{"677826":{"#nid":"677826","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Russell Clark Named Interim Director of Sustainability","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERussell Clark, lead principal investigator of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cearhub.org\/\u0022\u003ECoastal Equity and Resilience Hub\u003C\/a\u003E (CEAR) and senior research scientist at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (IPaT), has been named the interim director of sustainability for IPaT where he can help drive the practice and culture of sustainability related to IPaT\u2019s research projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSustainability has been an important and growing theme for Georgia Tech during the last several years as evidenced by Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/sustainability-next-plan\/\u0022\u003ESustainability Next plan\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d said Clark. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to this new role which aligns with the Institute\u2019s strategic vision and goals.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClark has been supporting IPaT in various roles for many years and continues with a joint appointment as faculty in the School of Computer Science. He earned his doctoral degree from the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and was the co-director of the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center which supported a variety of research projects across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was also part of the leadership team creating the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sealevelsensors.org\/\u0022\u003ESmart Sea Level Sensors\u003C\/a\u003E project that installed internet-enabled water level sensors across flood-vulnerable Chatham County via a working partnership between officials from the Chatham [County] Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), the City of Savannah, and Georgia Tech scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to IPaT\u2019s research, Clark is working to incorporate educational opportunities for Georgia K-12 students to learn more about resiliency, sustainability, and emergency preparedness. Sharing the latest environmental, economic, and social sustainability research topics are part of his community engagement vision which he has already done by working with Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECEISMC\u003C\/a\u003E) which enhances PreK-12 and post-secondary STEM education in the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the college level, Clark, through CEAR Hub, is establishing a new Vertically Integrated Projects Program team which engages undergraduate and graduate students in ambitious, long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary projects. His resilience and sustainable knowledge expertise has been utilized to teach and co-advise students across campus in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Georgia Tech\u2019s Lorraine campus in France.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy long and deep involvement with the Georgia coastal community where I live today has created a passion for pursuing research focused on resilience and sustainability,\u201d said Clark. \u201cI hope to build on Georgia Tech\u2019s rich history of sustainability to forge innovative relationships, elevate research and education, and improve the long-term economic and commercialization potential for the state of Georgia with our current and future research projects.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERussell Clark, lead principal investigator of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cearhub.org\/\u0022\u003ECoastal Equity and Resilience Hub\u003C\/a\u003E (CEAR) and senior research scientist at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (IPaT), has been named the interim director of sustainability for IPaT.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Russell Clark, lead principal investigator of the Coastal Equity and Resilience Hub (CEAR) and senior research scientist at the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), has been named the interim director of sustainability for IPaT."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-10-22 19:58:18","changed_gmt":"2024-10-22 19:59:18","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675406":{"id":"675406","type":"image","title":"Russell Clark named the interim director of sustainability for IPaT.","body":"\u003Cp\u003ERussell Clark named the interim director of sustainability for IPaT.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1729626901","gmt_created":"2024-10-22 19:55:01","changed":"1729626988","gmt_changed":"2024-10-22 19:56:28","alt":"Russell Clark named the interim director of sustainability for IPaT.","file":{"fid":"259024","name":"Photo Oct 12-Russ-WR-ed3_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/22\/Photo%20Oct%2012-Russ-WR-ed3_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/22\/Photo%20Oct%2012-Russ-WR-ed3_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2345786,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/10\/22\/Photo%20Oct%2012-Russ-WR-ed3_0.jpg?itok=I-C6IcHc"}}},"media_ids":["675406"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}