The Georgia Tech Residence Hall Association (RHA) in partnership with Students Organizing for Sustainability and Earth Alliance Georgia Tech is sponsoring
The
Georgia Institute of Technology was honored by the Upper Chattahoochee
Riverkeeper (UCR) at the organization’s 16th Annual Patron Appreciation
Dinner held on Sept. 24. Georgia Tech alumnus Ray Anderson also received UCR’s
River Guardian Award.
Georgia
Tech received UCR’s first River Sustainability Award for the university’s
significant investment in and leadership on behalf of water and energy
efficiency as exemplified by campus sustainability programs.
Twelve Georgia Tech students were awarded $14,000 in recognition of their innovative ideas for GE Energy Service’s Smart Grid Challenge Program. The competition provided the opportunity for students to address problems related to smart grid technologies.Six teams of Georgia Tech students participated in the challenge, tackling smart grid problems related to distribution losses, liability and demand.
Sarah Miracle and Chris Shearer have been selected to
receive fellowships as part of a new U.S. Department of Energy Graduate
Fellowship program.
Both are pursuing Ph.D.s at Georgia Tech. Miracle is
studying randomized algorithms and Markov chains in the School of Computer
Science in the College of Computing, while Shearer is investigating sustainable
concrete materials technology in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
in the College of Engineering.
Finalists of MIT Clean Energy Prize to Compete for Grand Prize; Five teams
chosen to vie for $200,000
4 May 2010
BOSTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - On May 11, five teams from some of the
nation’s top academic institutions will compete to win the $200,000 MIT
Clean Energy Prize – a national annual competition for the best clean
energy business venture.
The South could pay less for its electricity in 20 years than is
currently projected if strong public policies are enacted to spur
renewable energy production and use, according to a report released
today by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Duke
University. The 190-page report, “Renewable Energy in the South,” builds
on a short policy brief released last summer and provides an in-depth
assessment of the scope of renewable energy resources in the South and
their economic impacts on electricity rates and utility bills in the
region.
The World Gas Conference is looking for students interested
in energy to participate in its NRG Battle – World Edition in Kuala
Lumpur. The “brightest global talents” selected to participate will receive an
all expenses-paid experience to the competition and the chance to work with
energy companies from across the globe.