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September 18, 2023

Georgia Tech to Launch Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Research Program

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This fall, the Institute will launch a foundational, interdisciplinary program to lead in research related to neuroscience, neurotechnology, and society.

Picture of Dard Hunter and Tekumalla Venkajee during their travels in the Indian subcontinent (left). Daniel Vallejo, Ph.D., prepping the loom fiber sample for Scanning Electron Microscopy (middle), Nasreen Khan, Ph.D., analyzing loom fiber with an optical microscope (right) in Georgia Tech Microscope

September 10, 2023

Splitting Hairs : Identification of Unknown Materials of a Historic Papermaking Tool Through Forensics Fiber Analysis

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The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking houses hand papermaking artifacts from around the world. Dard Hunter, a renowned paper historian and founder of the museum, collected many of these objects throughout the early 1900s.

Oldendorff technical support team with Patritsia

September 9, 2023

Patritsia Stathatou Studying Impacts of Scrubber Emissions in an effort to Decarbonize the Shipping Industry

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This story originally appeared in Waterline, News from Oldendorff Carrier. Issue 18, Summer 2023 and was written by Jan Kohzer, Patritsia Stathatou, & Scott Jones

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.

Laura Stoy gives a presentation as part of the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.

September 6, 2023

Alumni Spotlight: Laura Stoy Transforms Research into Clean Technology Startup

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Since leaving Georgia Tech, Laura (Mast) Stoy, PhD EnvE 21, has continued to pursue her research, this time as an entrepreneur.

August 31, 2023

Hidden Gems: Hunting Rare Earth Elements in Georgia Kaolins

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Rare earth elements are critical to technology, electronics, and rapidly evolving clean energy efforts. Equipped with a new NSF grant, Yuanzhi Tang is helping find and unlock these key minerals in Georgia kaolin deposits.

Tanner Hickman at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop

August 30, 2023

2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience From a Student's Perspective - Part 2

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This is part two of the student experiences series. Tanner Hickman, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering shares his experience from the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on "Innovations in Packaging and Circular Economy."

August 28, 2023

Christopher Jones Wins 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology

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Professor Christopher Jones was selected as the recipient of the 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (AIChE).

August 21, 2023

Thinning Ice Sheets May Drive Sharp Rise in Subglacial Waters

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Up to twice the amount of subglacial water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean – potentially increasing glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.

Frank Rosenzweig, astrobiology researcher

August 14, 2023

Georgia Tech Researcher Leads $6 Million NASA Astrobiology Study

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NASA awarded $6 million to a research team led by Georgia Tech’s Frank Rosenzweig to study how compartmentalization drives evolution.

August 11, 2023

Carson Meredith elected as an AIChE Fellow

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Carson Meredith, executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute and professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), has been elected to the 2023-2024 class of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) fellows.

August 4, 2023

The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) Hosts Annual Faculty Leadership Planning Retreat

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Attendees discussed the impact that IDEaS affiliated faculty, staff and infrastructure had in assisting research across Georgia Tech’s Colleges and Schools in 2022-2023 and how to best further the mission to support data driven research at Georgia Tech

August 3, 2023

Carsten Sievers Named ACS Fellow

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Carsten Sievers, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected as part of the 2023 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Elyssa Ferguson, RBI Fellow during the Student Poster Session at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on Packaging Innovation and the Circular Economy

August 1, 2023

2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience from a Student's Perspective (Part 1)

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This is the first of a series of Q&As from PSE students who share their experience at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on Packaging Innovation and the Circular Economy Elyssa Ferguson, a Mechanical Engineering graduate student shares her experience below.

Georgia Tech Ph.D. students Gaurav Verma and Yuxi Wu

August 1, 2023

Students Earn Prestigious Fellowships Underscoring Institute’s Leadership in AI

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Two Georgia Tech Ph.D. students are being recognized for their innovative research taking on real-world problems.

July 28, 2023

NSF RAPID Response to Earthquakes in Turkey

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Zhigang Peng and graduate students Phuc Mach and Chang Ding are using small seismic sensors to better understand just how, why, and when certain earthquakes are occurring.

July 26, 2023

Increasing Intellectual Property Awareness

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Georgia Tech's Office of Technology Licensing has recently announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA).

July 20, 2023

Machine Learning Maestros

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Georgia Tech's machine learning experts, including an assistant professor in the School of Mathematics, are sharing their knowledge at the International Conference on Machine Learning.

Pan Li, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

July 18, 2023

Li Earns NSF CAREER Award to Advance Machine Learning in Graph Data

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The project aims to develop theoretically principled and robust algorithms that can effectively learn from complex graph-structured data.

The sparkling shoreline along Deception Pass State Park in Oak Harbor, Washington

July 18, 2023

Turning the Tide on Climate Change

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Solar and wind power have been used as renewable energy for years, but what about waves, tides, and currents? Georgia Tech researchers are turning to our waterways to build a better planet.