{"69967":{"#nid":"69967","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Undergraduate Programs Continue Their Winning Ways in USNWR Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E 2012 Best Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has now been published, and the results for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology are fantastic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the first time, electrical engineering placed 4th, advancing to its highest placement ever in the USNWR undergraduate engineering rankings, after holding the 5th place position for the last three years. Computer engineering remained strong at 6th place, the same position that it held last year. The College of Engineering ranked 5th, and Georgia Tech retained its 7th place standing among public universities. To learn more, please read the news release on the Georgia Tech web site at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=69962\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=69962\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022Our success in ECE can be attributed to our innovative and internationally renowned academic and research programs, but none of these things would be possible without the finest faculty, staff, and students anywhere,\u0022 said Douglas B. Williams, interim school chair for ECE. \u0022While these sorts of rankings may mean different things to different people, we can all be very proud of our accomplishments and the high esteem in which our peers hold us.\u0022\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s electrical engineering program placed 4th, its highest position ever, and the computer engineering program held steady at 6th place in the 2012 \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E Best Colleges Issue, which also includes undergraduate engineering program rankings. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2011-09-13 13:53:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65314":{"id":"65314","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449176831","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:11","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"193206","name":"08C1004-P40-032.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4451315,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg?itok=SPIMRHps"}}},"media_ids":["65314"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/usnews.com\/","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=69962","title":"Georgia Tech 2012 USNWR Rankings News Release"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}