{"669641":{"#nid":"669641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet Fall 2016 Ph.D.\/M.S. Graduate Sebasti\u00e1n Ortega","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\u0022\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-items\u0022\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even\u0022 property=\u0022content:encoded\u0022\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1\/3\/2017\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe following is an exerpt from the College of Sciences story by\u0026nbsp;A. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/585253\u0022\u003EClick here to read the entire story.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESebasti\u0026aacute;n Ortega\u003C\/strong\u003E graduated with Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He came to Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He is off to Colombia to work for the weather-prediction company CFAN, and then he will apply for a postdoctoral position in Colorado.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice to new graduate students:\u003C\/strong\u003E Do not be afraid to approach problems from unusual perspectives.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat attracted you to study in Georgia Tech? How did Georgia Tech meet your expectations?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EWhat attracted me most was the possibility to study weather and climate. During my senior year studying for a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in civil engineering, I was particularly interested in studying fluid dynamics. I had done my senior thesis in physical limnology, and I wanted to keep studying along the same lines. Weather and climate were particularly interesting for me; I cannot think of a more interesting area to study fluid dynamics.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EI was encouraged to apply to Georgia Tech by Oscar Mesa, a professor in my university, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Carlos Hoyos, a Georgia Tech alumnus who was working with Peter J. Webster. Peter and Carlos were looking for a new Ph.D. student to join their team.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EWhen I was taking a class with Oscar Mesa, he mentioned the opportunity to study at Tech and connected me with Carlos. After exchanging a few e-mails with Carlos and other students in Peter\u0026rsquo;s lab, I applied for admission. I was very interested in the research they were doing, so I was very happy to receive an acceptance letter a few months later.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EPeter has had around seven Colombian Ph.D. students over the years and has worked with many more. This is important for Colombia, because many of his former students are applying in Colombia the knowledge they gained in meteorology at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EWeather Photo Credit: \u0026nbsp;NOAA\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESebasti\u00e1n Ortega\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;graduated with Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He came to Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He is off to Colombia to work for the weather-prediction company CFAN, and then he will apply for a postdoctoral position in Colorado.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Meet Fall 2016 Ph.D.\/M.S. Graduate Sebasti\u00e1n Ortega"}],"uid":"36238","created_gmt":"2023-09-13 16:44:46","changed_gmt":"2023-09-13 16:44:46","author":"arcs-stuweb03","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}