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Roper, Kathy > 'Named to IFMA Board of Directors'

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:34:07GMT

Kathy Roper, associate professor in the Building Construction Program, has been appointed to the International Facility Management Association is 2008-2009 board of directors. The term begins July 1.

Roper, CFM, CFMJ, IFMA Fellow, has more than 20 years of experience in the multi-faceted specialties of facility management and corporate real estate. Roper is a prolific author and contributor to various industry publications and journals, including more than a dozen scholarly publications. Her interest in sustainability led to her LEED Accredited Professional designation and nomination to the U.S. Green Building Councils formal education committee.

Roper is also a Certified Facility Manager, an active member of IFMA and an IFMA Fellow. She was awarded the 2005 IFMA Distinguished Educator Award of Excellence and the IFMA Distinguished Author Award of Excellence in 2007.

IFMA is the worlds largest and most widely recognized international association for professional facility managers, supporting more than 19,000 members in 60 countries.

Roper, Kathy > 'Invited Speaker at International Conference'

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:08GMT

Building Construction Associate Professor Kathy Roper presented a paper, "Providing Knowledge Worker Requirements: A framework for decision-making and evaluation" at the CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management.

Professor Roper was invited as a key speaker during Industry Day of the international conference, which was held in Edinburgh June 16-18, 2008.

At the conference, she was also appointed to the Governing Committee of CIB W70 - Facilities Management.

Roper, Kathy > 'Named to Journal Editorial Board'

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:16:04GMT

Building Construction Associate Professor Kathy Roper has been named to the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Corporate Real Estate, published by Emerald Press.

Spencer, James > 'Best Practices Presentation'

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:03:28GMT

James Spencer, Academic Advisor in the Architecture Program, presented at the annual Best Practices Event of the Georgia Tech Academic Advisors Network (GTAAN), held on June 18 in the College of Management. Spencers presentation, When Students are Out of the House: Effective Advising in Programs Abroad, detailed successful academic counseling practices for international programs, using as a model the Architecture Programs senior-year experience at LEcole Nationale Supérieure dArchitecture de Paris-la Villette. The event drew over 100 participants from 19 colleges and universities from around Georgia and the southeast, and provided a venue to share the most effective academic advising practices in the region.

Spencer, James > 'Named to Advisory Board'

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:01:11GMT

James Spencer, Academic Advisor in the Architecture Program, has been named to Georgia Techs newly-created AFACTS Advisory Board. The 12-member Board is currently working with the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to overhaul the AFACTS (Advisor and Faculty Access to Students) database and reporting system.

Thomas-Mobley, Linda > 'Named to Editorial Advisory Board'

Thu, 29 May 2008 19:31:41GMT

Dr. Linda Thomas-Mobley, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Building Construction Program, has been invited to be a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Law in the Built Environment. This scholarly journal is published by Emerald.

Craig, Robert > 'received 2008 NCSA President's Award'

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:27:20GMT

Robert M. Craig received the 2008 President's Award of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, presented at the Annual Meeting in Miami Beach in April. The award, given to a single individual selected annually, is presented to a scholar for "sustained service to the society and significant contributions to nineteenth-century studies."

Craig, Robert > 'invited plenary presentation'

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:17:46GMT

Robert M. Craig presented an invited plenary paper entitled "The Architects of South Beach" on Miami Beach's Art Deco district at the Annual Meeting of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) convening in Miami Beach in April.

Craig, Robert > 'presented paper at NCSA'

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:14:53GMT

Robert M. Craig presented a paper entitled, "The Empire in Your Backyard: Plant Collecting and Architecture as a Reflection of Imperialism at Biddulph Grange Garden" at the Annual Meeting of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association in April, convening in Miami Beach.

Craig, Robert > 'attended NCSA Board of Directors Mtg'

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:11:08GMT

Robert M. Craig attended the Board of Directors Meeting of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association [NCSA] convening in Miami Beach in April. Prof. Craig is Treasurer of the national interdisciplinary scholarly society, and he prepared and presented the annual Treasurer's Report and Budget.

Johnston, George > "Situating Ramsey and Sleeper" in Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:21:36GMT

Johnston, George > Paper Presentation at Beginning Design Conference Held at Georgia Tech--"Initiative within Docility: Architect - Draftsman Relations Prior to World War I"

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:18:07GMT

Johnston, George > Paper Presentation at 2008 ACSA Annual Meeting in Houston--"Traveling Professions: How Local Contingencies Complicate Globalizing Tendencies in the Standardization of Architectural Practice"

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:15:51GMT

Al-Haddad, Tristan > Exhibition in the Objects of Architecture Exhibition at SPSU

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:38:11GMT

Al-Haddad, Tristan > Exhibition at the Art Papers Magazine Annual Auction

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:36:48GMT

Dimitropoulos, Harris > Aura and Embodiment

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:06:47GMT

Georgia Tech Paris and La Villette conference "Technological Unconscious", November 2007. Paris.

Dimitropoulos, Harris > Lack of Human Inscription in Digital Design Processes

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:02:50GMT

"Design and the Humanitites" conference, Lincoln UK, November 2007

Al-Haddad, Tristan > Artist Talk at The Contemporary Art Center

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:52:41GMT

Lecture on current work at The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, part of Art Papers Magazine's artist lecture series.

Gentry, Russell > ASTM Award of Appreciation

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:02:25GMT

Russell Gentry was presented the Award of Appreciation by ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) Committee D30 for "technical excellence and persistence in the development, approval and publication of ASTM D7205 "Test Method of Tensile Properties of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Bars"".

Craig, Robert > wins SESAH Essay Award

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:32GMT

Robert M. Craig was awarded the 2007 SESAH Essay Prize for his essay, "Pilgrimage Route to Paradise: The Sacred and Profane along the Dixie Highway," published as chapter 17 in Looking Beyond the Highway: Dixie Roads and Culture, Claudette Stager and Martha A. Carver, eds. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006).