{"390911":{"#nid":"390911","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Seminar (ECE 2001A\/ECE 8001A)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EMr. Charles (Butch) L. Woodyard, Jr. P.E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0027s Title and Affiliation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EManaging Partner, Barrett, Woodyard and Associates\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EConsulting Engineering \u2013 Very Important work and rewarding work to protect the public\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003ETo inform students about the industry of electrical engineering which designs the power distribution systems for buildings and is tasked to design these systems to protect the public from the hazards associated with medium and high voltages required to provide power to fuel the nation\u2019s economy and how fun and rewarding this field can be.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong class=\u0022BodyText\u0022\u003ESpeaker Bios:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EButch Woodyard Graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in March 1980 with a bachelor\u0027s degree in electrical engineering.\u0026nbsp; While in school he worked summer jobs as a warehouse assistant in an electrical distributor, an electrician, and as a lighting sales representative. After graduation he went to work as a project manager for an electrical contractor.\u0026nbsp; He was hired away into the consulting engineering field.\u0026nbsp; In 1989, at the age of 29, he co-founded Barrett, Woodyard and Associates (BWA).\u0026nbsp; Butch has been the engineer for thousands of projects around the country.\u0026nbsp; BWA has grown over the years to now have offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Raleigh.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeminar with Mr. Charles (Butch) L. Woodyard, Jr. P.E. - Barrett, Woodyard and Associates\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Consulting Engineering \u2013 Very Important work and rewarding work to protect the public"}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2015-03-26 11:47:20","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:19:38","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-04-01T12:05:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-04-01T12:55:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-04-01T12:55:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-04-01 16:05:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-04-01 16:55:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-04-01 16:55:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1577","name":"career"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaul Steffes\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-3128\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:paul.steffes@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epaul.steffes@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}