November 5, 2024
In Memoriam: Bernie Marcus, Civic Leader and Philanthropist

Bernie Marcus, a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and honorary alumnus whose financial gifts have had a transformative impact at Georgia Tech and the Atlanta community, has died.

“The…

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October 28, 2024
IMS Funds New Research Initiatives

The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) at Georgia Tech has selected seven new interdisciplinary research initiatives to receive seed funding. This funding is part of the larger IMS effort to…

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October 22, 2024
IMS Opening Showcase Highlights Institute Capabilities

The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) held its opening showcase on October 15, 2024, in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building at Georgia Tech. 

“We're trying to link people from…

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October 22, 2024
Prausnitz Elected to National Academy of Medicine

For his work creating new kinds of drug delivery techniques and bringing those technologies to patients, Mark Prausnitz is one of the new members of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

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October 22, 2024
Michael Strano Presents the Second Annual Oliver Brand Memorial Lectureship on Electronics and Nanotechnology

It was a full house in Georgia Tech’s Marcus Nanotechnology Building for the Oliver Brand Memorial Lectureship on Electronics and Nanotechnology on October 15, 2024. The lecture was presented by…

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October 21, 2024
Rattling Physics with New Math

If you’ve ever watched a large flock of birds on the wing, moving across the sky like a cloud with various shapes and directional changes appearing from seeming chaos, or the maneuvers of an ant…

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October 15, 2024
World's Smallest Robotic Guidewire Improves Surgical Precision

The Coaxially Aligned Steerable Guidewire Robot (COAST) is a groundbreaking surgical device developed at Georgia Tech that helps doctors navigate blood vessels with precision during procedures…

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October 10, 2024
NNCI Image Contest Winners Announced

The National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) announced the winners of the 2024 image contest. The contest, Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom,…

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October 10, 2024
New Smart Charger May Pave the Way for More EVs
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October 10, 2024
New Smart Charger May Pave the Way for More EVs

In 2024, more than one in five cars sold is an electric vehicle (EV). Intergovernmental agencies estimate that by 2035,…

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October 1, 2024
Innovation at Scale: Georgia Tech Unveils New Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Pilot Facility

Whether it’s developing new products, reducing costs, or increasing accessibility, innovations in manufacturing stand to improve the lives of companies and consumers alike. Georgia Tech recently…

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September 22, 2024
New Battery Cathode Material Could Revolutionize EV Market and Energy Storage

A multi-institutional research team led by Georgia Tech’s Hailong Chen has developed a new, low-cost cathode that could radically…

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September 18, 2024
NIH Awards $7.5 Million to Ankur Singh for Pioneering Human Immune Organoid Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $7.5 million to Ankur Singh, Carl Ring Family Professor in the…

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September 16, 2024
Inaugural Systems Matter Seminar Focuses on Healthcare

Michael Fonseca presented the inaugural ‘Systems Matter’ seminar hosted by the Institute for Matter and Systems on Tuesday, September 10. 

“We are privileged to have Mike here to share…

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September 10, 2024
Tim Lieuwen: Shaping the Future of Research at Georgia Tech

In his 25-plus years at Georgia Tech, Regents' Professor Tim Liuewen earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering (1996 and 1999, respectively) and has held multiple leadership…

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September 4, 2024
Citrin’s Terahertz Imaging Technology Speeds Up Bulk Document Scanning

The typically tedious and monotonous job of scanning documents is getting a bit easier, thanks to new research from Georgia Tech

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September 3, 2024
IMS Receives NSF Funding for Education and Outreach Programs

The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) has received $700,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two education and…

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August 30, 2024
Georgia Tech Cloud Hub Advances Generative AI Research with Microsoft Support

The Cloud Hub, a key initiative of the Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) at Georgia Tech, recently concluded a successful Call for Proposals focused on advancing the field of…

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August 30, 2024
$3 Million NSF Grant Will Support Training in Sustainable Medical Devices

Georgia Tech researcher W. Hong Yeo has been awarded a $3 million grant to help develop a new generation of engineers and scientists in…

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August 29, 2024
Fostering Industry Innovation: Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium Celebrates First Year of Operation

Between revitalized investments in America’s manufacturing infrastructure and an increased focus on AI and automation, the U.S. is experiencing a manufacturing renaissance. A key focus of…

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August 28, 2024
Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena Receives $1M NSF Grant to Study Recycling of Perovskite Solar Cells

We have a problem with our current solar cells. They were built with very little thought towards end-of-life. Current solar panels tend to last twenty to thirty years. As those solar panels start…

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August 28, 2024
NSF Awards $2M to Clark Atlanta University in Collaboration With the HBCU CHIPS Network

The National Science Foundation has awarded $2 million to Clark Atlanta University in partnership with the HBCU CHIPS Network, a collaborative effort involving historically black colleges and…

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August 27, 2024
Clearing the Air: Georgia Tech Takes Leading Role in Scrubbing the Atmosphere

From commercialization to community engagement to partnerships with national labs and corporations, Georgia Tech leads in the development and use of direct air capture technologies.

