{"497351":{"#nid":"497351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Six GT-AE Students Receive Women in Engineering Scholarships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESix GT-AE undergraduates were recognized for their academic excellence late last month when\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Women in Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Egroup selected them to receive more than $8,000 in scholarships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESonia Thakur, Elizabeth Balga, Sarah Dailey, Sabrina Herman, Katherine Squire, and Brittni Walters\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;received sponsored scholarships through the group during its March 31 Awards Banquet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThakur\u0026nbsp; received a $1,000 scholarship funded by Kimberly Clark Corporation. Balga received a $1,000 scholarship funded through the B\/E Aerospace Corporation. Balga and Thakur were unavailable for the group photo this week because they were away at a professional conference (AIAA)\u0026nbsp; and aerospace competition (NASA) respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This does not surprise us one bit,\u0022 said Associate Chair Dr. Lakshmi Sankar.Thakur\u0026nbsp; received a $1,000 scholarship funded by Kimberly Clark Corporation. Balga received a $1,000 scholarship funded through the B\/E Aerospace Corporation. Balga and Thakur were unavailable for the group photo this week because they were away at a professional conference (AIAA)\u0026nbsp; and aerospace competition (NASA) respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022They are among the most committed students in our school.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESarah Dailey, 21, received a $2,000 scholarship from Lockheed Martin. The Canton, Georgia native -- daughter of GT-AE alums Brad and Kathleen (Bansavage) Dailey --\u0026nbsp; will be completing an internship this summer at Lockheed Martin, where she will be working\u0026nbsp; on the C-130J.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe United Technologies Corporation funded three $1,500 scholarships which went to Sabrina Herman, 20, of Tuscon, AZ, Katherine Squire, 22, of Sarasota, FL, and Brittni Walters, 20, of Pittsburgh, PA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHerman said she will be completing an internship at the Ratheon Corporation this summer where she will be working on the EKV for a Boeing missile system.The United Technologies Corporation funded three $1,500 scholarships which went to Sabrina Herman, 20, of Tuscon, AZ, Katherine Squire, 22, of Sarasota, FL, and Brittni Walters, 20, of Pittsburgh, PA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESquire is currently doing a flight test engineering internship at Lockheed, where she plans to continue working this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWalters is heading up to Connecticut this summer, where she will be involved in an airplane engine internship at Pratt \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Whitney.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That\u0027s pretty much what I want to do for a career,\u0022 she said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESonia Thakur, Elizabeth Balga, Sarah Dailey, Sabrina Herman, Katherine Squire, and Brittni Walters\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;received sponsored scholarships through the group during its March 31 Awards Banquet.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Six GT-AE undergraduates were recognized for their academic excellence late last month when Georgia Tech\u0027s Women in Engineering group selected them to receive more than $8,000 in scohlarships."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-09 13:29:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:38","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"497381":{"id":"497381","type":"image","title":"Six GT-AE Students Receive Women in Engineering Scholarships","body":null,"created":"1455120000","gmt_created":"2016-02-10 16:00:00","changed":"1475895253","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:13","alt":"Six GT-AE Students Receive Women in Engineering Scholarships","file":{"fid":"204570","name":"group_shot.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/group_shot_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/group_shot_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":319802,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/group_shot_0.png?itok=bksWANOP"}}},"media_ids":["497381"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"135091","name":"Brittni Walters"},{"id":"135041","name":"Elizabeth Balga"},{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"171662","name":"Katherine Squire"},{"id":"171663","name":"Sabrina Herman"},{"id":"171664","name":"Sarah Dailey"},{"id":"167132","name":"Scholarships"},{"id":"171665","name":"Sonia Thakur"},{"id":"10626","name":"WIE"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kathleen.moore@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}