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People are our priority. The world is our laboratory.

Annual Report20102011

School of Civil and Environmental EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology790 Atlantic Drive N.W.Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355Phone: 404.894.2201Fax: 404.894.2278www.ce.gatech.educommunications@ce.gatech.edu

CEE Annual Report 2010-2011The CEE annual report is published by the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. For additional information about the School and its programs, please contact:

School Administration Joseph B. Hughes, PhD, PE, DEEKaren and John Huff School Chair and Professor

Reginald DesRoches, PhDAssociate Chair and Professor

Kenneth M. Will, PhDAssociate Chair for Graduate Studies and Associate Professor

Don Webster, PhDAssociate Chair for Undergraduate Studies and Professor

Paul Work, PhDAssociate Chair, Georgia Tech Savannah and Associate Professor

Laurie SomervilleDirector of Development

Ruth GregoryCommunications Officer

Jessica HuntDesigner

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Development Since 2005, CEE has raised more than $25M including a $4M international travel fund for students, three new endowed chairs, a $2.5M school chair, 2 new professorships, and a $1M External Advisory Board endowment fund.

Sponsored Research CEE faculty members received more than 110 new research awards in FY2010, totaling more than $21M in sponsored research funding.

Facilities CEE facilities are located on 2 cam-puses and include 7 buildings with more than 450,000 ft2 of laboratory and office space.

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Size As of fall 2010, the School had nearly 1,200 students enrolled, making it one of the largest civil and environmental engineering programs in the nation.

Quality U.S. News & World Report ranks the School’s undergraduate and graduate programs in Civil Engineering No. 3 in the nation, and its Environmental Engineering programs are ranked No. 5.

Diversity CEE’s undergraduate student body is approximately 29% female. 15% of its undergraduate population is underrepresented minorities (as of Fall 2010). The School’s faculty and staff are also diverse in ethnicity, gender, and areas of expertise.

Breadth CEE awards 7 degrees, offering educational and research activities that span the breadth of the specialties within the field of civil and environmental engineering.

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Welcome From the ChairOverview of the SchoolOur StudentsMundy Scholars: The Joe S. Mundy Global Learning ExperienceFaculty ResearchOur PeopleAwards & RecognitionsDevelopmentOur DonorsCEE External Advisory Board

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Dr. Hermann Fritz observes the dramatic deforestation along the south coast of Haiti between Anse-à-Pitres and Belle Anse during an earthquake reconnaissance in 2010. Charcoal is Haiti’s primary source of fuel, making it a popular but destructuve source of income. More than twenty million trees are cut down every year to meet demand which has led to a situation of environmental catastrophe.

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Welcome from the Chair

problems that go far beyond these traditional areas to provide growing popula-tions with innovative solutions which are necessary to survive in a global society.

The CEE annual report is a new initiative created to emphasize the signature work ethics of Georgia Tech students, faculty, staff, and alumni. This publication is based on our fiscal year and provides a comprehensive overview of the School, emphasizing the people, programs, communities, and culture that continue to set us apart. I am excited for this opportunity to share some of the School’s highlights during FY 2010-11 in terms of research, innovation, and leadership.

The need for civil and environmental engineers will only increase in future decades as society tries to cope with expanding urbanization, decaying infrastruc-tures, global climate change, and an increase in the human population. CEE is at the forefront of innovative education and research to meet this global demand. I invite you to explore this publication and learn more about our efforts. It is an exciting time to be in this field and I know you will be inspired by our stories.

People are our priority and the world is our laboratory.

Joseph B. Hughes, Ph.D., P.E. Karen and John Huff School Chair and Professor

One of the most enjoyable parts of being chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is the opportu-nity to share my passion for civil and environmental en-gineering. This broad engineering discipline works on many facets of improving the human condition. Long-standing examples include clean drinking water, design-ing and implementing efficient and safe transportation systems, constructing buildings and bridges to survive seismic activity, and building dams for hydropower and flood control. Today, our professors are working on

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Overview of the SchoolSchool VisionPeople are our priority. The world is our laboratory.

School MissionThe mission of the School is three-fold: (1) to provide comprehensive educational programs; (2) to conduct internationally recognized scholarly research; and (3) to engage in service to the profession, the State of Georgia, the nation, and the world.

Core Values• Rigor• Entrepreneurial spirit• Diversity

Strategic Goals• Prepare students to excel in engineering careers within a global marketplace.• Increase the scope, scale, and impact of research programs.• Become leaders in the implementation of Georgia Tech and the College of Engineering initiatives.• Improve the School’s visibility within the academic, professional, and alumni communities.

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Below and left, environmental engineering student Stephanie Chinnapongse conducts photoluminescence testing of antimicrobial upconversion phosphor samples using custom laser equipment. Below and right, Dr. Armistead G. Russell is the Georgia Power Dis-tinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering. In 2011, he was named co-director of the Southeastern Center for Air Pollution and Epidemiology (SCAPE), a partnership between GT and Emory University and funded by the Environmental Protection Agency to address the public health impacts of air pollution.

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Established in 1896, the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is one of nine schools within the Institute’s College of Engineering. CEE directs three academic programs including civil engineering, environmental engineering, and engineering science and mechanics. Within these programs, the School awards seven degrees:

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering (BSEnvE) Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE) Master of Science in Environmental Engineering (MSEnvE) Master of Science in Engineering Science and Mechanics (MSESM) Master of Science (undesignated) (MS) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

CEE offers courses and conducts research across six disciplines of civil engineering, with its faculty organized into six corresponding affinity research groups. Each affinity group concentrates on its own respective core discipline while collaborating with other groups within the School, other colleges and schools across campus, the U.S. and abroad. This interdisciplinary approach to research allows faculty and students to address complex problems from multiple angles in order to form a new method for understanding the subject. CEE affinity groups include: Construction Engineering Environmental Engineering Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources Geo-systems Engineering Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Transportation Systems Engineering

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CEE’s facilities (from left): Daniel Laboratory, Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building, Georgia Tech Savannah Campus, Mason Building, Structures Laboratory, and Lamar Allen Sustainable Education Building (SEB).

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Overview of SchoolResearch Centers and ConsortiaCEE faculty members seek sponsorship to conduct research that is significant on a local, national, and global scale. The School’s academic and research programs span multiple disciplines within the field including construction engi-neering, environmental engineering, environmental fluid mechanics and water resources, geosystems engineering, structural engineering, and transportation systems engineer-ing. Researchers collaborate with industry and universities throughout the world. This multidisciplinary approach to research prepares students to thrive in a diverse global envi-ronment. As a result, private industry and state and federal agencies continue to support the research efforts within the School.

With increasing research demands, sponsors look at the range of applicability of research proposals. Those commit-ted to interdisciplinary research have the greatest likelihood of receiving funding. The School has many centers that reflect success in research partnerships, such as:

• The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) enhances Georgia Tech’s research, education, service missions, and campus operations through leader-ship, communications, development, and decision making inspired and defined by the principles of sustainability. Pro-grams and projects initiated or supported by the BBISS lie at the intersections of these themes.

• The Computer Aided Structural Engineering Center (CASE/GTSTRUDL) is one of the most widely used Struc-tural Design & Analysis software programs for Architectural - Engineering - Construction, CAE/CAD, utilities, offshore, industrial, nuclear and civil works. GT STRUDL is a fully integrated general-purpose structural information process-ing system capable of supplying an engineer with accurate and complete technical data for design decision-making.

• The Commute Atlanta Study is sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, Georgia Department of Transpor-tation, and Georgia Tech. The Commute Atlanta Study col-lects data to provide better information on where, when, and under what conditions people drive in Atlanta.

• The Georgia Transportation Institute (GTI) is a con-sortium of Georgia universities active in transportation research and education. GTI is headquartered at Georgia Tech and assists researchers at Georgia State University, the University of Georgia, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Southern University, Southern Polytechnic State University, Albany State University, and Mercer University.

• The GEOtechnical EarthQUAKE Engineering and Geophysics Group (GEOQUAKE) combines earthquake engineering, seismol-ogy, and geophysics to develop efficient and cost-effective hazard mitigation methodologies while advancing the understanding of geophysical processes in the near-surface.

• The Georgia Water Resources Institute (GWRI) at Georgia Tech was authorized by US Congress through the Water Resources Re-search Act of 1964 (P.L. 101-397). The GWRI mission is to foster the creation of partnerships, resources, and knowledge base neces-sary to address current water resources challenges in the state of Georgia, the U.S., and the world.

