{"610019":{"#nid":"610019","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Scientist Honored for Energy Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s been eight years since Zhong Lin Wang launched pioneering research into triboelectric nanogenerators, effectively creating an entirely new field of study into materials that produce \u0026nbsp;an electrical charge when in motion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis week, Wang, the Hightower Chair and Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and Engineering, was named the winner of the Eni Award for Energy Frontiers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award is one of three awarded each year by the Italian-based oil and gas company Eni, which established the prize a decade ago with a goal of being similar to the Nobel prize for energy. The award \u0026nbsp;recognizes researchers who have made significant contributions to the industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang\u0026rsquo;s research uncovered a new pathway to harvesting energy from a variety of sources such as wind, ocean currents or sound vibrations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a great honor for me and recognition of the tremendous potential we have to capture the random mechanical energy that surrounds us every day,\u0026rdquo; Wang said. \u0026ldquo;Triboelectric nanogenerators have broad applications for harvesting energy from human activities such as rotating tires, mechanical vibration and more, with great applications in self-powered systems for personal electronics, environmental monitoring, and medical.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/609148\/georgia-tech-scientist-honored-energy-research?utm_source=Georgia+Tech+Research+Newsletter+List\u0026amp;utm_campaign=db118399df-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_6_21_2018_0_33_COPY_01\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_term=0_87fbcee08c-db118399df-454492121\u0022\u003ERead the entire article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Zhong Lin Wang named the winner of the Eni Award for Energy Frontiers"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2018-08-20 17:47:42","changed_gmt":"2018-08-20 17:47:42","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"455831":{"id":"455831","type":"image","title":"Zhong Lin Wang: Triboelectric nanogenerator","body":null,"created":"1449256334","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:14","changed":"1475895199","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:19","alt":"Zhong Lin Wang: Triboelectric nanogenerator","file":{"fid":"203474","name":"triboelectric-sliding.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/triboelectric-sliding_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/triboelectric-sliding_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":508329,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/triboelectric-sliding_0.jpg?itok=sIS-814O"}}},"media_ids":["455831"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["josh.brown@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}