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August 19, 2024
Using AI to Find the Polymers of the Future

Nylon, Teflon, Kevlar. These are just a few familiar polymers — large-molecule chemical compounds — that have changed the world. From Teflon-coated frying pans to 3D printing, polymers are vital…

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August 12, 2024
Researchers Break Boundaries to Spark Energy Innovation

Interdisciplinary collaboration drives innovation at Georgia Tech. Researchers with joint appointments across the Institute's six colleges discuss how blending diverse fields helps them create…

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August 1, 2024
Materials Engineer Meilin Liu Named to European Academy of Sciences

Meilin Liu, Hightower Chair and Regents’ Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering…

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July 30, 2024
Novelis and Georgia Tech Showcase Technical Leadership at International Aluminum Conference

From airplanes to soda cans, aluminum is a crucial — not to mention, an incredibly sustainable — material in manufacturing. Since 2019, Georgia Tech has partnered with…

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July 23, 2024
Mechanical Engineering Researchers Use Salt for Thermal Energy Storage

From keeping warm in the winter to doing laundry, heat is crucial to daily life. But as the world grapples with climate change, buildings’ increasing energy consumption is a critical problem.…

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July 19, 2024
Mentoring the Future of Nanotechnology

When Blair Brettmann was a sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin, her advisor told her about the National…

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July 19, 2024
How the Paris Olympic Track Is Designed to Break Records

Every millisecond will matter when the world's best athletes gather in Paris for the Summer Olympics, and track and field athletes will compete on a surface designed to produce record-…

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July 16, 2024
Georgia Tech Wins Second $25 Million Award to Support Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Education

Georgia Tech will lead a consortium of 12 universities and 12 national labs as part of a …

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July 16, 2024
Engineering a Fast Olympic Pool

What makes a swimming pool fast? It’s not just the fit, strong, and elite athletes competing at the Summer Olympics in Paris. The speed of swimming is also created by the structural…

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July 2, 2024
Stay Cool: Top Fabrics to Wear to Survive the Summer Heat

As the summer heat intensifies, with temperatures sometimes soaring to triple digits, the question of which fabrics are best for staying cool becomes particularly relevant. …

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June 27, 2024
AI for a Better World

Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are infused across the College of Engineering’s education and research.

From safer roads to new fuel cell technology, semiconductor…

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June 12, 2024
Nanowires Create Elite Warriors to Enhance T Cell Therapy

Adoptive T-cell therapy has revolutionized medicine. A patient’s T-cells — a type of white blood cell that is part of the body’s immune system — are extracted and modified in a lab and then…

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June 3, 2024
Unraveling the Physics of Knitting

Knitting, the age-old craft of looping and stitching natural fibers into fabrics, has received renewed attention for its potential applications in advanced manufacturing. Far beyond their use for…

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May 30, 2024
Georgia Tech Is at the Leading Edge of Semiconductor Research

Semiconductors make our world run, but the industry faces a turning point. For decades, computer chip efficiency has doubled every two years, but that progress is slowing. To complicate the…

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May 29, 2024
Georgia Tech Joins Global Industrial Technology Cooperation Center to Advance Semiconductor Electronics Research

Georgia Tech has been selected as one of six universities globally to receive funding for the newly established Global Industrial Technology Cooperation Center. The announcement was made by the…

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May 23, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Absolics to Support Development of Glass Substrate Technology for Semiconductor Advanced Packaging

The Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Absolics, an affiliate of the Korea-based SKC, have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms to…

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May 20, 2024
This Modified Stainless Steel Could Kill Bacteria Without Antibiotics or Chemicals

An electrochemical process developed at Georgia Tech could offer new protection against bacterial infections without contributing to growing antibiotic resistance.

