{"217691":{"#nid":"217691","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Drone Research Could Aid Traffic Management","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Building Construction Assistant Professor Dr. Javier Irizarry\u0027s research on the use of drones in construction was recently featured in both the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/business\/tech-to-study-use-of-drones-for-monitoring-highway\/nYDmK\/#cmComments\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.11alive.com\/news\/article\/295502\/40\/Drone-research-could-aid-Atlanta-traffic-management\u0022\u003E11Alive\u003C\/a\u003E news.\u0026nbsp; In collaboration with Dr. Eric Johnson, Associate Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering, the project evaluates the potential uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or \u0022Drones\u0022 for use by the transportation department for applications ranging from traffic monitoring, surveying, bridge inspections, and many others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Irizarry joined the School of Building Construction in 2008 and is the Director of the CONECTech Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology. He specializes in Mobile Computing in Construction, Human Factors, Construction Safety, and IT Applications in AEC Education and practice. He teaches graduate-level courses in Virtual Construction Operations Analysis and Sustainable Construction Technologies and serves as the Graduate Coordinator for the Residential Construction Development Track in the master\u2019s program in the School of Building Construction at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Building Construction Assistant Professor Dr. Javier Irizarry\u0027s research on the use of drones in construction was recently featured in both the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/business\/tech-to-study-use-of-drones-for-monitoring-highway\/nYDmK\/#cmComments\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.11alive.com\/news\/article\/295502\/40\/Drone-research-could-aid-Atlanta-traffic-management\u0022\u003E11Alive\u003C\/a\u003E news.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27709","created_gmt":"2013-06-14 11:53:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:23","author":"Rachel Von Ins","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"217701":{"id":"217701","type":"image","title":"Drone","body":null,"created":"1449180130","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:02:10","changed":"1475894882","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:02","alt":"Drone","file":{"fid":"197164","name":"drone.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/drone_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/drone_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6579,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/drone_1.jpg?itok=uyvW2NMY"}}},"media_ids":["217701"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"37981","name":"javier irizarry"},{"id":"167100","name":"school of building construction"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}