{"667006":{"#nid":"667006","#data":{"type":"news","title":" ASCE Says Lisa Wu Is One of Nation\u0027s Top Civil Engineering Undergrads","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asce.org\/publications-and-news\/civil-engineering-source\/article\/2023\/02\/21\/meet-the-10-bright-new-faces-of-civil-engineering-college-for-2023\u0022\u003EAmerican Society of Civil Engineers\u003C\/a\u003E has named Georgia Tech civil engineering student Lisa Wu to its 2023 class of New Faces of Civil Engineering: College Edition, which honors 10 of the brightest students from college campuses around the nation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EChosen for their academic accomplishments and commitment to serving others, these well-rounded students reflect the hope and promise of the next generation of civil engineers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom ASCE:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn internship with a construction engineering firm in Washington, D.C., cemented Lisa Wu\u2019s passion for working with concrete. \u201cIt has made me love construction engineering more than ever,\u201d said the Georgia Tech senior, leading her to pursue an advanced degree. \u201cI am now mastering in geotechnical engineering in hopes of learning more about concrete and soil for the next 1 1\/2 years while working part time with a new general contractor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe also attributes much of her growth as a budding civil engineer to the camaraderie she\u2019s enjoyed serving as vice president and as social and philanthropy chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s ASCE student chapter. \u201cAs an officer, it is more than just working together as co-workers, we live, laugh, and love in fun times and tough times,\u201d Wu said. She has enjoyed a jump on her career as a student member of the Georgia Section\u2019s Younger Member Group. \u201cI had a great time networking and communicating with industry professionals who have given me valuable tips in life.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWu looks forward to working among a new wave of civil engineers striving to make structures more sustainable. \u201cLearning about infrastructure failures and how they can be improved is exciting because it is like working on puzzles, but now working with real building materials. It is amazing to see how buildings change over time, and for every decade that has passed, a new innovation and sustainable development begins,\u201d she said. \u201cMy dream is to create safe and sustainable infrastructure that will have an everlasting value for the people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew Faces of Civil Engineering: College Edition honors 10 of the brightest students from college campuses around the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New Faces of Civil Engineering: College Edition honors 10 of the brightest students from college campuses around the nation."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-02-23 17:56:13","changed_gmt":"2023-03-31 21:01:08","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670408":{"id":"670408","type":"image","title":"Lisa Wu","body":null,"created":"1677174987","gmt_created":"2023-02-23 17:56:27","changed":"1680296388","gmt_changed":"2023-03-31 20:59:48","alt":"Lisa Wu in her graduation gown.","file":{"fid":"253248","name":"Lisa-Wu-cap-gown-t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/31\/Lisa-Wu-cap-gown-t.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/31\/Lisa-Wu-cap-gown-t.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":475999,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/03\/31\/Lisa-Wu-cap-gown-t.jpg?itok=EP6Dv8ai"}}},"media_ids":["670408"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"289141","name":"Women in Engineering (WIE)"}],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:melissa.fralick@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMelissa Fralick\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["melissa.fralick@ce.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}