• The In-situ Research Group involves the field testing and geo-technical site characterization of soils and other geomaterials using direct push technology methods, including cone penetromenters, piezocones, seismic cones, flat dilatometers, and special true-inter-val downhole geophysics methods.

• The Multimedia Environmental Simulations Laboratory (MESL) was established in 1993 to provide scientific and technical expertise to government, educational, and private organizations, in the area of environmental simulation and analysis.

• The Southeastern Center for Air Pollution and Epidemiology (SCAPE) is one of four Clean Air Research Centers funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the cumulative effects of air pollutant mixtures and the impact on human health. The research center is a collaborative effort between Georgia Tech and Emory University’s School of Public Health.

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To the right, Dr. Hermann Fritz, a reknowned ex-pert in tsunami research, surveys the north tip of Tonga’s Niuatoputapu Island. Broken branches and scars on the bark of the tree indicate a 9.4m flow depth above the terrain which is located 6m above sea level and 200m from the beach. Note the scour of more than 2m at the tree roots and the coral boulders. Field surveys in the im-mediate aftermath of major disasters focus on perishable data used to improve understanding of the causes, consequences and prevention of natural disasters. Below from the top, Dr. Leroy Emkin uses the patented GTSTRUDL software to analyze structural engineering results; Graduate student Becky Wong researches in CEE’s hydrology lab; Dr. Laurie Garrow and graduate students discuss transportation research.

The undergraduate and graduate programs offered by CEE are among the largest and highest-ranked programs of their kind in the country. While other universities have similar programs, CEE’s combination of size and quality at both the undergradu-ate and graduate level is rare, particularly for a state-supported institution. In the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings, the School’s civil engineering program ranked No. 3 in both undergraduate and graduate rankings, while its environmental engineering program ranked No. 5 in under-graduate and graduate rankings. Recognizing its special role as the only state-supported civil and environmental engineering program in the state of Georgia, CEE serves a broad range of constituents through undergraduate, graduate, professional development, and K-12 programs. These programs are offered at the Atlanta campus, Georgia Tech-Savannah, and via remote delivery through Georgia Tech’s Distance Learning and Profes-sional Education program.

Graduate ProgramThe School offers multiple master’s degree programs and two doctoral degree programs. It also participates in an interdisci-plinary graduate program in bioengineering and a joint degree program with the School of City and Regional Planning in Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture. CEE graduate degrees are offered at both the Atlanta and Savannah campuses.

The School’s masters’ degrees include: Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE), Master of Science in Engineering Science and Mechanics (MSESM), Master of Science in Envi-ronmental Engineering (MSEnvE), Master of Science (MS). Thesis and non-thesis options are available with each master’s degree offered by the School. Students are required to declare

one of the following major areas of specialization: Construc-tion Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources; Geosystems Engineer-ing; Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials; or Transportation Systems Engineering. Students are required to satisfy course work requirements within their major area of specialization. The MSCE degree is awarded to students with an undergradu-ate degree in CEE or its equivalent. The MSESM degree is awarded to students with an undergraduate degree in engi-neering or the physical sciences and who have an interest in mechanics. The MSEnvE degree is awarded to those students who have an engineering undergraduate degree. The MS de-gree is awarded to students who do not meet the undergradu-ate degree requirements but satisfy all the other requirements for the MS degree within their area of specialization. CEE offers a doctor of philosophy in civil and environmental engineering, and engineering, science and mechanics. Doc-toral students in CEE are expected to declare a primary area of specialization from one of the six research affinity groups within the School. CEE doctoral students tailor a highly individualized program of study and are expected to make an important contribution to their designated area of research.

Candidates for the PhD degree must pass a comprehensive examination, a dissertation proposal examination, and a final thesis examination. The comprehensive exam is administered by the individual area of specialization within CEE and must include both written and oral examinations. The specific format and procedures used for the comprehensive exam vary by affinity group with students informed of the format and procedures for the examination by the group. The disserta-tion proposal examination was added to the PhD require-ments in 2008.

Our Students

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2011 Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award: Zachary Hoffman2011 Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship: Thomas Wall, Gregory Macfarlane2011 Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship: Donny Katz, Brittany Luken2011 Hydro Research Foundation Fellowship: lker Telci2011 NSBE Golden Torch Award: Jacob Tzegaegbe 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Brittany Bruder, Josephine Kressner, Susan Hotle, Laura Schultz, Stephanie Smallegan 2011 Outstanding Sophomore Award: Timothy Robnett2010/2011 Sam Nunn Fellowship: Karthik Ramanathan2011 School Chair Outstanding Senior Award: Tomás León2011 Simon Karecki Award: Wen Zhang 2011 Simpson Strong-Tie Scholarship: Benjamin Cohen2011 WTS President’s Legacy Scholarship: Josephine Kressner2010 American Concrete Institute’s Presidents Fellowship: Chris Shearer 2010 American Institute of Steel Construction Scholarship: Roger Mock2010 Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award: Roger Mock2010 Geosynthetic Institute Fellowship: Tamay Karademir2010 Outstanding Sophomore Award: Nathan Jankovsky 2010 School Chair Outstanding Senior Award: Brandon Strellis2010 U.S. Dept. of Energy Graduate Fellowship: Sarah Miracle, Chris Shearer

The PhD dissertation proposal provides an opportunity to evaluate the merits and feasibility of the student’s proposed research topic and to provide guidance to help assure success-ful completion of the student’s PhD dissertation. In all, CEE offers between 55-65 graduate courses per aca-demic year in the six areas of specialization. The majority of courses are taught at the Atlanta campus and offered live to the Savannah campus, based on demand. The Savannah campus offers 5-10 graduate courses per year, which are also offered live to the Atlanta campus.

Undergraduate Program The School offers three undergraduate degree programs, operated and administered jointly: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE), Bachelor of Science in Environ-mental Engineering (BSEnvE), and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering – Regional Engineering Program (GTREP).

The School’s BSCE program consists of a flexible curriculum with options broadly distributed over the field of civil engineering. The BSEnvE program began in Fall 2006. It affords students the opportunity to emphasize basic sciences and obtain a specialty focus in the environmental area. The degree requirements for the BSCE Regional Engineering Program, based at the Georgia Tech Savannah campus, are identical requirements to the Atlanta program. Each of the School’s undergraduate programs is accredited by the Engi-neering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.

Extracurricular involvement plays a key role in student enrich-ment. Below from left, the annual ASCE Concrete Canoe Compe-tition, Engineers Without Borders (in Cameroon), environmental engineering students in Yellowstone National Park, and civil engineering student Maggie Smith working with the Acropolis Restoration project in Greece summer semester, 2011.

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2010-2011CEE Student Awards

One of the many unique programs within the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is the Joe S. Mundy Global Learning Experience endowment fund. This generous $4M gift to the School was established by Mrs. Marion Mundy in honor of her late husband who was a Georgia Tech civil engineering alumnus.

The Mundy fund supports selected students in the School the opportunity to participate in an international experience during their enrollment. The objective is to encourage students to pursue educational and cultural experiences outside of the U.S. These experiences provide learning that increases the potential for students to be leaders in a global community. International experiences also add value to a student’s degree.

Funding is awarded based on the student’s application and essay, travel plans, educational and learning goals, and expected outcomes of travel. Undergraduate students are given priority in decisions to support travel. However, there may be reason to support travel of eligible graduate students and faculty, particularly when accompanying undergraduates within the School.

CEE students have the opportunity to apply for funding throughout the academic year. The program covers travel expenses, fees, and living expenses per semester and includes travel related to study abroad programs, educational conferences, and undergraduate research. It has been a tremendous success since its inception, and the students in CEE are certainly making the most of it! Join Brandon, Zakiya, Tomás, and Bailey as they share their travel experiences made possible by the Mundy fund.

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A senior in CEE, Brandon Strellis engaged in an extended research internship over-seas. After working for two semesters with Dr. Thorsten Stoesser, he flew to Norway in January, 2010 to continue his research with Dr. Nils Ruther at the Norwegian Univer-sity of Science and Technology.

Dr. Ruther is a frequent collaborator with Dr. Stoesser, and this was his first experi-ence with an international undergraduate research assistant. All parties were excited to see how things played out.

