Group of people at Georgia Tech/Sandia MOU signing
March 12, 2026
Georgia Tech Renews Memorandum of Understanding With Sandia
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The Sandia partnership will expand research impact, talent pipelines, and national security innovation.
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Two adults wearing protective gowns and gloves stand beside a hospital crib, using a tablet device while examining an infant lying on the mattress as medical equipment and monitors surround the crib.
March 10, 2026
The Penicillin of Pressure Injuries: Researchers Develop New Sensor System to Prevent a Common Hospital Complication
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To address this issue, researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a new, flexible, sensor-filled fabric to monitor areas at risk of PIs and alert hospital staff when a patient needs to be turned.
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A person wearing a blue lab coat stands with arms crossed in a laboratory filled with shelves of scientific equipment, supplies, and a refrigerator unit in the background.
March 6, 2026
Target the Tumor. Spare the Body.
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Housley and his team are developing self‑assembling nanohydrogels that deliver cancer drugs only when they reach tumor‑specific conditions, aiming to reduce side effects and make treatment more precise across multiple cancer types.
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Headshots of Susan Thomas and J. Brandon DIxon
March 4, 2026
Georgia Tech Receives Up to $21.8M Award in ‘Unprecedented’ Push to Treat Lymphatic Disease
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The project aims to move lymphatic disease out of the medical margins and toward patients who have had few meaningful treatment options.
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A man in a lab coat wearing safety goggles and gloves puts samples into a machine in a scientific lab
February 25, 2026
Proving the Hypothesis: Kendreze Holland Becomes First Project ENGAGES Scholar to Earn Doctorate
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In December 2025, he became the first Project ENGAGES alumnus to successfully defend his dissertation, and he is expected to graduate this spring.
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February 18, 2026
The Future of Healing: Smart Bandage Could Transform Diabetic Wound Care and Beyond
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GTRI and Georgia Tech have developed a smart bandage that could transform wound care for diabetic patients, battlefield soldiers, and others by enabling real-time insights and reducing invasive bandage changes for timely treatment.
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Hannah Youngblood
February 2, 2026
Yellow Jacket Connection Sparks Glaucoma Research Fund at Tech
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When Postdoctoral Research Fellow Hannah Youngblood’s work on exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) was featured by the BrightFocus Foundation, it caught the attention of Jennifer Rucker, an Alabama resident who was diagnosed with XFG several years ago.
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A panel of five speakers sits on tall stools at the front of a classroom, participating in a moderated discussion. The moderator on the left holds papers while addressing the group. A large presentation slide behind the panel displays names and academic titles. Audience members are partially visible in the foreground, and tables, chairs, and a water bottle are arranged throughout the room.
January 29, 2026
Confronting the Roadblocks in Medical Technology Innovation
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Clinicians and researchers outlined why breakthrough devices often fall short in clinical settings and emphasized the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and practical workflow integration.
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During a research session, a participant looks at a monitor and imagines saying the text cue displayed on screen. Text below the cue shows the brain-computer interface’s prediction of her imagined words.
January 28, 2026
Better Brain-Machine Interfaces Could Allow the Paralyzed to Communicate Again
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Biomedical engineer Chethan Pandarinath collaborates with neurosurgeons and scientists across the country in a massive project to help patients with ALS or stroke damage reconnect with the world.
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a patch of haptic actuators shown on a user's neck
January 22, 2026
Wearing the Future
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From smart textiles to brain-computer links, Georgia Tech engineers are designing wearables that connect humans and machines more closely than ever to sense, respond, and heal.
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Degraded marsh on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
January 12, 2026
Coastal Resilience Project Secures Nearly $1 Million to Restore Wetlands
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The award will support the design of nature-based solutions including living shorelines and marsh restoration in flood-prone areas of Camden County, Georgia.
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Lack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
January 8, 2026
Illness Is More Than Just Biological – Medical Sociology Shows How Social Factors Get Under the Skin and Cause Disease
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By studying the way social forces shape health inequalities, medical sociology helps address how health and illness extend beyond the body and into every aspect of people’s lives.
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Two Georgia Tech researchers looking at a biomedical chip.
January 5, 2026
Georgia Tech Climbs to No. 2 University in Federally Sponsored Research Expenditures
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This is the Institute’s best ranking in the National Science Foundation’s annual survey.
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Mice have complex visual systems that can clarify how vision works in people. Westend61/Getty Images
December 16, 2025
Gazing Into the Mind’s Eye With Mice – How Neuroscientists Are Seeing Human Vision More Clearly
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Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental picture of the visual world.
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Meet CSE Ziqi Zhang
December 11, 2025
Meet CSE Profile: Ph.D. Graduate Ziqi Zhang
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Ph.D. graduate Ziqi Zhang will join the Class of 2025 in walking across the stage, receiving diplomas, and graduating from Georgia Tech.
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Yunan Luo NSF CAREER Award
December 10, 2025
NSF Grant Funds Protein Research for Drug Discovery and Personalized Medicine
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Yunan Luo is the recipient of an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to use artificial intelligence to solve the protein annotation inequality problem.
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Wearable chest-mounted patch and forehead-mounted pulse oximeter shown on a mannequin baby for illustration
December 8, 2025
Advancing Neonatal Health Monitoring in Ethiopia
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Soft, wearable system offers continuous wireless monitoring of newborns’ health.
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Research building at Georgia Tech
December 2, 2025
Georgia Tech Researchers Among World’s Most Highly Cited in 2025
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Georgia Tech proudly announces its faculty who have been named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list.
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Three Georgia Tech researchers working together in the lab on cancer research
November 20, 2025
Georgia Tech Ranked No. 7 Globally in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings
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Georgia Tech has been ranked 7th in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings
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Matthew Gombolay and Aaron Young pose in the lab while Ph.D. researchers work on a leg exoskeleton device.
November 19, 2025
Real-World Helper Exoskeletons Just Got Closer to Reality
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Georgia Tech researchers are using AI to quickly train exoskeleton devices, making it much more practical to develop, improve, and ultimately deploy wearable robots for people with impaired mobility.
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