Bridging the Gap: Reusing Wind Turbine Blades to Build Bridges
CEE students and alumni participated in a multi-disciplinary project to build a pedestrian bridge using decommissioned wind turbine blades in Atlanta's Beaverbrook Park.
Russell Gentry is Professor of Architecture and Civil Engineering (by courtesy) and a licensed structural engineer. He teaches graduate courses in building structures, computationally-driven fabrication and construction, and building integration. He is affiliated with the design computing faculty in the School of Architecture and the Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials faculty in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Professor Gentry is the founding chair of ASTM D30.10, Composites for Civil Structures and an expert on the development of test methods for composite materials. He is a fellow of the International Institute for Fiber Composites (IIFC). He is the Georgia Tech principal investigator on the NSF-sponsored international initiative to develop alternative uses for decommissioned composite wind turbine blades (www.re-wind.info).
Gentry is the Acting Director of the Digital Building Laboratory (DBL) an applied research lab in the College of Design, focusing on computational design, building information modeling, and information technology in the AEC industry. He serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty in the College of Design.
Gentry's research focuses on the development of new structural materials and systems, with a emphasis on information flows that support structural design, fabrication and construction. Much of Gentry's work focuses on the development of fiber-reinforced composite materials and their use in civil infrastructure.
| Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Structures) | University of Michigan | 1992 |
| M.S. Civil Engineering | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1986 |
| B.S. Civil Engineering with Highest Honors | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1985 |
Professor Gentry teaches graduate courses in building structures, computationally-driven fabrication and construction, and building integration.
CEE students and alumni participated in a multi-disciplinary project to build a pedestrian bridge using decommissioned wind turbine blades in Atlanta's Beaverbrook Park.