Research Symposium Program - Individual Details
5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17, 2025
Joy Zoggia https://pc.fsu.edu/student-research/symposium/symposium-program-2025/systems-engineering
BIO
Joy Zoggia is a Chemical Engineer with six years of experience working in the Phosphate industry. Currently, Joy is part of the Research and Development team working for The Mosaic Company, specializing in new applied process technologies. She aspires to one day old a leadership position within her research department and help mentor engineers in the phosphate industry. Joy is a mother of two little ones, a three-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. She loves the outdoors, traveling, gardening, horseback riding, and working out. Joy was born in Enghien-les-Bains in the north of Paris, France, and also possesses a Brazilian background from her mother's side.
Mahatma Gandhi: "Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind."
Authors: Joy Zoggia, Dr. Daniel GeorgiadisStudent Major: MS Systems Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Georgiadis
Mentor's Department: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department Mentor's College: College of Engineering Co-Presenters:
Abstract
Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, social activist, and major political and spiritual leader. Gandhi was humble, truthful, selfless, and transparent. With an incredible ability to make deep connections with the people of his country, Gandhi main doctrine revolved around truth and peaceful nonviolent civil disobedience. He also practiced vegetarianism, and fasting for self-purification. Gandhi's was widely known as a servant leader, being a follower first, leading by example and serving the people of India. Mostly known for leading India to independence from British rule, Gandhi also had huge role in the Civil Right movement in South Africa as well as other major civil disobedience movements "Satyagraha" such as the Salt March in 1882. He married at 13 years old, and had three sons with his wife, Kasturba. Gandhi later died in 1948, assassinated by gunshot during a prayer vigil in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic who believed Gandhi had betrayed Hindus due to his support towards Muslims and Sympathy for Pakistan. Gandhi's legacy however did not die with him, he inspired many great leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. Satyagraha remains a strong philosophy in freedom throughout the world to this day.
Keywords: Mahatma, Gandhi, India