{"591047":{"#nid":"591047","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sean Monahan: STM alum went \u0027above and beyond\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 10 days, Sean Monahan will receive a diploma from an engineering school ranked among the five best in America.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it\u0026#39;s another high-stakes issue that has the Georgia Tech graduate-to-be a little distracted as commencement day nears.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn conjunction with his studies, the St. Thomas More alum has been working as an undergraduate researcher for a group hoping to influence health care legislation in the state of Georgia. Monahan recently helped conduct research for a bill that would increase access to dental-hygiene services for low-income children who are on Medicaid and save the state money through preventative care in return.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe legislation has cleared both the state House and the Senate and is in the hands of Georgia\u0026#39;s governor, awaiting approval.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat whole experience \u0026mdash; combing through data and recommending policy changes before he has even left campus \u0026mdash; has been the highlight of Monahan\u0026#39;s college experience. And it has made him a favorite among faculty at the elite Atlanta school, which ranks seventh in U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026#39;s ranking of the nation\u0026#39;s top public universities. (Illinois is 10th).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Since my first encounter with Sean, he has distinguished himself as the type of student who is willing to go above and beyond in pursuit of knowledge,\u0026quot; said Nicoleta Serban, Coca-Cola Associate Professor in Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp; Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. \u0026quot;He is particularly hard-working.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead more about Monahan\u0026#39;s undergraduate research and how he came to Georgia Tech as featured in the \u003Cem\u003ENews-Gazette\u003C\/em\u003E (Illinois): \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/2qczJn8\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2qczJn8\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 10 days, Sean Monahan will receive a diploma from an engineering school ranked among the five best in America.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it\u0026#39;s another high-stakes issue that has the Georgia Tech graduate-to-be a little distracted as commencement day nears.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn conjunction with his studies, the St. Thomas More alum has been working as an undergraduate researcher for a group hoping to influence health care legislation in the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In 10 days, Sean Monahan will receive a diploma from an engineering school ranked among the five best in America.  But it\u0027s another high-stakes issue that has the Georgia Tech graduate-to-be a little distracted as commencement day nears.  In conjunction w"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2017-04-27 19:56:12","changed_gmt":"2017-04-27 19:57:22","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591045":{"id":"591045","type":"image","title":"Sean Monahan","body":null,"created":"1493322609","gmt_created":"2017-04-27 19:50:09","changed":"1493322609","gmt_changed":"2017-04-27 19:50:09","alt":"Sean Monahan","file":{"fid":"225205","name":"Sean Monahan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sean%20Monahan.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sean%20Monahan.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14019,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sean%20Monahan.jpg?itok=hs6CZcUT"}}},"media_ids":["591045"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"170204","name":"Sean Monahan"},{"id":"453","name":"undergraduate research"},{"id":"8707","name":"Petit Scholar"},{"id":"3502","name":"nicoleta serban"},{"id":"174249","name":"Medicaide"},{"id":"174250","name":"dental health"},{"id":"172747","name":"spotlight"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}