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April 4, 2024

Can Metro Atlanta Handle 1.8 Million More Residents?

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Georgia Tech experts examine how the Atlanta region can prepare for the projected addition of nearly 2 million residents by 2050.

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.

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.

Simple schematic documenting the path of air pollution from emissions to outcomes. This review discusses the challenges of measuring how emissions of pollutants (step 1) disperse through the air (step 2) to become eventual exposures (step 3) and health outcomes (step 4).

February 5, 2024

EPICenter Faculty Affiliates Examine How Economists Contribute to Our Understanding of Pollution’s Health Impact

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EPICenter faculty affiliates Dylan Brewer, Daniel Dench, and Interim Director Laura Taylor compare methods used in epidemiology literature with the causal inference framework used in economics in analyzing the effect of air pollution on health outcomes.

Georgia Tech Team at Supercomputing 2023

January 5, 2024

Georgia Tech HPC Community Joins the Global HPC Community

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Interdiciplinary Team Participates in the 2023 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analytics

Winners of the EGHI/GT Hackathon stand together at Tech Square ATL Social

December 7, 2023

Team iManhole Wins Fall 2023 EGHI/GT Global Health Hackathon

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Students tackled climate change in the Fall 2023 Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) /Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) Global Health Hackathon, Nov. 11, at Tech Square ATL Social.

Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground

November 8, 2023

EI² Kicks Off Programming in Colombia with CREATE-X

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CREATE-X, in partnership with the Enterprise Innovation Institute’s (EI²) Medellín Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (GTMC), has rolled out its first international program in Medellín, Colombia.

October 12, 2023

EI2 Programs Help Keep Georgia Businesses Lean and Healthy

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SHES and GaMEP are collaborating to help Georgia businesses thrive.

President Cabrera signs MoU with Hyundai.

September 19, 2023

Hyundai, Georgia Tech Celebrate Partnership With Memorandum Signing

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Georgia Tech and Hyundai leaders gathered Tuesday to celebrate the newly forged partnership that will create innovative solutions to advance sustainable mobility, the hydrogen economy, and workforce development.

This image shows Sean Madhavaraman, one of the leaders at GaMEP examining work product at Silon in Peachtree City, Georgia.

September 6, 2023

Georgia Tech’s GaMEP is Driving Innovation Across Georgia

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Georgia Tech faculty members are working with manufacturers in Georgia to solve problems and introduce innovations that help ensure manufacturing stays strong and advances in the state.

May 4, 2023

Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants Will Transform Courses in All Six Colleges

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21 projects representing all six colleges and 15 schools were presented at the Undergraduate Sustainability Education Jamboree.

April 20, 2023

Physics to Host Climate Talk with Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, Nobel Laureate

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Physicist Steven Chu was the first person appointed to the U.S. Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. On April 26, he will deliver a public lecture at Georgia Tech on climate change and innovative paths towards a more sustainable future.

Students in Thomasville, Ga. explain their invention to a competition judge as a part of Georgia Tech’s expanding K-12 InVenture Prize program.

April 5, 2023

Georgia Tech’s CEISMC at Center of $65 Million Federally Funded Statewide Initiative Combining AI and Manufacturing Innovations

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Georgia AIM will support a total of nine inter-related projects throughout the state and is designed to increase job and wage opportunities in distressed and rural communities and among historically underrepresented and underserved people.

April 4, 2023

Georgia Tech Battery Day Reveals Opportunities in Energy Storage Research

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More than 230 energy research and industry participants convened to discuss and advance energy storage technologies during Georgia Tech Battery Day.

March 30, 2023

CREATE-X Alumnus Co-founds Supercopy AI After Trial and Error

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After five attempts and a corporate career stint, Richard Lee finally founded his own startup, an AI writing tool for marketers called Supercopy.

Jenn Voelker and Julia Vorpahl at the Karma Automotive headquarters in Irvine, California

March 23, 2023

Two Tech Women Pave Their Own Way in Automotive Industry

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Georgia Tech graduates Jenn Voelker and Julia Vorpahl are in the driver’s seat working for Karma Automotive in California.

Driving Change: Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in EV innovation

March 21, 2023

Driving Change: Georgia Tech Experts Lead in Electrification of America’s Roads

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Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, and with economic and environmental impacts colliding, Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in the development of next-generation solutions.

Group photo of the Sustainable-X participants and facilitators.

January 3, 2023

Georgia Tech Launches Sustainable-X Entrepreneurship Program

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The new program provides support to those who want to start businesses that solve social and environmental challenges.

September 1, 2022

Letter from the BBISS Interim Director, Beril Toktay

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Beril Toktay's letter of introduction as interim director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems.

April 20, 2022

With Recent Funding, Sea Level Sensor Project in Savannah Moves into New Phase

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The rising sea levels along Georgia’s Savannah coast and an uptick in more severe storms during hurricane season are bellwethers to looming ecological challenges stemming from climate change.