{"304791":{"#nid":"304791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"STAC Alumni Earns International Masters","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERao, who graduated from Tech with highest honor in May 2013 with a major in STAC and a minor in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies (Spanish concentration), moved to Europe for an Erasmus program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is located at Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) and Universidad de Oviedo (Spain), and her thesis -- \u0022The Significance of Computer-Based Technologies in Disaster Management\u0022 -- was directed by \u0026nbsp;Kim Brolin (Karolinska Institutet) and Hugh Crawford (Georgia Institute of Technology). This work allowed Rao to continue research she had begun as an undergrad working with Crawford.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"LMC Professor Hugh Crawford, who worked with Nikita Rao as an undergrad, serves as one of her advisors."}],"uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2014-06-24 10:13:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:41","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"96181","name":"computer-based technology"},{"id":"96191","name":"disaaster management"},{"id":"96201","name":"Master\u0027s program"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hugh.crawford@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehugh.crawford@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}