“Smart cities” are the future. New and powerful smart technologies are being incorporated into the core infrastructure of many urban regions. And the change is going to reshape life within many metropolitan environments. How to ensure these smart tech systems best serve the public? One way is to train the future engineers, technologists, urban planners and policy makers who will be designing those systems. That’s the aim of a project that will involve Fulton Schools Professors Ann McKenna, Gail-Joon Ahn and Ram Pendyala, along with Assistant Research Professor Troy McDaniel. They’ll team with others to help ensure smart cities are human-centric places. (The story is on page 17 of the recent Smart Cities issue of the online TechConnect magazine.)