{"376771":{"#nid":"376771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Why Georgia Tech: 4 Questions with Iris Tien","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIris Tien is an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. Recently, the Office of Faculty Affairs had the opportunity to learn more about Tien and her time at Tech. Here\u2019s what she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us a little about your research. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI develop new ways to model and assess the reliability of civil infrastructure systems, including water, power, and transportation systems. The goal is to help us make smarter decisions in how we design and manage these critical systems, so they perform better under adverse conditions. What can we do, for example, to make sure we can still provide clean water and electricity to people after an earthquake or hurricane occurs?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat made you decide to work at Georgia Tech? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI received my Ph.D. in Civil Systems Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in May 2014. I thought long and hard about where I wanted to go next. I even had a spreadsheet that listed different factors \u2014 potential collaborations, funding sources, quality of students, location, etc. \u2014 along with ratings and weights for each. In the end, though, it came down to a feeling I had about Georgia Tech being the right place. I joined the faculty in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in July 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are the top three reasons you\u2019d recommend Georgia Tech to other faculty members? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve really enjoyed my colleagues and the campus environment here. In half a year, I\u2019ve already had opportunities to collaborate with faculty members in my school, in the College of Engineering, and across the colleges. I take an interdisciplinary approach in my work, and I\u2019ve been happy to see the openness to and value placed on interdisciplinary research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are a few things every faculty member should do while at Georgia Tech? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI don\u2019t think I\u2019m ready to say yet \u2014 but I\u2019m looking forward to finding out!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIris Tien is an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. Recently, the Office of Faculty Affairs had the opportunity to learn more about Tien and her time at Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Recently, the Office of Faculty Affairs had the opportunity to learn more about Iris Tien and her time at Tech."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2015-02-10 17:22:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:46","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"372511":{"id":"372511","type":"image","title":"Iris Tien","body":null,"created":"1449246186","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:06","changed":"1475894382","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:42","alt":"Iris Tien","file":{"fid":"75086","name":"iris_tien_headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iris_tien_headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iris_tien_headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":129236,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/iris_tien_headshot.jpg?itok=Q6CkNxsS"}}},"media_ids":["372511"],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"118381","name":"faculty affairs"},{"id":"118391","name":"iris tine"},{"id":"167864","name":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"}],"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:pavlik@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Specialist\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}