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Power plant smoke stacks. A new study led by Tellepsen Chair Armistead "Ted" Russell found that power plant and motor vehicle pollution regulations resulted in better air quality and fewer emergency hospital visits for Atlanta area residents for respiratory problems. (Photo Courtesy: Nick Humphries via Flickr.)

Study shows air quality and health improved in metro Atlanta after power plant and motor vehicle pollution controls

19 April 2018

Pollution regulations result in cleaner air, fewer emergency room visits for asthma and other lung diseases

Professor Paul Mayne, who will be the 2018-2019 Cross-USA Lecturer for the American Society of Civil Engineers' Geo-Institute.

Mayne to take expertise on the road as ASCE Geo-Institute Cross-USA lecturer

17 April 2018

Professor Don White, who has received a lifetime achievement award from the American Institute of Steel Construction.

Steel construction group honors White with lifetime achievement award

12 April 2018

The ASCE concrete canoe team launches their vessel for the women’s sprint race, where chapter president Caroline Stanton and conference chair Alesa Stallman placed second after winning their heat. (Photo: Vy Le)

ASCE chapter wins first place at regional conference

10 April 2018

The Living Building from the northwest, showing the building's "porch" opening to the Eco-Commons to the west. (Image Courtesy: The Miller Hull Partnership and Lord Aeck Sargent)

Teams of industry mentors, students compete in Tech Blitz to 'radically' boost Living Building construction productivity

09 April 2018

Civil engineering senior Arjun Bir and his Oasis team, center, won the $15,000 grand prize in the MIT Water Innovation Prize competition April 4. The team created a simple, inexpensive test for detecting E. coli in drinking water in India. (Photo: Andi Sutton/Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab at MIT)

Simple, low-cost E. coli test wins MIT Water Innovation Prize

09 April 2018

Nine student teams pitched solutions to global water issues at annual event

Ph.D. student David Ederer, who has been selected for the 2018 class of the Eno Center for Transportation Future Leaders Development Conference.

Ederer invited to DC for inside look at transportation policymaking as Eno fellow

03 April 2018

Georgia Tech researchers Glaucio Paulino, left, and Jerry Qi hold 3-D printed objects that use tensegrity, a structural system of floating rods in compression and cables in continuous tension. They’ve developed a new way to create structures with “memory” that can expand dramatically when heated. (Photo: Rob Felt)

Paulino, Qi win Sigma Xi faculty award for 4-D printing research

28 March 2018

Students collect samples along the Choqueyapu River in La Paz, Bolivia, over spring break. They were one of three classes that traveled to three different continents this year. (Photo Courtesy: Joe Brown)

40 students, 3 continents, 9 days. Experience engineering classes' spring break abroad in the travelers' own words and pictures

26 March 2018

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Facilities Manager Andy Udell holds a his Building Manager of the Year plaque March 19 at Georgia Tech's Building Manager Symposium. (Photo: Allison Carter)

Udell is Tech’s Building Manager of the Year

23 March 2018