After a long wait for Dr. Ruther at a -30°C bus stop, (from which the professor waited a mere half a kilometer away!), Brandon began a long-awaited collaboration with the professor. Brandon was involved in mul-tiple projects, including simulations of hy-dropower peaking in the River Nidelva and scour beneath a pipe as well as an analysis of the code for a migrating trench. He was lucky enough to experience some of the pe-culiarities of fieldwork during a Norwegian winter. For example, he learned that no matter how many layers of fleece and down you wear, after you have spent time edging

Brandon Strellis Mundy Scholar in Norwaythe Arctic Circle, you will be unable to feel your hands or your feet, and you will have the strange sensation of walking around on not one, but two peg-legs. Where you once sensed your extremities, you will feel nothing more than a dull tingling which gradually transforms into an aching pain. At this point, it is wise to reach for your trusty thermos of hot coffee or tea (an essential for fieldwork) and warm yourself from the belly out. At one point, having waded chest-deep into the river with his GPS device to record the geometry of the bed, Brandon watched a flock of ducks fly through swirling snow and disappear into the whiteness of the sky over frozen hills, and it occurred to him that Norway is a long way from Atlanta.

Towards the end of Brandon’s time in Norway, the volcano in Iceland decided to start having fits, and for a moment it was questionable as to whether he would ever return to warmer climes. Thankfully, the volcano fussed itself out, enabling Bran-don to attend a conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his research group before he returned home in May.

Brandon explores the Norwegian landscape via snowshoe.

Brandon captures the beauty of Norway’s countryside.

Above, equipment Brandon uses in his research and below, Brandon and Dr. Ruther conduct research at a field site.

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Above, Zakiya stops for a photo at the Tlachihualtepetl Pyramid Ruins.

Above, a bullfight in Plaza de Toros, Mexico City. Below, Zakiya snaps a photo of vendors on Lake Xochimilco.

With the help of the Mundy fund,Zakiya Seymour attended the Inter-national Water Association Congress (IWAC) in Mexico City. Zakiya is a doctoral student in the environmental engineering program who is examin-ing decision support tools for sustain-able sanitation systems in developing regions. The IWAC conference entitled “Water and Sanitation Services: What Works in Developing Countries” al-lowed Zakiya to enhance her gradu-ate education and explore the cultural aspects of this major international city.

Insufficient sanitation can lead to poor water quality, public health concerns, and gender disparity. Drinking water sources contaminated with human excreta jeopardize the quality of the source. In 2000, the World Health Organization estimated that 2.2 million people die annually from diarrheal diseases that could be prevented by providing supplies for clean water and adequate sanitation.

At the conference, Zakiya’s primary ob-jectives were to gain insight during the

developmental phases of her research, to visit treatment sites and understand design constraints, and to network with peers in the field. She states, “Overall, I felt like the conference made several important strides in advancing the dia-logue about water and sanitation man-agement in developing countries. Over the course of three days, undeniable synergy was felt by everyone involved. The individuals attending the confer-ence represented non-governmental organizations, regulatory agencies, international organizations, consulting firms, and research institutions.”

Specifically, topics dealing with inter-national policy, urban sanitation, and financing options were among her favorite. While the desire to provide universal access to water was clear, it was evident that the pathway is not. Im-pressive debates were held regarding the applicability of the sanitation ladder.

Zakiya earned her B.S. in civil engineer-ing from Tennessee State University and her M.S. in civil engineering from University of California-Berkeley.

Left, Zakiya takes a cool drink of freshly treated water from the Cutzalama water treatment plant.

Zakiya Seymour Mundy Scholar in Mexico

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Tomás León Mundy Scholar in Australia

Tomás makes friends with a “roo” at the Australia Zoo.

Above, students take an Australian walk-about hike. Below, Tomás en-deavors Standley Chasm, located in the Outback.

Tomás León is an undergraduate envi-ronmental engineering major in CEE. In spring 2010, he studied abroad with Tech’s Pacific Program in New Zealand and Australia. He spent six weeks in each country, taking classes that directly cor-related with the regions he was living in.

In New Zealand, Tomás studied Environ-mental Ethics and Environmental Politics, classes that provided him with a different perspective of the issues he works on in his major. He explored the country on class trips and weekend getaways, includ-ing Lake Taupo, Tongariro National Park, the Taputeranga Marine Reserve, and the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. He also visi-tied New Zealand’s Parliament and met with the U.S. Ambassador. In fact, local government conservation officials served as guest lecturers, teaching environmen-tal public policy and lawmaking. On the weekends, Tomás traveled extensively. “New Zealand’s wealth lies in its natural beauty, and we explored a lot of different areas with unique topographies, flora, and fauna. Its government and citizen groups go to great lengths to conserve and protect the country’s natural environments”.

Tomás’ next stop was Sydney, and he found Australia incredibly different than New Zealand. His classes included Biomedicine & Culture, as well as His-tory, Technology, & the Modern World.The curriculae of these classes perfectly complemented the museums and histori-cal sites he visited around Sydney and Brisbane. He says, “The classes really opened up my mind to a lot of new ideas, and the Australian setting was perfect for challenging and rethinking some of what I had taken for granted in the U.S.” His classes included visits to environmentally significant locations, including the Blue Mountains, Lamington National Park and the Australia Zoo, to learn about Australia’s flora and fauna and how their ecosystems function. Weekend trips included the Jenolan Caves, Noosa Head, the Outback (including Alice Springs and the Larapinta Trail), and Heron Island.

Tomás says that this unique opportunity taught him so much in terms of global environmental issues and concerns, and it will certainly be one of the most memo-rable experiences of his college career.

Tomás (front row, second from right) and friends take a boat ride through Milford Sound at Fiordland National Park.

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Bailey Wright Mundy Scholar in IndiaCEE undergraduate Bailey Wright used Mundy funds to travel outside of the U.S. for the first time in her life. In 2010, Bailey travelled to Chennai, India with a fellow GT undergraduate to attend the Environmental & Water Resources Insti-tute’s (EWRI) developing nations confer-ence. The conference entitled “Interna-tional Perspective on Current & Future State of Water Resources & the Environ-ment” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras; participants included engineers, scientists, planners, economists, and legal professionals from all over the globe. Bailey’s academic interests focus on air pollution and its effects on climate change, so the EWRI conference was the perfect opportunity to learn more about the environment. It began with a formal introduction ceremony where the hosts lit candles and sang Indian songs. It was a unique cultural experience in more ways than one. Bailey and her friend quickly realized that they were the youngest peo-ple in attendance. “Everyone was shocked and impressed that we were undergradu-ates. In fact, so many people approached

us with questions about why and how we were there. We responded with just as many questions about their research and their jobs.” One of the conference high-lights for Bailey was a keynote speech by Dr. Slobodon Simonovic from the Univer-sity of Western Ontario. Dr. Simonovic spoke about the impacts of climate change on water resources, and Bailey was capti-vated by his speech.

Bailey described the IIT campus as a jun-gle. She stated, “I have never seen so many animals and the campus was beautiful! We were exploring the labs in the environ-mental building when we heard something knock against the window. There were five monkeys outside playing with each other. I had never seen a monkey before and we must have stood there at least half an hour, taking pictures and laughing.”

Bailey’s experience abroad was one she will never forget. “It provided me with a fresh sense of motivation because I was able to see how engineering can impact the world. I saw and did things that will forever shape who I am as a person and how I feel about the world.”

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, one of the film sites for the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

Above, Bailey and friends pose at the Shore Temple in Mamalapuram, and below, explore a temple in Mumbai.

Bailey (left) stops for a photo with locals in Mumbai.

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Faculty Research

Construction EngineeringJochen Teizer, ‘SmartHat’ Technologies in Construction

Environmental EngineeringKostas Konstantinidis, Huge Potential in Earth’s Smallest Organisms

Geosystems EngineeringDominic Assimaki, Pile Foundations on Soft Soils

Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and MaterialsYang Wang, Wireless, Battery-free Strain/Crack Sensors

Transportation Systems EngineeringLaurie Garrow, Transportation Systems & Climate Change

Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water ResourcesThorsten Stoesser, The Deepwater Horizon Blowout

Civil and environmental engineering is a broad and diverse engineering discipline that works on many facets of improving the human condition. Our 6 affinity groups span the technical research and instructional interests of the School. Diversity of function is key to the operation of the School. Faculty members are expected to make high-quality contributions in areas that match their interests and abilities. The following pages highlight some of the research activities of CEE’s recent hires. These young faculty are working on problems that go far beyond the traditional areas of the field in order to provide grow-ing populations with innovative solutions necessary to survive in a global society.

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Dr. Jochen Teizer displays the electronic components of a SmartHat.

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FACULTY RESEARCH

The U.S. construction industry experiences one of the highest fatality rates among the nation’s industrial sectors. However, there is very little research in terms of factors in-volved and potential control mechanisms. In fact, planning and operations within building construction and infrastructure lack any type of automated communica-tions and a system to distribute key infor-mation among project stakeholders.

