{"57003":{"#nid":"57003","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Maysam Ghovanloo Named Faculty Communicator of the Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaysam Ghovanloo won Faculty Communicator of the Year honors at the inaugural Gold Tower Awards, held on November 12 at the Wardlaw Center on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) since 2007, Dr. Ghovanloo was recognized for his tireless efforts in promoting the Tongue Drive System, an assistive device for severely disabled people which was recently validated through its first clinical trials at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Tongue Drive System story has placed in hundreds of media outlets around the globe, and Dr. Ghovanloo and his students have conducted dozens of print, radio, and television interviews about the project. He has received inquiries from individuals all over the world who have read about the Tongue Drive System and who understand the hope that it represents for themselves or their loved ones.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the event program, it was noted that Dr. Ghovanloo had reached out to people in need of the technology, and the result of his collaboration with the communications staff at Georgia Tech demonstrates the ultimate goal of engineering and technology\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"ECE Assistant Professor Wins Honor at Inaugural Gold Tower Awards"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Maysam Ghovanloo won Faculty Communicator of the Year honors at the inaugural Gold Tower Awards, held on November 12 at the Wardlaw Center on the Georgia Tech campus.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Maysam Ghovanloo wins top faculty honor at inaugural Gold Tower"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2009-11-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:00","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57004":{"id":"57004","type":"image","title":"photo of Maysam Ghovanloo and Xueliang Huo","body":null,"created":"1449175342","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:22","changed":"1475894403","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:03","alt":"photo of Maysam Ghovanloo and Xueliang Huo","file":{"fid":"190509","name":"twq99576.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twq99576_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twq99576_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":15828,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/twq99576_0.jpg?itok=i-wUOUm8"}}},"media_ids":["57004"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=147","title":"Maysam Ghovanloo"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/tongue-drive.htm","title":"Tongue Drive System Allows Individuals with Disabilities to Operate Powered Wheelchairs and Computers"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/tonguedrive2.htm","title":"Tongue Power: Clinical Trial Shows Quadriplegic Individuals Can Operate Powered Wheelchairs and Computers with Tongue Drive System"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"8781","name":"Maysam Ghovanloo"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"8782","name":"Tongue Drive System"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJackie  Nemeth\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Jackie  Nemeth\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}