{"209041":{"#nid":"209041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Help Landscaping Keep GT Green!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Landscaping Office would like to invite everyone to take a break from studying and enjoy the green spaces on campus.\u0026nbsp; Now is a great time to have a picnic outside or play a game of Frisbee with friends.\u0026nbsp; Also, please help us keep these green spaces green by not cutting across the fields or landscaped areas to get to class.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContinual trudging through the green spaces on campus causes erosion and paths to form.\u0026nbsp; Several areas on campus, including the Tech Green, have become heavily eroded due to pedestrian foot traffic.\u0026nbsp; Pedestrian traffic causes the soil to compact and prohibits plant growth.\u0026nbsp; Compaction of the soil on Tech Green also hinders water from seeping into the underground cistern.\u0026nbsp; Landscaping has recently put up new signs at these critical areas to remind everyone to use the sidewalks.\u0026nbsp; This will help keep the grass alive and in good shape for your recreational activities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo the next time you are about to take a short-cut through the grass or a landscaped area, please reconsider and use the sidewalks.\u0026nbsp; And then maybe after class come back, kick your shoes off, and enjoy being outside.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Spring is here! Please go outside and enjoy the nice weather!"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Help Georgia Tech\u0027s Landscaping Office reduce erosion on campus by using the sidewalks whenever possible."}],"uid":"27651","created_gmt":"2013-04-24 14:30:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:08","author":"Jennifer Krajewski","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"210491":{"id":"210491","type":"image","title":"Tech Green Shortcuts Cause Ruts","body":null,"created":"1449180018","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:00:18","changed":"1475894871","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:51","alt":"Tech Green Shortcuts Cause Ruts","file":{"fid":"197042","name":"tech_green_shortcuts_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech_green_shortcuts_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech_green_shortcuts_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7845303,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tech_green_shortcuts_2.jpg?itok=Iy4a2FSq"}},"210501":{"id":"210501","type":"image","title":"Tech Green Shortcuts Cause Ruts 2","body":null,"created":"1449180018","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:00:18","changed":"1475894871","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:51","alt":"Tech Green Shortcuts Cause Ruts 2","file":{"fid":"197043","name":"tech_green_shortcuts_10.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech_green_shortcuts_10.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech_green_shortcuts_10.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4648377,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tech_green_shortcuts_10.jpg?itok=636tiAK0"}}},"media_ids":["210491","210501"],"groups":[{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"64881","name":"erosion"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"64871","name":"grass"},{"id":"492","name":"green"},{"id":"1990","name":"landscaping"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"13514","name":"Tech Green"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHyacinth Ide\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssociate Director, Landscape Services \u0026amp; Motor Pool\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 894-3980\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca\u003Ehyacinth.ide@facilities.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["hyacinth.ide@facilities.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"170801":{"#nid":"170801","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Earth Day Design Contest Extended to November 26th!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAre you planning to submit a design for the 2013 Georgia Tech Earth Day T-shirt? You still have time! The design contest ends Monday, November 26, 2012, so submit your design and you could win $500!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe theme for this upcoming year\u2019s Earth Day is \u201cTECH for a Greener Future.\u201d\u0026nbsp; The committee picked the 2013 theme to represent the spirit of Georgia Tech\u2019s entrepreneurial and eco-friendly student body.\u0026nbsp; The committee is looking for artwork that represents the new theme and encourages everyone to take action.\u0026nbsp; The winning design will be featured on the Earth Day 2013 T-shirts and marketing materials leading up to the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you have a design for the 16\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Annual Earth Day Celebration, please submit your artwork to Steve Cseplo at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steve.cseplo@facilities.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esteve.cseplo@facilities.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Further instructions and past winners can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.earthday.gatech.edu\/t-shirt.html\u0022\u003Ewww.earthday.gatech.edu\/t-shirt.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The deadline to submit an entry is 11:59 PM on November 12, 2012.\u0026nbsp; Also, those interested in joining the Earth Day committee can contact Heartense Hodges-Lawson at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/heartense.hodges@facilities.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eheartense.hodges@facilities.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The T-shirt design contest for GT\u2019s 2013 Earth Day has been extended! Submit your design now!"}],"uid":"27651","created_gmt":"2012-11-13 10:46:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:10","author":"Jennifer Krajewski","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"170811":{"id":"170811","type":"image","title":"Earth Day 2013 T-shirt Design Contest Extended","body":null,"created":"1449178978","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:58","changed":"1475894811","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:51","alt":"Earth Day 2013 T-shirt Design Contest Extended","file":{"fid":"195714","name":"earthdaytshirtdesign2013.