{"70302":{"#nid":"70302","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts Congressional Infrastructure Briefing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom transportation systems to power grids, America\u0027s aging infrastructure continues to generate concern. To underscore the critical role that university research can play in addressing these challenges, the Georgia Institute of Technology is facilitating a congressional briefing on Monday, December 8, in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe briefing, \u0022Tomorrow\u0027s Infrastructure: Researching Sustainable Solutions,\u0022 will be moderated by Reginald DesRoches, associate chair and professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and feature a panel of experts including Michael D. Meyer, also a Georgia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering professor. They will be joined by Douglas R. Rose, deputy administrator and chief engineer for operations with the Maryland State Highway Administration, and S. Massoud Amin, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Improving our nation\u0027s civil infrastructure is the key to economic growth, national security, and quality of life,\u0022 said DesRoches.  \u0022We have an opportunity, through research and innovation, to define what the next generation of infrastructure can look like.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is uniquely positioned to address the nation\u0027s infrastructure crisis based on its breadth of interdisciplinary and strategic research initiatives, according to DesRoches. Recent advances in materials science, nanotechnology, information technology, robotics and systems engineering provide unique opportunities for faculty to work on critical issues ranging from disaster resilient infrastructure to intelligent and adaptable infrastructure systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tomorrow\u0027s Infrastructure: Researching Sustainable Solutions"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"From transportation systems to power grids, America\u0027s aging infrastructure continues to generate concern. To underscore the critical role that university research can play in addressing these challenges, the Georgia Institute of Technology is facilitating a congressional briefing on Monday, December 8, in Washington, D.C.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech to facilitate congressional briefing in D.C."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2008-12-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:20","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70303":{"id":"70303","type":"image","title":"Reginald DesRoches","body":null,"created":"1449177304","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:04","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38"}},"media_ids":["70303"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"172","name":"infrastructure"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarketing and Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Don Fernandez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}