{"173211":{"#nid":"173211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Civil Engineering Student Earns Marshall Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESnellville native and Georgia Tech civil engineering graduate student Jacob Tzegaegbe has been chosen to receive the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. The award is bestowed annually to intellectually distinguished students from the United States pursuing post-secondary education in England.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETzegaegbe is Georgia Tech\u0027s 10th Marshall Scholar and the only Tech student to receive the scholarship this year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETzegaegbe plans to use the scholarship to pursue his doctorate in civil engineering at University College London beginning next October. The scholarship will pay for all education-related expenses during his two years in London.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe topic for my doctorate is undecided at this point but will likely focus on evaluating best practices in context-sensitive design for major transportation infrastructure projects in developing countries,\u201d he said. \u201cMy hope is to work with professors in the Bartlett School of Planning to learn more about how to plan infrastructure in developing countries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETzegaegbe earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in civil engineering in 2011 and is currently a second-year graduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering\u2019s Infrastructure Research Group. He is currently working on a dissertation entitled \u201cRegulating the Informal Transit Sector in Post-BRT African Cities.\u201d This work is a continuation of the research he began as an undergraduate through the President\u2019s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBorn to a Nigerian father and Israeli mother, Tzegaegbe is the first in his family to attend college. He was decidedly humbled by the award, which was announced this week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy parents might be the only people more excited than I about the news,\u201d he said. \u201cBoth of my parents immigrated \u0026shy;to America just before I was born, so their sacrifices and hard work have always been, and continue to be, a major motivation for me. I know that coming to Georgia Tech, and now pursuing my doctorate with this scholarship, would not have been possible without their support, encouragement and sacrifices.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETzegaegbe is no stranger at Tech where his athletic abilities, community activism and intellectual prowess have earned him a reputation as a model student. Named Mr. Georgia Tech at the 2011 Homecoming Game, Tzegaegbe has won numerous awards for leadership, including the 2011 National Society for Black Engineers Distinguished Engineer of the Year, the 2011 Omicron Delta Kappa National Leader of the Year and the 2011 Alpha Phi Alpha Regional Leader of the Year. He has been named an Academic All-American Diver and was a two-year letterman on Tech\u2019s Division I Swimming and Diving Team. Prior to winning the Marshall Scholarship, Tzegaegbe received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are proud, but we cannot be surprised by this honor,\u201d said his mentor, Dr. Reginald DesRoches, the Karen and John Huff Chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u201cEven among the very brightest students who come to Georgia Tech, Jacob is a stand-out. He is academically focused and driven, and is quite aware of the larger implications of his work. Moreover, he is committed to serving the Georgia Tech and Atlanta communities through his numerous service activities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith more than two years of additional studies ahead of him, Tzegaegbe has some time to settle on a specific career path. He has a good idea of what he\u2019d like to pursue, however.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn my time at Georgia Tech, I have developed a deep appreciation for the impact that infrastructure can have on improving the quality of life of citizens. This scholarship will allow me to further my understanding of how to develop cities that can sustainably transport people and goods while providing a foundation for economic development.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs\u0026nbsp;Tzegaegbe works to further understand these issues, he\u0027ll carry on part of the Institute\u0027s mission through his studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cAt Georgia Tech, we believe we are designing the future every day, and Jacob will be doing just that as he pursues civil engineering and urban development as a Marshall Scholar,\u201d said President G. P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENamed in honor of the late U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, the Marshall Scholarships were established by an Act of Parliament in 1953 to commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan.\u0026nbsp;Tzegaegbe is one of 34 Marshall Scholars for 2013, and the only one from a Georgia college or university.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EKathleen Moore, communications manager, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, contributed to this story.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPrestigious fellowship will fund Jacob Tzegaegbe\u0027s doctoral studies of civil engineering at University College of London.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prestigious fellowship will fund Jacob Tzegaegbe\u0027s doctoral studies of civil engineering at University College of London."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-11-26 15:46:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:14","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"173171":{"id":"173171","type":"image","title":"Jacob Tzegaegbe","body":null,"created":"1449179012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:32","changed":"1475894814","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:54","alt":"Jacob Tzegaegbe","file":{"fid":"195781","name":"jacobtzegaegbe.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jacobtzegaegbe_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jacobtzegaegbe_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":340099,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jacobtzegaegbe_0.jpg?itok=r4fZRkzj"}}},"media_ids":["173171"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.marshallscholarship.org\/scholars\/","title":"2013 Marshall Scholars"},{"url":"http:\/\/fellowships.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Fellowships Office"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/content\/jacob-tzegaegbe","title":"Student Profile: Jacob Tzegaegbe"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1897","name":"Civil Engineering"},{"id":"12821","name":"fellowships office"},{"id":"51271","name":"Jacob Tzegaegbe"},{"id":"3279","name":"Marshall Scholarship"}],"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:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}