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Danielle Willkens Publishes Architecture Book for Teens
March 26, 2021
Dr. Danielle Willkens, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, introduces younger audiences to the field of architecture with her new book Architecture for Teens: A Beginner Book for Aspiring Architects.
Ellen Dunham-Jones: This Year’s
Holiday Shopping Must-Have is Space
November 23, 2020
It is that time of year when people visit malls and shopping centers to shop and soak up the holiday season. This year, in true 2020 fashion, even the traditional holiday shopping experience will be disrupted. But not necessarily for obvious reasons.
Georgia Tech Team Awarded NSF Partnerships for Innovation Grant to Change the Game for the Afterlife of Wind Turbine Blades
November 16, 2020
Wind turbines are designed to provide green solutions for the production of power. Wind turbines produce zero carbon emissions; however, the blades themselves pose an environmental challenge as they depreciate. To address this concern, the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with Logisticus Group, was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) grant.
High Performance Building Program Awarded $1.4 Million by U.S. Department of Energy to Develop Building Envelope Diagnostics and Modeling Using Drones
October 19, 2019
A research team led by assistant professor Tarek Rakha at the Georgia Tech School of Architecture has been awarded $1.4M in research funding (in addition to $370K cost share commitment) by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (BTO) under the Building Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) program. BTO is investing in early-stage research and development for advanced building technologies and systems that will serve as a foundation for future reductions in building energy consumption.
Edible Success: Family-Owned Sausage Company is Nationwide!
Winter/Spring 2015, Campus Scene [Photo by Nathan Morgan]
I contributed to the Campus Scene from the Winter/Spring 2012 issue through Winter/Spring 2015.
When driving through Union City, take a detour past Discovery Park of America and turn down a few curvy, country roads. Amid the farms and fields sits the Williams Sausage Company, a locally owned and operated sausage production plant with 10 acres of land, 185,000-square-feet of factory space, and 550 employees, steeped in regional history and treasured as an heirloom to the Williams’ family.