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/earthdaytshirtdesign2013_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/earthdaytshirtdesign2013_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2478839,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/earthdaytshirtdesign2013_0.jpg?itok=EITc-DGG"}}},"media_ids":["170811"],"groups":[],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"42951","name":"Student Art"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"125","name":"art"},{"id":"823","name":"design"},{"id":"12189","name":"design contest"},{"id":"1005","name":"Earth Day"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"807","name":"environment"},{"id":"492","name":"green"},{"id":"788","name":"Water"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Krajewski\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnergy Conservation \u0026amp; Management Coordinator\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFacilities, Operations \u0026amp; Maintenance\u003Cbr \/\u003E151 Sixth Street, NW\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, GA\u0026nbsp; 30332\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-1822\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Jennifer.Krajewski@facilities.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"135181":{"#nid":"135181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Saves Water and Money from being Flushed Down the Drain","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe guys at Georgia Tech may not have noticed, but there is something different about the restrooms on campus. Three hundred and eight automatic, one pint urinals have been installed throughout the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more than 10 years, the Office of Facilities Management has been testing low flow water fixtures to reduce the campus\u2019 water consumption. Many of the newer buildings on campus have energy and water efficient bathrooms with automatic faucets and low flow toilets, and now several of the older buildings will be receiving these upgrades as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech spends roughly $7,000,000 a year or $19,663 per day for water and sewer services. After several years of drought and cost increases from the City of Atlanta for water and sewer services, Georgia Tech has stepped up its efforts to conserve water and reduce the Institute\u2019s utility costs. GT\u2019s Energy Conservation team recently completed a major urinal replacement project as part of this initiative.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELenox Utility Contractors, LLC began this project by replacing the 308 urinals with low flow urinals and electronic flush valves. To estimate how much water was saved, Georgia Tech conducted a usage survey during the week and weekends of 10 academic and support buildings on campus. Caleb Morris, a student researcher from the College of Engineering, not only helped install the units (his father, Buddy Morris, owns Lenox Utility Contractors) but he also conducted the usage survey for Facilities by placing infrared occupancy sensors above the urinals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAfter helping install the urinals, I was a great candidate for carrying out the survey because I was already familiar with the project and I believe it is important to promote the benefits of new water conservation technologies,\u201d said Caleb Morris.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team estimates that on average, the 308 urinals that were part of this project are flushed 2.2 million times annually and by replacing these urinals with low-flow models, the Institute could save up to 5,300 gallons of water and sewer per day. Over an entire year, that is about as much water as all of the pools in the Aquatic Center at the Campus Recreation Center (1.9 million gallons). This could also result in a savings of $54,000 a year in water and sewer costs. With such a short pay-back period and significant expected savings, Georgia Tech hopes to implement other water conservation projects in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to being ranked among the top ten public universities in the U.S., Georgia Tech is also a leader in utilities management and conservation. Georgia Tech is committed to developing an environmentally friendly campus and as such is committed to responsible water use management through the adoption of new water saving technologies and practices.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe guys at Georgia Tech may not have noticed, but there is something different about the restrooms on campus. Three hundred and eight automatic, one-pint urinals have been installed throughout the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more than 10 years, the Office of Facilities Management has been testing low flow water fixtures to reduce the campus\u2019 water consumption. \u0026nbsp;Many of the newer buildings on campus have energy and water efficient bathrooms with automatic faucets and low flow toilets, and now several of the older buildings will be receiving these upgrades as well.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three hundred and eight automatic, one-pint urinals were installed across campus."}],"uid":"27651","created_gmt":"2012-06-13 14:52:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:22","author":"Jennifer Krajewski","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"135321":{"id":"135321","type":"image","title":"Low-Flow Urinal","body":null,"created":"1449178671","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:51","changed":"1475894763","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:03","alt":"Low-Flow Urinal","file":{"fid":"194788","name":"08c1004-p85-011.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1004-p85-011_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1004-p85-011_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2548482,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/08c1004-p85-011_0.jpg?itok=EMIZxAS4"}}},"media_ids":["135321"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.energyconservation.gatech.edu\/","title":"Energy Conservation at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"1851","name":"energy conservation"},{"id":"12244","name":"energy efficiency"},{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"35911","name":"low-flow"},{"id":"35901","name":"urinal"},{"id":"115","name":"water conservation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.krajewski@facilities.