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April 16, 2025
Liquid Cooling Technology Developed at Georgia Tech Awarded U.S. Patent, Company Raising Capital to Scale
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EMCOOL's technology solves overheating in electronics.
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Joel Kostka
April 4, 2025
Joel Kostka Named Director of Georgia Tech for Georgia’s Tomorrow
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The new center, announced by the College in December 2024, will drive research aimed at improving life across the state of Georgia.
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Earth Month
April 1, 2025
Earth Month Celebrates Sustainability on Campus
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Many organizations and departments across campus will host events throughout the month.
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Beril Toktay
April 1, 2025
Beril Toktay to Lead Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
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The interdisciplinary research institute is poised for growth and innovation with Beril Toktay as executive director.
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Sustainability Showcase panel discussion, L to R - Iris Tien, Donn Digamon, Ria Aiken, Tejas Kotak, and Jason Stott (not pictured)
March 20, 2025
Sustainability Showcase Recap
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The two days of panel discussions, keynote speeches, and lightning talks were themed around community, ecosystem, and infrastructure resilience.
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Members of ElectrifyGT visiting Delta.
March 13, 2025
Organization Spotlight: ElectrifyGT
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ElectrifyGT is at the forefront of Georgia Tech’s push for a cleaner future.
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Four researchers standing in a lab with a large roll of fiberglass insulation and a wooden rack holding small bags of hemp fiber-based insulation materials. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)
February 27, 2025
Using Hemp in Building Insulation Could Make Structures Greener, Create Jobs, and Be a Profitable Industry
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CEE researchers’ analysis outlines path to a U.S. construction market for hemp-based fibers, which are already used for clothing and biodegradable plastics.
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February 24, 2025
Georgia Tech's 2025 Sustainability Showcase
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This two-day event, held at the Price Gilbert Library Scholars Event Theater, will focus on innovation, collaboration, and inspiration around building a resilient future for our communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure.
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L to R, Top to Bottom: Ebenezer Fanijo, Katherine Graham, Anthony Harding, Yiyi He, Pengfei Liu, Johannes Milz, Micah Ziegler
February 19, 2025
Seven Appointed as BBISS Faculty Fellows
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Seven new Faculty Fellows were appointed to the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS).
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Yongsheng Chen
February 16, 2025
Georgia Tech Research Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
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Professor Yongsheng Chen leads a multi-university team using machine learning to discover PFAS-removing membranes.
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Student in the lab working with a sample
February 6, 2025
Unearthing Climate Solutions
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Georgia Tech researchers explore how to improve the planet, one rock at a time.
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Headshot of Christos Athanasiou in his lab, wearing a white collared shirt and white lab coat
January 22, 2025
Being an Engineer in a Circular Economy
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Christos Athanasiou wants to make life in space as sustainable as possible... and on Earth.
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A woman holding a camera stands in front of a relief carving in a concrete wall mimicking its posture, with her arm raised over her head.
December 12, 2024
Sustainable Tourism Through Technology
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Danielle Willkens is using technology to assess historic sites and develop strategies to mitigate damage caused by visitors and development.
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A group of Georgia Tech students gather for a group photo including a sign that says, "8th Global Botanic Gardens Congress."
November 7, 2024
Georgia Tech UrbanAg Project Presents to International Conference
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Georgia Tech’s Students Organizing for Sustainability (SOS) recently traveled across the world to Singapore for the 8th Global Botanic Garden Congress.
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A reef of partially bleached coral under dark blue water with a variety of darkly colored fish swimming above the coral.
November 7, 2024
Ocean Science and Engineering Students Take on Coral Cooling Challenge
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At the invitation of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, a team of Ph.D. students designed an ocean-cooling system to help stop coral bleaching.
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Researchers gather to hear each other's lightning talks.
October 24, 2024
BBISS Hosts Lighting Talks for Sustainability Next Grantees
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Sustainability Next seed grant recipients gathered to present, network, and explore how to engage with community stakeholders.
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Ant hill cast in molten aluminum to show intricate underground structure of tunnels and chambers, much like the branches of coral.
October 15, 2024
Nature’s Ingenuity Inspires Civil Engineer to Design Efficient and Effective Solutions
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David Frost sees endless innovation in natural systems to solve real-world civil engineering problems.
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An Adobe stock conceptual image of a lighted bulb in the dirt illustrating new technology that draws energy from dirt.
October 11, 2024
Soil-Powered Fuel Cell Makes List of Best Sustainability Designs
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New technology being developed at Georgia Tech placed in Fast Company’s list of the best sustainability-focused designs of 2024.
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A logo with the words "Georgia Tech Strategic Plan" over "Sustainability Next" with an abstract half-flower with blue, yellow, and gold rectangular petals.
October 9, 2024
2024 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Awards
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The seed grant program is administered by BBISS in collaboration with RBI, SEI, and IPaT.
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Tech Tower against the Atlanta skyline.
October 1, 2024
BBISS Executive Director Search
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The search for the BBISS Executive Director is underway, initiated by office of the Vice President of Interdisciplinary Research.
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