{"68660":{"#nid":"68660","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Outgoing Engineering Dean Awarded Emeritus Status","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECommemorating\na career of scholarship and service to Georgia Tech, President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d\nPeterson has awarded Don Giddens, who has led the nation\u2019s largest College of\nEngineering for the past decade, the title of \u201cDean Emeritus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeterson\napproved the recommendation earlier this month, submitted on behalf of the\nCollege\u2019s nine school chairs and four associate deans. Achievements cited under\nGiddens\u2019 leadership, which formally ended June 30, include the College\u2019s\ninternational reputation for excellence in engineering, the preeminence of its\nfaculty and the growth of its sponsored research funding. During his tenure,\nthe College has awarded engineering degrees to nearly 25,000 graduates at the bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s and doctoral levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDon\u2019s\nenergy, enthusiasm and dedication to engineering is felt by those of us who\nhave had the pleasure of working with him,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThe credit for our\nreputation for engineering excellence resides in the quality of our faculty, and\nwith this honor we recognize Don\u2019s leadership and stewardship, under which the\nCollege has flourished.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn alumnus of Georgia Tech three times over, Giddens has been a member of\nthe faculty for more than 40 years. He is the past\npresident of the American\u0026nbsp;Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers; this year, he will serve as president the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.asee.org\/\u0022\u003EAmerican Society for Engineering\nEducation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGiddens,\nwho has served as dean since 2002, announced last fall his intention to step\ndown at the conclusion of the academic year. In addition to his professional activities, he plans to continue working\non his research in cardiovascular fluid mechanics on a part-time basis.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECommemorating a career of scholarship and service to Georgia Tech, President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson has awarded Don Giddens, who has led the nation\u2019s largest College of Engineering for the past decade, the title of \u201cDean Emeritus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Don Giddens, who has led the nation\u2019s largest College of Engineering for the past decade, was awarded the title of \u201cDean Emeritus.\u201d"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-07-01 08:51:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:40","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63744":{"id":"63744","type":"image","title":"Don P. Giddens","body":null,"created":"1449176708","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:08","changed":"1475894559","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:39","alt":"Don P. Giddens","file":{"fid":"191865","name":"Giddens.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Giddens_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Giddens_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1037696,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Giddens_0.jpg?itok=pfze_qiD"}}},"media_ids":["63744"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"8453","name":"emeritus"},{"id":"1099","name":"giddens"}],"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":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}