[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1580","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"7","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"22"}}]][[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1582","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 480px; height: 320px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Karim Sabra of the Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded the Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) for contributions to

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Financial Administrator III
ME

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The Georgia Institute of Technology Offices of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) are pleased to announce that three professors of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering received 2015 GT-FIRE Awards (Transformative Research and Education Annual Awards):

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Correction to this story is run to include ME grad student, Alexis Noel.

This year, eight Woodruff School students earned graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including three undergraduates: Shantonio Birch, Samuel Cruz, and Max Stockslager; and five graduate students: Hagan Bush, Alexander Limia, Alexis Noel, Eric Tervo, and Luke Yates.

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