{"68680":{"#nid":"68680","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kurt Frankel, Assistant Professor, Dies at 33","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKurt Frankel, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School\nof Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, died this past weekend. He was 33.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrankel was killed while riding his bicycle along the\nshoulder of U.S. 98 in South Walton county Florida early Saturday morning. News\nreports state that he was struck from behind by an automobile. Reports say that\nhe was wearing a helmet at the time.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe will miss Kurt, deeply,\u201d said Judith Curry, chair of the\nSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. \u201cHe was a talented researcher, a\ngifted instructor, an astute colleague, a wonderful mentor and a valued friend.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrankel\u2019s research focused on plate tectonics. He\ninvestigated strain accumulation along tectonic boundaries as well as looked at\nhow the plates were changing over time. In addition to his teaching, he was\nknown in journalistic circles as being adept at explaining his science to the\ngeneral public, appearing on CNN whenever there was a tsunami or an earthquake\nto discuss.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It was with great sadness\nthat I learned of Kurt\u0027s tragic accident this morning,\u0022\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\nPresident G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson said on Saturday.\u0026nbsp;\u0022This is a\nloss for the entire Georgia Tech community, but especially for his colleagues\nand students in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA memorial service will be held\nfor Frankel on Friday, July 8 outside of Cleveland, Ohio at Suburban Temple\nlocated at 22401 Chagrin Blvd. The service will be followed by a reception at\nthe Cleveland Marriott East at 26300 Harvard Road.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrankel received his bachelor\u2019s\ndegree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000. He earned\nhis master\u2019s degreeat Lehigh University in 2002 and his doctorate from the\nUniversity of Southern California in 2007. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie\nBriggs. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKurt Frankel, a faculty member from the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, died on Saturday after being struck by a car.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Frankel was a faculty member from the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences."}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2011-07-05 13:27:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:40","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68682":{"id":"68682","type":"image","title":"Kurt Frankel","body":null,"created":"1449177185","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:05","changed":"1475894597","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:17","alt":"Kurt Frankel","file":{"fid":"192635","name":"kurt_frankel.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kurt_frankel_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kurt_frankel_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16455,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kurt_frankel_0.jpg?itok=p3spiGOt"}}},"media_ids":["68682"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"13584","name":"Kurt Frankel"},{"id":"1060","name":"obituary"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Terraso\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-1393\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}