{"689990":{"#nid":"689990","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts Third Annual Crane Safety Research Center Meeting ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech hosted the third annual Crane Safety Research Center meeting April 9\u201310, uniting students, faculty, safety advocates, and crane industry representatives for two days focused on innovation, research, and safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresentations and lab demonstrations from nearly 50 faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students at Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, as well as partners from the University of Washington and the University of Texas at Austin, spotlighted new research and technologies to improve tower crane safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-hosts-third-annual-crane-safety-research-center-meeting\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech hosted the third annual Crane Safety Research Center meeting April 9\u201310, uniting students, faculty, safety advocates, and crane industry representatives for two days focused on innovation, research, and safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresentations and lab demonstrations from nearly 50 faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students at Georgia Tech\u2019s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, as well as partners from the University of Washington and the University of Texas at Austin, spotlighted new research and technologies to improve tower crane safety.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The two-day event showcased student research, innovations in advancing tower crane safety."}],"uid":"35851","created_gmt":"2026-04-24 13:30:09","changed_gmt":"2026-04-24 13:35:04","author":"aritchie6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680058":{"id":"680058","type":"image","title":"crane-safety-2026-71_55205345886_o.jpg","body":null,"created":"1777037441","gmt_created":"2026-04-24 13:30:41","changed":"1777037441","gmt_changed":"2026-04-24 13:30:41","alt":"Third Annual Crane Safety Research Center meeting","file":{"fid":"264292","name":"crane-safety-2026-71_55205345886_o.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/24\/crane-safety-2026-71_55205345886_o.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/24\/crane-safety-2026-71_55205345886_o.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1163600,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/24\/crane-safety-2026-71_55205345886_o.jpg?itok=066uYJ4W"}}},"media_ids":["680058"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"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:ashley.ritchie@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAshley Ritchie\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}