{"64695":{"#nid":"64695","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Chair Named Georgia Engineer of the Year in Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoseph B. Hughes, Georgia Tech\u2019s Karen and John Huff chair\nof the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was named the 2011 Engineer\nof the Year in Education.\u0026nbsp;Hughes was honored by the Georgia Engineering Alliance on\nFeb. 26, at a gala celebrating Georgia Engineers Week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2003, Hughes has chaired the Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Civil and Environmental\nEngineering. He also serves as professor of environmental engineering and materials\nscience and engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDr.\nHughes\u2019 vision for engineering education, his impact on public policy and his\n(inter)national visibility are substantial,\u0022 said Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering Chair Don Giddens. \u0022 . . .\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Under\nDr. Hughes\u2019 administration, we have continuously observed increased rankings of\nthe School, undergraduate enrollments have swelled from 500 to more than 1,000\nstudents, all while maintaining and even elevating the program\u2019s quality of\neducation.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHughes\u0027 research interests include environmental biotechnology,\nnanomaterial fate and transport and environmental engineering needs in\ndeveloping countries. His research focuses on the treatment and remediation of hazardous wastes.\nHe is a recognized leader in this field and has pioneered at least two areas of\nresearch that have significantly influenced engineering practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHughes\nearned his\nPh.D. and M.S. degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the\nUniversity of Iowa and a B.A. in chemistry from Cornell College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Georgia Tech alumnus James Hamilton, president and\nCEO of Southern Civil Engineers, received the Georgia Engineer of the Year\nAward.\u0026nbsp; A Georgia native and Georgia Tech\ngraduate, Hamilton has dedicated his career to finding the balance between\nconstruction and environmental conservation and used this mission to build the\nfoundation for his engineering firm, Southern Civil Engineers, which he founded\nin 1983.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Georgia Engineering Alliance recognizes School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Joseph Hughes"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoseph B. Hughes, Georgia Tech\u2019s Karen and John Huff School chair\nof the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was named the 2011 Engineer\nof the Year in Education.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Engineering Alliance recognizes School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Joseph Hughes"}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-03-01 16:12:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:18","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64710":{"id":"64710","type":"image","title":"Professor Joseph B. Hughes","body":null,"created":"1449176765","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:05","changed":"1475894569","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:49","alt":"Professor Joseph B. 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