{"560671":{"#nid":"560671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Profs. Hodges and Prasad receive Oakes Faculty Fellowships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EVigor Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E this week announced that Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EDewey Hodges\u003C\/strong\u003E and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EJ.V.R. Prasad\u003C\/strong\u003E have been chosen to receive the first-ever Oakes Faculty Fellowships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two-year, $20,000 fellowships were established recently using funds made possible by the William R. T. Oakes Professorhip which Yang holds. As recipients, Hodges and Prasad will each receive $10,000 per year for a maximum of a two- year period. These funds may be used for faculty travel, summer support,graduate student support, and materials and supplies. The funds may also be used for teaching time buy-out.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENeither of the longtime faculty had any idea that the Chair was considering them for the fellowships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u2019m truly grateful for this honor,\u0022 said Hodges. \u0022How wonderful to find out about receiving such an award upon return from travel.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn making the announcement, Yang was quick to point out that the awards are a small token of appreciation for Hodges, Prasad, and many other senior faculty in the Daniel\u0026nbsp;Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am most proud of our AE School, and especially, of\u0026nbsp;our\u0026nbsp;very gifted\u0026nbsp;hardworking senior faculty.\u0026nbsp; Our senior\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022546\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003Efaculty have distinguished themselves with decades of scholarship, \u0026nbsp;research, outstanding teaching and mentoring,\u0026nbsp;and national leadership. Our School owes its current prominence to the leadership of these great individuals,\u0022\u0026nbsp;he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn future years, our hope is to continue to recognize other senior faculty in our School.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAE School Chair Vigor Yang announced the new fellowships to recognize some of the top-achieving faculty\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two-year Fellowships will support faculty\u0027s research and teaching"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2016-08-09 12:45:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:19","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"297291":{"id":"297291","type":"image","title":"Yang-Vigor","body":null,"created":"1449244530","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:30","changed":"1475894998","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:58","alt":"Yang-Vigor","file":{"fid":"199439","name":"yang-vigor2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yang-vigor2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yang-vigor2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7278,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/yang-vigor2_0.jpg?itok=NlaorRrp"}},"407831":{"id":"407831","type":"image","title":"Dr. Dewey Hodges","body":null,"created":"1449254168","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:08","changed":"1475895134","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:14","alt":"Dr. Dewey Hodges","file":{"fid":"202161","name":"hodges-at-desk.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hodges-at-desk_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hodges-at-desk_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":119010,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hodges-at-desk_1.jpg?itok=g7k1bRoz"}},"560681":{"id":"560681","type":"image","title":"Prasad-JVR","body":null,"created":"1470761232","gmt_created":"2016-08-09 16:47:12","changed":"1475895364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:04","alt":"Prasad-JVR","file":{"fid":"206772","name":"prasad-159.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/prasad-159.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/prasad-159.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20365,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/prasad-159.jpg?itok=zm_d1uQ6"}}},"media_ids":["297291","407831","560681"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"5731","name":"fellowships"},{"id":"127111","name":"Hodges"},{"id":"172244","name":"Oakes"},{"id":"172245","name":"Prasad"},{"id":"10130","name":"Yang"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}