Sam Nunn Security Program
Sam Nunn Fellows
- 2007-08 Pre-Doctoral Fellows
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Marshini Chetty
Computing
Marshini Chetty is a third year Human-Centered Computing PhD student in the College of Computing. She received her Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2002 and 2005. Her general research interest is to study and design technologies in ways that take into account the broader socio-technical and cultural context of use. Domains of interest include technologies for the home, online communities and design methods for international development.
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Isaac Clements
Biomedical Engineering
Isaac Clements is currently pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering in the laboratory of Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda. He received a Bachelor's of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2004. Isaac has interned at Nexidia Inc., a technology company specializing in speech analysis. Isaac's current research project focuses on nerve regeneration, and on interfacing peripheral nerves with electronic devices for the neural control of artificial limbs.
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Hernando Jimenez
Aerospace Engineering
Hernando was born in Bogota, Colombia, where he grew up and attended school until age 18, when he joined the Colombian Army as part of the mandatory year-long service. While in the military, Hernando was commissioned for an 8-month tour to the 3rd International Infantry Battalion which serves in the Sinai Peninsula with the Multinational Force and Observers. Hernando began his college studies in 1999 at St. Louis University, Madrid Spain campus. In 2001 he transferred to Georgia Tech where he has remained, earning a BSAE (2003), MSAE (2005), and is currently pursuing his PhD.
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Amy Lane
Chemistry
Amy is pursuing a PhD in chemistry in the lab of Dr. Julia Kubanek. Prior to beginning the PhD program at Georgia Tech, Amy received a B.S. in chemistry at Indiana State University. Amy’s dissertation research focuses on the discovery and structure determination of novel natural products with ecological and medicinal activities. Specifically, Amy investigates how marine organisms use chemical defenses to protect themselves against the millions of potentially harmful microbes found in every milliliter of seawater. Amy applies these ecological insights toward the discovery of human medicines to fight antibiotic-resistant infections and diseases such as malaria, cancer, HIV, and tuberculosis. As a Sam Nunn fellow, Amy is interested the application of marine natural products as medicines active against bioterror agents.
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Ian Stults
Aerospace Engineering
Ian Stults is currently pursuing a PhD in Aerospace Engineering while working for the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory under Dr. Dimitri Mavris. Ian received a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Master's of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004 and 2006. Mr. Stults has worked on programs with NASA – Glenn, General Electric Aircraft Engines, and Pratt & Whitney involving conceptual air breathing propulsion systems design, vehicle integration, and technology portfolio assessment.
Since becoming a graduate student, Ian has also worked in strategic missile systems analysis and design with the Missile Defense Agency, its contractors, and other government agencies. Ian's current research efforts include combined cycle power plant conceptual design with General Electric Energy.
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Tushar Thrivikraman
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tushar Thrivikraman received the BS Degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA in 2002 and a BBA in Decision and Information Analysis from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in 2001. In 2004, Tushar joined the Warner Robins Air Logistics center at Robins Air Force Base in the Combat Sustainment Wing as a Defense Career Intern. At Robins AFB, he supported testing and sustainment operations for an Electronic Countermeasures Radar System. He is currently is pursuing his PhD at Georgia Tech working in the Silicon Germanium Devices and Circuit Research Team lead by Dr. John D. Cressler.
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- Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Kelly Dennison
Chemistry
Dr. Kelly Joy Dennison received her PhD in chemistry from Georgia Tech in 2005 and is a current graduate student in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. Her PhD work was on the structure determination and enzymology of Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type I protease (HTLV-I). Her work included synthesizing HTLV-I protease inhibitors. She was a Guest Research Scientist at the CDC where she tested these inhibitors against the virus. Dr. Dennison was also a postdoctoral fellow at Emory School of Medicine where she worked on HIV research. Dr. Dennison’s undergraduate degrees include a BS in Chemistry and a BA in International Affairs from Kennesaw State University. As a Sam Nunn Security Fellow she will be investigating biotechnology policy, bioterrorism, and emergency preparedness.
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Chang-Min Lee
Nuclear Engineering
Dr. Lee recently obtained his doctoral degree in Nuclear and Quantum Engineering from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, Korea. His areas of technical expertise include shielding in spent fuel storage operations and proliferation resistant nuclear fuel cycle technologies. His doctoral dissertation addressed the effect that cracks in concrete have on shielding performance in spent fuel dry storage facilities. In his position as a post-doctoral Sam Nunn Fellow, he intends to investigate the security implications of nuclear power such as the threat of nuclear terrorism.
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