{"283421":{"#nid":"283421","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SPP: MSPP Alumna Publishes on Nanotechnology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cbr \/\u003E Vrishali Subramanian has earned Master\u0027s degrees in Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University at Lubbock and Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology at \u0026nbsp;Atlanta. While earning her M.S. in Public Policy, she conducted research and published on nanotechnology with Dr. Philip Shapira, Dr. Alan Porter, and Dr. Jan Youtie (\u003Ca title=\u0022http:\/\/works.bepress.com\/pshapira\/4\/\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/works.bepress.com\/pshapira\/4\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/works.bepress.com\/pshapira\/4\/\u003C\/a\u003E) and Dr. Susan Cozzens and Thomas Woodson (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/works.bepress.com\/thomas_woodson\/4\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/works.bepress.com\/thomas_woodson\/4\/\u003C\/a\u003E) , all affilitated with the School of Public Policy \u0026nbsp; Currently, she is pursuing her doctorate in Environmental Sciences at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice (Venice, Italy). Her research interests continue to focus on nanotechnology. Her recent Nano Today publication \u0022Sustainable nanontechnology: Definining, measuring and teaching\u0022 can be found\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1748013214000164\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1748013214000164\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Vrishali Subramanian co-authors paper on nanotechnology."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp id=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u0022The complexity of nanomaterials themselves as well as the enabling nature of nanotechnology in general results in significant difficulties in defining and measuring sustainability associated with emerging materials and products. Defining metrics of environmental, societal, and economic impacts and integrating them into a multi-criteria decision analysis model is one way to assess the sustainability of nanoproducts and processes through an application-focused top-down approach. Given the current high level of uncertainty in many aspects of nanotechnology and the unknown trajectory of a field still in its infancy, it is important to teach nanotechnology in a contextual setting where discussions of uncertainty and variability are strongly encouraged. Sustainability should be linked to technology management processes to capture evolving technology and understanding of its benefits and risks.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nanotechnology presents challenges in defining and measuring sustainble materials and products."}],"uid":"27924","created_gmt":"2014-03-13 18:44:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:03","author":"Clark Bonilla","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"283411":{"id":"283411","type":"image","title":"SPP: Vrishali Subramanian, MSPP Alumna","body":null,"created":"1449244199","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:59","changed":"1475894976","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:36","alt":"SPP: Vrishali Subramanian, MSPP Alumna","file":{"fid":"198981","name":"vrishali_subramanian_mspp_1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vrishali_subramanian_mspp_1_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vrishali_subramanian_mspp_1_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":471028,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/vrishali_subramanian_mspp_1_0.png?itok=x41KuHSo"}}},"media_ids":["283411"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"167338","name":"science and technology policy"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVrishali Subramanian, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice (Venice, Italy).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["subramanian.vrishali@gmail.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}