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Despina Tsementzi has won the Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Dissertation award for 2017. (Courtesy: Despina Tsementzi)

Tsementzi wins Sigma Xi Best PhD Dissertation award for her widely published work in environmental microbiology

06 April 2017

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Members of the ASCE steel bridge team put together their design at the Carolinas Regional Conference for student chapters April 1. The team, led by Colin Martin and Mihai Mavrodin, won first place and advance to national competition in May. (Photo: Thomas S. Teichmann)

ASCE student chapter wins steel bridge competition at regional conference, moves on to nationals

04 April 2017

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The cover of "The Connector" in "Atlanta" magazine featuring the MARTA Army. (Courtesy: "Atlanta" magazine)

MARTA Army helping first-time users in wake of I-85 collapse, featured in Atlanta magazine

03 April 2017

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Lauren Stewart talks with WSB-TV's Tom Regan about the Interstate 85 bridge collapse in Atlanta. Stewart said coordinated investigationsof the cause, cleanup of the site, and reconstruction of the highway will likely take months. She was among a handful of School of Civil and Environmental Engineering researchers who offered their engineering expertise to Atlanta and national media in the wake of the disaster. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

National media tap Tech structural engineering, transportation expertise after I-85 bridge collapses

31 March 2017

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Junior Arjun Bir’s work to improve lives in his native India and in the developing world has earned him the 2017 Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award from Georgia Tech.

Bir wins Ferst Award for leadership, entrepreneurship

28 March 2017

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Alumnus Falak Shah has been named to a select group of young leaders who represent the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ next generation, the Young Professionals Ambassadors. (Photo Courtesy: Falak Shah)

Shah joins young professional leadership of Chicago Council on Global Affairs

22 March 2017

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Professor Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy (Photo: Zonglin "Jack" Li)

Kennedy keynotes University of Toronto E-week research day

22 March 2017

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Yannis Dialynas defended his Ph.D. thesis in January and hasn’t even celebrated his graduation. Yet he’s been working on the second State of the Carbon Cycle Report’s soils chapter, contributing insight from his doctoral research on the influence of soil erosion and carbon burial on the global carbon cycle.

Dialynas just finished his PhD, now he’s contributing to a national carbon cycle report

21 March 2017

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Art Williams talks with students at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's first scholarship and fellowship lunch. Williams and his family created the F. Everett Williams Scholarship for civil engineering students. (Photo: Joshua Stewart)

Students meet the families making their studies possible

17 March 2017

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Screenshot of GPB web page featuring the March 16 segment on self-driving cars that included Michael Hunter.

Hunter tells GPB many more questions remain about self-driving cars

17 March 2017

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