{"583608":{"#nid":"583608","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RBI Fellowship student returns from Croatia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBailey Risteen, an RBI Fellow, recently returned from a small organic semiconductors conference in Croatia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERisteen said the small number of attendees provided an intimate setting more conducive to one-on-one discussion. \u0026quot;I became on a first-name basis with researchers whose papers I have read for years, and I was able to pick their brains about how they came up with new ideas and dealt with failure,\u0026quot; she said. \u0026quot;This conference validated my assertion that being a successful scientist in this day and age requires not only technical acumen, but also interpersonal connections and shared experiences from life and the lab.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERisteen delivered an oral presentation as well, entitled \u0026quot;Cellulose Nanocrystals as Ordering Agents for Enhanced Alignment of Semiconducting Polymers.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer trip was supported in part by RBI\u0026#39;s fellowship program, which often provides funding for students\u0026#39; travel to conferences and events that relate to their research area of interest.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Attends conference on \u0027Organic Semiconductors\u0027"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-11-07 18:56:17","changed_gmt":"2016-11-07 18:58:21","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"423761":{"id":"423761","type":"image","title":"Risteen, Bailey","body":null,"created":"1449254319","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:38:39","changed":"1475895162","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:42","alt":"Risteen, Bailey","file":{"fid":"202733","name":"baileyristeen.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/baileyristeen_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/baileyristeen_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":133907,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/baileyristeen_0.jpg?itok=JnjZg5d1"}}},"media_ids":["423761"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith, 404.894.6700\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}