{"497691":{"#nid":"497691","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aaron Blacker: This Ramblin\u0027 Rocketeer is Rocking it","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe end of the academic year has been a little busier than usual for GT-AE sophomore Aaron Blacker.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to putting together a presentation on his passion for spaceflight for the Georgia Tech TECHx student speaking competition, he served as the president of the Ramblin\u0027 Rockets Club, participated in research at the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab, and prepared submissions for the\u0026nbsp; AIAA Regional Conference, held in Savannah April 10-12.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBlacker\u0027s extracurriculars may have had the New York native burning the candle at both ends, but he is not complaining.\u0026nbsp; His TECHx presentation, \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SHqpVYTb6Uo\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiscover the Intangible\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 was the only student-produced talk chosen for the April 4 TEDx-Georgia Tech conference, held at the\u0026nbsp; Academy of Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022All of the other presenters were people with real jobs,\u0022 said Blacker.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work with the Ramblin Rockets was recognized April 20 when the Up with Gold and White Awards bestowed a \u0022Burdell\u0027s Best\u0022 on the group as the \u0022Most Improved Organization.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd Blacker\u0027s submission to the AIAA, \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/blacker%20abstract.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDesigning and Implementing a Level II High Power Rocket with Dual Electronically Triggered Parachute Deployments\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022\u0026nbsp; won second place.His work with the Ramblin Rockets was recognized April 20 when the Up with Gold and White Awards bestowed a \u0022Burdell\u0027s Best\u0022 on the group as the \u0022Most Improved Organization.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo, what\u0027s happening for Aaron Blacker after finals put an end to the 2014-15 academic year?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe will head back north to work as an aerothermal combustion fluids intern at Pratt \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Whitney\u0026nbsp; for the summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd next year?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELet\u0027s just say \u0022low earth orbit\u0022 is the limit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESo, what are YOU\u0026nbsp;doing this summer?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In addition to putting together a presentation on his passion for spaceflight for the Georgia Tech TECHx , Blacker served as the president of the Ramblin\u0027 Rockets Club, participated in research at the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab, and"}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-09 17:22:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:38","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"497701":{"id":"497701","type":"image","title":"Aaron Blacker","body":null,"created":"1455130800","gmt_created":"2016-02-10 19:00:00","changed":"1475895256","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:16","alt":"Aaron Blacker","file":{"fid":"204642","name":"blacker_aaron-tedex.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blacker_aaron-tedex_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blacker_aaron-tedex_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":77373,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/blacker_aaron-tedex_0.jpg?itok=eziinqPF"}}},"media_ids":["497701"],"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":"135641","name":"Aaron Blacker"},{"id":"171651","name":"AIAA Regional Conference"},{"id":"171652","name":"Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab"},{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"171653","name":"Ramblin\u0027 Rockets"},{"id":"171654","name":"TECHx"}],"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":""}}}