That’s where Dr. Jochen Teizer comes in. Dr. Teizer heads the Real-time Automated Project Information and Decision Systems (RAPIDS) laboratory in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The RAPIDS lab is a unique facility dedicated to the development and application of innovative technologies and methods for construction, mining, transportation, and infrastructure. Specifically, researchers at RAPIDS concentrate on real-time, pro-active safety warnings and alert technolo-gies, equipment blind spot measurement, operator visibility tracking, wireless resource location tracking, 4D information modeling and processing, site layout man-agement, and an inference management framework for real-time safety, health, and work activity monitoring and sampling.

Tracking the location and status of site resources in real-time, understanding the spatial environment, and monitoring, analyzing, and recording site activities and conditions are a few of the conditions that become increasingly important in order to base decision-making on reliable informa-tion content. Dr. Teizer’s team designs new prototypes and validates commercially-existing data sensing and processing technologies to improve performance and education on the work site.

A recent example of such technology is the “SmartHat.” Designed by Dr. Teizer and Dr. Matt Reynolds of Duke University, the SmartHat contains a tiny microprocessor

and a beeper that sounds a warning when dangerous equipment comes into close proximity to its wearer. What’s unique about the SmartHat is that its beeper and processor operate on such a small amount of power, it is harvested from radio waves in the air. That’s correct, no batteries required. The radio waves are emitted from wireless network transmitters that are installed on backhoes and bulldozers to track their locations. The microprocessor in the hardhat monitors the direction and strength of the radio signal coming from the construction equipment to determine whether the worker is too close. If so, the alarm sounds.

Dr. Teizer also works with local authorities to monitor and track life safety personnel in real-time. The sensing equipment uses emerging radio frequency, remote sensing and actuating technologies to record the physical location of emergency respond-ers as rescue operations unfold. This type of critical information enables police, firefighters, and other critical response workers to monitor the exact location of team members at all times.

Dr. Teizer states, “To tackle some of these critical issues, our research efforts focus on integrating these kinds of emerging tech-nologies into the decision-making process. We identify and measure data accurately, process the data in a useful flow of infor-mation, and provide decision-makers with relevant and timely information values that make a substantial difference.”

Current field research presents findings with the potential to dramatically im- prove safety, training, efficiency, and overall operations within a wide variety of industrial sectors.

For additional information, visit: http://www.rapids.gatech.edu.

‘SmartHat’ Technologies in Construction Dr. Jochen Teizer

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Improving Safety, Education, and Overall Operations on the Jobsite

From the top, the wireless resource location tracking software used to monitor safety per-sonnel responding to a collapsed parking deck. A photograph of the deck during the rescue op-eration follows. Last, data collected at construc-tion sites is used to advance safety warnings and alert technologies as well as monitor and sample work activity.

Wildlife coated in petroleum, a result of the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Photo Credit: BP America

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FACULTY RESEARCH

The accidental blowout of the Deepwater Horizon (DH) drilling platform off the Gulf coast of Mexico is an unprecedented event that resulted in 83 days of uncontrolled well flow from the Macondo MC252 formation, approximately 4.1-4.4 million barrels of crude oil released, 2.5 x 108 standard m3 of natural gas, and 430 miles of oiled wetland coastline.

Although the full aftermath of this disaster is not yet clear, it will certainly have far reach-ing environmental and economic impacts. The incident itself emphasizes the critical need for an adaptive spill response system, one that can observe and predict the fate and transport of petroleum fluids in real-time and guide decisions on response and mitigation.

CEE’s Dr. Thorsten Stoesser specializes in computational fluid dynamics, open-channel hydraulics, and environmental fluid mechanics. He is currently working with colleagues at Texas A&M to develop an integrated response system for oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. This specialized team of researchers, called Gulf Integrated Spill Response Consortium (GISR), is developing nested numerical models that are linked to a multi-faceted observation system to facilitate observation, prediction, and the decision-making sequence during a spill. Through this effort, GISR will address how oil and gas from such spills are transported and how these compounds evolve over time and space within the ocean and coastal environments. The research has the potential to dramatically improve the response, forcasting, and risk as-sessment of future drilling in the Gulf.

When a blowout occurs, the separating seawater can contain a significant mass of dissolved natural gas and oil. It can also carry a large fraction of liquid oil in the form of small oil droplets. Crossflow-dominated plumes and stratification-dominated plumes are very limiting in terms of the separation that occurs. Scale analysis indicates that the DH plume is stratification-dominated, and

observed locations of hydrocarbon intrusion layers agree with the experimentally derived empirical scaling laws. (Texas A&M) The team’s laboratory experiments of multiphase plumes in stratification and crossflow have increased understanding of the physical mechanisms leading to separation among the buoyant dispersed phases (oil and gas) and the entrained and dissolved constituents in the continuous phase. Stationary fluid is set into motion by reaction forces acted by the bubbles, leading to the presence of unsteady vortices and thereby causing oscil-lations in the rising plume. Figure A shows the position of bubbles with vertical velocity contours. Streamlines of the instantaneous and time-averaged flow field are also plotted. The simulation of multi-phase plumes in uniform crossflow replicates the dispersed liquid (oil) phase in the plume with uniform crossflow. Figure B shows isosurfaces of oil concentration with contours of fluid flow field in the background. The spread of the rising oil plume due to crossflow is clearly visible in this illustration.

Spill management options must balance methods to reduce shoreline impact with the possibility of generating hypoxic regions in deep waters. This balance requires an ability to predict shoreward transport, subsurface frac-tionation, and biodegradation of spilled oil and gas, both for planning purposes and more urgently for real-time decision support dur-ing an oil spill. The GISR team’s research will serve as a guide for necessary infrastructure to observe oil behavior in an ocean environment, forcast the fate and transport of petroleum fluids, determine accurate response strategies for future spills, quantify the human health risk to such spills, test the efficacy of mitiga-tion strategies, and risk assessment of drilling activities in the Gulf.

Additional information:

The Deepwater Horizon BlowoutDr. Thorsten Stoesser

Above, laboratory simulation experiments of multiphase plumes in crossflow, indicating (A) stratified plume, and (B) strong crossflow.

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Assessment and Mitigation of the Disaster’s Impact on the Environment

Streamlines and vectors showing the (L-R) instantaneous; time-averaged flow field in the bubble column; and position of bubbles, along with verti-cal velocity contours.

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http://cfd.ce.gatech.edu/index_files/research.htm.

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Dr. Konstantinidis and a student review microbial research data.

Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis

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It is well recognized that the smallest organisms, the bacteria and archaea, constitute the largest biomass on Earth and are also the most diverse among all living organisms. Whether in soils, waters, deep subsurface environments, or in the atmosphere, the bacteria are affecting, if not controlling, all the biogeochemical cycles that sustain life. Yet, little informa-tin is know about how microbes perform their activities. For instance, we know that bacteria are often the basis for disease, but we know little about pathogen ecology. We know that each gram of soil or liter of seawater carries more than 3,000 distinct bacterial species, each carrying up to 5,000 genes, but we understand too little about what this immense genetic diversity means or how useful it may be. One of the primary reasons for this is attributed, in part, to the fact that the great majority of microorganisms resists cultivation in the laboratory and thus, cannot be studied efficiently. However, Dr. Kostas Konstan-tinidis, assistant professor of environ-mental engineering, is leading a program to develop novel culture-independent, or metagenomics, and bioinformatics ap-proaches to study microbial communities in-situ, both engineered (e.g., bioremedia-tion and wastewater treatment reactors) and natural (e.g., terrestrial or marine) systems. He also works with biotechnolog-ical applications of microbial biodiversity.

Dr. Konstantinidis has already made im-portant contributions in these areas of research. In 2007, he launched the Envi-ronmental Microbial Genomics Labora-tory, known as Enve-omics Lab: a state-of-the-art computational and wet laboratory that focuses on the smallest organisms on the planet. His scientific interests are at the interface of microbial ecology, engineer-ing, and computational biology.

Dr. Konstantinidis’ research group has developed pioneering culture-independent

approaches (metagenomics) to study natu-ral microbial communities. In metage-nomics, genomics techniques such as DNA cloning and sequencing are applied directly to environmental samples, bypass-ing the need for isolation and cultivation of individual species.

