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Researcher Aaron Young makes adjustments to an experimental exoskeleton worn by then-Ph.D. student Dean Molinaro.

March 20, 2024

Universal Controller Could Push Robotic Prostheses, Exoskeletons Into Real-World Use

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Aaron Young’s team has developed a wear-and-go approach that requires no calibration or training.

March 19, 2024

Public Policy Research Powers Sierra Club Report on Black Energy Burden in Georgia

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The study examines the causes of energy burden among Black residents in Georgia.

Josiah Hester sits at a desk in an electronics lab at Georgia Tech with an array of prototype projects and test equipment in front of him.

March 19, 2024

Community Spotlight - Josiah Hester

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What Josiah enjoys most about his role as Interim Associate Director for Community-Engaged Research, is seeing researchers who have spent their careers figuring out the science of a subject go into the community and have an impact.

March 19, 2024

Researchers Reveal Roadmap for AI Innovation in Brain and Language Learning

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A new study co-led by Anna (Anya) Ivanova highlights how human neuroscience is paving the way for AI innovation — and what AI can teach us about ourselves.

Nicole Kennard introduces Georgia Tech Alum Andrew White on the stage at the Atlantic Theater.

March 19, 2024

2024 Georgia Tech Sustainability Showcase Recap

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This year’s Georgia Tech Sustainability Showcase was an opportunity for faculty, staff, students, and community partners to demonstrate the depth and breadth of sustainability research happening at Georgia Tech.

Researchers in Hong Yeo's lab work on the electronics of wearable biosensors

March 18, 2024

Real-Time Heat Protection Device Being Tested in Florida

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Wearable bio-measurement device could alert people who work outside to dangerous levels of rising body temperature and dehydration that could help avoid heat-related injury.

Omar Asensio, visiting fellow, Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society

March 18, 2024

Civic Data Analysis Finds New Opportunity for Federal Energy Efficiency Initiatives

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A new study from the School of Public Policy finds that federal housing policies accelerate energy efficiency participation among low and moderate-income households — even when those policies don’t directly address energy efficiency.

March 18, 2024

Workshop Employs Lessons from Epidemics to Enhance Computer Science Classes

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Associate Professor B. Aditya Prakash is part of a research group that will host a workshop on how topics from computational epidemiology can enhance computer science classes.

March 14, 2024

Video Illustrates Interactive Tech Created to Help Understand Dolphin Communication

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Computers and dolphins don’t typically occupy the same space. However, Georgia Tech researchers and marine biologists from the Wild Dolphin Project have been swimming with the two for more than a decade.

Carson Meredith, Valerie Thomas, Tim Lieuwen

March 14, 2024

Georgia Tech Receives Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Grants

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In January, Georgia Tech researchers were awarded three grants as a part of the Department of Energy’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization multi-topic funding

March 14, 2024

Faculty is First from Georgia Tech to Receive New Fellowship for Artificial Intelligence Research

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Schmidt Sciences has selected Kai Wang as one of 19 researchers to receive this year’s AI2050 Early Career Fellowship. In doing so, Wang becomes the first AI2050 fellow to represent Georgia Tech.

March 12, 2024

Bakir Named Director of the Packaging Research Center

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Muhannad Bakir has been named director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology’s 3D Systems Packaging Research Center.

March 12, 2024

Cicadas’ Unique Urination Unlocks New Understanding of Fluid Dynamics

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While most small insects and mammals urinate in droplets, cicadas urinate in jets. Researchers from the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering say the finding could be used to create better robots and small nozzles.

March 7, 2024

McDowell Receives ARPA-E Funding to Develop Ultrahigh-Energy Density Battery Chemistries

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Matthew McDowell, Woodruff Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering & initiative lead for energy storage at the Strategic Energy Institute, has received $1.3 million in funding through the PROPEL-1K program

IRIM Director Seth Hutchinson at Hyundai Meta Factory Conference Delivering Keynote

March 4, 2024

IRIM Director Delivers Keynote at Hyundai Meta-Factory Conference

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Seth Hutchinson, executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech, delivered a keynote lecture at the 2024 Hyundai Meta-Factory Conference.

March 4, 2024

IEN Exponential Electronics Seed Grant Winner Announced

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Vida Jamali received the 2023 IEN Exponential Electronics Seed Grant for research on the dynamics of nanoscale objects in liquid environments.

March 1, 2024

NSF Award to Launch Study of How Older Adults Interact With Robots

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With the number of older adults in the U.S. population rising and straining the systems in place to take care of them, Matthew Gombolay sees a solution — robots.

Collage with Chris and his family in 2024, from his days at Coca-Cola, from the SCM Talent podcast, and Supply Chain Now with Scott Luton and Greg White

February 29, 2024

Georgia Tech Welcomes Back Chris Gaffney: A Story of Leadership and Commitment

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Chris Gaffney (BSIE ’85, MSIE ’86) steps into his role as the Managing Director of the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) and the Academic Program Director for Georgia Tech’s Professional Education (GTPE).