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Atlanta, GA | Posted: October 7, 2022
Summary Sentence:
In Journal of Infrastructure Systems article, Tien outlines recommendations for more resilient, sustainable, equitable infrastructure.
Full Summary:
In Journal of Infrastructure Systems article, Tien outlines recommendations for more resilient, sustainable, equitable infrastructure.
Iris Tien at her deskThe passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act made headlines in late 2021 for its price tag of $1.2 trillion — by some measures, the largest infrastructure package ever enacted in United States history. The act is a massive investment in the nation’s physical infrastructure systems. Georgia Tech civil engineer Iris Tien says it’s also a long-term investment in communities.
To be successful, the nation should focus on “meaningful investments in infrastructure that will result in resilient, sustainable, and equitable systems in support of communities,” said Tien, who studies infrastructure networks, including building, water, power, gas, communications, and transportation systems in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Writing recently in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Tien identified areas in current infrastructure systems that inhibit progress and offered recommendations for more of those meaningful investments.
Read about her key suggestions on the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering website.