Using culture-independent techniques, the researchers have provided new insights into how life adapts to the deep and cold oceans, the largest biome on the planet. Their work revealed, for instance, that the deep-sea microbial communities at 4,000m depth are enriched in genes conferring rapid evolution and metabolic versatility to cope with the scarce but diverse food resources available in-situ. The discoveries have also opened up new biotechnological opportunities, includ-ing designing enzymes that are functional under high-pressure and low temperature (the temperature of the deep sea is invari-ably ~40 C). With support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Konstantini-dis’s team is also extending the metage-nomic approaches to study underground microbial communities in Alaskan soils and other temperate regions. This investi-gation focuses on how these communities respond to the predicted effects of climate change such as increased atmospheric CO2 and temperature, especially with respect to whether the communities release or sequestrate soil carbon.

Dr. Konstantinidis and his team are also applying cutting-edge “omics” technolo-gies to evaluate microorganisms isolated in the laboratory. The goal is to provide a system-level understanding of bacterial species. In a recent example of this work, researchers applied these technologies to a study of 10 closely related strains of She-wanella, an important family of bacteria. The Shewanella are key players not only in cleaning up toxic heavy metal contami-nants in the environment, but also in the

emerging field of microbial fuel cells for electricity generation. The group has been able to link the phenotype of each Shewanella organism to specific genes in the genome (genotype) using a series of physiological, transcriptomic and proteomic experiments. They have also identified the genes responsible for metal reduction. Insights currently emerging from this work will enable the identifi-cation of the most effective Shewanella strain for cleaning up specific contami-nants within a given environment. The group also found that the Shewanella genus is more genomically and pheno-typically diverse than previously antici-pated and that the Shewanella organisms frequently exchange large parts of their genome in order to cope with fluctuat-ing environmental conditions, such as sexual adaptation. These findings are, in fact, revolutionary as bacteria have been viewed as being primarily asexual organ-isms by the scientific community. The findings will also have important implica-tions for microbial source tracking and indentifying bacterial species concepts: an unsettled issue with major practi-cal consequences for reliable diagnosis of infectious disease agents, intellectual property rights, bioterrorism agent over-sight, and quarantine.

Additional information: http://enve-omics.gatech.edu/

Huge Potential in Earth’s Smallest Organisms

New Research into How Microorganisms Adapt, Respond to Environmental Changes

Oceanic windmills largely rely on pile foundations. Photo Credit: Vattenfall Energy Company; Stockholm, Sweden

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Dr. Dominic Assimaki works with nu-merical methods in earthquake engineer-ing and geophysics, including forward simulations of dynamic nonlinear soil response, soil-structure interaction and scattering phenomena in heterogeneous media, as well as inverse problems. She serves as an assistant professor of geosys-tems engineering in the School.

Defining the ProblemPile foundations are primarily used for structures, piers and platforms construct-ed on loose or soft soils prone to liquefac-tion and lateral spreading during strong earthquakes. In the approach most widely employed in practice for the design of pile foundations in liquefiable soils, the pile stiffness estimated for stiff, non-liquefi-able sites is uniformly scaled via empirical factors that account for the reduction of soil resistance during earthquakes due to liquefaction. As a result, the predicted response of piles in loose, saturated soils is a scaled replica of the response of piles in stiff soils. However, field and labora-tory experimental data clearly show that there are significant differences between the two, and that the existing models lack fundamental aspects of pile behavior in liquefiable soils.

A Unique ApproachTo bridge the gap between widely em-ployed empirical models and computa-tionally expensive numerical simulations, Dr. Assimaki’s research group developed a macroelement for dynamic analyses of piles in liquefiable soils. This macroele-ment captures the fundamental physics of saturated granular soil response to dynamic loading, such as dilation and seepage, while retaining the efficiency of simplified approaches for the analysis of dynamic foundation problems. The mac-roelement components were developed using three-dimensional fully coupled finite element (FE) analyses and validated via centrifuge and field experimental

data. The FE simulations used for the parametric investigation and calibration of the macroelement were first validated using field data of blast-induced liquefac-tion experiments. In addition, the novel mechanical element has been integrated in the open source finite element plat-form, OPENSEES, used extensively by the international earthquake engineering communities. It has also been used in an NSF-funded project of seismic hazard assessment and mitigation of liquefaction in port waterfront structures.

Huge Impact PotentialDr. Assimaki’s pile macroelement is advancing the state-of-the-art by ef-ficiently providing realistic predictions of pile displacement in liquefiable soils. It will enable credible and cost-effective design solutions for critical infrastruc-ture projects such as bridge foundations, waterfront structures, and highrise buildings. Currently, Dr. Assimaki’s team is using the macroelement as a building block for novel soil-structure interac-tion mechanical models of fixed offshore wind turbine foundations. Offshore wind-generated electricity is foreseen as a major contributor to the U.S. energy supply. However, commercialization is extremely cost-prohibitive due to the expense of wind turbine foundations. The foundations alone can account for up to 25% of the total cost of a wind farm. To date, the U.S. has no standards for the design of foundations in the offshore wind industry, but Dr. Assimaki is work-ing to change that. She and her team of researchers envision that the macroele-ments for offshore wind turbine founda-tions will lead to cost-effective design solutions in a renewable energy market. Her pending European partnerships will provide the performance and operational data for calibration and validation of the models, giving her research enormous potential to make that vision a reality.

Pile Foundations on Soft Soils Dr. Dominic Assimaki

Above, pile supported wharf damage due to liq-uefaction and lateral spreading during the M8.8 2010 Maule Earthquake in Chile. Photo credit: Geer Association.

Detailed progressive deformation around a pile in cohesionless fully saturated soil. The bottom right deformation reveals the settlement in the vicinity of the foundation due to pile-induced liquefaction.

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Above, Dr. Assimaki identifies research experi-ments and findings.

Bridging the Gap Between Empirical Models and Numerical Simulations

Additional information: http://www.geoquake.gatech.edu/

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Spanning 1.7 miles and weighing 887,000 tons, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge requires consistent structural health monitoring.

Wireless, Battery-free Strain/Crack SensorsDr. Yang Wang

Above: (a) power transmission and backscatter-ing in a passive RFID tag-reader system; (b) tensile testing results showing the resonance frequency shift of the RFID tag versus strain.

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A Low-cost Solution to Monitor and Protect Metallic StructuresDr. Yang Wang is an assistant professor in CEE who specializes in structural health monitoring and damage detection, optimal decentralized structural control, smart materials and structures, and wireless sensor networks. His work concentrates on structural sensors used to monitor and record the various structural components of buildings and bridges in order to track movement, functionality, and safety.

In one of Dr. Wang’s current projects, he and a team of researchers are investigating an ultra low-cost solution for wireless, bat-teryless sensors that monitor stress con-centration and crack formation on metallic (e.g. steel or aluminum) structures. The sensors operate on radio frequency iden-tification (RFID) principles, and the strain sensor is not only wireless but does not require battery power. In an RFID system, the reader beams electromagnetic energy to the tag, which receives the energy and reflects an electromagnetic signal back to the reader. When the RFID tag is under strain/deformation, the tag antenna shape changes and causes its electromagnetic resonance frequency to shift. This shift in resonance frequency can be measured by the reader, and then used to derive the strain experienced by the RFID tag.

Next, a passive (batteryless) RFID tag is designed and manufactured for wireless strain sensing. The wireless strain sensor (i.e. RFID tag) contains only a piece of copper patch antenna, and a small, low-cost RFID chip. No other electronic com-ponents are required at the wireless sensor side. The resonance frequency extracted by an RFID wireless reader shows strong linearity with respect to small strain incre-ments. The slope of the linear regression shows that 1με strain causes -761 Hz shift in the tag’s resonance frequency. The per-formance of the wireless sensor has also been successfully tested for large strain levels over 20,000 με.

The preliminary results of this research have been very promising. In fact, the team is using the initial data to make the following modifications: (1) Evaluate the sensor performance for detecting crack formation. Since high sensitivity to small strain has been observed in current prototypes, it is expected that crack formation will cause large resonance frequency shift that is relatively easy to capture by the reader. (2) Reduce the sensor dimension from 2.5 in. by 2.5 in. to below 0.5 in. by 0.5 in. The objective will be achieved by increasing the operation frequency from 900 MHz to over 5 GHz. The size factor of the sensor is proportional to the wavelength of the electromagnetic signal, and thus, inversely proportional to the operation frequency. (3) Investigate the performance of simultaneous measurements from multiple passive wireless sensors. Using frequency division techniques, explore the distinguishing responses from vari-ous sensors. (4) Increase the wireless interrogation range from currently achieved 2 ft to over 10 ft. Approaches include further optimizing the antenna shape and ex-ploiting simple photovoltaic or vibration energy harvesting techniques.

