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Capstone projects reuse wastewater and dredging material, protect pedestrians, create new ways to move traffic in congested NW Atlanta

Vakaa Design — a team comprising, left to right, Justin Liu, Chris Folsom, Kailee Unangst and Hannah Davis — accepts the first-place check for civil and environmental engineering at the spring 2019 Capstone Design Expo alongside Associate Professor Kari Watkins. The team had to design the alignment of new express lanes along Interstate 285 in northwest Atlanta, including the structural elements to supported the elevated lanes. (Photo: Amelia Neumeister)

Express lanes for the top end of Atlanta’s Interstate 285 are coming. Some of the ideas of Georgia Tech students could help make them a reality.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

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Tech’s ASCE chapter earns 2nd at regional conference, produces top paper on diversity

Georgia Tech’s American Society of Civil Engineers chapter won second place overall at the 2019 Carolinas Regional Conference, including top finishes in the paper competition as well as the structural tower load efficiency, steel bridge weight, and steel bridge aesthetics categories. (Photo Courtesy: David Scott)

It was another banner weekend for the Georgia Tech chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers at the annual Carolinas Regional Conference April 4-6.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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Grant, Rana earn national support from civil engineering honor society

Undergraduates Marissa Grant and Suleman Rana.

Only two students from Georgia received national scholarships from Chi Epsilon this year, and both are from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

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Undergrad women say Lauren Stewart is one of their best engineering professors

Assistant Professor Lauren Stewart in the Structural Engineering and Materials Lab. (Photo: Gary Meek)

Women studying engineering at Georgia Tech have voted Lauren Stewart one of the best professors in the College.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

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Rana caps year with scholarships from concrete trade group, engineering foundation

Fourth-year civil engineering student Rana Suleman accepts a scholarship from the Georgia Engineering Foundation in December. The award was one of two scholarships Rana received at the end of the year to fund his final year of undergraduate studies. (Photo Courtesy: Georgia Engineering Foundation)

Civil engineering undergraduate Suleman Rana begins his final year of his degree with new support from the Georgia Chapter of the International Concrete Repair Institute and the Georgia Engineering Foundation.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

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Awards honor leadership, teaching excellence, impactful research for 2018

2018 CEE Awards Winners: Shelly Zhang, Phanish Suryanarayana, Anna Nord, Jorge Laval, Jamia Luckett, Susan Jin, Shauna Bennett-Boyd, Billy Plum, Cong Luo, David Scott, and Melisa Hubbs. (Photo: Amelia Neumeister)

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering celebrated its top work of the year Dec. 5 at an awards ceremony for students, faculty and staff.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

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ITS Georgia awards Shackelford scholarships to 5 students for their ideas using technology to eliminate roadway deaths

These five School of Civil and Environmental Engineering students won scholarships from the Intelligent Transportation Society of Georgia for their essays about the ways intelligent transportation systems and technology could help the United States eliminate roadway deaths and serious injuries by 2025. From left, Ph.D. students Somdut Roy, April Gadsby and Cibi Pranav; undergraduate Katie Popp; and Ph.D. student Hanyan "Ann" Li. (Photo Courtesy: Intelligent Transportation Society of Georgia)

The Intelligent Transportation Society of Georgia rewarded five School of Civil and Environmental Engineering students with scholarships Nov. 14. The 2018 Wayne Shackelford Engineering Scholarships support student involvement in transportation engineering.

Monday, November 19, 2018

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Four Tech women win WTS Atlanta scholarships and move on to national competition

WTS Atlanta Chapter scholarship winners Michelle Henriques, Susan Jin, Becca Kiriazes and Abhilasha Saroj.

Once again, women studying transportation engineering at Georgia Tech have swept the WTS Atlanta chapter scholarship competition. Now, they’ll each compete with other chapter winners from across the nation.

Friday, November 9, 2018

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Latest Field Notes podcast answers the question, what can you get out of mentoring?

Fourth-year civil engineering student Schayne Fox, left, said mentor Mary Shinners has become her go-to person for questions about everything from class schedules to preparing for the Fundamentals of Engineering exams. Schayne and Shinnners, who finished her bachelor's in civil engineering in 2014 and her master's in 2015, met this summer through the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's GOLD Mentoring Program. (Photo: Joshua Stewart)

A new episode of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering podcast Field Notes dropped Sept. 19 with the goal of shedding some light on what mentors can offer students.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

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Extending history: Civil and environmental undergrad programs remain among nation’s elite program in new U.S. News rankings

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's undergrad civil program is No. 2 in the nation and environmental is No. 4, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2019 survey (graphic includes photo of the Ramblin' Reck).

For the third consecutive year — and the fourth in the last five — Georgia Tech’s civil engineering bachelor’s degree has been ranked No. 2 in the nation, and both undergraduate programs remain in the top four.

Monday, September 10, 2018

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