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Three Georgia Tech researchers headshots

October 30, 2024

National Science Foundation Awards $15M to Georgia Tech-Led Consortium of Universities for Societal-Oriented Innovation and Commercialization Effort

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Multi-state I-Corps Hubs project designed to strengthen regional innovation ecosystem and address inequities in access to capital and commercialization opportunities

From left, Georgia Tech’s Nakia Melecio, Keith McGreggor, and Raghupathy “Siva” Sivakumar, are the NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub director, faculty lead, and principal investigator, respectively.

October 30, 2024

National Science Foundation Awards $15M to Georgia Tech-Led Consortium of Universities for Societal-Oriented Innovation and Commercialization Effort

5 min read

Multi-state I-Corps Hubs project designed to strengthen regional innovation ecosystem and address inequities in access to capital and commercialization opportunities

Severe weather effecting port activities

October 16, 2024

Risk and Resiliency: Practical Steps for Supply Chain Professionals, Businesses, and Individuals

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Recent hurricanes, port strikes, wildfires, and global disruptions have proven that the risk of major interruptions to business and personal life is no longer hypothetical.

Georgia AIM representatives talk with students on Georgia Tech's campus during the launch event for their new mobile labs.

October 14, 2024

Georgia AIM Week: Making Manufacturing Cool

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Georgia AIM Week launched with events and a mobile lab to bring AI and smart technology to Georgia communities.

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.

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 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

Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium members gathered at the June quarterly meeting. Photo: Audra Davidson.

August 29, 2024

Fostering Industry Innovation: Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium Celebrates First Year of Operation

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With over 25 founding member companies brought on in its first year, the Consortium serves as a key connection point between the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and industry partners — and as fertile ground for collaborative innovation.

August 21, 2024

Predicting the Future of Supply Chains: Learning from the Past to Navigate Uncertainty

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In a rapidly evolving global landscape, predicting the future of supply chains is akin to trying to catch lightning in a bottle.

CREATE-X Demo Day, Aug. 29, 5-7p.m., Exhibition Hall, 460 Fourth Street NW, Atlanta, GA

August 14, 2024

CREATE-X Celebrates 10-Year Milestone With 100 New Startups at Demo Day

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On Aug. 29, CREATE-X will celebrate its 10th anniversary at Demo Day, showcasing over 100 startups and more than 250 founders.

August 9, 2024

Georgia Tech’s Industrial Assessment Center Named Top in U.S. for 2024

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Industrial Assessment Centers help medium-sized industrial facilities with energy-related support.

Electrosuit Founders Aubrey Hall and Sherya Chakraborty pose for their third place win in the Spring 2024 I2P Showcase

August 2, 2024

Iterating Better Therapy Support: Electrosuit

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Electrosuit, a startup by Aubrey Hall and Sherya Chakraborty, secured third place in the Spring 2024 I2P Showcase, and their product, a garment for at-home electrical stimulation, targets individuals with chronic pain or motor impairments.

An early rendering of the main expanded research area at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (Credit: Lord Aeck Sargent).

July 23, 2024

AI and Automation Converge in Expansion of Georgia Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility

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The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute’s pilot facility will continue to bridge the gap between manufacturing research and industry with its new AI- and automation-focused expansion.

Dolfin Solutions wins at I2P Spring 2024 Showcase

July 18, 2024

The FinTech Gap: Dolfin Solutions Rises

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First-year computer science majors Marianna Cao, James Gao, and Jaeheon Shim, share their experience in building Dolfin Solutions, is a personal financial management platform.

Six people in dark blue boiler suits standing in the control room of a ship

June 11, 2024

Researchers Help Maritime Industry Navigate Toward Sustainability

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GT researchers Valerie Thomas and Patricia Stathatou are working toward a sustainable future for ocean shipping

Small Village in Green Hills at Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

May 20, 2024

Harnessing AI to Reduce Food Insecurity in Africa

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Researchers in the School of Economics hope the tool they're developing can help policymakers and community organizations implement more timely and targeted interventions to alleviate hunger on the continent.

May 17, 2024

CREATE-X Alumnus Launches to Acquisition

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Parth Arora, Georgia Tech computer science senior and founder of Third Dimension Fitness, leveraged his entrepreneurial skills and CREATE-X’s resources to grow his startup, leading to its acquisition by Elbo as he prepares to join Apple’s VisionPro team.

Omar Asensio is Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School

April 22, 2024

Georgia Tech Microsoft CloudHub Partnership Explores Electric Vehicle Adoption

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Business and government sectors are embracing electric vehicles, but are U.S. drivers on the same road?

April 16, 2024

SCL's Chris Gaffney Speaks at Recent The Home Depot / ATDC Portfolio Showcase

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ATDC's Supply Chain vertical hosts panel discussion and supply chain startup showcase