Due to the simplicity and promising per-formance of this research, the proposed technology holds great potential for the future, allowing mass production of low-cost, wireless strain/crack sensors used to monitor, analyze, and evaluate the performance of metallic structures.

Additional information: http://people.ce.gatech.edu/~ywang/ research.htm

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Above, Dr. Yang Wang displays a prototype strain sensor.

Climate change frequently affects both natural and built environments. Photo Credit: Photographer Punchup via Flickr

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Climate change has received increasing attention worldwide as potentially one of the greatest challenges facing modern so-ciety. This attention has focused on two issues: (1) reducing the production of greenhouse gases in order to decrease the rate of climate change, or mitigation; and (2) preparing a future world for chang-ing climatic conditions, or adaptation. Although these issues have taken some time to take hold in the United States, an increasing number of state and local of-ficials have started to examine how activi-ties in their jurisdiction could be affected by changing environmental conditions. In almost all of these efforts, transporta-tion systems have been identified as one of the most important sectors that could be affected by significant impacts. The vulnerability of the nation’s trans-portation systems should be of great concern to transportation officials. This includes the road network to long-term changes in local climate conditions as well as changes in weather in the shorter term. The basic premise of road design is that the physical form and materials specifications associated with the design itself must reflect the environmental conditions where the facility is construct-ed. However, infrastructure built today could face very different environmental conditions 30 to 50 years from now. Operational and maintenance strategies will also be affected by changing condi-tions. The highway project development process will have to take into consider-ation likely impacts on environmental re-sources too, which are also likely change. In fact, there are a multitude of reasons such as these that the transportation community, and in particular those re-sponsible for planning and providing for the system, fully understand the potential impacts. Essentially, all processes used in planning, designing and monitoring these systems must incorporate an adap-

tive system management perspective that will allow transportation agencies to respond appropriately to changing environmental conditions.

Dr. Michael D. Meyer, the Frederick R. Dickerson Chair in CEE and director of the Georgia Transportation Institute, has been conducting nationally signifi-cant research on climate change and transportation system adaptation. He is the principal investigator on a project for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program that is developing an approach for identifying vulnerable transportation assets and developing a risk-based methodology for allocating resources to minimize damage to trans-portation infrastructure. He is deputy project director on a project for the U.S. Department of Transportation that is examining the engineering implications associated with the implementation of an adaptation strategy for Mobile, Alabama. The intent of this study is to identify the costs associated with protecting transportation systems in a metropolitan area, and in this case, the area is subject to hurricanes and storm surges. In addition, Dr. Meyer serves as a member of an international scan team that will visit several countries in September to learn more about the de-velopment and implementation of such adaptation plans around the world.

Dr. Meyer and Dr. Laurie Garrow, as-sistant professor in CEE’s transportation systems engineering program, recently completed an analysis examining the national costs associated with bridge reconstruction and the associated economic costs due to increased bridge scour from future changes in precipita-tion intensity. Their study shows that under a likely climate scenario, eco-nomic costs will increase by more than 15% of the current base case.

Transportation Systems & Climate ChangeDr. Laurie Garrow

Based on the nature of the work, civil engi-neers must take into account environmental conditions for all infrastructure and services provided based on the project’s location. It seems likely that environmental conditions will change in the future, and in some cases, change significantly. The research conducted by Drs. Meyer and Garrow is providing an important foundation to help professionals within the transportation industry meet this challenge head on.

(L-R:) Dr. Michael Meyer and Dr. Laurie Garrow assess risk-based methodology for minimizing damage to transportation infrastructure.

Dr. Michael Meyer works with graduate students Josephine Kressner and Greg Macfarlane assessing climate change.

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How Does a National System Adapt?

Additional information: http://garrowlab.ce.gatech.edu/

Dr. Adjo AmekudziAssociate ProfessorTransportation Systems Engineering PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Michael H. BerginAssociate ProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Bruce R. EllingwoodRaymond Allen Jones ChairStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Yongsheng ChenAssociate ProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, Nankai University

Dr. Mustafa M. AralProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Leroy Z. EmkinProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. John CrittendenDirector, Brook Byers Institute of Sustainable Systems, Hightower Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. Environmental Engi-neering. PhD, University of Michigan

Dr. Rafael L. BrasProvost & Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs, K. Harrison Brown Family Chair. Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources. ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Dominic AssimakiAssistant ProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Francesco FedeleAssistant ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, University of Vermont

Dr. Reginald DesRochesAssociate Chair and Dean’s Professor Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials. PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Ioannis BrilakisAssistant ProfessorConstruction Engineering, Transportation Systems Engineering PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

Dr. Nelson C. BakerVice Provost and Associate ProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Susan E. BurnsProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Hermann M. FritzAssociate ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Our People

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Georgia Tech is already the national leader in the production of women and minorities in engineering, and faculty diversity continues to be a priority. As a premiere school in the nation’s largest college of engineering, CEE’s faculty is comprised of three (3) African American, four (4) Hispanic, and eight (8) female faculty members.

CEE Faculty

Dr. Barry J. GoodnoProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, Stanford University

Dr. Ching-Hua HuangAssociate ProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, John Hopkins University

Dr. Aris P. GeorgakakosDirector, Georgia Water Resources Institute and ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources; PhD, Massachu-setts Institute of Technology

Dr. Michael D. MeyerDirector of GTI, Frederick R. Dickerson Chair Transportation Systems Engineering. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Jorge A. LavalAssistant ProfessorTransportation Systems Engineering PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Michal P. HunterAssociate ProfessorTransportation Systems Engineering PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Randall L. GuenslerProfessorTransportation Systems Engineering PhD, University of California, Davis

Dr. Rafi L. MuhannaDirector of Center for Reliable Engineering Computing & Associate Chair; Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials. PhD, Higher Institute for Structure and Architecture, Bulgaria

Dr. John D. LeonardAssociate Dean, CoETransportation Systems Engineering PhD, University of California, Irvine

Dr. Roberto T. LeonProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and MaterialsPhD, University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Laurence J. JacobsAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs, CoE and ProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, Columbia University

Dr. Jaehong KimCarlton S. Wilder Associate ChairEnvironmental Engineering PhD, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Kevin A. HaasAssociate ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, University of Delaware

Dr. Leonid GermanovichProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, Moscow State Mining University

Dr. J. David FrostDirector of Georgia Tech Savannah and ProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, Purdue University

Dr. James A. MulhollandProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Stanley D. LindseyProfessor of the PracticeStructural Engineering, Mechanics and MaterialsPhD, Vanderbilt University

Dr. Jian LuoAssistant ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, Stanford University

Dr. Kostas KonstantinidisAssistant ProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, Michigan State University

Dr. Haiying Huang Assistant ProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, University of Minnesota

Dr. Laurie A. GarrowAssistant ProfessorTransportation Systems Engineering PhD, Northwestern University

Dr. Paul W. MayneProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, CornellUniversity

Dr. Kimberly E. KurtisProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Lawrence E. KahnProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and MaterialsPhD, University of Michigan

Dr. Joseph B. HughesKaren & John Huff School Chair and Professor Environmental Engineering PhD, University of Iowa

Dr. Rami M. Haj-AliProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Spyros G. PavlostathisProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, Cornell University

Dr. Glenn J. RixProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Phillip J.W. RobertsProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, California Institute of Technology

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Dr. Lisa G. RosensteinSenior Academic ProfessionalEngineering Communications PhD, Emory University

Dr. Marc StieglitzAssociate ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, Columbia University

Dr. Armistead G. RussellGeorgia Power Distinguished ProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, California Institute of Technology

Dr. Abdul-Hamid ZureickProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials. PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Paul WorkAssociate Chair, Associate Director, Georgia Tech Savannah, and Associ-ate Professor; Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, University of Florida

Dr. Jochen TiezerAssistant ProfessorConstruction Engineering, Transportation Systems Engineering PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Dr. J. Carlos SantamarinaGoizueta Foundation Faculty Chair and ProfessorGeosystems Engineering PhD, Purdue University

Dr. Arash YavariAssistant ProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, California Institute of Technology

Dr. Yi- Chang James TsaiAssociate ProfessorGeosystems Engineering, Transportation Systems Engineering PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Donald R. WebsterAssociate Chair for Undergraduate Programs and ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources. PhD, University of California, Berekeley

Dr. David W. ScottAssociate Professor Structural Engineering, Mechanics and MaterialsPhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Donald W. WhiteProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and MaterialsPhD, Cornell University

