{"72981":{"#nid":"72981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Names Combustion Lab After Distinguished Prof.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering honored Dr. Ben T. Zinn, a longtime, well-respected professor, on May 18 by naming its combustion laboratory the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn, a Regents\u0027 professor and the David S. Lewis Jr. chair in the School of Aerospace, is an expert in the dynamics of flow, combustion, propulsion and energy conversion systems. Zinn is also director of the NASA University Research Education Technology Institute (URETI) Center for Aeropropulsion and Power based at Georgia Tech. The center\u0027s research is aimed at improving aircraft engines technologies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The contributions of Ben Zinn over a four decade career in combustion and propulsion research are internationally recognized for their influence on the field of aerospace propulsion. It\u0027s entirely appropriate that this unusual and highly capable facility bear his name,\u0022 said Dr. Robert Loewy, chair of the School of Aerospace Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn\u0027s current research focuses on low emission combustors, improving the performance of liquid rockets and investigating the control of combustion processes in power generating gas turbines and jet engines. His research has been supported by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the Departments of Energy and Commerce, the National Science Foundation and industry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am very honored to receive this special recognition from Georgia Tech - an institution that has provided me with unparalleled opportunities to develop as a person and as a professional in my field,\u0022 Zinn said. \u0022Since this award would not have been possible without the support of many highly talented colleagues, students and administrators, I wish that there was some way that I could share this award with them.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn started his career at Georgia Tech in 1965 as an assistant professor. He has published extensively and lectured throughout the world, and is also a co-holder of nine patents. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in aerospace and mechanical engineering from Princeton and his M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering honored Dr. Ben T. Zinn, a longtime, well-respected professor, on May 18 by naming its combustion laboratory the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lab named after  Ben Zinn in Aerospace Engineering"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-05-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72982":{"id":"72982","type":"image","title":"Combustion lab","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72982"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}