{"69775":{"#nid":"69775","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hughes to Step Down from CEE School Chair Post","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\nJoseph B. Hughes is stepping down from his position as chair of the School of\nCivil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), effective October 15, College of\nEngineering Dean Gary May announced Thursday. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHughes, who\nhas served as chair since 2003, will be returning to the faculty. After a\nthorough search and a recommendation from a faculty committee, Hughes will assume\nthe Howard T. Tellepsen Endowed Chair in CEE. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are all\ndeeply grateful to him for his many years of extraordinary service to the school\nand the college,\u201d May said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn interim\nchair of CEE will be appointed and a national search for a new chair will\ncommence soon, May said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHughes has\ngarnered numerous awards and honors while at Georgia Tech including the Walter\nP. Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineering, the\nMcKee Medal from the Water Environment Federation and the CH\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003EMHill\nOutstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, as advisor, by the Association of\nEnvironmental Engineering and Science Professors.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Tellepsen\nChair was established to reward an individual who demonstrates commitment to\nstudents, values education, has a strong record of scholarly achievement and is\ndedicated to serving others. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJoe is\ncertainly a deserving individual to hold this prestigious chair,\u201d May said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\nJoseph B. Hughes is stepping down from his position as chair of the School of\nCivil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), effective October 15, College of\nEngineering Dean Gary May announced Thursday.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hughes, who has served as chair since 2003, will be returning to the faculty."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-09-02 08:51:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:05","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","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. Hughes","file":{"fid":"192076","name":"Hughes_headshot_THUMB.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hughes_headshot_THUMB_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hughes_headshot_THUMB_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":73028,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Hughes_headshot_THUMB_0.jpg?itok=bVsxI0BD"}}},"media_ids":["64710"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/joseph-blake-hughes","title":"Professor Hughes\u0027 bio page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"14185","name":"Professor Joseph B. Hughes"},{"id":"169352","name":"School Chair"},{"id":"167864","name":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}