{"59289":{"#nid":"59289","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty Lead Research at Women\\\u0027s Int\\\u0027l Research Engineering Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College faculty members, Carol Colatrella (LCC) and Mary Frank Fox (PUBPOLICY) are Co-Principal Investigators, with Mary Lynn Realff (PTFE), Principal Investigator, of the world\u0027s first international research summit for women in engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESupported by the National Science Foundation, WIRES will bring together 50 women engineers from the US and 50 from other countries. These international experts will bring a global perspective to the conference which takes place in June 2009 in Barcelona. They will discuss findings in energy systems, micro\/nanotechnology, and simulation-based engineering, identify sustained means to international collaboration, and address gender equity in engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty members from more than 80 institutions have applied to participate in WIRES. The results of the summit will be disseminated internationally in partnership with groups including the American Society for Mechanical Engineers and European Science Foundation. Realff leads the organizing committee, together with Gretchen Kalonji (Director of International Strategy Development at the University of California\u0027s Office of the President). The research component on participants\u0027 experiences with international collaboration, research, and gender equity is led by Colatrella and Fox. Colatrella, Fox, and Realff are Co-directors of the Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST).\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Ivan Allen College faculty members, Carol Colatrella (LCC) and Mary Frank Fox (PUBPOLICY) are Co-Principal Investigators, with Mary Lynn Realff (PTFE), Principal Investigator, of the world\u0027s first international research summit for women in engineering.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"International Symposium is first of its kind"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-04-14 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:41","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59290":{"id":"59290","type":"image","title":"tte36360.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176221","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:01","changed":"1475894385","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:45","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190949","name":"tte36360.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tte36360_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tte36360_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":59968,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tte36360_0.jpg?itok=ZAH2GNv6"}}},"media_ids":["59290"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.wires.gatech.edu\/","title":"WIRES"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wst.gatech.edu\/","title":"WST"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"931","name":"Colatrella"},{"id":"932","name":"Fox"},{"id":"933","name":"Realff"},{"id":"929","name":"WIRES"},{"id":"930","name":"Women\\\u0027s International Research Symposium"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}