{"64238":{"#nid":"64238","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Students Present to House Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast Wednesday, members of the\nGeorgia House Science and Technology Committee got a first-hand glimpse at how\nstudents at Tech are engaged in solving the community\u2019s most complex\nproblems.\u0026nbsp; Demonstrating their CardioScout\ndevice, four biomedical engineering (BME) seniors showed that the Institute\u2019s\nundergraduates can provide solutions to real medical challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETahir Haque, Chris Jorgensen, Nick\nPatel, and Kevin Rego, team members in BME\u2019s capstone\u0026nbsp; design course, presented a medical tool they\ndeveloped to deliver therapies to a beating heart.\u0026nbsp; The device, for which a patent application\nhas been filed, was developed under the mentorship of Dr. Jim Fonger and the\nSt. Joseph\u2019s Translational Research Institute and advisor Professor Franklin\nBost.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe group provided committee members\nwith background on the problems their tool seeks to solve and took the members\nthrough the entire development process from initial planning to prototyping and\ntesting.\u0026nbsp; They also conducted a live demonstration\nof the device as legislators gathered around.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his introductory remarks for the\ngroup, Fonger explained that the students were presented with a\nmedically-relevant engineering challenge, and the product they invented looked\nto be a \u201cvery significant achievement.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWednesday\u2019s presentation provided not\nonly an opportunity to share the innovative and problem-based approach to\nlearning that is being embraced at Georgia Tech, but also the importance of\nexternal partnerships to these efforts.\u0026nbsp;\nPresident Peterson, who also attended the presentation took note of this\nin his comments to the committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis project really is a partnership between a number of\ndifferent institutions... and through this partnering, we can address many of\nthese very, very challenging problems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BME seniors demonstrate novel medical device, showcase public-private partnerships at Tech"}],"uid":"27331","created_gmt":"2011-02-14 14:53:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:10","author":"George Ray","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64235":{"id":"64235","type":"image","title":"GT Students Present to House S\u0026T Committee #1","body":null,"created":"1449176735","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:35","changed":"1475894564","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:44","alt":"GT Students Present to House S\u0026T Committee #1","file":{"fid":"191971","name":"DSC_0303.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_0303_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_0303_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8296439,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DSC_0303_0.JPG?itok=kVN6bact"}},"64237":{"id":"64237","type":"image","title":"GT Students Present to House S\u0026T Committee #2","body":null,"created":"1449176735","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:35","changed":"1475894564","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:44","alt":"GT Students Present to House S\u0026T Committee #2","file":{"fid":"191972","name":"DSC_0321.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_0321_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_0321_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7468997,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DSC_0321_0.JPG?itok=SjznL10f"}}},"media_ids":["64235","64237"],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"7784","name":"Georgia General Assembly"},{"id":"8300","name":"Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge Ray\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGCR Specialist\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:george.ray@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egeorge.ray@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["george.ray@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}