{"501181":{"#nid":"501181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Seven GT-AE students receive PURA Grants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeven students enrolled in the School of Aerospace Engineering have been tapped to receive the Presidents Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) this fall, enabling them to continue special projects they have already launched with faculty advisors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Fall 2015 recipients (and their faculty advisors) are\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EChristine Gebara (Dr. Julian Rimoli), Edwin Goh (Dr. Jerry Seitzman), Jackson Merkl (Dr. Narayanan Komerath), Julian Brew\u0026nbsp; (Dr. Marcus Holzinger), James Clinton (Dr. Marilyn Smith), Vaibhav Kumar\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Krish Ahuja)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Lubna Zubair (Holzinger).\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESingled out for his exemplary accomplishments in the area of space debris detection was Brew, of Stone Mountain, GA, whose PURA\u0026nbsp;scholarship will be paid by the Lockheed Martin Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA BS\/MS\u0026nbsp;Honors Program student, Brew plans to finish his undergraduate degree this fall and pursue a masters degree without interruption.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis PURA\u0026nbsp;grant,\u0026nbsp; \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/Brew-Julian-Abstract.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeveloping Techniques for Space Object Characterization in Space Situational Awareness Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 will allow him to continue working with Dr. Holzinger on a project that is using magnitometers to detect space debris.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrew spoke with us from Houston, Texas, where he is currently serving a summer internship at NASA\u0027s Johnson Space Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are looking to detect specific magnetic field data because when it shows up, it signifies that some space debris has been detected,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As of right now, we\u0027re looking to prove this concept, and it shows a lot of promise. If we find it can be used, we think we\u0027ll be able to determine different characteristics of space debris, like its orbit.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe President\u0027s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) offer $1,500 salary awards to undergraduate students conducting research and are being mentored by a faculty member or GTRI scientist. 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