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Group picture of Community Engaged Research workshop participants.

December 4, 2025

Connecting Communities: Georgia Tech’s Community-Engaged Research Council Drives Engagement and Impact

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Georgia Tech has considerable expertise in community engagement. The CER council connects all the initiatives around campus adding impact and reach to everyone's efforts.

2025 Gordon Bell Prize Rocket Simulation

December 1, 2025

Record-Breaking Simulation Boosts Rocket Science and Supercomputing to New Limits

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Inspired by SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster, a team led by Georgia Tech’s Spencer Bryngelson and New York University’s Florian Schäfer modeled the turbulent interactions of a 33-engine rocket. Their experiment set new records, running the largest ever fluid

November 26, 2025

Alexander Cachine Awarded Steve Jobs Archive Fellowship for Textile-Inspired Medical Solutions

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Cachine was selected for his work in solving modern medical challenges using ancient textile techniques.

Jacob Adler (left) and Sharissa Thompson (right) conducting research.

November 26, 2025

Boiling Mud and Frozen Flows: How Mars’ Atmosphere Shapes Its Sedimentary Landscapes

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New research is showing that atmospheric pressure shifts dramatically altered how mud and water flowed on Mars — sometimes boiling, sometimes freezing — offering fresh clues to reconstruct the planet's ancient climate and habitability.

The LIDAR Research Team with Digit Robot

November 18, 2025

LIDAR Lab-mates Moving Humanoid Robots Closer to Adaptability in the Real World

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To achieve better training outcomes with faster deployment results, Fukang Liu and Feiyang Wu have published a duo of papers in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

Artificial intelligence doesn’t just consume energy via data centers and hardware. It also increases productivity, which comes with its own energy and emissions costs.

November 13, 2025

AI Increases Productivity, And That Comes With Energy Costs

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Artificial intelligence doesn’t just consume energy via data centers and hardware. It also increases productivity, which comes with its own energy and emissions costs.

The Canada Jay is one of the birds struggling in the Pacific Northwest. (Credit: Mason Maron)

November 12, 2025

A 30-Year “Snapshot” of Pacific Northwestern Birds Shows Their Surprising Resilience

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After discovering a historic bird survey in the Pacific Northwest, Georgia Tech’s Ben Freeman located the original sites, repeating the surveys three decades later.

Rebecca Watts Hull and her husband Jonathan pose at a scenic overlook on a hiking trip.

November 11, 2025

Community Spotlight – Rebecca Watts Hull

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Rebecca Watts Hull wants to transform what students learn and how faculty across campus connect, innovate, and inspire action for a sustainable future.

The Georgia Tech contingent gather for a group photo at the 2025 Georgia Resiliency Conference.

November 6, 2025

Georgia Tech Attendees Reflect on the Georgia Resiliency Conference 2025

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Faculty, administration, research fellows, students, collaborators, and Georgia Tech President Emeritus and keynote speaker G. Wayne Clough brought diverse perspectives to discussions ranging from coastal vulnerability to data-driven decision-making.

Founders of Allez Go: Adam Kulikowski and Jason Mo

November 4, 2025

Built in I2P: The Student Inventions You’ll Want to See to Believe

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Georgia Tech’s Fall 2025 I2P Showcase will feature over 60 student prototypes tackling real-world challenges.

November 4, 2025

New Accelerator to Propel Startup Innovation at Georgia Tech

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Velocity Startups joins Georgia Tech’s commercialization ecosystem, solidifying the Institute’s role as a national leader and premier hub for startup growth.

Collage of 2025 James G. Campbell and Spark Award Recipients

November 1, 2025

James G. Campbell Fellowship and Spark Award Winners Announced

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The Strategic Energy Institute and the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology have announced the recipients of this year’s James G. Campbell Fellowship and Spark Awards.

Paul Sell of the School of Physics (Photo: Benjamin Zhao/Georgia Tech)

October 29, 2025

New Leadership at the Georgia Tech Observatory

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The College of Sciences has named Paul Sell as the new director of the Georgia Tech Observatory. Sell joined the Institute in Fall 2025 as a senior academic professional in the School of Physics.

Illustration of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft with Jupiter and its icy moon Europa in the background (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

October 27, 2025

Preparing for Europa: Deciphering Plasma Flows and Magnetic Fields Near Jupiter’s Icy Moon

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Professor Sven Simon is working to uncover critical information to support the rapid analysis of measurements from NASA's Europa Clipper mission.

Image of Sandra Neuse, vice chancellor of Real Estate and Facilities, University System of Georgia

October 22, 2025

Office of Sustainability Hosts USG Energy Summit to Amplify Efforts in Energy Management

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USG schools are working together to manage energy use on campuses.

Grace Tang (Left) and Alison Onstine (Right) holding bacteria plates that spell "BIOL 4590" (Credit: Tang and Onstine)

October 13, 2025

Undergraduate Bioinformatics Class Produces Published Research

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“This course truly underscores Georgia Tech’s commitment to pioneering meaningful undergraduate experiences,” says teacher Vinayak (Vinny) Agarwal. “No other peer institution I know of is exposing undergraduates to bioinformatics at this level.”

Post-hurricane flooding inundates residential areas and transportation infrastructure, with low-lying terrain overwhelmed by storm surge and excessive rainfall.

October 9, 2025

Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future

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Georgia Tech researchers are developing solutions to monitor and forecast flooding, as well as restore ecosystems to prevent future flooding. These efforts support communities’ resilience in the face of climate change and keep the U.S. secure.

October 6, 2025

Revered Faculty Uses Teaching to Nurture Students and Research Community

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Assistant Professor Raphaël Pestourie has earned back-to-back selections to the Institute’s Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS) honor roll, placing him among the top-ranked teachers for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.

Collage of four images taken at the New York Climate Exchange 2025 events with Georgia Tech participants.

October 3, 2025

Georgia Tech’s Growing Climate Innovation Footprint: Reflections from Climate Week NYC

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Across five New York Climate Exchange partner events, the Georgia Tech community demonstrated something essential: Georgia Tech bridges research and real-world impact where it matters most – in people’s lives.

Group photo of Rural CS teachers with Georgia Tech instructors at the fall 2025 kickoff.

October 1, 2025

Rural Computer Science Initiative expands and inspires for new school year

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Now in its fourth year, the program continues to expand its reach.