{"57106":{"#nid":"57106","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Scores a First in U.S. News Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time ever, electrical engineering placed 5th, advancing to its highest placement ever in the U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report 2009 undergraduate engineering rankings. Computer engineering remains strong, maintaining its 6th place position from last year. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are pleased to be recognized among the nation\u0027s top EE and CmpE programs,\u0022 said Gary S. May, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE. \u0022Our success in ECE can be attributed to continually recruiting and retaining the finest faculty and students that are supported by a great group of staff. We can all be very proud of our accomplishments and the high esteem in which our peers hold us.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering moved up a notch to fourth, and Georgia Tech retained its 7th place standing among public universities. To learn how other engineering disciplines at Georgia Tech fared in the 2009 U.S. News rankings, please read the news release on the Georgia Tech web site. Congratulations to everybody!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"For the first time ever, electrical engineering placed 5th, advancing to its highest placement ever in the U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report 2009 undergraduate engineering rankings. Computer engineering remains strong, maintaining its 6th place position from last year.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Electrical engineering placed 5th in U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"uid":"27168","created_gmt":"2008-09-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:18","author":"Rachel Ponder","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57107":{"id":"57107","type":"image","title":"America\u0027s Best Colleges","body":null,"created":"1449175664","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:44","changed":"1475894503","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:43","alt":"America\u0027s Best Colleges","file":{"fid":"190556","name":"tmt03948.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tmt03948_0.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tmt03948_0.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":15280,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tmt03948_0.gif?itok=LxR3PrvA"}}},"media_ids":["57107"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?ga=1\u0026id=2058","title":"U.S. News Releases 2009 Undergraduate Rankings"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2435","name":"ECE"},{"id":"2456","name":"ranking"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jn7\u0022\u003EContact Jackie Nemeth\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}