{"281631":{"#nid":"281631","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Tech Talks: \u0022Why Does Society Need Science?\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta science\u0027s version of TedTalks with a competitive edge! Local science students battle one another through sharing short talks that focus on the value of science to our society.\u0026nbsp;Come join in for the final competition round of public friendly, science based short talks given by Atlanta area science undergraduate and graduate students. This event is part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantasciencefestival.org\u0022\u003E2014 Atlanta Science Festival\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first ever TechTalks competition, we have asked our competitors to answer a deceptively simple question: \u003Cem\u003EWhy Does Society Need Science?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompetitors include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETessa Solomon-Lane\u003C\/strong\u003E is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student at Georgia State University. She enjoys SCUBA diving to study fish in the wild.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZev Greenberg\u003C\/strong\u003E is a Material Science and Engineering undergraduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENatalie Schloeder\u003C\/strong\u003E is an aerospace engineering Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech. Her research in electric propulsion in no way related to her talk.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMahdi Al Husseini\u003C\/strong\u003E is a biomedical engineering undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. Mahdi dreams to make his mark on the world through public speaking.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENick Selby\u003C\/strong\u003E is a mechanical engineering undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. Nick enjoys building race cars as part of Tech\u2019s Solar Racing Club.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta science\u0027s version of TedTalks with a competitive edge!\u0026nbsp;Students from Georgia Tech and Georgia State University address the question: \u0022Why Does Society Need Science?\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Atlanta science\u0027s version of TedTalks with a competitive edge!"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2014-03-07 17:10:30","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:23:00","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-03-24T23:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-03-25T01:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-03-25T01:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-03-25 03:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-03-25 05:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-03-25 05:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"281641":{"id":"281641","type":"image","title":"Tech Talks: Communicating Science Creatively","body":null,"created":"1449244199","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:59","changed":"1475894976","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:36","alt":"Tech Talks: Communicating Science Creatively","file":{"fid":"198941","name":"web_flyer_finalround.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/web_flyer_finalround_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/web_flyer_finalround_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":453584,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/web_flyer_finalround_0.png?itok=jLbzRvJG"}}},"media_ids":["281641"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.atlantasciencefestival.org","title":"Atlanta Science Festival"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"66491","name":"Atlanta Science Festival"},{"id":"37051","name":"tech talks"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"},{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}