Joseph Blake Hughes Professor Materials Science and Engineering and School Chair and Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 Office:  Mason, Room 128 Phone: 404.894.2201 joseph.hughes@ce.gatech.edu   Dr. Joseph Hughes is a professor and School Chair for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  He also holds a joint appointment with the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Dr. Hughes received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of Iowa in Environmental Engineering and a B.A. from Cornell College in Chemistry. Research Interests Environmental biotechnology (determining how novel metabolic capabilities of living organisms can be harnessed to improve environmental quality) nanotechnology in environmental systems Prior to his employment at Georgia Tech, he held the rank of George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department Chair at Rice University in Houston Texas. At Rice he also directed the Environmental Analysis and Decision Making Graduate Program. Current additional appointments include Associate Director for Research of the EPA's South and Southwest Region Hazardous Substances Research Center, Chairs the Science Advisory Board of th EPA's West Coast Hazardous Substances Research Center, and is a member of the U.S. EPA standing science advisory committee on Environmental Engineering. He received the Charles Duncan Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement at Rice University, has twice received the ASCE Outstanding Professor Award, and is a member of Chi Epsilon. In 1995, Dr. Hughes Spoke at the 1st Annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium and also spoke at the German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in 2001. Click here for additional information.