Alumni

CityLab features Brakewood’s study showing real-time bus info leads to more riders

Giving bus riders real-time information about when the bus will arrive actually does increase the number of people who choose to hop aboard. The boost mostly comes on high-volume routes. But overall, it could mean millions more dollars in revenues for public transit agencies.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Brandie Banner is Georgia Society of Professional Engineers’ student of the year; CEE alumni take top awards

The Georgia Society of Professional Engineers gave its top honors to three School of Civil and Environmental Engineering students and alumni February 28.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Will the new set of global development goals make sanitation a priority? World expert and alumnus Eddy Perez makes his case

For the global community to make universal access to sanitation services a reality in the next 15 years, Eddy Perez says we’ll have to flip our traditional approach.

Friday, February 27, 2015

A place to learn: Alumna helps build a new future for Peruvian children

Andrea Ardiles followed the path of many School of Civil and Environmental Engineering students after graduation: she walked out of the classroom and straight into a job in her field. In her case, the job was in her native Peru, designing and building hydropower plants for MWH Global. And one day, she gave it all up.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Tellepsen wins alumni association award for service to Houston area and Georgia Tech

The Georgia Tech Alumni Association has given civil engineering alumnus Howard T. Tellepsen Jr. the 2015 Dean Griffin Community Service Award. Tellepsen accepted the honor earlier this month at the annual Gold & White Honors Gala in Atlanta.

Monday, February 23, 2015

Do no harm: Andy Phelps' approach to civil engineering earns him ASCE fellowship, lifetime achievement award

The accolades have come pretty fast and furious for Andy Phelps in recent months. First, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) announced Phelps would receive a lifetime achievement award. Then, a few weeks later, the society elected him a fellow.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Jeon makes ENR Southeast’s Top 20 under 40 list

Engineering News Record Southeast has named alumna Christy Jeon to its Top 20 under 40 for 2015. The list recognizes talented up-and-comers in the Southeast who are leaders in the industry.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

After 3 decades as an engineer, entrepreneurial alumna tries a new path

When the economy tanked in 2009, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering alumna Anna Shmukler decided to retire from engineering and start a new business. Now she’s reinvented herself.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

2 alums among Georgia’s most influential people

Georgia Trend’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in Georgia includes two School of Civil and Environmental Engineering alumni in 2015.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Georgia DOT names first woman as chief engineer — and she’s a Ramblin’ Wreck from CEE

Meg Pirkle takes over as the Georgia Department of Transportation’s chief engineer January 1, the agency’s commissioner announced Dec. 11. Pirkle, M.S. 1996, is the first woman to serve in the position.

Friday, December 12, 2014

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