{"620547":{"#nid":"620547","#data":{"type":"news","title":"David L. McDowell Honored with Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch1\u003EMcDowell Honored with Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award\u003C\/h1\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDavid McDowell doesn\u0026rsquo;t like being put in a box. That\u0026rsquo;s one of the reasons why, after earning a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he headed south to begin his career at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One thing that I didn\u0026rsquo;t want was to go to a place where they had a slot for me to fit into: \u0026lsquo;Professor X is retiring; we need to cover this slot. We see you as a potential for that,\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo; McDowell said. \u0026ldquo;I wanted to define my own path, and I thought Georgia Tech would allow me to do that.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe said he wanted a place where he could exert his vision and leadership from an early stage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat was in 1983. Now, 36 years later, McDowell, Regents Professor and Carter N. Paden Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing, will receive Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s highest award given to a faculty member: the Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, research, and service. Instituted in 1984 by the Class of 1934 in observance of its 50th reunion, the award is presented to a professor who has made significant long-term contributions that have brought widespread recognition to the professor, to his or her school, and to the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For me, this award is really a recognition of my being here,\u0026rdquo; McDowell said. \u0026ldquo;It shows that there\u0026rsquo;s a trace of my contributions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContinue reading the\u0026nbsp;article \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/mcdowell-honored-class-1934-distinguished-professor-award?utm_campaign=daily-digest\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_source=dd-article:11040|2019-04-17\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"David L. McDowell Honored with Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award"}],"uid":"32022","created_gmt":"2019-04-17 15:06:40","changed_gmt":"2019-04-22 14:25:18","author":"Farlenthia Walker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"620546":{"id":"620546","type":"image","title":"David L. McDowell","body":null,"created":"1555513063","gmt_created":"2019-04-17 14:57:43","changed":"1555513063","gmt_changed":"2019-04-17 14:57:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"236283","name":"David McDowell Award.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/David%20McDowell%20Award.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/David%20McDowell%20Award.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28583,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/David%20McDowell%20Award.jpg?itok=Jbt8LK5P"}}},"media_ids":["620546"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVictor Rogers\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Evictor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}