Headshot of Jean Carlos (J.C.) Hernandez-Mejia
August 5, 2024

Hernandez-Mejia Appointed Interim Director of NEETRAC

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Hernandez-Mejia, who has worked at ECE’s National Electric Energy Testing, Research, & Applications Center (NEETRAC) since 2017, brings extensive experience to the member-driven electric utility research center.
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Tim Lieuwen, Regents' Professor and SEI executive director, has been named interim EVPR.
July 30, 2024

Regents’ Professor Tim Lieuwen to Serve as Georgia Tech’s Interim EVPR

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Lieuwen will begin his term as interim EVPR on September 10, 2024.
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Professor Maryam Saeedifard has been named a Ken Byers Professor in ECE.
July 15, 2024

Saeedifard Named Ken Byers Professor

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Specializing in power electronics and energy conversion systems, Professor Maryam Saeedifard has been named Ken Byers Professor in ECE.
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Eiffel Tower and Seine River
July 15, 2024

Will the Seine River’s E. coli Woes Sink Olympic Dreams in Paris?

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Time is winding down on Olympic organizers’ plans to stage open-water swimming events in Paris’ iconic Seine River later this month.
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Six people in dark blue boiler suits standing in the control room of a ship
June 11, 2024

Researchers Help Maritime Industry Navigate Toward Sustainability

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GT researchers Valerie Thomas and Patricia Stathatou are working toward a sustainable future for ocean shipping
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Jungyoun Kwak
June 7, 2024

Kwak Receives ISCAS Grant for Novel Power-Efficient Memory Design for Computing

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The ECE Ph.D. candidate was one of 10 people to receive the grant. The design aims to reduce energy consumption when performing power-intensive processes, like AI computing.
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June 4, 2024

Martha Grover Named Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity Centered Engineering

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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) faculty member Martha Grover has been named the College’s Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity Centered Engineering.
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Students in Georgia Tech's GROWER VIP on a site visit to Cobb EMC in Spring 2024
June 3, 2024

VIP Tackles Grid Resilience with Real-Time Power Outage Tracker

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The database will help researchers explore questions about the causes and effects of power outages and how policy interventions can help strengthen grid resilience.
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Dan Molzahn Picture
May 29, 2024

College of Engineering Recognizes 8 Faculty with 2024 Excellence Awards

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College of Engineering Recognizes 8 Faculty with 2024 Excellence Awards
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May 23, 2024

Public Policy Alum Plays Key Role in Atlanta Energy-Burden Fund

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A Ph.D. graduate of the School of Public Policy played an instrumental role in advancing recent City of Atlanta legislation to help reduce energy burden among low-income residents.
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Image of US Dollar on Home Heating instrument depicting home heating costs
May 14, 2024

Turning Up the Heat: Georgia Tech Economist Finds Price Has Little Impact on Consumers’ Thermostat Choices

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In a study by a Georgia Tech economist that could help inform future energy policy, half the participants cranked their thermostats despite knowing exactly how much each extra degree would cost them.
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Smart thermostat at home Illustration
May 13, 2024

To Save Energy, Users Let Smart Thermostats Take the Lead

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People using energy-efficient smart thermostats are willing to sacrifice comfort and control to save relatively small amounts of energy that could add up if enough people sign on, a Georgia Tech economist reported in a recent study.
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Photo of Dylan Brewer, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics, Georgia Tech
May 6, 2024

Beyond the Haze: An Economist’s Insight Into Air Pollution

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Are you under the impression that air pollution is a dichotomous problem where the air is either polluted or it’s not? What else is there to know about air pollution? The surprising answer to this question lies not with a scientist but with an economist.
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Audience at the EPICenter Lightning Talks held on April 12th at the Georgia Tech Library
May 3, 2024

EPICenter Hosts Lightning Talks for Research and Ideas Exchange

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On April 12, the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter) hosted its second round of the “Friday Lightning Talk Series” at the Scholars Event Network space in the Price Gilbert Library.
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Sofia Perez-Guzman
April 26, 2024

Crossing Disciplines: Professor Perez-Guzman’s approach towards Resilient Systems

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Professor Perez-Guzman advocates for fostering resilient engineering and holistic leadership at Georgia Tech.
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Three men in lab coats working at a bench on an experimental setup with tubes, vials, and pumps.
April 25, 2024

New Approach Could Make Reusing Captured Carbon Far Cheaper, Less Energy-Intensive

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A team led by Marta Hatzell designed a new electrochemical reactor to seamlessly integrate into direct air capture systems and turn CO2 into useful raw materials.
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ENERGY 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics and Decarbonization" was published by Springer in April 2024.
April 25, 2024

Q&A with Deepakraj Divan and Suresh Sharma: Authors of "ENERGY 2040"

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In an insightful interview, Divan, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and director of the Center for Distributed Energy (CDE) in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Sharma, an entrepreneur in residence at CDE, trace the histori
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From the Left: SEI Executive Director Tim Lieuwen, U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, Georgia Tech Student Azell Francis, Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Mayor Andrew Dickens
April 24, 2024

Secretary of Energy Announces a Tri-City Alliance With Georgia Tech for Scalable, Equitable, and Innovative Clean Energy Solutions

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On a recent visit to the Georgia Tech campus, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced that a tri-city alliance of Atlanta, Decatur, and Savannah in partnership with Georgia Tech will receive funding to drive clean energy solutions.
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Omar Asensio is Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School
April 22, 2024

Georgia Tech Microsoft CloudHub Partnership Explores Electric Vehicle Adoption

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Business and government sectors are embracing electric vehicles, but are U.S. drivers on the same road?
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Chaouki Abdallah speaking at the Georgia Tech Energy Materials Day
April 16, 2024

Advancing Clean Energy: Georgia Tech Hosts Energy Materials Day

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Energy Materials Day was co-hosted by Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Institute , the Institute for Materials, and the Georgia Tech Advanced Battery Center.
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