October 9, 2025
Storms Are Changing — Should the Hurricane Scale Change Too?
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Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.
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October 9, 2025
Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future
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Coastal communities throughout the Southeast are now facing constant challenges from flooding and sea level rise and they are looking to nature-based solutions to prevent flooding and erosion related to storms.
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October 7, 2025
BBISS Announces 2025 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Recipients
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The seed grant program reaches many faculty members from a diverse array of disciplines due to the generous support provided by broad-based partnerships in addition to the Sustainability Next funds.
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October 7, 2025
ChBE Professor Leads Team Awarded $9.2M NSF Grant to Build “Plug-and-Play” Biotechnology
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Researchers received a $9.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to accelerate the adoption of cell-free systems in biomanufacturing.
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October 6, 2025
Initiative Lead Q&A: Akanksha Menon on Designing the Future of Buildings
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Menon discusses her interdisciplinary approach to improving building sustainability and efficiency through advanced materials and systems.
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September 16, 2025
Third Cohort of the Energy Faculty Fellow Program Attracts Multidisciplinary Researchers
6 min read
The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) at Georgia Tech concluded its third cohort of Energy Faculty Fellows in August, welcoming a diverse group of researchers for a 10-week summer fellowship.
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September 9, 2025
Georgia Tech Researchers Named Finalists for Prestigious Blavatnik Science Awards
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Ryan Lively and Matthew McDowell are recognized for pioneering work in sustainable chemical engineering and advanced battery technologies.
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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.
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September 3, 2025
AI’s Ballooning Energy Consumption Puts Spotlight On Data Center Efficiency
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Artificial intelligence is growing fast, and so are the number of computers that power it. Behind the scenes, this rapid growth is putting a huge strain on the data centers that run AI models.
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August 28, 2025
Srinivas Peeta Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
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The appointment recognizes Professor Peeta’s longstanding contributions to transportation research and his leadership in advancing methodological innovation within the field.
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August 19, 2025
Forest Expansion Increases Agricultural Output, New Study Shows
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Agriculture is the largest cause of deforestation. So, it follows that forest expansion efforts would displace agriculture — but new research from Georgia Tech's School of Economics reports that that’s not necessarily the case.
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August 19, 2025
Twenty Years After Katrina: How Levee Failures Changed America
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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina’s catastrophic landfall, its legacy of destruction, displacement, and deepened inequality continues to shape communities and challenge disaster preparedness across the U.S.
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August 18, 2025
Breaking the Rules to Build a Better Battery
4 min read
Charging batteries quickly was thought to degrade them. Georgia Tech’s findings flip that logic and open new doors for energy storage.
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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.
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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 13, 2025
Seashells Inspire a Better Way to Recycle Plastic
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Researchers from Georgia Tech have created a material inspired by seashells to help improve the process of recycling plastics and make the resulting material more reliable.
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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.
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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.
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July 25, 2025
Nuclear Power Isn’t What You Think — and That’s a Good Thing
5 min read
Georgia Tech researchers are advancing nuclear science and engineering while deconstructing myths around the technology.
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July 25, 2025
Powering the Future — Without Breaking the Grid
4 min read
Georgia’s booming data center industry brings economic promise and environmental pressure. Researchers say innovation and local action can tip the balance.
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