{"600218":{"#nid":"600218","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE\u0027s Nicholas Branch named to Aviation Week\u0027s 20\/Twenties for 2018","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicholas Branch\u003C\/strong\u003E, B.S. AE \u0026#39;17, has been named to \u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u0026#39;\u003C\/em\u003Es 20\/Twenties list of outstanding young aerospace researchers and students for 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe December 2017 graduate of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering will be returning to Tech in January to pursue his master\u0026#39;s degree under the tutelage of his advisor, Professor\u003Cstrong\u003E Mitchell L.R. Walker\u003C\/strong\u003E, II.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I\u0026#39;ll be looking at plasma material interaction in Dr. Walker\u0026#39;s High-powered Electric Propulsion Lab,\u0026quot; says Branch, a native of Cornwall, NY.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;When rockets re-enter the atmosphere we have to better understand what happens between materials and the plasma if we want to reduce degradation. I\u0026#39;m excited to dive into this subject as a grad student.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the 20\/Twenties list recognizes raw talent and leadership in up-and-coming students across the nation. As one of the 2018 inductees, Branch has been invited to an AIAA-sponsored awards ceremony, to take place on March 1 in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJoining him will be his advisor, Dr. Mitchell Walker.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Offering Nicholas an undergrad research position in my lab was a great decision. He designed and installed an arcjet propellant feed, developed a diagnostic procedure to characterize the arcjet plasma, and installed a beam dump to extract the beam energy of a Hall effect thruster from the vacuum chamber. His analysis was first-rate and his attention to detail was remarkable. He really is someone to watch.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A December 2017 graduate, Branch will return to AE to pursue his doctorate"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2017-12-21 18:32:41","changed_gmt":"2017-12-21 18:47:41","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600215":{"id":"600215","type":"image","title":"Nicholas A. Branch","body":null,"created":"1513878236","gmt_created":"2017-12-21 17:43:56","changed":"1513878236","gmt_changed":"2017-12-21 17:43:56","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228825","name":"Branch-Nicholas250.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Branch-Nicholas250.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Branch-Nicholas250.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":57240,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Branch-Nicholas250.jpg?itok=aileD9Es"}}},"media_ids":["600215"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}