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September 16, 2025

New Links in Air Pollution and Dementia

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Scientists team up to better understand how certain types of air pollution increase the risk of developing dementia.

September 4, 2025

Rampi Ramprasad Awarded $2 Million Grant to Pioneer AI-Driven Recyclable Packaging Materials Design

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The project addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste.

August 19, 2025

Farming for the Future of the Planet: How Liming Could Be Key for Carbon Removal

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Liming, a centuries-old agricultural practice, can improve crop yield and greenhouse gas reduction.

AI rendering of a fast-charging battery.

August 18, 2025

Breaking the Rules to Build a Better Battery

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Charging batteries quickly was thought to degrade them. Georgia Tech’s findings flip that logic and open new doors for energy storage.

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

August 15, 2025

Strategic Energy Institute and EPIcenter Announce Graduate Student Fellowships

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The Strategic Energy Institute and the Energy Policy and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech are pleased to announce that applications are now open for two graduate student fellowships this fall.

August 14, 2025

Wind intermittency and supply-demand imbalance: Evidence from U.S. regional power markets

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Victoria Godwin and Matthew E. Oliver of the Georgia Institute of Technology and EPIcenter affiliates in their new study examine how short-term variability in wind power affects real-time electricity system imbalances in U.S. regional power markets.

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August 5, 2025

Energy Unplugged: A Georgia Tech Summer Camp Sparks Passion for Energy Innovation Among High Schoolers

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As one of Tech’s most sought-after programs for high school students, the Energy Unplugged camp continues to spark interest in energy innovation and develop foundational skills in science.

August 1, 2025

Will People Conserve Energy During Emergency Heat Waves?

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Dylan Brewer, EPIcenter's Faculty Affiliate discusses if voluntary conservation requests work to save energy and prevent blackouts.

July 31, 2025

Mapping Georgia’s Urban Forest: Georgia Tech Tools Help Planners Prioritize Tree Canopy

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Georgia Tech researchers developed new statewide canopy assessment tools to help urban planners, policymakers, and communities make data-informed decisions for climate resilience.

July 25, 2025

Powering the Future — Without Breaking the Grid

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Georgia’s booming data center industry brings economic promise and environmental pressure. Researchers say innovation and local action can tip the balance.

Energy and national security cohort meeting participants including the seed grant teams and the SEI and GTRI team

July 22, 2025

Seed Grant Program Advances Energy Innovation Through a National Security Lens

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In June, the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) hosted the Energy and National Security Summer Cohort Meeting that convened seed grant awardees from the Energy and National Security Initiative.

This travel case holds a toolkit containing equipment for inspecting nuclear facilities

July 20, 2025

How the World’s Nuclear Watchdog Monitors Facilities Around the World – and What it Means That Iran Kicked it Out

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What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program?

Graphical Illustration of a futuristic car

July 17, 2025

Engineering the Car of the Future

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ECE experts look to the future of the automotive industry, and how new technology will not only transform vehicles, but reshape the power grid, influence policy decisions, and impact numerous aspects of society.

Oglethorpe Power’s George Mathai and Shane Tolbert, Green Power EMC’s distributed energy resources manager, discussing the roles of various generation sources and the benefits of a diverse portfolio

July 10, 2025

Fueling Young Minds: Georgia Tech Summer Campers Explore Energy Systems With Oglethorpe Power, Green Power EMC, and Georgia System Operations Corporation

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As a featured part of this year’s Energy Unplugged Camp, students visited the headquarters of Oglethorpe Power, Green Power EMC, and Georgia System Operations Corporation in Tucker, Georgia.

July 9, 2025

Sparking New Ideas on How Wildfire Influences Climate

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Georgia Tech researchers monitor wildfires and their impact on air quality and the climate system.

July 1, 2025

Georgia Tech Launches Two New Interdisciplinary Research Institutes

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By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.

June 30, 2025

Ready Named Inaugural Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Space Research Institute

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Effective July 1, Ready will serve as the inaugural executive director of Georgia Tech’s new Space Research Institute, which will officially launch on the same date.

Angshuman Guin (a male professor wearing a black suit) sits at a desk in front of two monitors displaying data

June 26, 2025

The Slow and the Furious: The Researcher Driven to Curb Atlanta’s Soul-Crushing Commute

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An engineer’s unexpected path to Georgia Tech is paved with detours, data, and a dose of humor.

Fan Zhang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech Receives National Engineering Achievement Award from ANS

June 24, 2025

Fan Zhang Receives National Engineering Achievement Award from ANS

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Fan Zhang, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has received the 2025 Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society (ANS).

The PIN Summer Interns at the opening ceremony

June 24, 2025

Partnership for Inclusive Innovation Kicks Off Record Summer Internship

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The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation launched the sixth annual PIN Summer Intern (PSI) program in May with an event at Fort Valley State University’s location in Warner Robins, Georgia. The program is shaping up to be the biggest yet.