{"502361":{"#nid":"502361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering ranks #2 in the Nation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe undergraduate program of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering has been ranked\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;# 2\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the nation, according to the just-released\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;America\u0027s Best Colleges guide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe survey of more than 60 colleges and universities with similar programs placed GT-AE one slot higher than last year\u0027s ranking but did not alter the School\u0027s overall top-tier status. The Daniel\u0026nbsp;Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering has been ranked\u0026nbsp; in the top 5 for more than a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is truly wonderful news, but not entirely surprising. My faith in our School\u0027s rigor, innovation, and ambition remains unchanged,\u0022 said William R. T. Oakes Professor and AE School Chair Vigor Yang.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am just as proud of the fact that we have produced many, many educators who are now inspiring the next generation of aerospace innovators.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Engineering continues to be recognized as one of the best in the nation, placing fifth in the annual undergraduate engineering program rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach of the College of Engineering\u0027s 10 undergraduate degrees programs was ranked seventh or higher in their respective fields with six programs ranked fourth or higher.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering saw the biggest jump among CoE\u0027s schools, climbing from fifth in the nation to second. Industrial and systems engineering retained its top spot and has been ranked first in the country for a 21st consecutive year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECoE is tied for third among public universities, trailing University of California-Berkeley (third overall) and University of Illinois-Urbana--Champaign (fifth overall).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are proud to once again be recognized by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report as one of the elite engineering institutes in the United States,\u0022 said Gary S. May, dean and Southern Company Chair in the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The strength of our college is the depth and breadth of our programs, and it is gratifying to see so many of our individual schools ranked among the best in their fields. With 10 highly ranked programs housed within one college we are in a unique position to offer an unparalleled interdisciplinary educational experience to the next generation of the world\u0027s engineers. We are in good company in the top 10, but we will not rest on our laurels. Our competition is not sitting still, and neither can we. We must redouble our efforts in the coming year in order to continue attracting the best and brightest students and faculty members in the world.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The undergraduate program of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering has been ranked # 2 in the nation, according to the just-released U.S. News \u0026 World Report\u0027s America\u0027s Best Colleges guide."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-17 17:11:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:46","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"297291":{"id":"297291","type":"image","title":"Yang-Vigor","body":null,"created":"1449244530","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:30","changed":"1475894998","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:58","alt":"Yang-Vigor","file":{"fid":"199439","name":"yang-vigor2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yang-vigor2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yang-vigor2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7278,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/yang-vigor2_0.jpg?itok=p3PQPpI9"}},"430721":{"id":"430721","type":"image","title":"Gary May","body":null,"created":"1449254381","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:39:41","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49","alt":"Gary May","file":{"fid":"202884","name":"gary_may.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gary_may.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gary_may.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":782900,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gary_may.jpg?itok=U7I1Ng33"}}},"media_ids":["297291","430721"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"157181","name":"#2"},{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"171732","name":"School of Aerospace"},{"id":"171733","name":"US News \u0026 World Reports"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kathleen.moore@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}