{"657489":{"#nid":"657489","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Desai, Mitchell Honored for Mentoring Undergrad Researchers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Faculty Honors Committee has recognized two faculty members in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering for their remarkable support of undergraduate researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe committee selected \u003Ca href=\u0022\/bme\/faculty\/Jaydev-Desai\u0022\u003EJaydev Desai\u003C\/a\u003E for the 2022 Senior Faculty Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award and \u003Ca href=\u0022\/bme\/faculty\/Cassie-S.-Mitchell\u0022\u003ECassie Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E for the Junior Faculty Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth have made bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree students a priority in their labs, giving them opportunities to work with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and to help produce peer-reviewed research publications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am deeply passionate about mentoring our terrific undergraduate students in research and guiding them through their academic journey at Georgia Tech,\u0026rdquo; said Desai, G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Professor in Pediatric Research. \u0026ldquo;It is gratifying to see some of the undergraduates from my \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robomed.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMedical Robotics and Automation Lab \u003C\/a\u003Eland a job in prestigious Fortune 500 companies. Equally gratifying is to see some of the students who have gone through the research experience in my lab pursue a higher academic degree.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe awards recognize faculty members at Georgia Tech who have demonstrated sustained achievement in mentoring undergraduates in research activities. For Mitchell, that started when she was a research engineer in Coulter BME and continued after she became a tenure-track faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This award is such an honor, because undergraduate research is a true passion of mine, both personally and professionally,\u0026rdquo; said Mitchell, assistant professor in the Coulter Department. \u0026ldquo;Receiving this award also illustrates that my mentoring and unique undergraduate research program is of great value to Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMitchell said she often has dozens of undergrad students \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cassie-mitchell-lab\/\u0022\u003Eworking in her lab\u003C\/a\u003E, and like Desai\u0026rsquo;s group, they often secure positions in industry and prestigious graduate programs after they\u0026rsquo;ve worked in her lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I often say that, while I do not have biological children of my own, I have an extraordinary number of scientific offspring. And my students, both graduate and undergraduate, are like family to me,\u0026rdquo; Mitchell said. \u0026ldquo;When I see them publish or get awards, I am like a parent hollering loudly from the stands.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBoth have made bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree students a priority in their labs, giving them opportunities to work with graduate students and help produce peer-reviewed research publications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Both have made bachelor\u2019s degree students a priority in their labs, giving them opportunities to work with graduate students and help produce peer-reviewed research publications."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2022-04-21 16:28:04","changed_gmt":"2022-04-21 16:28:04","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657488":{"id":"657488","type":"image","title":"Undergrad Research Mentor Awards - Desai, Mitchell","body":null,"created":"1650558462","gmt_created":"2022-04-21 16:27:42","changed":"1650558462","gmt_changed":"2022-04-21 16:27:42","alt":"Cassie Mitchell and Jaydev Desai headshots","file":{"fid":"249199","name":"Desai-Mitchell-composite-h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Desai-Mitchell-composite-h.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Desai-Mitchell-composite-h.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":315967,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Desai-Mitchell-composite-h.jpg?itok=dxbs3ug8"}},"646422":{"id":"646422","type":"image","title":"Cassie Mitchell (2020)","body":null,"created":"1618328767","gmt_created":"2021-04-13 15:46:07","changed":"1618328767","gmt_changed":"2021-04-13 15:46:07","alt":"Cassie Mitchell headshot","file":{"fid":"245380","name":"Mitchell-Cassie-v.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mitchell-Cassie-v.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mitchell-Cassie-v.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":225349,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Mitchell-Cassie-v.jpg?itok=V3DdXcS2"}},"653002":{"id":"653002","type":"image","title":"Jaydev Desai","body":null,"created":"1637259796","gmt_created":"2021-11-18 18:23:16","changed":"1637259796","gmt_changed":"2021-11-18 18:23:16","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247694","name":"Jaydev-Desai-Hi-Res-Headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jaydev-Desai-Hi-Res-Headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jaydev-Desai-Hi-Res-Headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1474151,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jaydev-Desai-Hi-Res-Headshot.jpg?itok=l3qhSw0r"}}},"media_ids":["657488","646422","653002"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. 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