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August 26, 2026

The Hardest Ramp-Up in America: A Supply Chain View of the Defense Industrial Base

9 min read

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The VR training platform allows Kia Georgia employees to gain hands-on experience with assembly tasks before working on the factory floor.

August 20, 2026

How Virtual Reality is Preparing Kia Workers for the Factory Floor Before Day One

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The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech has developed a virtual reality training platform that prepares Kia assembly workers for the pace of the production line.

Associate Professor Yuhang Hu and three male students from her lab gather around and look at a soft adhesive hydrogel they are studying.

August 19, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Mechanism Behind Soft-Material Adhesion

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The discovery challenges a long-held assumption in adhesion mechanics and reveals a new physical mechanism that governs how soft materials attach and detach.

August 10, 2026

Eunhye Song Named VP/President-Elect of INFORMS Simulation Society

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ISyE faculty member Eunhye Song has been named vice president/president-elect of the INFORMS Simulation Society, recognizing her growing leadership in simulation research.

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July 29, 2026

From Diagnosis to Wellness, AI's Healthcare Revolution

4 min read

As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into healthcare, researchers are exploring its potential to support clinical decision-making, improve mental health interventions, expand access to care, and accelerate medical innovation.

Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves

July 29, 2026

Cold Chain, Cold Truth: What Frostbite Teaches Us About Supply Chain Design

8 min read

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$Side-by-side scientific visualization comparing in-situ photoelasticity and modeled stress field evolution during fracture testing of a transparent material. The left panel shows a rectangular specimen with rainbow-colored stress patterns radiating from a crack tip near the center-right edge, while the right panel shows a corresponding color-coded stress map with blue, green, yellow, and red regions indicating increasing stress concentration around the crack tip. Labels at the top identify the two methods.$

July 24, 2026

Rapid Testing Offers Path to More Sustainable Material Choices

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At Georgia Tech’s Daedalus Lab, Christos Athanasiou and postdoctoral researcher Danqi Sun are working to provide greater certainty to designers and engineers by rethinking how materials are tested for their fracture characteristics.

July 20, 2026

Alumna Ann Dunkin to Chair Inaugural Emerging Technologies Virtual Forum

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ISyE alumna Ann Dunkin, P.E. (BSIE 1986, MSIE 1988), will lead discussions on emerging technologies as chair of IISE's inaugural forum.

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

June 24, 2026

Researchers Discover Membrane-Based Approach to More Sustainable Oil Refining

6 min read

Published in Nature, the researchers' findings suggest that using membranes to separate crude oil before distillation could significantly reduce the energy, water, and carbon footprint of petroleum refining.

Professors Ryan Lively (Georgia Tech) and Dong-Yeun Koh (KAIST). Koh used to be postdoctoral researcher in the Lively Lab.

June 24, 2026

Researchers Discover Membrane-Based Approach to More Sustainable Oil Refining

6 min read

Published in Nature, the researchers' findings suggest that using membranes to separate crude oil before distillation could significantly reduce the energy, water, and carbon footprint of petroleum refining.

June 23, 2026

Logistics in Transition: What to Know, What to Watch, and How to Keep Moving

13 min read

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June 5, 2026

Accenture Managing Director Conrad Grajczak Joins SCL Industry Advisory Board

2 min read

Mr. Grajczak brings nearly 15 years of deep expertise at the intersection of procurement, supply chain logistics, and private equity value creation to the role.

Associate Professor Tushar Krishna (center) and members of his research team — William Won (recently graduated, now at AMD), Changhai Man, Hanjiang Wu, and Jinsun Yoo — have announced Chakra, a new shared platform for understanding and improving complex AI systems.

June 3, 2026

A Common Language to Understand AI Systems

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Like the internet before it, AI systems need shared standards to work together. Tushar Krishna and industry collaborators have released Chakra, a new set of tools designed to help make that possible.

Four GTRI researchers pose for a photo in a lab space.

May 15, 2026

Leaner and Meaner: Materials Tested in Space Could Help Build More Space-Resilient Satellites

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Georgia Tech researchers, led by the Georgia Tech Research Institute, are sending new polymers to the International Space Station to study their durability in harsh space conditions.

A sophisticated, high-tech horizontal banner design featuring an abstract global supply chain network. The composition uses a series of interconnected translucent hexagons and mosaic tile patterns showing maritime shipping routes and industrial icons: chemical structures (naphtha), PVC, plastics, food and agriculture, liquefied petroleum gas, fertilizer, apparel.

May 11, 2026

What the Public Discussion on Hormuz Is Still Getting Wrong

10 min read

While modern supply chain analytics and AI are more advanced than ever, technical capability must be paired with rigorous critical thinking and operational discipline to ensure data-driven models translate into successful real-world decisions.

Two data analysts, a man in a suit and a woman, are seated at a desk in a high-tech logistics control center. They monitor various displays, including a comprehensive data dashboard with charts and graphs, a US network map, and a tablet for a video conference. A massive, towering warehouse filled with stacked cardboard boxes is visible in the background.

April 30, 2026

The Blind Spot in Modern Supply Chain Analytics: Where Did Critical Thinking Go?

10 min read

While modern supply chain analytics and AI are more advanced than ever, technical capability must be paired with rigorous critical thinking and operational discipline to ensure data-driven models translate into successful real-world decisions.

Professor Emmanouil “Manos” Tentzeris and Ph.D. student Marvin Joshi hold a lens‑enabled backscatter system that could support battery‑free wireless communication across future smart city infrastructure.

April 24, 2026

How a Lens Is Pushing the Limits of Near-Zero‑Power Wireless Communication to Gigabits‑Per‑Second Speeds

5 min read

Emmanouil Tentzeris and Marvin Joshi’s new work demonstrates how a lens‑enabled backscatter system can deliver modern wireless capability without traditional transmitters.

Research team members Ishita Kumar, Corey Wilson, and Luisa F. Barraza-Vergara

April 1, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Develop First Genetic Passcode Lock to Protect Valuable DNA

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Research published in Science Advances demonstrated the effectiveness of this technology in protecting high-value engineered cell lines.

April 1, 2026

The Future of AI‑Powered Manufacturing

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ISyE is advancing the next generation of manufacturing through AI‑driven research that integrates data analytics, optimization, and human‑centered systems to create smarter, more resilient industrial ecosystems.

2026 Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium

March 25, 2026

Tech Swarms into Athens for Clean, Old-Fashioned Computing

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Researchers from universities across Georgia, including Georgia Tech, set aside rivalry to collaborate at the 2026 Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium, highlighting the state’s growing role as a hub for innovation in scientific computing.