{"63737":{"#nid":"63737","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Six Georgia Tech Faculty Named AAAS Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s dean of the\nCollege of Engineering and five other faculty members have been awarded the\ndistinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of\nScience (AAAS).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAAAS is the world\u2019s largest\ngeneral scientific society, and the election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed\nupon AAAS members by their peers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFive of the new Fellows at\nGeorgia Tech hail from the College of Engineering and one is on the faculty in\nthe College of Sciences\u2019 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new Fellows at Georgia\nTech are:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGilda A. Barabino\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate chair for graduate studies and professor in the Wallace H.\nCoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, was\nhonored \u201cfor distinguished contributions to tissue engineering research and\neducation, as well as for enhancing the participation of underrepresented\ngroups in scientific fields.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStephen P. DeWeerth\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor of biomedical engineering at the Coulter Department, earned\nthe distinction \u201cfor contributions in the field of neuroengineering,\nparticularly for the real-time modeling of sensorimotor systems and for the\ndevelopment of neural interfacing technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDon P. Giddens\u003C\/strong\u003E, dean of the College of Engineering and biomedical engineering\nprofessor in the Coulter Department, was honored \u201cfor significant contributions\nto our understanding of the role of hemodynamics in cardiovascular pathobiology\nand for leadership of engineering education nationally.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph W. Perry\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor of physical, polymer and materials chemistry and optical\nscience, was honored \u201cfor distinguished contribution to the understanding,\ndevelopment and application of organic materials for third-order nonlinear\noptics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EValerie Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E, an associate professor of natural systems with a joint appointment in\nGeorgia Tech\u2019s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\nand the School of Public Policy in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, was\nhonored \u201cfor sustained commitment to combining science policy with innovative\ninterdisciplinary research in industrial ecology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZhuomin Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded the Fellow\ndistinction \u201cfor advancing thermal radiation research and its applications in\ntemperature measurement, promoting education in nano- and micro-scale heat\ntransfer and serving professional societies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELast month AAAS honored 503 members\nwith the award in recognition of their scientifically or socially distinguished\nefforts to advance science or its applications. 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