{"426201":{"#nid":"426201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE student Joshua Carnes selected for NASA Aeronautics Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Aeronautics \u0026amp; Space Administration (NASA) has announced that GT-AE junior Joshua Carnes will receive one of its much-coveted 2014 Aeronautics Scholarships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Florida native is one of just 20 undergraduates, nationwide, who were chosen for the scholarship, which will provide as much as $40,000 in educational and training assistance over the next two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a part of that assistance, Carnes, 20, will take part in a summer internship at one of NASA\u0027s campuses.The GT-AE honors student hopes to land a slot in the Langley, VA facility next summer, but said he was thrilled to have any contact at all\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ewith NASA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027ve always been fascinated with space and with NASA, having grown up in Florida, where we were able to watch some of the shuttle launches,\u0022 he said. \u0022This is really an honor.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow in its seventh year, the NASA Aeronautics Scholarship is designed to assist undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in fields of study related to aeronautics. Scholarship recipients like Carnes will have the opportunity to intern with NASA researchers and work on developing technologies to increase efficiency in air traffic management, reduce aircraft noise, fuel consumption and emissions, and improve air safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarnes said that, while he is personally more interested in studying spacecraft, he is prepared to focus on aeronautics when he interns with NASA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I mean it\u0027s NASA,\u0022 he said. \u0022Maybe they\u0027ll convince me to change directions.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently Carnes is working with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/community\/staff\/bio\/johnson-e\u0022\u003EDr. Eric Johnson\u003C\/a\u003E, studying design optimization for UAVs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are designing a program to optimize part selection so that the vehicle you build will be able to meet all mission requirements, like having a certain amount of thrust or attaining a certain speed,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Right now, it\u0027s a bit of guesswork, sometimes.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJaiwon Shin, associate administrator for NASA\u0027s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington had high praise for Carnes and his fellow aeronautics scholars.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These students represent the future in aeronautics research. Besides receiving NASA assistance to pay college costs, they will work side-by-side with NASA scientists and engineers to help solve today\u0027s most demanding air transportation system problems.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The National Aeronautics \u0026 Space Administration (NASA) has announced that GT-AE junior Joshua Carnes will receive one of its much-coveted 2014 Aeronautics Scholarships."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-16 15:25:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:12","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"134261","name":"Joshua Carnes"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"}],"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":""}}}