{"531611":{"#nid":"531611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Architecture students compete in Capstone Design Expo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStory by Lyndsey Lewis\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn recent years, health-centric projects have grabbed center stage at the Expo, which is in some ways a compass for Georgia Tech at large. The Expo began as an exhibition for mechanical engineering alone, but it now hosts hundreds of students and reflects the Institute-wide emphases on real-world applicability and human needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach Capstone Design Expo showcases senior projects from about a dozen Georgia Tech schools (most of them in the College of Engineering). The idea is for students to create prototypes that solve problems, though projects at the Expos are as diverse as the students themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany teams work with big-name sponsors \u2013 The Coca-Cola Company, Ford Motor Company, The Home Depot \u2013\u0026nbsp;to tackle corporate issues like supply chains. Some groups strike out on their own, designing new inventions that sometimes become foundations for full-fledged startup companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther universities host similar events, but Georgia Tech\u2019s version stands out thanks to heavy alumni involvement and participation from around the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArchitecture teams:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/projects\/?major=ARCH\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/projects\/?major=ARCH\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECapstone Design Spring 2016 Winners:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/capstone-design-spring-2016-winners\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/capstone-design-spring-2016-winners\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe idea is for students to create prototypes that solve problems, though projects at the Expos are as diverse as the students themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The idea is for students to create prototypes that solve problems, though projects at the Expos are as diverse as the students themselves."}],"uid":"28816","created_gmt":"2016-05-02 16:14:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:32","author":"Tia Jewell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"531621":{"id":"531621","type":"image","title":"Capstone Design Expo 2016","body":null,"created":"1462305600","gmt_created":"2016-05-03 20:00:00","changed":"1475895312","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:12","alt":"Capstone Design Expo 2016","file":{"fid":"89355","name":"160426dr_498-cc_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/160426dr_498-cc_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/160426dr_498-cc_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":171833,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/160426dr_498-cc_0_0.jpg?itok=1PBL0Omv"}}},"media_ids":["531621"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETia Jewell\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Events\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tia.jewell@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etia.jewell@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tia.jewell@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}