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March 25, 2026

Georgia Tech Recognizes Excellence with 2026 Institute Research Awards

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Georgia Tech has named the 2026 Institute Research Award recipients, recognizing faculty, staff, and research teams whose work advances innovation, mentorship, collaboration, and societal impact across the Institute’s research enterprise.

March 24, 2026

Researchers Explore New Remote Sensing Uses for Scheimpflug Principle

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An optical principle discovered a century ago may soon find new applications in such areas as atmospheric monitoring and environmental mapping.

March 24, 2026

Atlanta Opera NOW Festival Returns June

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Tickets are now on sale for The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival, highlighting new works and emerging voices in opera.

Rampi Ramprasad and three members of his research team discuss their AI model for generative polymer design in his office.

March 24, 2026

Researchers Create First AI for Generative Polymer Design

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By training a model on the allowed “words” and “grammar” of chemistry, Georgia Tech materials scientists can design polymers based on the properties users need.

March 24, 2026

The Future of Brand in an AI-Driven World: A Supply Chain Perspective

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Practical guidance to drive real progress in 2026.

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March 24, 2026

The Potential of Data Center Energy

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A recent review by EPIcenter faculty affiliate highlights that data centers, particularly those supporting high-performance computing and AI workloads, are projected to consume nearly 10% of U.S. electricity by the end of the decade.

March 23, 2026

Four Challenges to the U.S. Energy Transition

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Reliable energy is a matter of national security. There are also vying economic policies to consider, political and financial incentives to navigate, and questions of social and economic inequality to consider.

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March 23, 2026

EVs Can Generate Widespread Economic Benefits, New Study Says

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Widespread Electric vehicle adoption would lower energy prices 6% and strengthen national energy security, according to the new study from researchers in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy.

March 23, 2026

Crystal Hanson: A Pillar of Service, Connection, and Excellence at Georgia Tech

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Crystal Hanson is a quiet but powerful force within the Georgia Institute of Technology — an individual whose influence has shaped programs, strengthened communities, and supported leaders across campus.

March 20, 2026

ATDC Startups Secure Rare FDA ‘Breakthrough Device’ Status

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Milestone designation signals strong potential to reshape care for dialysis patients and those with chronic knee pain.

A white humanoid robot holds a blue pan while standing in a kitchen with a green backsplash

March 19, 2026

Smarter, Faster, and More Human: A Leap Toward General-Purpose Robots

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New AI system lets robots work faster than their human teachers without sacrificing accuracy.

March 18, 2026

Why Mosquitoes Swarm Your Head: They’re Following Signals, Not Each Other

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Researchers have visualized mosquito flight behavior for the first time — which could improve mosquito-control strategies.

Trajectories of mosquitoes flying around a human target. David L. Hu, Georgia Tech

March 18, 2026

Hundreds of Hungry Mosquitoes, a Student Volunteer and a Mesh Suit

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By tracking the flight of many mosquitoes around a student volunteer, we hoped to determine how they made decisions in response to his presence. Understanding how mosquitoes respond to humans is a first step to controlling them.

March 18, 2026

Engineering a Faster Path to Life-Saving Therapies

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When Mason Chilmonczyk, M.S. ME 2017, Ph.D. ME 2020, arrived at Georgia Tech to pursue graduate degrees in mechanical engineering, his goal was to become a professor. Instead, an unexpected turn in his research led him to entrepreneurship.

March 18, 2026

Bracketology Driven by Data

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For two decades, a Georgia Tech professor has used simple data to track the best teams in college basketball and predict who will win the NCAA Tournament.

Woman holds mobile phone to the belly of a pregnant woman

March 18, 2026

New Mobile App Turns Phones into At-Home Fetal Heart Monitors

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A new app will allow pregnant women to conduct an ultrasound and receive an accurate fetal heart rate from their mobile phones.

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March 17, 2026

Turning Carbon Into Chemistry

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Georgia Tech researchers have developed a breakthrough system to manufacture valuable amino acids. It’s the most efficient system of its kind — and removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits.

Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground

March 17, 2026

The Conversation: Researchers develop biodegradable, plant‑based packaging from natural fibers – new research

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Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery upended the experiment.

Plastic packaging fills up landfills – engineers are working on a bio-based alternative that could replace the kind shown here. tuk69tuk/iStock via Getty Images

March 17, 2026

Researchers Develop Biodegradable, Plant‑Based Packaging From Natural Fibers

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Five panelists sit at the front of a classroom during a Georgia Tech event, with one person speaking into a microphone. A projected slide behind them displays speaker headshots and names from the Institute for Matter and Systems.

March 17, 2026

Beyond Technology in the Future of the Grid

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The Boundaries and Breakthroughs panel explored how engineering constraints, institutional structures and societal values collectively influence the direction of grid research and development.