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Professor Emeritus Wilton W. King

Colleagues pay tribute to mentor, friend Wilton King (1937-2016)

30 November 2016

Georgia Tech senior Maya Goldman at Machu Picchu in Peru. The structure behind her shows how Inca engineers used terraces as retaining walls. "Being in Machu Picchu inspired me like no other place on Earth to continue my study of civil engineering," Goldman said, "to follow in the footsteps of those before me, and to build a future based on sharing knowledge and closely observing environmental processes, just like Incan engineers." (Photo Courtesy: Maya Goldman)

Visit to Machu Picchu inspires Maya Goldman to walk in the footsteps of Incan engineers

22 November 2016

A Mundy scholar essay

Students from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering learn OSHA guidelines for worksite safety in early November. The Atlanta office of JE Dunn provided the training — and lunch — to the group of nearly two dozen undergraduate and graduate students. (Photo: Yong Cho)

JE Dunn teaches students about worksite safety

16 November 2016

CEE Awards Plaques (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

Awards recognize CEE’s top scientists, researchers, teachers and staff members

14 November 2016

Veterans John Temple and Mike Anderson in one of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering server rooms. The pair now provide information technology support to the School's students, faculty and staff. (Photo: Joshua Stewart)

Staff who served share thoughts on Veterans Day

11 November 2016

New External Advisory Board members Jim Anderson, John Kelley, Edward Metzger, Stephen Mulva, Frank Rucker and Deborah Staudinger.

Leaders in construction, law, social media among newest members of School’s External Advisory Board

08 November 2016

Yang Wang and students in his research group install sensors on a bridge in Bartow County, Georgia, in July 2016. Wang, Francesco Fedele and Rafi Muhanna in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering will use data from instruments like these to feed a new interval-based optimization approach to assess structural systems and detect damage. (Photo Courtesy: Yang Wang)

Dealing with uncertainty: New NSF project will create more accurate, faster interval-based approach to assessing structures for damage

04 November 2016

Sierra Magazine story about the explosion at a gas pipeline in Alabama.

Tien: Pipeline blast reminds us of our dependence on a few key infrastructure systems

03 November 2016

Screen shot of Ph.D. student Simon Berrebi's interview with WSB-TV in Atlanta about his group's effort to crowdfund trash cans for East Point bus stops.

WATCH: MARTA Army crowdfunding trash cans at East Point bus stops

02 November 2016

WTA Atlanta scholarship winners Xiaodan Xu, Stephanie Amoaning-Yankson and Cindy Bledsoe.

Georgia Tech students sweep WTS Atlanta scholarships

02 November 2016

G. Wayne Clough with National Academy of Construction President Hugh Rice. Clough was inducted into the academy's 2016 class of new members Oct. 20. (Photo Courtesy: National Academy of Construction)

Clough elected to National Academy of Construction

01 November 2016

Ph.D. student Stephanie Amoaning-Yankson.

Amoaning-Yankson wins Society of Women Engineers leadership scholarship

01 November 2016

Ocean Science and Engineering webpage screenshot

Georgia Tech launches Ph.D. in ocean science and engineering

27 October 2016

Ph.D. student Osvaldo Broesicke, right, with Latinos in Science and Engineering President Will Davis. Broesicke won the organization's highest honor for students, the Padrino Scholarship and Medalla de Plata, or silve medal. (Photo Courtesy: Osvaldo Broesicke)

Broesicke honored with highest student award from Latino STEM group

26 October 2016

Ph.D. student Chloe Johansen meets with her TI:GER program group in October 2016 to talk about their project. (Photo: Joshua Stewart)

Failing infrastructure: We can’t fix it all, so Chloe Johansen’s research will help us prioritize

20 October 2016

Ph.D. student Fikret Atalay will be part of a five-student delegation from the United States at next year's International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference in South Korea.

Atalay picked for 5-member U.S. delegation to young geotech engineers conference

17 October 2016

Ph.D. student Sangy Hanumasagar will attend the International Research Association on Large Landslides meeting in China this month for two weeks of workshops and high-level courses on landslides.

Hanumasagar selected for ‘landslide school’ with some of world’s top scholars

13 October 2016

SEC Country website screen shot of a story looking at the effects of major hurricanes on college football stadiums.

Hurricanes vs. Stadiums: Stewart explains why the massive structures can withstand storms

10 October 2016

The Taj Mahal (Photo: Michael Bergin)

Burning trash in India major cause of Taj Mahal discoloration, leads to hundreds of premature deaths

07 October 2016

Reginald DesRoches, the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Karen and John Huff School Chair

Haiti engineers honor DesRoches for his work on disaster recovery, serving the community

07 October 2016