{"472461":{"#nid":"472461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aerospace Student Wins Inaugural 3MT Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom monster El Ni\u00f1os to electronic spaghetti, the thesis topics covered during Georgia Tech\u2019s inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition were as different as the students who presented them. But it was a compelling argument to leave ancient rocket engines behind that brought home the gold.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Nov. 18, Jonathan Walker, a Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering, walked away from the competition with a $2,000 research travel grant. He will also represent Tech at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools annual meeting, which will be held in February 2016 in Charlotte, N.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther winners included the following Ph.D. students:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERunner up: Marian Hettiaratchi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBiomedical Engineering \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBiomedical Engineering Heparin Microparticles: A New Method for Bone Regeneration\u003C\/em\u003E $1,500 research travel grant\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThird Place and People\u2019s Choice: Pamela Grothe\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEarth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECoral-thermometers and Monster El Ninos\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E$1,000 and $500 research travel grants\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVideos of all of the presentations can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLme0Eox75uXZUoNpobrD3t64C3mjBg9-R\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. For more information about the 3MT competition at Georgia Tech, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.grad.gatech.edu\/3MT\u0022\u003Ewww.grad.gatech.edu\/3MT.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom monster El Ni\u00f1os to electronic spaghetti, the thesis topics covered during Georgia Tech\u2019s inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition were as different as the students who presented them. But it was a compelling argument to leave ancient rocket engines behind that brought home the gold.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jonathan Walker, a Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering, won this year\u0027s Georgia Tech 3MT Competition."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2015-11-23 11:14:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:08","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"472451":{"id":"472451","type":"image","title":"3MT Winners","body":null,"created":"1449257190","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:30","changed":"1475895223","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:43","alt":"3MT Winners","file":{"fid":"203954","name":"b16c3403-p1-060.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/b16c3403-p1-060_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/b16c3403-p1-060_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1745592,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/b16c3403-p1-060_0.jpg?itok=RDOoZhZb"}}},"media_ids":["472451"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.grad.gatech.edu\/3MT","title":"3MT Competition"}],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"118381","name":"faculty affairs"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pavlik@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGraduate Education and Faculty Development\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}