{"72917":{"#nid":"72917","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Buzzworthy Achievements: Fall Honors Roundup","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe following Georgia Tech employees or units have been honored in recent months:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERigoberto Hernandez\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was named a member of the advisory committee for the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EC.F. Jeff Wu\u003C\/strong\u003E, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), was selected by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) as the recipient of the 2011 COPSS Fisher Lecture Award.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWalt de Heer\u003C\/strong\u003E, Regents\u2019 Professor in the School of Physics, received the first Utz-Hellmuth Felcht Award at the International Carbon Conference in Shanghai. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Sokol\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in ISyE, was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering\u2019s 2011 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Do\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in the College of Architecture and College of Computing, was awarded the 2011 Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture Award for Innovative Research.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGary May\u003C\/strong\u003E, dean of the College of Engineering, was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa of Engineering by the Board of Directors of the Universidad Latina de Panama. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBill Todd\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor of the practice in the College of Management, was honored by the Irish America Magazine and Keenan\u2019s Kids Foundation as a Star of the South.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlfred Dolder\u003C\/strong\u003E, temporary professional advisor in Facilities, received a Distinguished Service Award from the Board of Regents. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERavi Bellamkonda\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and associate vice president at the Institute level, was named the David Flanagan Chair in Biomedical Engineering.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGilda Barabino\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and associate chair for graduate studies, was named the next president of the Biomedical Engineering Society. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKathleen Wasch\u003C\/strong\u003E, attorney in Legal Affairs, has been selected to represent Clark Atlanta University, Georgia State University, Tech, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College and Spelman College on the Atlanta Board of Ethics.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhilip Shapira\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Public Policy, has been named chair for a new National Academies committee that will examine \u201c21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERosalind Meyers\u003C\/strong\u003E, vice president of campus services, has received the gold Chancellor\u2019s Customer Service Award for Leadership.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E, an associate professor in ISyE, was named one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle\u2019s 40 Under 40.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESubmissions will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Provide name, title, unit and honor (please spell out all acronyms) to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:editor@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eeditor@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe following Georgia Tech employees or units have been honored in recent months.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The following Georgia Tech employees or units have been honored in recent months."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-11-22 12:53:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15145","name":"Alfred Dolder"},{"id":"8985","name":"Bill Todd"},{"id":"15144","name":"C.F. 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