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Alumnus Leo Vecellio speaks after his induction into the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Hall of Fame April 21. (Photo: Gary Meek)

Vecellio inducted into College of Engineering Hall of Fame, Sanivation wins inaugural Impact Award

23 April 2018

Ph.D. student Abby Francisco, who has received a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

NSF awards graduate fellowship to Francisco for work helping people understand their energy use and act more sustainably

20 April 2018

Power plant smoke stacks. A new study led by Tellepsen Chair Armistead "Ted" Russell found that power plant and motor vehicle pollution regulations resulted in better air quality and fewer emergency hospital visits for Atlanta area residents for respiratory problems. (Photo Courtesy: Nick Humphries via Flickr.)

Study shows air quality and health improved in metro Atlanta after power plant and motor vehicle pollution controls

19 April 2018

Pollution regulations result in cleaner air, fewer emergency room visits for asthma and other lung diseases

Professor Paul Mayne, who will be the 2018-2019 Cross-USA Lecturer for the American Society of Civil Engineers' Geo-Institute.

Mayne to take expertise on the road as ASCE Geo-Institute Cross-USA lecturer

17 April 2018

Professor Don White, who has received a lifetime achievement award from the American Institute of Steel Construction.

Steel construction group honors White with lifetime achievement award

12 April 2018

The ASCE concrete canoe team launches their vessel for the women’s sprint race, where chapter president Caroline Stanton and conference chair Alesa Stallman placed second after winning their heat. (Photo: Vy Le)

ASCE chapter wins first place at regional conference

10 April 2018

The Living Building from the northwest, showing the building's "porch" opening to the Eco-Commons to the west. (Image Courtesy: The Miller Hull Partnership and Lord Aeck Sargent)

Teams of industry mentors, students compete in Tech Blitz to 'radically' boost Living Building construction productivity

09 April 2018

Civil engineering senior Arjun Bir and his Oasis team, center, won the $15,000 grand prize in the MIT Water Innovation Prize competition April 4. The team created a simple, inexpensive test for detecting E. coli in drinking water in India. (Photo: Andi Sutton/Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab at MIT)

Simple, low-cost E. coli test wins MIT Water Innovation Prize

09 April 2018

Nine student teams pitched solutions to global water issues at annual event

Ph.D. student David Ederer, who has been selected for the 2018 class of the Eno Center for Transportation Future Leaders Development Conference.

Ederer invited to DC for inside look at transportation policymaking as Eno fellow

03 April 2018

Georgia Tech researchers Glaucio Paulino, left, and Jerry Qi hold 3-D printed objects that use tensegrity, a structural system of floating rods in compression and cables in continuous tension. They’ve developed a new way to create structures with “memory” that can expand dramatically when heated. (Photo: Rob Felt)

Paulino, Qi win Sigma Xi faculty award for 4-D printing research

28 March 2018

Students collect samples along the Choqueyapu River in La Paz, Bolivia, over spring break. They were one of three classes that traveled to three different continents this year. (Photo Courtesy: Joe Brown)

40 students, 3 continents, 9 days. Experience engineering classes' spring break abroad in the travelers' own words and pictures

26 March 2018

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Facilities Manager Andy Udell holds a his Building Manager of the Year plaque March 19 at Georgia Tech's Building Manager Symposium. (Photo: Allison Carter)

Udell is Tech’s Building Manager of the Year

23 March 2018

Associate Professor Baabak Ashuri, who was named Outstanding Early Career Researcher for 2018 by the Construction Industry Institute.

Construction industry group honors Ashuri as outstanding researcher

22 March 2018

CEE's graduate civil engineering program is No. 2 in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2019 survey. Graduate environmental engineering ranked No. 5. #WeCanDoThat

U.S. News ranks CEE among top 5 grad programs in the nation

20 March 2018

The sunrise from the top of Mt. Fuji in Japan in August 2016. Students in the International Disaster Reconnaissance Studies class that semester hiked all night to reach the top of the mountain in time for this view. (Photo: Kieron McCarthy)

Spring Break travel gives students chance to make impact, see their subject come alive

15 March 2018

Donald Webster will be the new Karen and John Huff Chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective May 1. Webster has been a professor in the School since 1997 and served as a member of the leadership team since 2007.

Donald Webster named new chair of School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

14 March 2018

3-D printed models of the deep-pile foundations seventh-graders from Atlanta’s Drew Charter School designed as part of a STEM outreach program through the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the NSF-funded Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

Drew 7th-graders design, 3-D print, test bio-inspired foundations

12 March 2018

James Clark, former president and CEO of Clark Construction and founder of the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation. The foundation has given Georgia Tech $15 million to create a Clark Scholars Program for students who want to study engineering. (Photo Courtesy: A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation)

Clark Foundation gives Tech $15M to expand access to engineering education

09 March 2018

Fourth-year civil engineering student Lin Htet Kyaw, who has won a national scholarship from Chi Epsilon.

Kyaw wins Chi Epsilon national scholarship, a first for Georgia Tech

07 March 2018

Inclusivity in Engineering graphic with multicolored hands reaching up. (Graphic: Sarah Collins)

Missing or invisible? Inclusivity conference is first step in NSF project to make engineering field more welcoming to LGBTQ+ professionals, students

06 March 2018

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