{"132661":{"#nid":"132661","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four Georgia Tech Students Named NASA Space Technology Research Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENASA has selected the 2012 class of Space Technology Research Fellows, and four out of the 48 students named are from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to Keir Gonyea, Amit Mandalia and Grant Rossman from Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and Peter Song from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe students will receive graduate student fellowships from NASA\u2019s Office of the Chief Technologist to pursue master\u2019s or doctoral degrees in relevant space technology disciplines at their respective institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs the premiere graduate student opportunity offered by NASA, the Space Technology Research Fellowship program focuses some of our nation\u0027s best young minds on cutting-edge technology challenges of relevance to NASA\u2019s future science and exploration missions,\u201d said Bobby Braun, the David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is highly selective and makes awards comparable in value and prestige to a NSF Fellowship. NASA Space Technology Fellows will perform innovative research while building the skills necessary to become future technological leaders.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fellowship program is part of a renewed emphasis on technology at NASA, designed to inspire the nation and contribute to an innovation-driven economy.\u0026nbsp;\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By investing in the intellectual capacity of America\u0027s best and brightest minds today, we\u0027re guaranteeing not only a great future for NASA, but also for the nation,\u0022 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. \u0022These NASA Fellows will bolster America\u0027s competitiveness in a knowledge-based, global economy while enabling our space exploration goals.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to Keir Gonyea, Amit Mandalia and Grant Rossman from Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and Peter Song from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering who were named 2012 NASA Space Technology Research Fellows.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"NASA has selected the 2012 class of Space Technology Research Fellows, and four out of the 48 students named are from the Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-05-24 11:00:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:18","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66378":{"id":"66378","type":"image","title":"NASA","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"NASA","file":{"fid":"193305","name":"nasa_logo.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nasa_logo.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nasa_logo.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":9403,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nasa_logo.gif?itok=aBvOaPGz"}}},"media_ids":["66378"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/offices\/oct\/early_stage_innovation\/grants\/2012_class.html","title":"View the 2012 Class of Space Technology Research Fellows"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"30211","name":"Bobby Braun"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"13327","name":"Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"171207","name":"Space Technology Research Fellowship"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}