{"594146":{"#nid":"594146","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Design Researchers Highlighted for Smart Cities Work","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is ramping up its smart cities initiative that brings together units from across the campus, and includes several \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E research faculty. Their work is highlighted in the current issue of Research Horizons.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJon Sanford, director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/catea.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access\u003C\/a\u003E (CATEA) and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial Design\u003C\/a\u003E, was among Georgia Tech researchers quoted in the article, \u003Cem\u003ESmart Cities. \u003C\/em\u003EIt examines Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s research on ways to make cities more functional and more desirable places to live and work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESanford\u0026rsquo;s area of expertise is universal design and design for aging. He and his colleagures at CATEA and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cgis.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Geographic Information Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (CGIS) are developing an app, known as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/techsage.gatech.edu\/node\/18\u0022\u003EALIGN\u003C\/a\u003E, that helps people navigate urban streets and sidewalks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Aging may not seem like part of the smart city mix, but it should be,\u0026rdquo; says Sanford in the article. \u0026ldquo;Community mobility is crucial for older adults to successfully age in place.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESanford joined several other College of Design research faculty \u0026ndash; Dennis Shelden, Matthew Swarts, Brian Stone, and Noah Posner \u0026ndash; highlighted for their expert research and data that inform Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s smart cities initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 3D rendering at the top of the story was produced by the IMAGINE Lab, which is a part of CGIS, a research center in the College of Design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESee the image and read the full article in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/features\/smart-cities\u0022\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeveral College of Design research faculty and their work are highlighted in a Research Horizons article looking at Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s smart cities initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Several College of Design research faculty and their work are highlighted in a Research Horizons article looking at Georgia Tech\u0027s smart cities initiative."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-08-07 18:28:12","changed_gmt":"2017-08-15 14:06:31","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594312":{"id":"594312","type":"image","title":"3D Rendering of Atlanta (2017)","body":null,"created":"1502465964","gmt_created":"2017-08-11 15:39:24","changed":"1502468335","gmt_changed":"2017-08-11 16:18:55","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226498","name":"smart.cities.banner.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/smart.cities.banner.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/smart.cities.banner.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":203515,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/smart.cities.banner.jpg?itok=HSecqdXk"}},"592371":{"id":"592371","type":"image","title":"Jon Sanford","body":null,"created":"1496346274","gmt_created":"2017-06-01 19:44:34","changed":"1496346274","gmt_changed":"2017-06-01 19:44:34","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225756","name":"profile.Jon_.Sanford.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/profile.Jon_.Sanford.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/profile.Jon_.Sanford.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20020,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/profile.Jon_.Sanford.jpg?itok=lDte8mvT"}}},"media_ids":["594312","592371"],"groups":[{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"},{"id":"60380","name":"CSPAV - Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization"},{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"60379","name":"DBL - Digital Building Lab"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}