{"68658":{"#nid":"68658","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sulchek Receives 2011 CAREER Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical  Engineering is pleased to announce that \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/sulchek.shtml\u0022\u003EDr. Todd Sulchek\u003C\/a\u003E, Assistant Professor, has  won a prestigious 2011 Faculty Early Career Award from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E Biosensing  Program for his proposal titled: \u0022Understanding Multivalent Biological Bonds  for Biosensing Applications.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E  For this project, Dr. Sulchek will be  studying multivalent protein\n adhesion in order to improve how well biosensors  can bind target \nmolecules. He hopes to create methods to watch the binding and  \nunbinding of multiple protein bonds in quick succession and close \nproximity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E  As part of the CAREER Award outreach component, Dr.  Sulchek will \nwork with local high schools to match biology students with physical  \nscience students into teams, in  order to emphasize the overlapping \nnature of the scientific and engineering  disciplines. The goal is to \nportray  science and engineering in a more exciting and interesting \nlight. Currently, there are two high school students  working in Dr. \nSulchek\u0027s lab this summer, testing out a concept to rapidly  measure \nprotein adhesion. After  knowledge is gained from this trial run \nworking with students, Dr. Sulchek will  organize 10-20 teams in the \nnext year to compete in a  cross-disciplinary science fair. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E  Upon learning about this award, Woodruff  School Chair Dr. Bill \nWepfer said, \u0022Congratulations! Along with your recent NIH R21 award, \nthis is  a tremendous affirmation of your research program.\u0022 Dean of \nEngineering, Dr. Don Giddens said,  \u0022Great news, Todd, and a hearty \ncongratulations!!\u0022 Further hats off came from Georgia Tech\u0027s  \nPresident, Dr. G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson, \u0022Congratulations! Off to a great \nstart!\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n  Dr, Sulchek received both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees  (Applied \nPhysics) from Stanford University in 2000 and 2006, respectively. He \nearned his B.A. (Physics and Mathematics)  at Johns Hopkins University \nin 1996. Dr.  Sulchek started at Georgia Tech in June 2008 as an \nAssistant Professor. Prior  to his current appointment, he was a staff \nscientist at Lawrence Livermore  National Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E  Currently, there are twenty-seven Woodruff  School faculty members who have at one time held a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/pubs_broch_careerawards.shtml\u0022\u003ECAREER Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\n In  addition, the Woodruff School has fifteen Ph.D. graduates who have \nwon these awards  and are on the faculty of universities other than \nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Early Career Awarded to Sulchek from the National Science Foundation\u0027s Biosensing Program"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Early Career Awarded to Sulchek from the National Science Foundation\u0027s Biosensing Program"}],"uid":"27224","created_gmt":"2011-06-30 20:22:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:40","author":"Megan McDevitt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68659":{"id":"68659","type":"image","title":"Todd Sulchek","body":null,"created":"1449177185","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:05","changed":"1475894597","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:17","alt":"Todd Sulchek","file":{"fid":"192627","name":"sulchek_todd.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sulchek_todd_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sulchek_todd_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2937,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sulchek_todd_1.jpg?itok=XQuULuHs"}}},"media_ids":["68659"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/","title":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/sulchekBBL","title":"Sulchek Lab Website"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/","title":"George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13574","name":"Todd Sulchek"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMelissa D Zbeeb\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\n\u003Cbr \/\u003EWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\n\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["melissa.zbeeb@me.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}