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Susan Burns, the new associate chair for administration and finance, and Kevin Haas, the new associate chair for undergraduate programs.

Burns named associate chair of admin and finance, Haas takes over leadership of undergrad programs

03 August 2018

Karen and John Huff School Chair Donald Webster, who will be part of the inaugural year of the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leaders Network. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

Webster selected for inaugural ACC leadership program

01 August 2018

Ph.D. student Jianfeng Zhou, who has won a fellowship from the National Water Research Institute.

NWRI fellowship boosts Zhou’s work on non-chlorine approach to water disinfection

26 July 2018

Geothermal plant. The Next Frontier in Renewable Energy: Hot rocks combine with water to create power. (Graphic: Sarah Collins)

The next frontier in renewable energy: Dai aims to generate clean power from the earth’s heat

24 July 2018

Army Lt. Col. Kate Sanborn, the new commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District. (Photo Courtesy: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Ph.D. finished, Sanborn takes over Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District

23 July 2018

Screenshot of WABE-FM website featuring Randall Guensler and Daniel Walls explaining their simple wheelchair-based system for cataloging sidewalk conditions.

LISTEN: Guensler, Walls show WABE how they’re tracking Atlanta’s sidewalk problems

20 July 2018

Professor Hermann Fritz

Fritz wins teaching award, fellowship to enhance student learning

19 July 2018

Two samples of the super-absorbent polymer beads Xing Xie is developing to improve diagnostic tests on biological samples in far-flung places. These beads, roughly half a millimeter in size, have been dyed so they're easier to see. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

Xie wins grant to help extend shelf life of biological samples

16 July 2018

Environmental engineering senior Megan Haynes, center, with her mechanical engineering collaborators Andrey Gunawan, left, and Shannon Yee. Haynes has been doing research on desalination that recently won her second place in an American Society of Mechanical Engineers paper competition. (Photo Courtesy: Megan Haynes)

Haynes combines environmental and mechanical engineering in award-winning undergrad research

10 July 2018

Kostas Konstantinidis, the new Maulding Faculty Fellow in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

Konstantinidis named Maulding Faculty Fellow

09 July 2018

Paper origami models demonstrate various folding patterns that can be useful in engineering applications. In the foreground is a sheet in the Miura-ori pattern. (Photo: Rob Felt)

Students from sciences, engineering, design make for unique mix in first origami engineering class

03 July 2018

Assistant Professor Iris Tien, who was one of 30 engineers from the United States invited to the Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium organized by the National Academy of Engineering and its Japanese counterpart. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

National Academy invites Tien to Japan-America Frontiers symposium

27 June 2018

Joe Brown, who is the new Carlton S. Wilder Assistant Professor in the School as of July 1. (Photo: Gary Meek)

Brown named new Carlton S. Wilder Assistant Professor

25 June 2018

Joe Manous, BCE 1980, the new director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources. (Photo Courtesy: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Corps of Engineers appoints alumnus Manous to lead water resources institute

20 June 2018

Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy, who has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. (Photo: Zonglin "Jack" Li)

ASCE elevates Amekudzi-Kennedy to fellow

18 June 2018

OceanVisions: Science and Engineering to enable solutions, an initiative of the Georgia Tech Ocean Science & Engineering program, the Smithsonian Ocean Portal, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. (Image: Emanuele Di Lorenzo)

OceanVisions initiative will foster design, research that ensures healthy oceans for future generations

13 June 2018

Georgia Tech, Scripps, Smithsonian and Stanford partner on four-pronged approach to focus ocean-related science and engineering

Georgia Smart Communities Challenge graphic with the state of Georgia and the four winning communities, Albany, Chamblee, Chatham County and Gwinnett County.

Guin helps lead connected vehicle master plan for Gwinnett, one of four inaugural Georgia Smart Communities

12 June 2018

Civil engineering undergrad Elie Cohen flexes his biceps while holding his mandolin in front of an American Ninja Warrior 2018 sign. (Photo Courtesy: NBC)

Tech undergrad competes for title of American Ninja Warrior

11 June 2018

Ph.D. student Scotty Smith, who will spend six months living in Paris next year as a Chateaubriand Fellow.

Smith Paris-bound next year as Chateaubriand Fellow

05 June 2018

Floodwaters cover Port Arthur, Texas, on August 31, 2017, following Hurricane Harvey. Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez took this photo from a South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during rescue operations following the storm. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez, U.S. Air National Guard)

Silence to sound: Looking at Twitter posts from 2017’s Hurricane Harvey shows lack of activity can tell first responders where trouble’s brewing

24 May 2018