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Krajewski\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnergy Conservation \u0026amp; Management Coordinator\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Jennifer.Krajewski@facilities.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"165671":{"#nid":"165671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Study Shows How a Hopping Robot Could Conserve its Energy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study shows that jumping can be much more complicated than it might seem. In research that could extend the range of future rescue and exploration robots, scientists have found that hopping robots could dramatically reduce their power demands by adopting a unique two-part \u201cstutter jump.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaking a short hop before a big jump could allow spring-based \u201cpogo-stick\u201d robots to reduce their power demands as much as ten-fold. The formula for the two-part jump was discovered by analyzing nearly 20,000 jumps made by a simple laboratory robot under a wide range of conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf we time things right, the robot can jump with a tenth of the power required to jump to the same height under other conditions,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDaniel Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cIn the stutter jumps, we can move the mass at a lower frequency to get off the ground. We achieve the same takeoff velocity as a conventional jump, but it is developed over a longer period of time with much less power.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was reported October 26 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u003C\/em\u003E. The work was supported by the Army Research Laboratory\u2019s MAST program, the Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the GEM Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJumping is an important means of locomotion for animals, and could be important to future generations of robots. Jumping has been extensively studied in biological organisms, which use stretched tendons to store energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/crablab.gatech.edu\/pages\/jumpingrobot\/index.html\u0022\u003Eresearch into robot jumping\u003C\/a\u003E began with a goal of learning how hopping robots would interact with complicated surfaces \u2013 such as sand, granular materials or debris from a disaster. Goldman quickly realized he\u2019d need to know more about the physics of jumping to separate the surface issues from the factors controlled by the dynamics of jumping.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInspired by student-directed experiments on the dynamics of hopping in his nonlinear dynamics and chaos class, Goldman asked Jeffrey Aguilar, a graduate student in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, to construct the simplest jumping robot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAguilar built a one-kilogram robot that is composed of a spring beneath a mass capable of moving up and down on a thrust rod. Aguilar used computer controls to vary the starting position of the mass on the rod, the amplitude of the motion, the pattern of movement and the frequency of movement applied by an actuator built into the robot\u2019s mass. A high-speed camera and a contact sensor measured and recorded the height of each jump.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/crablab.gatech.edu\/pages\/jumpingrobot\/Demo.html\u0022\u003EWebsite shows how changes affect jumping\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAguilar and Goldman then collaborated with theorists Professor Kurt Wiesenfeld and Alex Lesov, from the Georgia Tech School of Physics, to explain the results of the experiments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers expected to find that the optimal jumping frequency would be related to the resonant frequency of the spring and mass system, but that turned out not to be true. Detailed evaluation of the jumps showed that frequencies above and below the resonance provided optimal jumping \u2013 and additional analysis revealed what the researchers called the \u201cstutter jump.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe preparatory hop allows the robot to time things such that it can use a lower power to get to the same jump height,\u201d Goldman explained. \u201cYou really don\u2019t have to move the mass rapidly to get a good jump.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe amount of energy that can be stored in batteries can limit the range and duration of robotic missions, so the stutter jump could be helpful for small robots that have limited power. Optimizing the efficiency of jumping could therefore allow the robots to complete longer and more complex missions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut because it requires longer to perform than a simple jump, the two-step jump may not be suitable for all conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you\u2019re a small robot and you want to jump over an obstacle, you could use low power by using the stutter jump even though that would take longer,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cBut if a hazard is threatening, you may need to generate the additional power to make a quick jump to get out of the way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the future, Goldman and his research team plan to study how complicated surfaces affect jumping. They are currently studying the effects of sand, and will turn to other substrates to develop a better understanding of how exploration or rescue robots can hop through them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldman\u2019s past work has focused on the lessons learned from the locomotion of biological systems, so the team is also interested in what the robot can teach them about how animals jump. \u201cWhat we have learned here can function as a hypothesis for biological systems, but it may not explain everything,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe simple jumping robot turned out to be a useful system to study, not only because of the interesting behaviors that turned up, but also because the results were counter to what the researchers had expected.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn physics, we often study the steady-state solution,\u201d Goldman noted. \u201cIf we wait enough time for the transient phenomena to die off, then we can study what\u2019s left. 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