ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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Top-ranked Mahak Jain joins Georgia Tech Tennis 2020
July 2020 -
Mahak Jain of Bhopal, India, who committed to Georgia Tech University in 2019, is part of the Georgia Tech women’s tennis 2020 recruiting class, ranked no. 2 by Tennis Recruiting Network and Mizuno, the sportswear and equipment company.
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Devesh Ranjan leads research team at Georgia Tech to create a ventilator
June 2020 -
Prof. Devesh Ranjan, who is with Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, led a research team at Georgia Tech to create a prototype for a low-cost, portable emergency ventilator that uses electronic sensors and computer control to manage key clinical parameters such as respiration rate, tidal volume,inspiration and expiration ratio, and pressure on the lungs.
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National STEM chair created in India in the name of Raman Parimala
June 2020 -
Prof. Raman Parimala, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory College of Arts and Siences is one of 11 “STEM” Indian women scientists being recognized by the Indian government with a chair
created in their honor.
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The Westminster School’s Ananya Ganesh named a 2020 Coca-Cola Scholar
June 2020 -
Ananya Ganesh of The Westminster School, Atlanta, was selected as one of this year’s 150 Coca-Cola scholars, chosen from more than 93,000 applicants residing in the country.
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Krishnendu Roy wins Georgia Tech award for outstanding achievement
June 2020 -
Prof. Krishnendu Roy, who is with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and with the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, won the the 2020 award for research program
development.
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Vinod Ruppa-Kasani honored at Georgia Science & Engineering Fair
May 2020 -
Vinod Ruppa-Kasani receives multiple awards at 72nd Georgia Science & Engineering Fair
Vinod Ruppa-Kasani, a student of Grade 9 at Chattahoochee High School, Johns Creek, Georgia picked up multiple awards at the recently concluded 72nd Georgia Science & Engineering Fair (GSEF). He was awarded for his project, “Detecting and Imaging Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Perovskite Quantum Dots”.
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Prof. Joyce Fuleckiger receives Emory Excellence Award
May 2020 -
Dr. Joyce B. Fuleckiger receives Emory Women of Excellence Award
Already a recipient of Emory’s highest award for teaching, the Emory Williams Teaching Award in 2003, Dr. Joyce B. Fuleckiger, PhD, has now been honored with The Emory Women of Excellence Awards for Mentorship for 2020.
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Emory Excellence Award for Prof. Amita Manatunga
May 2020 -
Emory Women of Excellence Award for Amita K. Manatunga
Amita K. Manatunga, PhD, has been honored with The Emory Women of Excellence Awards for Mentorship for 2020. She has been recognized for her extensive record of mentoring women statisticians and for co-founding the ENAR Diversity workshop, which seeks to promote recruitment, retention and mentoring of underrepresented graduate students.
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Shyam K. Reddy appointed chair of the Carter Center’s Board of Councilors
May 2020 -
Shyam K. Reddy appointed chair of the Carter Center’s Board of Councilors
Shyam K. Reddy has been appointed chair of the Carter Center’s Board of Councilors for 2020. Chief administrative officer and senior vice president of corporate development at BlueLinx Corporation, Reddy follows outgoing chair Dan Cathy, chairman, president and CEO of Chick-fil-A.
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Padma Bhushan for Dr. Jagdish Sheth
March 2020 -
Dr. Jagdish Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business at Goizueta Business School, Emory University, was honored with the Government of India’s Padma Bhushan award on the country’s Republic Day, January 26, 2020.
