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October 1, 2024

Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Announces New Initiative Leads

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We hope that initiative leads will act as the “faculty face” of IRIM and communicate IRIM’s vision and activities to audiences both within and outside of Georgia Tech.

Team Sustain poses with their lock box for home cooked meals at the 2024 Spring Capstone Expo.

September 30, 2024

Team Sustain’s Capstone: Engineering Culinary Convenience

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Team Sustain, as a part of CREATE-X Capstone Design, developed a crowdsourced meal system to make home-cooked meals more convenient, showcasing their blend of technical and entrepreneurial skills.

Andrew Fong (Back Left), with ISyE Student Mentees

September 30, 2024

Could a Simple Thank You Change Your Career? How Gratitude Launched a MentIE Mentor's Career

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How one gesture led to life-changing opportunities for a Georgia Tech ISyE alumnus

The YARDs project team at Cape Flats YMCA in Cape Town, South Africa

September 27, 2024

Youth Advocacy for Resilience to Disasters: A Transformative Program in Cape Town, South Africa

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A team from Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota conducted a youth disaster resilience program at the Cape Flats YMCA in Cape Town, South Africa.

2024 SEI Summer External Faculty Fellows

September 25, 2024

Summer Energy Faculty Fellows Program Expands with Collaborative Initiatives

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After completing a 10-week, on-campus fellowship, the members of this year’s Summer Energy Faculty Fellows Program gathered to present their research and discuss their future plans for continuing their research at their home campus.

Beril Toktay, Brady Family Chair in Management and regents professor

September 25, 2024

Scheller Business Insights: Achieving Net Zero Featuring Beril Toktay

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Beril Toktay, director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business and Regents' Professor in Operations Management, discusses achieving net zero and provides examples of how some industries can reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change.

September 24, 2024

Atlanta's Surge in Clean Tech: A Model for National Leadership

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In January 2024, the launch of the Atlanta CleanTech Connect social marked a pivotal moment in the city's journey towards achieving its clean energy goals.

Cover of Summer 2024 Georgia Forestry Magazine

September 24, 2024

Georgia Forestry Association Magazine Features the Renewable Bioproducts Institute

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The Summer 2024 issue of the Georgia Forestry Magazine has featured the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute and its faculty researchers.

September 22, 2024

New Battery Cathode Material Could Revolutionize EV Market and Energy Storage

5 min read

A research team led by Georgia Tech’s Hailong Chen has developed a low-cost iron chloride cathode for lithium-ion batteries, which could significantly reduce costs and improve performance for electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems.

September 19, 2024

Award-Winning Algorithm Used on Mars Rover Helps Scientists on Earth See Data in a New Way

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Ph.D student Austin P. Wright wins a best paper runner-up award at an international conference for an algorithm used on the Mars Perseverance Rover than can be used in applications in earth science and other fields.

September 18, 2024

Chuck Easley Recognized for Building Better Regions Superstar Award

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The projects are part of Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing’s work to connect rural communities with new logistics technologies.

Tim Lieuwen standing above one of the Strategic Energy Institute's (SEI) research areas.

September 18, 2024

Tim Lieuwen Honored by Royal Academy of Engineering

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The former interim chair for the AE School has been elected an International Fellow for his contributions to the aerospace and energy professions.

September 18, 2024

NIH Awards $7.5 Million to Ankur Singh for Pioneering Human Immune Organoid Research

5 min read

The research projects aim to create models that advance our understanding of immune system function and aging and have the potential to transform vaccine development.

TAPPI Career Fair 2024 at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute

September 18, 2024

TAPPI Student Career Fair Connects Aspiring Professionals with Industry Leaders

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The TAPPI Student Chapter hosted a career fair on Thursday, September 12 at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.

Wearable Innovations for Health Equity Workshop. Pictured clockwise: W. Hong Yeo, director of the Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center at Georgia Tech; Wei Gao, professor at CalTech; Michael Best, executive director of IPaT; Tabia Henry Akintobi, professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine; poster sessions; and lightning talks.

September 17, 2024

Wearables for Health Equity Workshop

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The inaugural Wearable Innovations for Health Equity Workshop held on September 10, 2024 at Georgia Tech delivered a variety of new knowledge, insight, and exceptional networking opportunities.

Energy and National Security Workshop Image

September 17, 2024

SEI/GTRI Announced Awardees for Category A Seed Funding From the National Security Workshop

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SEI/GTRI Announced Awardees for Category A Seed Funding From the National Security Workshop

Michael Fonseca presented the first Systems Matter seminar.

September 16, 2024

Inaugural Systems Matter Seminar Focuses on Healthcare

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Michael Fonseca presented the inaugural Systems Matter seminar.

September 13, 2024

Professor Christopher W. Jones Wins ACS Murphree Award

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Professor Christopher W. Jones, the John F. Brock III School Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), is winner of the American Chemical Society’s 2025 E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.

September 10, 2024

Tim Lieuwen: Shaping the Future of Research at Georgia Tech

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Lieuwen enters the role of interim EVPR with plans to focus on research security and operational excellence and to strengthen the Institute’s ties to Georgia and the Southeast.

September 10, 2024

CREATE-X Demo Day Ends and New Decade of Startup Launch Begins

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CREATE-X hosted its 11th Demo Day at Georgia Tech on Aug. 29, showcasing 100 startups and kicking off its new application season, with the program having grown to over 32,000 participants and 560 startup teams launched, totaling a portfolio valuation exce