ATRP--Episode 14: Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division (ISTD) Co-Op Students
Release Date: 03/19/2024
Meet Janaki Tambe, Director of GTRI's Project Management Office
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This episode of The Georgia Tech Research Podcast is an interview with Janaki Tambe, the new Director of GTRI's Project Management Office (PMO). She assumed that role May 1, reporting to the office of the COO. As the PMO Director, Janaki provides executive oversight and leadership to the PMO office. She will be responsible for maintaining a dynamic and productive team culture, fostering productive relationships across GTRI and Georgia Tech, securing project management work with GTRI laboratories, and providing best-of-class PM subject matter expertise to Department of Defense (DoD)...
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ATRP--Episode 14: Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division (ISTD) Co-Op Students
Georgia Tech Research Podcast
This episode features a discussion with Austen and Jalan, the fall 2023 Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division (ISTD) Cooperative Education (co-op) students. The co-op work-study program provides academic credit for structured work experiences, helping young people complete the school-to-work transition. The topics covered in this discussion include their experiences, their goals, and their pathway to a great career in research while gaining hands-on work experience with the Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP) projects. This episode is a great...
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ATRP 50th--Episode 10-Harrison Foundation Student Interns
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This podcast episode is devoted to student support from the R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Foundation. Lance Barrett and Ryan Giometti were the 2022 selected student interns. They were the first recipients of the one-year funded internships made possible by an endowment from the R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Foundation. The internships are part of ATRP’s Abit Massey Student Internship Program, which provides Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) undergraduate students an opportunity to work alongside ATRP researchers on real-world challenges facing poultry production and...
info_outlineThis episode features a discussion with Austen and Jalan, the fall 2023 Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division (ISTD) Cooperative Education (co-op) students.
The co-op work-study program provides academic credit for structured work experiences, helping young people complete the school-to-work transition.
The topics covered in this discussion include their experiences, their goals, and their pathway to a great career in research while gaining hands-on work experience with the Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP) projects.
This episode is a great discussion for anyone, but it has a unique appeal to high school students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research.