Dr. Thorsten Stoesser Assistant ProfessorEnvironmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, University of Bristol, UK

Dr. Jim C. SpainProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, University of Texas, Arlington

Dr. Sotira YiacoumiProfessorEnvironmental Engineering PhD, Syracuse University

Dr. Kenneth M. WillAssociate Professor & Associate Chair for Graduate ProgramsStructural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Yang WangAssistant ProfessorStructural Engineering, Mechanics and MaterialsPhD, StanfordUniversity

Dr. Terry W. SturmProfessor Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources PhD, The University of Iowa

CEE Faculty (Continued)

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John E. AbrahamJohn D. Edwards Maohong Fan John Z. Luh Jae Suk Ryou

Adjunct Faculty

Robert S. Abernathy Julian Diaz-OspinaJiabao Guan Angshuman GuinShirley Fumiye Nishino

Research Engineers and ScientistsMehmet T. Odman Michael O. Rodgers Frank Southworth Stacy V. Stringer Michael H. Swanger

Madan Tandukar Huaming Yao Hamid Zand Guangxuan Zhu

CEE Staff

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Erin D. AdamsHuman Resources Coordinator

Mike AndersonInformation Technology Support Professional Manager

Earl L. Babbitt IIIAcademic Advising Manager

Jennifer BalachandranJournal Assistant

Tanya M. BlackwellGrants Administrator

Jenny EatonAdministrative Professional Senior

Mary E. GeorgeAcademic Advisor I

Ruth H. GregoryCommunications Officer I

Gary L. HoilmanAssistant Director, Financial Operations

C Robert HudginsAcademic Advising Manager

Joan M. IncrocciResearch Operations Program Manager

Kenneth IrwinAdmissions Coordinator III

Marjorie JorgensonAdministrative Professional Senior

Carol MaddoxAdministrative Professional Senior

J.J. MartinoInformation Technology Support Professional Senior

Ella Denise RhodesFinancial Administrator II

Denis SatriaComputer Services Specialist II

Melisa SingleyFinancial Administrator II

Laurie SomervilleDirector of Development

Michael R. SorensonMechanical Specialist

Susan SumnersAdministrative Professional Senior

Therese TalbotFinancial Administrator III

Denise TaylorAdministrative Professional Senior

John TempleInformation Technology Support Professional II

Andrew UdellFacilities Manager Senior

Joshua VanceFinancial Administrator III

Mary Kate VarnauJournal Assistant

Zachariah A. WorleyBuilding Coordinator I

StructureCEE’s administrative structure provides well-defined support services in such areas as academic advising, business operations, human resources, accounting, research administration, marketing and communications, facilities management, computer support, and development.

Aral J. James R. Croes Medal, 2011; Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2010. Assimaki2009 Arthur Casagrande Profes-sional Development award, ASCE, GeoInstitute, 2010. BrasJ. Drexel Exceptional Achievement award, Drexel University, 2010; National Academy of Arts and Sci-ences of Puerto Rico, 2009.

BrilakisNSF CAREER Award, 2010; ASCE Associate Editor award, 2009. DesRoches2010 Subaru Professor of Excel-lence award; National Academy of Engineering, 1st China-America Frontiers of Engineering, Session Organizer and Chair, 2009. EllingwoodDistinguished (Honorary) Member of ASCE, 2010; IASSAR Senior Research Prize, International As-sociation for Structural Safety and Reliability, 2009. EmkinEngineer of the Year in Education, Georgia Engineering Alliance, 2010; Engineer of the Year in Edu-cation, Georgia Society of Profes-sional Engineers, 2009.

GarrowNational Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2009; Council of University Transpor-tation Centers-American Road & Transportation Builders As-sociation (CUTC-ARTBA) New Faculty Member award, 2009.

Hughes Engineer of the Year in Education, Georgia Engineering Alliance, 2011. Huang (Haiying) NSF CAREER award, 2011; Doctoral New Investigator Grant, American Chemical Society Petro-leum Research Fund, 2009-2011.

KimExcellence in Review award, Envi-ronmental Science & Technology, 2009; Paul L. Busch award, Water Environment Research Founda-tion, 2009.

Konstantinidis International Skerman award for Microbial Taxonomy, The World Federation for Culture Collections, 2010. KurtisFellow, American Ceramics Society, 2011; Fellow, American Concrete Institute, 2010. LavalNSF CAREER award, 2011.

National and International Awards

LeonAmerican Institute of Steel Con-struction (AISC) Special Achieve-ment award, 2011. MeyerFellow, ASCE, April 2010; Engineer of the Year in Education, Georgia Engineering Alliance, 2009; W.N. Carey Jr. award, Transportation Research Board, 2009. PavlostathisFellow, Water Environment Fed-eration, 2011; Fellow, International Water Association, 2010.

RobertsFellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

TeizerFIATECH Celebrate Engineering and Technology Innovations Outstanding Early Career Researcher, 2010. TsaiChinese Chang Jiang Scholar, 2009. WhiteRaymond C. Reese Research Prize, ASCE, 2010; American Iron and Steel Institute and American Society of State Highway and Transportation Officials Steel Structures Commit-tee; T. R. Higgins Lectureship award, AISC, 2009. YavariAir Force Office of Scientific Re-search Young Investigator Program award, 2010.

Awards & Recognitions

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Staff Awards

GT Outstanding Staff Award:2011 Andrea Be

CEE Outstanding Staff Award:2010 Gary Hoilman2009 Laurie Somerville

School Awards

DesRochesCEE Appreciation award, 2010.

KimBill Schultz Sabbatical award, 2010; CEE Excellence in Research award, 2009; Carlton S. Wilder Endowed Professorship, 2009.

MulhollandCEE Appreciation award, May 2009.

StoesserBill Schultz Junior Faculty Teaching award, 2010.

TeizerBill Schultz Junior Faculty Teaching award, 2009.

YavariCEE Excellence in Research award, 2010.

BurnsClass of 1969 Teaching Scholar, 2009-2010.

DesRochesDean’s Professor of the College of Engineer-ing award, 2011; Georgia Tech Dean James E. Dull Faculty Member of the Year award, 2010; Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor award, 2010.

GarrowCenter for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning/BP Americas (CETL/BP) Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence award, 2009.

MeyerGeorgia Tech ANAK award, 2009; Class of 1940 Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher award, 2009; Civil Engineering Teacher of the Year, Southeast Section, Chi Epsilon, 2009; Sigma Xi Masters Thesis Advisor award, 2009.

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Institute Awards

CEE congratulates the following civil and environmental engineering alumni recognized at the 2011 CoE Awards Induction Ceremony:

G. Wayne CloughCE ‘63, MSCE ‘65Secretary of the SmithsonianInstitution

Jack E. BuffingtonMSCE ‘68Research Professor (Retired), University of Arkansas

Jose L. BarzunaBSCE ‘82, MSCE ‘83Arquitectura e Ingeniería S.A.

Robert D. BernsteinBSCE ‘76. ConsultingTransportation Engineer, Robert Bernstein Inc. P.S. (Deceased)

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award

Engineering Hall of Fame

College of Engineering (CoE) Alumni Awards

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DevelopmentThe School hired a full-time development officer in October of 2005. Mrs. Laurie Somerville has worked with the school chair and other faculty leadership to advance the school’s development activities as well as overall engagement with alumni, volunteer leadership and other partners of the school.

The School has been successful in raising over $25 million since Mrs. Somerville’s arrival. High-lights include a $4 million international travel endowment for students, 4 new endowed chairs, including a $2.5 million chair for the School leader; 2 new professorships and a $1 million Exter-nal Advisory Board Endowment fund.

The School hosts several major events annually including a homecoming celebration, several high visibility lectures and an alumni weekend held in a different U.S. location each year and organized by the School’s External Advisory Board.

These events collectively gather thousands of alumni, corporate collaborators, government officials, academic partners and other friends, all of whom assist in strengthening the overall commitment to the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.

(including scholarships)CEE’s School Endowment

fund has tripled from 2004-10, despite the economic downturn.

