{"452181":{"#nid":"452181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Spotlight: ISyE Grad Students Awarded ARCS Scholarships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE graduate students Kevin Ryan and Amy Musselman each have been awarded an ARCS Scholars Award from Georgia Tech. According to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.arcsfoundation.org\u0022\u003EARCS Atlanta website\u003C\/a\u003E, ARCS awards recognize the \u201cbest and brightest\u201d students in their fields \u2026 and meet high standards for academic excellence.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISyE graduate student Kevin Ryan has received $7,500 from the Achievement Rewards for Academic Scientists program (ARCS). When asked how he felt about receiving the award, he said, \u201cHumbled and a bit vindicated. On the one hand, I know the history of the award and the amazing researchers who have won it in the past.\u0026nbsp;To live up to the standards that they have set will be a challenge.\u0026nbsp;On the other hand, I feel that now I can say with more confidence that I must be doing something right in my research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERyan chose Operations Research at ISyE because of the depth and breadth of the faculty. He looks forward to pursuing \u201cthe best research opportunities\u201d as a result of the award, and participating as a future ARCS member.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISyE graduate student Amy Musselman has been awarded the $10,000 Global Impact Award from the Achievement Rewards for Academic Scientists (ARCS). Musselman chose to do her Ph.D. at ISyE because of the numerous faculty doing applied research in a wide array of fields. When she received notification about winning the ARCS award, she was sitting on the beach in Belize with two friends, and she thought, \u201cCould my life be much better right now?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMusselman has tried to focus her research on areas that will have a positive social or environmental impact and see the ARCS award as confirmation that others see her work as valuable as well.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Amy Musselman and Kevin Ryan, both ISyE grad students, have been awarded scholarships from ARCS"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2015-09-25 09:21:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:36","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"452151":{"id":"452151","type":"image","title":"Kevin Ryan Wins ARCS Scholarship","body":null,"created":"1449256280","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:20","changed":"1475895194","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:14","alt":"Kevin Ryan Wins ARCS Scholarship","file":{"fid":"203365","name":"kevinarcsphotot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kevinarcsphotot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kevinarcsphotot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":59091,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kevinarcsphotot_0.jpg?itok=xExUfxew"}},"452161":{"id":"452161","type":"image","title":"Amy Musselman Wins ARCS Award","body":null,"created":"1449256280","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:20","changed":"1475895194","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:14","alt":"Amy Musselman Wins ARCS Award","file":{"fid":"203366","name":"musselman-photo2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/musselman-photo2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/musselman-photo2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":77186,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/musselman-photo2_0.jpg?itok=lq5CaPue"}}},"media_ids":["452151","452161"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"142701","name":"Amy Musselman"},{"id":"133321","name":"ARCS"},{"id":"142691","name":"Kevin Ryan"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shelley.wunder-smith@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.385.4745\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["shelley.wunder-smith@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}