{"64325":{"#nid":"64325","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Five alumni awarded AAAS Science and Technology Policy fellowships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive Georgia Tech alumni have been awarded 2010-11 AAAS Science and Technology\nPolicy Fellowships, an opportunity to bring their expertise in science and engineering\nto lawmaking in the executive branch and congressional offices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnthony Belvin\u003C\/strong\u003E (B.S. mechanical engineering\n\u201897) is an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of\nEnergy\u2019s Office of Nuclear Energy. He is the first fellow ever selected to work\nin this office.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior\nto this fellowship, Belvin served as a senior technical staff member in the\nApplied Technologies Division at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak\nRidge, Tenn. \u0026nbsp;Before that, Anthony developed\nengineering solutions for Sandia National Laboratories\u2014Livermore, Ford Motor\nCompany, Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney and the National Aeronautics and Space\nAdministration\u2019s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\naddition to his undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech, Belvin earned his\nmaster\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University and a PhD in mechanical\nengineering from Florida A\u0026amp;M University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETriple\nGeorgia Tech alumnus \u003Cstrong\u003EAnthony Dickherber\u003C\/strong\u003E\n(B.S. electrical engineering \u201899; M.S. electrical and computer engineering \u201802,\nand Ph.D. bioengineering \u201808) is an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow\nat the National Institutes of Health\u2019s National Cancer Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously,\nDickherber served as a postdoctoral fellow in 2009 at Georgia Tech\u2019s Nanotechnology\nResearch Center and was a Tech graduate research assistant from 2003 to 2008,\nas well as a research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1999\nto 2003.\u0026nbsp; Dickherber also completed a\nprofessional co-op assignment at Scientific Atlanta (now Cisco Broadband) in\n1997.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard A. Simmons \u003C\/strong\u003E(B.S. mechanical\nengineering \u201893) is serving as an energy officer at the U.S. Department of\nState, where he supports the Office of International Energy and Commodities by\napplying technical expertise and support to international policy issues related\nto energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA\nlicensed professional engineer for 15 years, Simmons has concentrated his work in\nthe automotive industry, studying advanced materials, recycling and alternative\nfuels. Simmons is also a board member and technical advisor of companies based\nin Atlanta and Brussels, Belgium respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJacqueline Tront \u003C\/strong\u003E(B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in\ncivil and environmental engineering) is an AAAS Diplomacy Fellow at the U.S.\nState Department, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, Office of\nEnvironmental Policy, Division of Environment and Trade. Prior to her selection\nas an AAAS Diplomacy Fellow, Tront was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute\nfor Geotechnical Engineering at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of\nTechnology) in Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focused on applications and\ndevelopment of environmental biotechnology, with an emphasis on microbial fuel\ncell biosensor development for use in environmental monitoring and soil\nimprovement for natural disaster abatement\/avoidance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnnica Wayman\u003C\/strong\u003E (M.S. in mechanical\nengineering \u201803 and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering \u201806) is an AAAS Science and\nTechnology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Agency for International Development in\nthe Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA\nnative of West Chester, Pa., Wayman worked as a senior engineer in medical\nsurgical systems at Becton Dickinson from 2006 to 2010, prior to the\nfellowship. Wayman was also a National Science Foundation Fellow, Presidential\nFellow, FACES Fellow and ARCS Fellow \u2013 all at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nimpact of the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships is well known on\nCapitol Hill and in departments and agencies that have a science-related focus.\nSince they were founded in 1973, the fellowships have sent more than 2,300\nscientists and engineers to work for a year or two in Congress and nearly 20\nexecutive branch agencies and departments. Scores have stayed on to build\nhigh-impact careers in government, while others have gone on to leadership\npositions in education, private enterprise and non-governmental organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, for the second consecutive year, the energy, environment and\nagriculture program area has the largest contingent of Fellows.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive Georgia Tech alumni have been awarded\n2010-11 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships, an opportunity to bring\ntheir expertise in science and engineering to lawmaking in the executive branch\nand congressional offices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five Georgia Tech alumni have been awarded 2010-11 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships in D.C."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-02-17 17:29:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:10","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/fellowships.aaas.org\/","title":"AAAS Science \u0026 Technology Policy Fellowships"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11959","name":"AAAS Science and Technology Fellows; 2010-2011"}],"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\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["liz.klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}