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Recent News
Culture Shift: Curriculum Change Anchors Undergrad Experience with Innovative Courses, Professional Skills
Beginning this year, all students will take a series of four classes that will be required courses for all undergrads, representing the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s most significant curriculum update in 25 years.
Remaining Civil: 125 Years of Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech
At Georgia Tech, civil engineering has grown and evolved significantly since the program was established 125 years ago. What began with one instructor and a handful of students is now one of the top programs in the nation.
Georgia Tech Research Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
Someday, your drinking water could be completely free of toxic “forever chemicals.” Georgia Tech researchers, armed with a cutting-edge machine learning (ML) model, are spearheading a multi-university initiative. Their goal? To design a better membrane that efficiently removes PFAS from drinking water, a significant source of human exposure.
Student Spotlight: Harrison Baro
During his time at Tech, environmental engineering student Harrison Baro has actively participated across campus in a variety of organizations.
Xinyi Wang Wins International Dissertation Award
PhD graduate Xinyi Wang has received an award for the best dissertation worldwide in the field of travel behavior. The Eric Pas Dissertation Prize is given by the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research for the best dissertation in travel behavior research each calendar year.
Caroline Muhith Wins $5,000 Scholarship from Atlanta Chapter of WTS
The Atlanta chapter of WTS awarded the Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship to Ph.D. student Caroline Muhith.
The Secret ‘Sex Lives’ of Bacteria: New Research Challenges Old Ideas About How Species Form
Bacterial and other microbes are thought to evolve primarily through binary fission, meaning asexual reproduction. Using a novel bioinformatic method for detecting gene transfer, researchers tested their hypothesis for how species emerge and are maintained. They found that bacteria evolve and form species more “sexually” than previously thought.