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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.

June 3, 2026

Rising From the Ashes: A Hidden Supply of Critical Elements

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Georgia Tech researchers turn a widespread waste product into materials that power modern technology.

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May 27, 2026

Data Centers, Microbes, and the Future of Water Reuse

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Metro Atlanta has become a magnet for hyperscale data centers and securing enough cooling water with wastewater reuse has unknown public health risks.

May 27, 2026

Breakthrough Study Sheds Light on How BRCA‑Related Cancers Repair Broken DNA

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The research captures detailed snapshots of a process that helps cancer cells survive — and may point to new treatments.

May 27, 2026

Steven Ferguson Builds Better On-Ramps to Georgia Manufacturing, Education

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For Steven Ferguson, deputy director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium, advancing Georgia’s manufacturing industry and its workforce is personal.

May 27, 2026

New Framework Enhances AR Experience by Predicting Where Users Will Look

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Ph.D. student Fiona Ryan has created a new framework for tracking and predicting user gaze in Augmented Reality devices

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May 27, 2026

New Framework Enhances AR Experience by Predicting Where Users Will Look

4 min read

Ph.D. student Fiona Ryan has created a new framework for tracking and predicting user gaze in Augmented Reality devices

EPIcenter Director Laura Taylor, Southern Company Chairman and CEO Chris Womack, President Angel Cabrera, EVPR Tim Lieuwen, SEI Executive Director Yuanzhi Tang

May 26, 2026

INTERSECT 2026 Marks a Decade of Impact in Advancing the Southeast’s Energy Policy

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Georgia Tech’s INTERSECT 2026 brought together leading voices in energy on May 18 to explore critical issues in the Southeast’s energy ecosystem.

Logos of national labs including Oak Ridge National Lab, AMES Lab, Argonne National Lab, Savannah River National Lab, PPPL, National Lab of the Rockies, National Fusion Facility, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab and Sandia national lab

May 26, 2026

Georgia Tech Students Advance Energy, Science Innovation Through National Lab Internships

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Georgia Tech students are gaining hands-on research experience at U.S. national laboratories this summer, reinforcing the Institute’s strong and enduring partnerships across the national lab system.

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May 19, 2026

Online Age Checks Create a Pointless Privacy Risk

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New cybersecurity research indicates that one of the world’s leading age verification providers collects and shares highly sensitive personal data with third parties and in some cases don't even enforce the policy..

Vida Jamali, assistant professor the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Amirali Aghazadeh, assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Josh Kacher, associate professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Photo courtesy of Amelia Neumeister; Georgia Institute of Technology

May 18, 2026

Accelerating Discovery With AI

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New paper teams AI agents with microscopy tools to increase productivity in research processes.

Raheem Bayeh, Carrie Bruce, Sonny Perdue, Dick Henneman

May 15, 2026

MSHCI Receives Board of Regents Award for Best Department or Program

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Georgia Tech's MSHCI program received the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Program from the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents.

May 15, 2026

Emily Sanders Awarded NSF CAREER Award for Research on Shape-Shifting Materials

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Emily Sanders, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the NSF’s Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation.

Vida Jamali, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech

May 14, 2026

Vida Jamali Receives the Inaugural Dr. James Robert and Margaret Spencer Early Career Fellowship

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Assistant Professor Vida Jamali is the inaugural recipient of the new Dr. James Robert and Margaret Spencer Early Career Fellowship in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE@GT).

May 14, 2026

Soft, Skin-Like Nasal Patch Could Transform Sleep Monitoring

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Researchers led by W. Hong Yeo, Peterson Professor in Pediatric Research at the Woodruff School, have developed a soft, wireless nasal patch that could offer a more comfortable alternative for monitoring breathing during sleep.

May 13, 2026

Class of 2026 Steps Forward to Tackle Global Challenges in Science and Research

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School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) graduates celebrated years of research, collaboration, and discovery at Spring 2026 Commencement.

May 13, 2026

Nathan McDonald and Farzaneh Najafi Awarded Curci Foundation Grants

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By funding two distinct early-stage projects, the Curci Foundation will help advance research focused on improving neurological health.

May 7, 2026

52-Year-Old Entrepreneur Has New Outlook After Completing Ph.D.

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Mizan Rahman, a tech entrepreneur who has founded three companies, is having his Ph.D. in human centered computing conferred this week.

May 6, 2026

New Graduate Builds Fintech Startup using Leadership Mindset

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Agam Shah returns to campus this week to officially graduate from Tech, giving us a chance to catch up about his grad school experience and life as an entrepreneur.

May 6, 2026

Music and Magic Inspire New Ph.D. Graduate’s Work in Brain Science

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Before he returns to New York City to continue building brain-interface technologies at Meta, we caught up with Chengrui Li to learn how he keeps such a cool head at Georgia Tech and beyond.