Thank you would like to do now is I
believe we have to be the winner for

the outstanding capstone research prize
and I'd like to ask Chris of work

who is the one who is the chair of the
awards committee to can explain a little

bit about the process and then to announce
who the word winner was their head was or

it is and we will go ahead.

Chris Chris is also the co-director of an
honest people program that's not mentioned

right thanks guys.

So it's a bit of a challenging
process here let me before way we get

to the details of the presentation is one
describe the process of the evaluation.

First of all there was a committee that
was recruited when he's listed in your

program but I want to acknowledge
them virtually a front.

Robert kist and Berg was one of our
faculty here who has been reduced and

presented already.

Dr Nichols who's not currently here but
he did participate in the assessment.

Who's the chair of the school
Applied Physiology.

Marc Kaufman as a clinical practitioner
and externally in the community and

Dr Mark gile who had to now leave
to attend another function and

he's over at the State University
just down the road.

So we had a bit of a mixed group of
individuals which can be good and

also can be a challenge because of
many different perspectives but

I think that's part of the the.

The idea here is we're trying
to convey knowledge and

Chris that Exmouth Sonic's which
involves engineering is designed

wearable technology but eventually we're
trying to fit that technology to a person.

So it's important to have a varied
group of individuals that represent

a variety of viewpoints.

So with that we had a certain number of
criteria to evaluate each project and

by all the way by by by
the way all the projects we.

Decided we're at quite a high level.

So it came down to a cluster of about
three or four individuals that seemed to

rise to a different level and the criteria
that we looked at was in three main areas.

One was so research accomplishment and
essentially what we mean by that as we

were looking for the rigor of science and
the methods that were enabled

through the project the quality and
discreteness if you will of the question.

The more general the question is certainly
the more difficult it is think cancer.

So there was a kind of a scientific
approach that we evaluated.

We looked at the clinical importance kind
of echoing my comments initially that

the the target population of this wearable
technology is is the the patient.

So what's the relevance
to the question does it

have any meaning outside
of the laboratory and

then the the other criteria was
the oral presentation of the delivery.

What was the salesmanship if you will
of the idea was it communicated clearly

because obviously when we're generating
knowledge as young scientists here.

We need to do so clearly to make sure
that the message comes across as desired.

So with those three criteria we apply
that to each of the ten students and

it came down to a final candidate and

that is post not sure I feel now.

I'm.

Just a little while.

So this word just for the group.

So if the top of this
list of lies by the way.

It was our local Georgia
home life will let

us not standing capstone
research were presented.

The first of your respect for
the research shows you.

Ga ga over the second one you love and

on the right at the base
of this we will post this

here for the purpose of graduation

ill.

I should just say that.

Thank you everybody will help me
through that the whole time and

I hope there has been supporting me
throughout the whole five seconds

special you leave how I cannot do this or
that is how to thank you.

That.

Much.

OK I was so

informed by Jason Dufner enough
music this should not leave yet but

prior to you.

Coming up though I just wanted
to say if you closing comments.

That's right.

So as the co-director of
the Master of Science and

perception I thought it's program.

When I say that I'm co-director I've been
helped in large part by my colleague Rob

just inferred because he's giving
me the chance to pursue research at

another levels as well and pursuing a Ph
D. and I'm in the dissertation phase and

the reason I bring that up is because
I'm beginning to appreciate that.

A new level of the process
of scientific inquiry.

My background is as
a clinical practitioner and

I'm switching gears now to learning how
to become a scientist I haven't forgotten

what it means to be a clinician but
it is a bit of a challenge to the.

Integrate concepts of science.

So I'm I'm sharing my appreciation for
the all the students

have presented today it's a very
challenging process to manage studies and

to manage clinical or
actually any type of an investigation.

It's a mountain of work.

Sometimes you think that things
might go the way you have planned.

Most times than not they don't and
I think I've come to learn.

I think it has a Describe the rule of
Pai whatever amount of time you think it

takes to do something you multiply it by
PYNE And that's in actuality what happens.

So the point I'm making here.

The first point I'm making here is just an
appreciation for the rigor of the process

and I congratulate all
the students that presented today.

One other comment I'd like to make
that and closing and that is that

I also want to give recognition for
all of the organization and effort.

It has taken for multiple people
to put on a program such as this

Dr gazer Koger is the primary coordinator
of this entire event and certainly

the first year and S.P.O. student
class who was listed in the program.

They were involved in a lot of
the behind the scenes efforts and

obviously our key presentations or
I would say starting off the keynote

Childers and all the other and most peer
students and our undergraduates you kind

of see a continuum of how we represent
science or what our philosophy

of investigating clinical and related
questions here is at Georgia Tech and

that is to engage not only graduate
students but perhaps also to do so

at the undergraduate level so that kind of
going back to young he's comments on how

can we engage students in an earlier
portion of their tenure at college and

perhaps encourage them to use to pursue
questions and prosthetics and orthotics

and I think we have a bit of a continuum
that we started here at Georgia Tech.

Now I just want to congratulate and
reshape all the efforts for

the organizers to put this event time.

So the final comment and

that is that I want to thank all
the audience members here today without

without you supporting this
concept of research and

relaying these methods and ideas that
we've learned eventually research

is all about delivery of knowledge and
knowledge builds a profession.

So by our other community
members being here today.

You're supporting this and hopefully you
can begin to communicate back with us.

Some of your ideas and
we can begin a collaboration together

not only at Georgia Tech but we can relate
more to the community to make these ideas

that we've learned today more impact and
you know environment so

thanks again everybody and
appreciate all of you coming today.