From Mud Pit to Modern Campus | Dr. Susan Burns on Engineering, Education, and Evolution | EP 258
Episode 258 features Dr. Susan Burns, Professor of Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech and my former geotechnical engineering professor. In this reunion conversation, Dr. Burns shares her journey from a NASA engineer's daughter to becoming a beloved educator and administrator at one of the nation's top engineering schools.
We discuss:
• Growing up in a science-oriented family (NASA father, chemist mother)
• The evolution of Georgia Tech from "harsh" to nurturing
• Why civil engineering is a people-serving profession
• The importance of mentorship in engineering
• Her current role as interim AVP…
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