{"658077":{"#nid":"658077","#data":{"type":"news","title":" Institute Research Award Winners Named for 2022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday, April 29, a group of outstanding members of the Georgia Tech research community were recognized at the annual Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEvery year, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research offers seven awards recognizing the contributions and achievements of faculty and staff in mentoring and research. The nominations come from across the many facets of the Georgia Tech research enterprise, which covers the totality of activities from basic research to commercialization and societal use.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll faculty with academic and research titles are eligible to be nominated for the Faculty Research Awards. For the Research Enterprise Enhancement Award and the Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award, staff are eligible.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are honored to recognize these individuals\u0026rsquo; extraordinary achievements in research,\u0026rdquo; said Rob Butera, vice president for Research Development and Operations. \u0026ldquo;Their accomplishments, hard work, and enthusiasm continue to make Georgia Tech an outstanding institution.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 2022 Institute Research Award winners include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Achievement in Research Program Development\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cacp.gatech.edu\/research\/accessibility\/HomeLab\/RADx\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Team (RADx)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics program (RADx) was launched by the National Institutes of Health in April 2020 to speed development, evaluation, and commercialization of Covid-19 tests for use at home and in clinical settings. The Georgia Tech-Emory RADx team has been instrumental in providing crucial engineering and usability assessment as well as regulatory support for this initiative.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/wilbur-lam\u0022\u003EWilbur Lam\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and W. Paul Bowers Research Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Pediatrics (Emory University)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/oliver-brand\u0022\u003EOliver Brand\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and executive director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/hang-chen-0\u0022\u003EHang Chen\u003C\/a\u003E, process support manager and research scientist at the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cacp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/412ffdc5-21be-5b51-9c7b-f638c66cf517\u0022\u003ESarah Farmer\u003C\/a\u003E, project manager and research scientist at\u0026nbsp;the Center for Advanced Communications Policy and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/david-gottfried\u0022\u003EDavid Gottfried\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents Researcher at the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/ku\/index.html\u0022\u003EDavid Ku\u003C\/a\u003E, Lawrence P. Huang Endowed Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship in the Scheller College of Business and Regents\u0026#39; Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cacp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/78120a67-6ff5-5b41-8078-40c0b2083b82\u0022\u003EAmanda Peagler\u003C\/a\u003E, research scientist at the Center for Advanced Communications Policy and GTRI\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/erika-tyburski\u0022\u003EErika Tyburski\u003C\/a\u003E, Program \u0026amp; Operations Manager at the Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Achievement in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Cassie-S.-Mitchell\u0022\u003ECassie Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Achievement in Early Career Research\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/matthew-mcdowell\u0022\u003EMatthew T. McDowell\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Achievement in Research Enterprise Enhancement\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/michelle-wong\u0022\u003EMichelle Wong\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Achievement in Research Innovation\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/natalie-stingelin\u0022\u003ENatalie Stingelin\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003EManos M. Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E, Ken Byers Professor in Flexible Electronics in the School of Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Faculty Research Author\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/zhiqun-lin\u0022\u003EZhiqun Lin\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Friday, April 29, a group of outstanding members of the Georgia Tech research community were recognized at the annual Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon."}],"uid":"36123","created_gmt":"2022-05-10 20:33:31","changed_gmt":"2022-05-10 20:50:52","author":"Catherine Barzler","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655565":{"id":"655565","type":"image","title":"Research Building","body":null,"created":"1645125725","gmt_created":"2022-02-17 19:22:05","changed":"1645125725","gmt_changed":"2022-02-17 19:22:05","alt":"","file":{"fid":"248536","name":"research_building.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/research_building.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/research_building.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":538229,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/research_building.jpeg?itok=30pbadjH"}}},"media_ids":["655565"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine Barzler\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["catherine.barzler@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}