{"357141":{"#nid":"357141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Charging Ahead","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EArticle originally appeared in \u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E. Written by Mark Anderson.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIf big problems demand big responses, then it\u2019s only appropriate that the nation\u2019s biggest engineering school steps up to address perhaps the nation\u2019s biggest engineering challenge: energy.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFew sectors hold a greater direct impact on our economy\u2014and nearly every aspect of modern life. Energy fuels our household comforts and conveniences, our vehicles, manufacturing and communications. And our demand for power to support our way of living and doing business is rising rapidly. The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that an increasing global population and growing economies will drive energy demand up more than 50 percent by 2035.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReliably and affordably powering the present and near future\u2014while still maximizing America\u2019s energy independence and minimizing the risks of climate change\u2014makes for an incredibly difficult puzzle to solve. But it\u2019s also a challenge tailor-made for Tech, an institution known as much for its scientific and technological innovation as it is for its leadership on issues of great societal importance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/12\/charging-ahead\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead the full article\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"GT researchers strive to solve tomorrow\u0027s energy problems."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf big problems demand big responses, then it\u2019s only appropriate that the nation\u2019s biggest engineering school steps up to address perhaps the nation\u2019s biggest engineering challenge: energy.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"If big problems demand big responses, then it\u2019s only appropriate that the nation\u2019s biggest engineering school steps up to address perhaps the nation\u2019s biggest engineering challenge: energy."}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2014-12-16 12:26:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:41","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"405","name":"NEETRAC"}],"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\u003EAllison Caughey\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:allison.caughey@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eallison.caughey@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["allison.caughey@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}