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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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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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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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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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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September 25, 2024
Scheller Business Insights: Achieving Net Zero Featuring Beril Toktay
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Beril Toktay, director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business and Regents' Professor in Operations Management, discusses achieving net zero and provides examples of how some industries can reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change.
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August 27, 2024
Clearing the Air: Georgia Tech Takes Leading Role in Scrubbing the Atmosphere
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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 21, 2024
How Georgia Tech is Using AI to Solve Sustainability Problems
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Georgia Tech researchers are leveraging AI to address sustainability challenges in areas like climate change, urban farming, food distribution, and carbon storage, while ensuring ethical use of the technology.
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August 15, 2024
Renewable Energy Policies Provide Benefits Across State Lines
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New research suggests U.S. states with clean energy policies provide benefits to their neighbors, including states without their own renewable energy policies.
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August 12, 2024
Researchers Break Boundaries to Spark Energy Innovation
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By encouraging joint appointments, the Institute breaks down traditional academic silos and enables researchers to revolutionize the energy landscape.
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August 5, 2024
Community Spotlight - Yuanzhi Tang
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Tang took on the role of associate co-director of interdisciplinary research for BBISS so she could help others access resources that had shaped her growth as a researcher at Georgia Tech.
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July 23, 2024
Mechanical Engineering Researchers Use Salt for Thermal Energy Storage
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Georgia Tech researchers in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (ME) are developing more efficient heating systems that don’t rely on fossil fuels.
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July 3, 2024
Community Spotlight - Ameet Pinto
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Ameet Pinto, who is the Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was drawn to Georgia Tech because of the depth and breadth of the research expertise on campus, as well as the collaborative atmosphere.
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June 17, 2024
Georgia Tech Named an AASHE Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum
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Georgia Institute of Technology has been named a Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
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June 13, 2024
School of Public Policy Names First Three Byers Fellows
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Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy has named its first Byers Family Pathways to Policy Fellows and the offices where they will spend their internships in Washington.
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June 11, 2024
Researchers Help Maritime Industry Navigate Toward Sustainability
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Georgia Tech researchers are developing sustainable ocean shipping solutions to meet global emissions targets through eco-friendly fuels, optimized supply chains, and life-cycle assessments.
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May 23, 2024
Yongsheng Chen Awarded $300K Grant for Sustainable Agriculture AI Research
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Yongsheng Chen, a Georgia Tech Prof. has been awarded a $300,000 NSF grant to lead a collaborative AI project aimed at advancing sustainable agriculture practices globally.
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May 20, 2024
Harnessing AI to Reduce Food Insecurity in Africa
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Researchers in the School of Economics hope the tool they're developing can help policymakers and community organizations implement more timely and targeted interventions to alleviate hunger on the continent.
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May 16, 2024
Georgia Tech Earns STARS Gold Rating for Sustainability Achievements
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Georgia Tech has earned a STARS Gold Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
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May 15, 2024
From Brewery to Biofilter: Making Yeast-Based Water Purification Possible
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A team of Georgia Tech and MIT researchers found that discarded brewer’s yeast, when encased in hydrogel capsules, becomes a viable and inexpensive method for purifying contaminated water.
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