{"424161":{"#nid":"424161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CONECTech Lab in the News for Drone Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDrones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have become a lot more than a high tech toy for a weekend hobbyist. UAV are now changing the transportion industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Building Construction Professor, Javier Irizarry, co-authored a recent study with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). The results demonstrated more than 40 tasks where GDOT could benefit from use of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough the CONECTech Lab, Irizarry is researching ways to utilize technology as a solution to assist people at work, home, and now as they commute. His research on UAV technology is getting international interest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIrizarry\u0027s research collaboration with GDOT continues to receive attention in this recent article.\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/viewer.zmags.com\/publication\/7658baac#\/7658baac\/42\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/viewer.zmags.com\/publication\/7658baac#\/7658baac\/42\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-Traffic Technology International\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Irizarry\u0027s work was quoted in MTV news:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/2219507\/good-things-about-drones\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/2219507\/good-things-about-drones\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/2219507\/good-things-about-drones\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"School of Building Construction Professor, Javier Irizarry, in the News"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJavier Irizarry\u0027s research received international attention in a recent article in \u0022Traffic Technology International\u0022 and in MTV news.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Building Construction Professor, Javier Irizarry, quoted in recent article."}],"uid":"27520","created_gmt":"2015-07-14 08:43:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:00","author":"Brenda Morris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"424141":{"id":"424141","type":"image","title":"Javier Irizarry","body":null,"created":"1449254319","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:38:39","changed":"1475895162","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:42","alt":"Javier Irizarry","file":{"fid":"202738","name":"javier.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/javier_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/javier_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":383897,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/javier_0.jpg?itok=FSsjIZoy"}}},"media_ids":["424141"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/viewer.zmags.com\/publication\/7658baac#\/7658baac\/42","title":"http:\/\/viewer.zmags.com\/publication\/7658baac#\/7658baac\/42"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/2219507\/good-things-about-drones\/","title":"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/2219507\/good-things-about-drones\/"}],"groups":[{"id":"1223","name":"School of Building Construction"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"34141","name":"Drones"},{"id":"19101","name":"GDOT"},{"id":"1500","name":"UAV"}],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:javier.irizarry@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejavier.irizarry@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["javier.irizarry@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}