{"675483":{"#nid":"675483","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineering a Fast Olympic Pool","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat makes a swimming pool fast? It\u2019s not just the fit, strong, and elite athletes\u0026nbsp;competing at the Summer Olympics in Paris. The speed of swimming is also created by the structural engineering and materials used at the venue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the United States, there\u2019s no greater example than Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/sports\/genrel\/facilities\/mcauley-aquatic-center\/\u0022\u003EMcAuley Aquatic Center\u003C\/a\u003E, which hosted the Olympics in Atlanta 28 years ago. The pool continues to be one of the fastest in the world and will host the NCAA Division I men\u2019s and women\u2019s national championships this coming March. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEverything\u0026nbsp;\u2014 air flow, depth, and more \u2014 are in place with speed in mind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are three primary reasons why the Georgia Tech pool is still among the fastest, even after a quarter century,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mse.gatech.edu\/people\/jud-ready\u0022\u003EJud Ready\u003C\/a\u003E, an adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E who teaches a class about the materials and engineering concepts of sports. \u201cTwo are at the bottom of the pool and the other is at the sides.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/engineering-fast-olympic-pool\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E28 years after the Atlanta Games, Georgia Tech\u2019s pool remains among the world\u2019s fastest.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"28 years after the Atlanta Games, Georgia Tech\u2019s pool remains among the world\u2019s fastest."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2024-07-16 15:45:59","changed_gmt":"2024-07-16 15:49:37","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674359":{"id":"674359","type":"image","title":"Georgia-Tech-swimming-pool.jpg","body":null,"created":"1720712696","gmt_created":"2024-07-11 15:44:56","changed":"1721144696","gmt_changed":"2024-07-16 15:44:56","alt":"A swimmer wearing a GT swim cap in mid stroke in the Georgia Tech pool","file":{"fid":"257861","name":"Georgia-Tech-swimming-pool.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/16\/Georgia-Tech-swimming-pool.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/16\/Georgia-Tech-swimming-pool.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":342881,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/07\/16\/Georgia-Tech-swimming-pool.jpg?itok=LjXjBE3V"}}},"media_ids":["674359"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJason Maderer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}