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Structure of a methane clathrate block found embedded in sediment in the subduction zone off Oregon’s coast. A German research ship found this hydrate roughly 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface in the top layer of the ocean floor. (Photo Courtesy: Wusel007 via Wikimedia Commons)

Unlocking the mystery of methane clathrates — on Earth and on our solar system’s icy moons

19 April 2019

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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)

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

09 April 2019

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Civil engineering alumnus G. Ben Turnipseed, who was inducted into the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame April 6. (Photo: Gary Meek)

Turnipseed elected to Engineering Hall of Fame, College honors Bir’s impact at alumni awards

08 April 2019

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Undergraduates Marissa Grant and Suleman Rana.

Grant, Rana earn national support from civil engineering honor society

04 April 2019

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Environmental engineering Ph.D. student Laura Mast, left, and math Ph.D. student Samantha Petti visit Georgia congressman John Lewis' office. They were unable to meet with Lewis, but they did have conversations with staffers from several Georgia representatives' offices during the Catalyzing Advocacy for Scientists and Engineers Workshop, a three-day crash course in federal policymaking and science advocacy. Mast and Petti were the only two students from Georgia Tech who attended. (Photo: Robert Knotts)

Mast gets a taste of policy, advocacy during Washington science communication workshop

01 April 2019

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Elizabeth and Bill Higginbotham at dusk with the Midtown Atlanta skyline in the background. (Photo: Gary Meek)

Higginbothams answer Messner challenge, endow new professorship

28 March 2019

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Students from the International Disaster Reconnaissance Studies course walk through ruined buildings in Old Beichuan, China. The city has been left as a memorial to those killed when it was rocked by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in central China. The site was one of the places students visited in China and Japan over Spring Break as they considered the impact of disasters and how communities rebuilt. (Photo Courtesy: Lynnae Luettich and Katie Popp)

Spring Break travelers reflect on disaster recovery, a different approach to transportation, and water quality challenges after week abroad

27 March 2019

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

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

21 March 2019

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Former Ph.D. students Shelly Zhang and Eric Johnston, who have won the Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis award for 2019.

Johnston, Zhang produce two of Georgia Tech’s best Ph.D. dissertations this year

20 March 2019

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Natual gas storage tanks with excess methane burning off. (Photo Courtesy: Jeffrey Phillips via Flickr)

Your carbon footprint is probably higher than you thought, thanks to methane leaking from natural gas systems

18 March 2019

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