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A tool developed by Georgia Tech researchers can help pinpoint the ideal locations for water level sensors to maximize the real-time data available to emergency managers to help anticipate flood risks and respond in emergencies.

Four faculty members have been recognized by students for their excellence in the classroom.

Georgia Tech’s executive vice president for research has recognized four College of Engineering faculty members and a spaceflight group for their outstanding contributions to the research enterprise.

Professors David Frost and Paul Mayne have been selected to deliver prestigious lectures at the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2023 Geo-Congress, a gathering of the nation’s leading geotechnical engineering experts.

Postdoctoral researcher Ting Wang has received the 2023 Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry by the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.

The Georgia Chapter of the American Concrete Institute has selected PhD student Connor Szeto to receive the $5,000 Robert H. Kuhlman Student Scholarship.

Professor Laurie Garrow has launched a new transportation center that focuses on modeling passenger demand for air travel.

This installment of the Faces of Research Q&A series is with Joe F. Bozeman III, assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the School of Public Policy, and director of the Social Equity and Environmental Engineering Lab (SEEEL).

Georgia Tech has been selected to be part of three university transportation centers—prestigious, federally funded research consortiums that advance the future of transportation.

This year, 14 women occupy critical leadership roles guiding the College of Engineering and its eight schools and departments. Their positions span research, entrepreneurship, faculty development, and more.

The Steel Bridge Task Force, which consists of the American Iron and Steel Institute, the National Steel Bridge Alliance, and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials T-14 Technical Committee for Structural Steel Design, have selected assistant professor Ryan Sherman as the recipient of the 2023 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award Lecture.

Assistant Professor Jorge Macedo has received the 2023 Young Researcher Award from the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering's (ISSMGE) Technical Committee on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering.

The American Society of Civil Engineers has named Georgia Tech civil engineering student Lisa Wu to its 2023 class of New Faces of Civil Engineering: College Edition, which honors 10 of the brightest students from college campuses around the nation.

Professor Rafael Bras among those gathering data about landslides caused by hurricanes hitting the island in hopes of creating a national geohazards center.

During the Spring 2023 Hyatt Lecture, Lorraine Green shared her life story and gave students the kind of advice she wished she’d received on her journey from entry level worker to CEO.

Five CEE alumni and faculty were among the thirteen engineers selected to receive the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers’ annual Engineer of the Year Awards. 

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have found a way to use small shocks of electricity to disinfect water, reducing energy consumption, cost, and environmental impact. The technology could be integrated into the electric grid or even powered by batteries.

Two CEE students walked away with $5,000 prizes at the 2023 Entrepreneurial Impact Competition after impressing a panel of judges with their ideas for an improved ground anchor design and technology to desalinate sea water for drinking.

As academic director of PMOSH, Dr. Ashuri will work to increase the program's national visibility while seeking opportunities to strengthen the ties between PMOSH and the other aligned degrees, programs and activities across the Institute.   

Five master’s and Ph.D. students in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering have been awarded this year’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships, a prestigious fellowship program under the Federal Highway Administration.