Fiscal Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

ENDOWMENTS: TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF PRINCIPAL$ millions

$18M

$16M

$14M

$12M

$10M

$8M

$6M

$4M

$2M

$0

$6,667,737

$8,695,365

$12,185,708

$15,666,571

$16,574,246

$15,701,864

$18,829,208

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Increase in CEE Fundingby Use from 2006-10

FUNDS RAISED: BY USE $ millions

$16M

$14M

$12M

$10M

$8M

$6M

$4M

$2M

$0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Fiscal Year

Facilities

Endowment

Current Operations

Total Dollars Raised in CEE from 2006-2010

Fiscal Year

TOTAL DOLLARS RAISED$ millions

$30M

$25M

$20M

$15M

$10M

$5M

$0

$9,035,472

$14,749834$16,742,330

$21,305,406

$26,447423

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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entrepreneurial spirit

AECOM TechnologyApplied Biosystems Inc.ARCS Foundation, Inc.Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaskerville-Donovan, Inc.Bentley Systems, IncorporatedBlount Construction CompanyBovis Lend Lease Inc.BP AmericaBrasfield & GorrieBrown and CaldwellCampbell Applied PhysicsCarollo EngineersCH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.Chemtron Supply CorpChevronClark Construction Group, LLCConeTec, Inc.Crowder Construction Company Inc.Earthquake Engineering Research InstituteEaton CorporationEmmeskay, Inc.Environmental Protection AgencyExxon Mobil CorporationThe Fluor FoundationGeorgia Assoc. of Water Professionals, Inc.Georgia Section ITE, Inc.Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.Golder Associates, Inc.GS Engineering & ConstructionHodges & Hicks General ContractorsHwaseung R&A

Inst. of Transportation Engineers, GT ChapterJ. Ray McDermott, Inc.Jensen Civil ConstructionKiewit Infrastructure South Co.Lehigh Hanson, Inc.ManitowocMaterials Technologies CorpMcDonough Bolyard Peck Inc.Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.The Parsons CorporationPBSJ Foundation, Inc.R2T Inc.Racetrac Petroleum, Inc.Reid Engineering Company, Inc.SchlumbergerSkanska OySkanska USA Building, Inc.Southern Company Services, Inc.Speedwell FoundationSuzhou Litree Ultra-Filtrt Mmbr Tech Co, LtdSynergy Earth Systems, LLCThiele Kaolin Co.Toto USA, Inc.Universitat StuttgartUzun & Case EngineersWater Research FoundationWilliams Industries, Inc.Winter Construction CompanyRobert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc.World Fiber Technologies, Inc.

Organizations

CEE proudly recognizes its donors during FY 2011 and thanks all of the individuals and organizations who play a major role in the School’s success.

Philanthropic support provides the vital resources required to lead new initiatives, weather cyclical changes in government support, and make long-term investments in the School’s programs and technologies. Combined with the engagement of our stakeholders—alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations—this support is the key to turning dreams into reality, to improving quality of life, and to changing the world.

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Our Donors

entrepreneurial spirit

Individuals Mr. Rajeevan AmirtharajahMrs. Alice Davis BachmanMrs. Bonnie M. BarksdaleMr. M. Daniel BermanMrs. Joyce L. BowenDr. Susan E. Burns & Mr. Kenneth E. LemonsMs. Glory ClassDr. John CrittendenMrs. Linda R. DiPietroDr. & Mrs. Reginald DesRochesDr. Leroy Z. EmkinDr. Aris P. Georgakakos & Mrs. Leslie BlytheMr. Edmund C. GloverMrs. Janet GoossensMr. Robert G Graham, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. GreggDr. Frank L. HamptonMs. Lauren R. Hildebrand, PEDr. Ching-Hua HuangDr. Haiying HuangMr. C. Robert HudginsMr. & Mrs. Joseph B. HughesMr. James W. HurtMr. Kenneth E. HyattMr. Stephen F. JensenMr. and Mrs. Eric JohansenDr. Virginia V. JoryDr. Marie G. Jureit-BeamishMr. T. Michael KaneyMr. Jaehong KimDr. John H. KoonMr. & Mrs. Roberto T. LeonDr. Huda Lillard

Mr. Guy J. LookabaughBG Charles A. Machemehl, Jr. USAF (RET)Mrs. Jeanette MauldingMr. Michael G. MessnerMrs. Margaret L. MitchellMrs. Michelle L. NovotniMr. Joseph P. Palladi, PEMr. Blake V. PeckMr. Wilbur F. Peck, Jr.Mr. Don M. RhodesMr. and Mrs. Marc S. RosensheinMr. & Mrs. Armistead G. RussellMr. Mark A. RussellMr. & Mrs. Blake SomervilleMr. Jim SpainMrs. Susan H. StoneMr. Stacy V. StringerMrs. Dorothy L. SuttonMrs. Nancy W. SuttonMr. William D. SwartMrs. Martha S. ToddMr. and Mrs. Billy G. TurnerMr. G. Ben TurnipseedMr. Thomas A. TyeMr. Marvine R. WanamakerMrs. Elaine W. WangMr. Donald W. WittschiebeMs. Janice N. WittschiebeMr. Frank E. WyattMr. & Mrs. John & Carolyn Wylder

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CEE proudly recognizes its donors during FY 2011 and thanks all of the individuals and organiza-tions who play a critical role in the School’s continued success and the success of our students.

Mr. William R. Calhoun Jr. (BSCE ‘81)Executive Vice PresidentClark Construction Group, Inc.

Mr. Scott Emmons, PE (BSCE ‘81)Chief EngineerNewton County Water & Sewer Authority

Mr. Thomas D. Gambino (BSCE ‘79)PresidentPrime Engineering, Inc.

Mr. Edmund C. Glover (BSCE ‘60)Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerBatson-Cook Company

Mr. Ulysses Grady, Jr. (BSCE ‘79, MSCE ‘81)Chief Civil Engineer City of Atlanta Mr. Robert G. Graham (BSCE ‘76)PresidentCone & Graham, Inc.

Mr. John A. Grant III, PE (BSCE ‘74)OwnerGrant Engineering Company

Mr. Jim Hamilton (BSCE ‘77) President & OwnerSouthern Civil Engineers, Inc.

Ms. Lauren Hildebrand, PE (BSIE ‘82)Director of Utilities, Department of Public Works, Public Utilities DivisionCity of Charlottesville, Virginia

Mr. Douglas R. Hooker (BSME ‘78, MS ‘85)Vice President and District Director Southern Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.

Mr. Charles H. Huling (BSCE ‘74)(Retired) VP, Environmental AffairsGeorgia Power Company

Ms. Selma A. (Sally) Jabaley (BSCE ‘74)Project Assurance ManagerShell International

Mr. Birdel F. Jackson III (MSCE ‘74)President and CEOB&E Jackson & Associates, Inc.

Mrs. Sharon Just (BSCE ‘89)PresidentJust Engineering & Associates, Inc.

Mr. Greg Koch (BSCE ‘90, MSCE ‘92)Managing Director, Global Water Stewardship,Environment & Water ResourcesThe Coca-Cola Company

Mr. Ray Lawing (MSCE ‘77)Senior AssociateAMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.

Mr. James Maughon (BSCE ‘68)PresidentHayes James & Associates

Mr. Michael G. Messner (BSCE ‘76) PartnerSeminole Capital Partners

Mr. J. Paul Oxer, PE, DEE (BSCE ‘73)Managing DirectorMcDaniell, Hunter & Prince, Inc.

Mr. Joseph P. Palladi, PE (BSCE ‘74)(Retired) Office of PlanningGeorgia Department of Transportation

Mr. Blake Van Leer Peck (MSCE ‘78)President and Chief Operating OfficerMcDonough Bolyard Peck Inc.

Mr. Andy Phelps (BSCE ‘76) Principal Vice PresidentBechtel Corporation

Mr. S. Brent Reid (BSCE ‘82)President/CEOWinter Construction

Mr. Ron Stuff (BSCE ‘82)Assistant General CounselFluor Corporation

Mr. Rick Toole (BSCE ‘79, MSCE ‘80) Founder and PresidentW R Toole Engineers, Inc.

Mr. Richard C. Tucker Sr. (BSCE ‘64, MSCE ‘65) Chair, External Advisory Board;President/CEO (Retired)Environmental Resources Management, Inc.

Mr. Emilio Venegas, BSCE ‘77 PresidentVenegas Construction Corporation

Mr. Frank E. Williams III (BSCE ‘81)President/CEOWilliams Industries, Inc.

Mr. Frank E. Wyatt (BSCE ‘76)PresidentPinnacle Homes

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CEE External Advisory Board members during a fall meeting

at the Georgia Tech Hotel.

The CEE External Advisory Board (EAB) is a vital component of the School. Its members work in both the public and private sectors and provide an important, outside perspective that is essential to maintaining the relevancy of CEE programs to industry. The EAB plays a significant role in vetting programs designed for students, alumni, and corporate constituencies to ensure the highest quality standards in curriculum, practice, and outreach.

CEE External Advisory Board

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