students. On November 20, it will hold a celebratory luncheon for the recipients at the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park, Arizona. This will coincide with\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E\u2019s annual Aerospace \u0026amp; Defense Programs Conference.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech alumnus and Marshall Scholar Nicholas Picon, AE \u201914, has been chosen by Aviation Week for inclusion in its 2014 Twenty20\u2019s list."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-16 14:06:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:08","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"10513","name":"Aviation Week"},{"id":"80921","name":"nicholas picon"},{"id":"134431","name":"Twenty20"}],"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":""}}}