{"687234":{"#nid":"687234","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chelsea Ekwegh Honored as Millennium Fellow for Work in Urban Sustainability","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChelsea Ekwegh, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, has made it her mission to reshape how cities think about energy. After being selected for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/undergraduate.gatech.edu\/38-georgia-tech-students-selected-as-2025-millennium-fellows\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2025 Millennium Fellowship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a prestigious leadership development program that supports student-led projects advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, she is tackling the challenge of helping cities transition toward clean, efficient, and equitable energy systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fellowship, a joint initiative of the United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network, empowers undergraduates around the world to design and lead social impact projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEkwegh\u2019s project,\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Etitled Bridging Energy Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development\u003Cem\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003Eexplores ways to connect new and old technologies so cities can evolve without leaving people or infrastructure behind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer inspiration for the project comes from her experience growing up in Nigeria, where power outages and generator pollution were a daily challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/chelsea-ekwegh-honored-millennium-fellow-work-urban-sustainability\u0022\u003ERead more on the ME School Page\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChelsea Ekwegh, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, has made it her mission to reshape how cities think about energy. After being selected for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/undergraduate.gatech.edu\/38-georgia-tech-students-selected-as-2025-millennium-fellows\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2025 Millennium Fellowship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a prestigious leadership development program that supports student-led projects advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, she is tackling the challenge of helping cities transition toward clean, efficient, and equitable energy systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fellowship, a joint initiative of the United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network, empowers undergraduates around the world to design and lead social impact projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEkwegh\u2019s project,\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Etitled Bridging Energy Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development\u003Cem\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003Eexplores ways to connect new and old technologies so cities can evolve without leaving people or infrastructure behind.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ekwegh\u2019s project, titled Bridging Energy Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development, explores ways to connect new and old technologies so cities can evolve without leaving people or infrastructure behind."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2026-01-13 14:04:34","changed_gmt":"2026-01-28 18:56:34","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"678967":{"id":"678967","type":"image","title":"Chelsea-Ekwegh-headshot_web.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChelsea Ekwegh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1768313232","gmt_created":"2026-01-13 14:07:12","changed":"1769626524","gmt_changed":"2026-01-28 18:55:24","alt":"Chelsea Ekwegh Headshot","file":{"fid":"263070","name":"Chelsea-Ekwegh-headshot_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/01\/13\/Chelsea-Ekwegh-headshot_web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/01\/13\/Chelsea-Ekwegh-headshot_web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":127067,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/01\/13\/Chelsea-Ekwegh-headshot_web.jpg?itok=50vmfhkQ"}}},"media_ids":["678967"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/chelsea-ekwegh-honored-millennium-fellow-work-urban-sustainability","title":"Read Full Story on the ME Webpage"}],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"},{"id":"660398","name":"Sustainability Hub"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"194836","name":"Sustainability"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"194566","name":"Sustainable Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}