{"425141":{"#nid":"425141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eight AE undergraduates recognized by Women In Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight talented aerospace engineering undergraduates were recognized with more than $12,000 in scholarships earlier this month at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/wie\u0022\u003EWomen in Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Awards Banquet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAltogether more than $131,000 in scholarships were awarded to women in all of the engineering schools by WIE, the result of a year-round fund-raising effort that partners the College\u0027s educational goals with the aspirations of many industry sponsors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to WIE Director, Dr. Christine Valle, winners were chosen based on three criteria: the maintenance of a 3.0 GPA, financial need, and a demonstrated involvement in campus activities that support women in the engineering fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2014 recipients from the School of Aerospace Engineering are: Alissa Alberica (sponsored by Boeing); Elizabeth Balga (Boeing); Harleen Brar (Lockheed Martin); Sarah Heywood (United Technologies); Julia Macon (Boeing); Sara Miller (Boeing); Jessica Pfeffer (United Technologies); and Brittni Walters (United Technologies).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022500\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe 2014 WIE-AE scholarship recipients are (from left) Harleen Brar, Elizabeth Balga, Sara Miller, Alissa Alberico, Julia Macon, and Sarah Heywood. Not pictured: Brittni Walters and Jessica Pfeffer\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Eight talented aerospace engineering undergraduates were recognized with more than $12,000 in scholarships earlier this month at the Women in Engineering Awards Banquet."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-15 15:17:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:04","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"135061","name":"Alissa Alberico"},{"id":"135081","name":"and Sarah Heywood"},{"id":"135091","name":"Brittni Walters"},{"id":"135041","name":"Elizabeth Balga"},{"id":"135031","name":"Harleen Brar"},{"id":"135101","name":"Jessica Pfeffer"},{"id":"135071","name":"Julia Macon"},{"id":"171457","name":"Sara Miller"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}