{"446641":{"#nid":"446641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ayanna Howard Named to The Root 100","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAyanna Howard has been named to The Root 100 2015, a list of 100 African-Americans ages 25 to 45 who are responsible for the year\u2019s most significant moments, movements, and ideas. The Root is the premier news, opinion, and culture website for African-American influencers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoward placed at #92 on the list and was recognized for her innovations in robotics research and education. She was also lauded for her work as founder and chief technology officer at Zyrobotics, a startup company focused on robotics education and assistive technologies, especially as they relate to children with disabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA faculty member in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) since 2005, Howard holds the Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in Bioengineering and leads the Human-Automation Systems Lab. Before coming to Tech, she worked with NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she led robotic projects utilizing vision, fuzzy logic, and neural network methodologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theroot.com\/articles\/lists\/2015\/09\/the_root_100_2015\/ayanna_howard.html\u0022\u003EHoward\u2019s profile\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theroot.com\/articles\/culture\/2015\/09\/shonda_rhimes_tops_the_root_100_list_of_top_influencers.html\u0022\u003Ethe entire article\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at The Root website.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been named to The Root 100 2015, a list of 100 African-Americans ages 25 to 45 who are responsible for the year\u2019s most significant moments, movements, and ideas.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been named to The Root 100 2015, a list of 100 African-Americans ages 25 to 45 who are responsible for the year\u2019s most significant moments, movements, and ideas."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2015-09-10 15:45:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:33","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"348971":{"id":"348971","type":"image","title":"Tutoring robots - Ayanna Howard","body":null,"created":"1449245682","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:14:42","changed":"1475895073","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:13","alt":"Tutoring robots - Ayanna Howard","file":{"fid":"201007","name":"tutoring-robots-ayanna-howard.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tutoring-robots-ayanna-howard_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tutoring-robots-ayanna-howard_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1963414,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tutoring-robots-ayanna-howard_0.jpg?itok=fL32_4ED"}}},"media_ids":["348971"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=135","title":"Profile"},{"url":"http:\/\/humanslab.ece.gatech.edu\/humanslab\/Home.html","title":"Human-Automation Systems Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/zyrobotics.com\/","title":"Zyrobotics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"825","name":"Ayanna Howard"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"67281","name":"Human-Automation Systems Lab"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"141011","name":"The Root"},{"id":"103611","name":"Zyrobotics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}