{"425951":{"#nid":"425951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech names Dimitri Mavris Regents Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech this week announced that it has selected Dimitri Mavris, a professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering, to become a Regents Professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMavris\u2019s nomination to this honor was formally approved by the University System of the Georgia Board of Regents earlier this month and is effective immediately. The Regents Professorship is reserved for outstanding, tenured full professors whose work is characterized by excellence in research and contributions to their professions and institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe director of AE\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.asdl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAerospace Systems Design Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ASDL), Mavris is known for emphasizing academic excellence among the many graduate students he advises. He regularly authors journal and conference papers with his students, and, over the last 10 years, has graduated more than 300 masters and doctoral students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProf. Dimitri Mavris in his office at the hub of the Aerospace System Design Lab (ASDL)\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Aerospace Engineering.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe greatest accomplishment, really, is the opportunity I\u2019ve been given to develop people,\u201d said Mavris who also holds the Boeing Professorship for Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo be able to support 600 or more students since I joined the ASDL [in 1998] is truly the biggest reward.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder Mavris\u2019s direction, the ASDL has served as an unparalleled hub of multi-disciplinary system design and analysis work for a host of government and industry sponsors. Over the last 10 years alone, the lab has performed $125 million worth of research in new methods and tools and has anchored more than 200 research faculty, masters, and doctoral students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGraduate and undergraduate students associated with ASDL have had the opportunity to work with a veritable \u201cwho\u2019s-who\u201d of industry giants, including Boeing, Lockheed, Rolls Royce, GE, NASA, and Pratt \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Whitney, to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is hard to fully comprehend the wealth of resources and energy that Professor Mavris brings to his students and to the School of Aerospace Engineering,\u201d said AE Chair Dr. Vigor Yang.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHe has generously provided his students with significant exposure to major research opportunities, reinforcing not only their technical finesse but their ability to manage real-world interactions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022300\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProf. Dimitri Mavris accepting an ASEE\u0026nbsp;award from\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBoeing Associate Technical Fellow Dr. Michael Richey for\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;ASDL\u0027s involvement in Boeing\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1430\u0022\u003EAerosPace competition\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this past April.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMavris earned his undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech. His research has focused on the formulation, development and implementation of comprehensive approaches to the design of affordable high-quality complex systems using visual analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMavris\u2019s work as an educator and an engineering thought-leader has been widely recognized. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the recipient of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award. He is also a delegate to the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Council. In addition to his membership on AIAA\u2019s Institute Development Committee, he was recently appointed to direct AIAA\u2019s Technical Aircraft and Atmospheric Systems Group.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech this week announced that it has selected Dimitri Mavris, a professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering, to become a Regents Professor."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-16 14:33:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:08","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","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":"135151","name":"Dimitri Davis"},{"id":"103191","name":"regents professor"}],"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":""}}}