{"428151":{"#nid":"428151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"John Crittenden Honored for Excellence in Water Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Water Research Institute (NWRI) has selected \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Crittenden\u003C\/strong\u003E as the 22nd recipient of the \u003Ca title=\u0022Clarke Prize\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nwri-usa.org\/ClarkePrize.htm\u0022\u003ENWRI Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize\u003C\/a\u003E for excellence in water research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConsisting of a medallion and $50,000 award, the NWRI Clarke Prize is given out each year to recognize research accomplishments that solve real-world water problems and to highlight the importance and need to continue funding this type of research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca title=\u0022Crittenden Bio\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/crittenden\u0022\u003ECrittenden\u003C\/a\u003E was selected as the 2015 recipient because of his outstanding contributions to treating chemical contaminants in water and his leadership in addressing water demand for transportation, energy production, and domestic use in a holistic, sustainable manner.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI consider the Clarke Prize to be one of the greatest honors that one who conducts water research can receive,\u201d says Crittenden.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Clarke Prize will be presented to Crittenden on October 30, 2015, at the 22nd Annual NWRI Clarke Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony in Huntington Beach, California. The award ceremony is the highlight of the NWRI Clarke Prize Conference, a one-day event that features a mix of leading-edge research by academics complimented with practical case studies by industry practitioners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith a career spanning 37 years, Crittenden has been a pioneer in the research and development of water treatment technologies, particularly physical-chemical treatment processes. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2008, Crittenden was recruited to Georgia Tech to direct the \u003Ca title=\u0022Brook Byers Institute\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sustainable.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems\u003C\/a\u003E, established to create technological, management, and policy strategies to ensure a sustainable future. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith joint faculty appointments in the School of Electrical and Chemical Engineering and\u0026nbsp;School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Crittenden holds the Hightower Chair and is the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Environmental Technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"John Crittenden Honored for Excellence in Water Research"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Water Research Institute (NWRI) has selected \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Crittenden\u003C\/strong\u003E as the 22nd recipient of the NWRI Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize for excellence in water research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"John Crittenden Honored for Excellence in Water Research"}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2015-07-23 16:24:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:15","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"427621":{"id":"427621","type":"image","title":"John Crittenden","body":null,"created":"1449254342","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:39:02","changed":"1475895165","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:45","alt":"John Crittenden","file":{"fid":"202794","name":"crittenden-crop.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/crittenden-crop_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/crittenden-crop_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":132848,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/crittenden-crop_0.jpg?itok=IWOPi70C"}}},"media_ids":["427621"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"136631","name":"Clarke Prize"},{"id":"136491","name":"john crittenden"},{"id":"136621","name":"water research"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-2299\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}