{"619576":{"#nid":"619576","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Engineering Georgia Names Four Tech Women Most Influential","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech faculty claimed four spots in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEngineering Georgia\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;second annual listing of Top 100 Influential Women in Georgia. They are Ellen Dunham-Jones, Lauren Stewart, Christine Valle, and Kari Edison Watkins.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe women were recommended and reviewed by their peers, industry leaders, and members of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEngineering Georgia\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;editorial board. The top 100 were selected for the positive influence they have made and continue to make on the transportation systems, utilities, buildings, parks, trails, and communities that Georgia citizens interact with every day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/5861\/overview\u0022\u003EKari Edison Watkins\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(No. 94) - the Frederick Law Olmsted Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research includes multi-modal transportation planning and the use of technology in transportation. She won numerous awards for the OneBusAway program, which she co-created for greater Seattle-Tacoma.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMass Transit\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine named her to the Top 40 under 40 in 2013, and the Council of University Transportation Centers awarded her the New Faculty Award in 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34961","created_gmt":"2019-03-25 16:14:02","changed_gmt":"2019-03-25 16:14:02","author":"anguyen328","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"japanese exchange","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/03\/21\/engineering-georgia-names-four-tech-women-most-influential","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"281011":{"id":"281011","type":"image","title":"Kari Watkins","body":null,"created":"1449244184","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:44","changed":"1475894973","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:33","alt":"Kari Watkins","file":{"fid":"199046","name":"kariwatkins_bus_rotater.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kariwatkins_bus_rotater.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kariwatkins_bus_rotater.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":214098,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kariwatkins_bus_rotater.jpg?itok=uGNx5AC0"}}},"media_ids":["281011"],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}