The approach capitalizes…

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May 14, 2024
Family Loss Brings About Medical Breakthrough

The call from his mom is still vivid 20 years later. Moments this big and this devastating can define lives, and for Hong Yeo, today a Georgia…

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May 2, 2024
Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology Builds the Future Microelectronics Workforce

When Amy Bonecutter-Leonard was a second-semester undergraduate at the Georgia…

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May 2, 2024
Physicists Pioneer New Quantum Sensing Platform

Quantum sensors detect the smallest of environmental changes — for example, an atom reacting to a magnetic field. As these sensors “read” the unique behaviors of subatomic particles, they also…

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April 22, 2024
Vogel to Lead Institute for Matter and Systems

Effective July 1, Eric Vogel will become the executive director of the Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS), Georgia Tech’s…

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April 19, 2024
New Research out of GT-Europe on 2-D Materials Could Revolutionize Energy Storage Systems

Metz, France

Three-dimensional (3D) hetero-integration technology is set to transform the field of electronics. Vertically stacking functional layers, creates novel 2D-3D circuit…

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April 16, 2024
Advancing Clean Energy: Georgia Tech Hosts Energy Materials Day

More than 400 people participated in Energy Materials Day on March 27, as researchers and industry leaders came together to discuss and advance energy materials technologies such as solar energy,…

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April 2, 2024
Empowering Research Faculty: Georgia Tech’s Strategic Plan

Georgia Tech is supporting career growth for its research faculty, who do critical work at the heart of the research enterprise.

The word faculty is often synonymous with tenure-…

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March 26, 2024
Jud Ready Joins National Academy of Inventors’ 2024 Class of Senior Members

Jud Ready, a principal research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), has been selected to join the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) 2024 Class of Senior Members – a group of…

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March 21, 2024
Cosmic Curiosity: Georgia Tech Hosts Science and Engineering Day to Open Atlanta Science Festival

Georgia Tech opened the 11th annual Atlanta Science Festival (ASF) with record attendance for…

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March 20, 2024
Universal Controller Could Push Robotic Prostheses, Exoskeletons Into Real-World Use

Robotic exoskeletons designed to help humans with walking or physically demanding work have been the stuff of sci-fi lore for decades. Remember

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March 18, 2024
Real-Time Heat Protection Device Being Tested in Florida

Researchers with Georgia Tech and Emory University are field testing a new device that could help protect people who work outside from heat related injury. It’s a…

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March 13, 2024
Bakir Named Director of the Packaging Research Center

Muhannad Bakir has been named director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology’s …

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March 12, 2024
Cicadas’ Unique Urination Unlocks New Understanding of Fluid Dynamics

 

Cicadas are the soundtrack of summer, but their pee is more special than their music. Rather than sprinkling droplets, they emit jets of urine from their small frames. For years,…

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March 4, 2024
IEN Exponential Electronics Seed Grant Winner Announced

The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) at Georgia Tech has announced the 2023 IEN Exponential Electronics (IEN-EX) Seed Grant winner,…

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February 28, 2024
Honoring Professor Oliver Brand: The Oliver Brand Memorial Technical Symposium at Georgia Tech

The Oliver Brand Memorial Technical Symposium was held on Feb. 22 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in honor of the technical achievements of Professor Oliver Brand.

The event brought…

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February 21, 2024
Energy Materials: Driving the Clean Energy Transition

Energy is everywhere, affecting everything, all the time. And it can be manipulated and converted into the kind of energy that we depend on as a civilization. But transforming this ambient energy…

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February 15, 2024
Georgia Tech and Micron Collaborate to Expand Access to Engineering Education

The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the signing of a master research agreement with Micron Technology, a global leader in memory and storage…

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February 7, 2024
Mokhtarian, Sholl Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Two College of Engineering professors are among the newest members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the organization…

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January 31, 2024
Re-Wind USA Wins First Phase of DOE Prize

Pioneering a new recycling approach led to a big win for Re-Wind USA, a Georgia Tech research team led by Russell Gentry.…

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January 26, 2024
Marta Hatzell Wins ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award

Associate Professor Marta Hatzell has won a 2024 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award, which recognizes leading contributions of scientists and…

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May 2, 2023
Georgia Tech Addressing the Nation’s Call for Semiconductors

Semiconductors, or microchips, are vital to life in the modern world. They’re used in the microwave you heated your breakfast in this morning, the car you drove to work, the…

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April 6, 2023
ECE Professor Omer Inan to be Featured Speaker at TEDxAtlanta 2023: WE RISE

Professor Omer Inan is set to take the stage at the upcoming…

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April 4, 2023
Georgia Tech Battery Day Reveals Opportunities in Energy Storage Research

Georgia Tech Battery Day opened with a full house on March 30, 2023, at the Global Learning Center in the heart of Midtown…

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