{"583252":{"#nid":"583252","#data":{"type":"news","title":"BBISS Grad Student, Broesicke Wins Scholarship from Latino STEM group","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe organization \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mymaes.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMAES \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mymaes.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELatinos in Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;gave environmental engineering Ph.D. student Osvaldo Broesicke its highest honor earlier this month, awarding him a Padrino Scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe scholarship is tied to the group\u0026rsquo;s top prize for professional scientists and engineers and intended to create a mentoring relationship between the two honorees.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am honored to have been selected to receive this award,\u0026rdquo; Broesicke said, noting he\u0026rsquo;s been involved in the organization since he was an undergraduate at the University of Texas at El Paso. He said he looks forward to extending his role and encouraging Latino graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am dedicated to expanding STEM through minorities and excited to be helping [our group] promote graduate education for minorities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Padrino Scholarship is named for the Spanish word for \u0026ldquo;godfather,\u0026rdquo; Broesicke said, because of the special relationship between the student and professional winners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This pairing of Madrina\/Padrino (Godmother\/Godfather) - Ahijada\/Ahijado (Goddaughter\/Godson) is a mentoring relationship of the Hispanic culture,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;This allows the establishment of a lifelong mentor relationship in which the [professional] provides guidance and serves as a role model for the young engineer or scientist.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBroesicke\u0026rsquo;s scholarship also comes with the group\u0026rsquo;s Medalla de Plata, or \u0026ldquo;silver medal.\u0026rdquo; MAES \u0026mdash; the acronym comes from the group\u0026#39;s original name that\u0026#39;s no longer in use \u0026mdash; introduced the medal this year to echo the professional prize, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mymaes.org\/program-item\/medalla-de-oro\/?doing_wp_cron=1477440333.2661650180816650390625\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMedalla de Oro, or \u0026ldquo;gold medal.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWinning the silver medal and scholarship means the organization expects big things from Broesicke, including that he\u0026rsquo;ll one day take his place as a Medalla de Oro winner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEntering his second year of studies with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/581\/overview\u0022\u003EJohn Crittenden\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Broesicke focuses on the nexus of food, energy and water, investigating the role commercial urban farms have in addressing the food needs of future generations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe organization \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mymaes.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMAES \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mymaes.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELatinos in Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;awarded environmental engineering Ph.D. student Osvaldo Broesicke with a Padrino Scholarship, its highest honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The organization\u00a0Latinos in Science and Engineering\u00a0gave environmental engineering Ph.D. student Osvaldo Broesicke its highest honor, awarding him a Padrino Scholarship."}],"uid":"27338","created_gmt":"2016-10-27 22:54:46","changed_gmt":"2016-11-08 16:24:58","author":"Brent Verrill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"583253":{"id":"583253","type":"image","title":"Broesicke and Davis_LISE_Award","body":null,"created":"1477609109","gmt_created":"2016-10-27 22:58:29","changed":"1478622367","gmt_changed":"2016-11-08 16:26:07","alt":"Osvaldo Broesicke and Latinos in Science and Engineering\u00a0President, Will Davis","file":{"fid":"222350","name":"Broesicke-and-Will-Davis_MAES_v.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Broesicke-and-Will-Davis_MAES_v.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Broesicke-and-Will-Davis_MAES_v.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":149939,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Broesicke-and-Will-Davis_MAES_v.jpg?itok=JJp7uQ5M"}}},"media_ids":["583253"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mymaes.org\/","title":"Latinos in Science and Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/","title":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"groups":[{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"170686","name":"Osvaldo Broesicke"},{"id":"132161","name":"BBISS"},{"id":"61951","name":"CEE"},{"id":"172610","name":"Latinos in Science and Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:joshua.stewart@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWriter\/Editor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["joshua.stewart@ce.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}