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A thermal imaging device shows heat distribution in the carbon fibers.

June 12, 2023

Inside-Out Heating and Ambient Wind Could Make Direct Air Capture Cheaper and More Efficient

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Chemical engineers use coated carbon fibers and eliminate steam-based heating in their simpler design, which also can be powered by wind energy.

June 7, 2023

GTRI Works to Enhance EV Battery Reuse and Recycling in Georgia

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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is working to optimize Georgia’s EV battery supply chain by developing cost-and energy-efficient methods that pose fewer environmental risks.

May 30, 2023

Mitigating Climate Change Through Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems

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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Yale University are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The NEETRAC advisory board meeting on May 17, at Georgia Tech. New NEETRAC Director Joe Hagerman (front row, second to left) was introduced to the board during the meetings.

May 25, 2023

New NEETRAC Director Joe Hagerman Aims for Center to Lead Amid Power Grid Transformation

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As the nation's power grid undergoes a transformative shift with historic investment in clean energy, Joe Hagerman understands the importance of this moment for the National Electric Energy Testing, Research and Applications Center (NEETRAC).

May 24, 2023

The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems Announces Sustainability Next Seed Grant Winners, Second Round Call Opens

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Georgia Tech’s Sustainability Next Institute Strategic Plan initiative launched an annual seed grant program totaling $250,000 to support interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary climate and sustainability research.

May 16, 2023

Georgia Emissions Declining, Georgia Tech-led Drawdown Georgia Research Team Shows

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Transportation is now the state's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, eclipsing energy production.

May 4, 2023

Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants Will Transform Courses in All Six Colleges

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21 projects representing all six colleges and 15 schools were presented at the Undergraduate Sustainability Education Jamboree.

May 2, 2023

Georgia Tech Launches Wood-Based Renewables Research Center

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The Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology has launched a new science and technology research center called ReWOOD.

Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground

April 25, 2023

Micro-Grants Community-Based Research Teams Present their Work

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The 2022-23 Micro-Grants Community-Based Research awardees presented their findings at the second annual symposium, held on April 18, 2023, in the auditorium of the Kendeda Building.

Regents' Professor Marilyn Brown stands among solar panels

April 24, 2023

Brown Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Brown was previously elected to the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.

A project rendering for the New York Climate Exchange (The Exchange) on Governors Island in New York City. The center is slated to open in 2028.

April 24, 2023

Georgia Tech Chosen as Partner Institution for World-Leading Climate Center

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Georgia Tech will be a key partner for the New York Climate Exchange (The Exchange), a first-of-its-kind international center for developing and deploying dynamic solutions to the global climate crisis.

April 20, 2023

Physics to Host Climate Talk with Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, Nobel Laureate

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Physicist Steven Chu was the first person appointed to the U.S. Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. On April 26, he will deliver a public lecture at Georgia Tech on climate change and innovative paths towards a more sustainable future.

Bird's eye view of the expanded Community Garden

April 20, 2023

Community Garden to Unveil Expansion Friday

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First opened in 2012, the Community Garden has undergone a complete transformation. The latest expansion has doubled its square footage, converted the garden to full ADA accessibility, and increased the number of beds to expand access to sustainable produ

Aerial view of Tybee Island marina in Chatham County, Georgia.

April 13, 2023

Tool Helps Coastal Areas Find Ideal Spots for Water Level Sensors

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Iris Tien’s method reduces the possible locations for sensors by nearly 99% and accounts for flood risk, population vulnerability, and more.

Georgia Tech community celebrates Earth Day 2018

March 31, 2023

Georgia Tech Earth Month Events to Mark on Your Calendar

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Earth Day is April 22, but Georgia Tech is celebrating Earth Month with events throughout April highlighting sustainability efforts across campus.

March 31, 2023

Rising Temperatures Alter ‘Missing Link’ of Microbial Processes, Putting Northern Peatlands at Risk

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Georgia Tech researchers show that rising temperatures in northern regions may damage peatlands: critical ecosystems for storing carbon from the atmosphere — and could decouple vital processes in microbial support systems.

L to R: Ángel Cabrera, Marilyn Brown, Tim Lieuwen, Andre Calmon & Brian Stone

March 29, 2023

Conversations With Cabrera: Climate Action

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President Cabrera led a panel of Georgia Tech faculty to discuss policies, technologies, and planning that can promote the best quality of life while also maintaining our global climate.

Driving Change: Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in EV innovation

March 21, 2023

Driving Change: Georgia Tech Experts Lead in Electrification of America’s Roads

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Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, and with economic and environmental impacts colliding, Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in the development of next-generation solutions.

March 3, 2023

Faces of Research: Meet Joe Joe F. Bozeman III

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Bozeman is assistant professor and director of the Social Equity and Environmental Engineering Lab at Georgia Tech.

Past and present power grid experts. Top: Power systems experts from around the world gathering in St. Louis in 1904 to discuss anything and everything electrical, including the operation of the then new networks of synchronous generators. Bottom: The January 2023 meeting of the Universal Interoperability for Grid-forming Inverters (UNIFI) Consortium on Georgia Tech’s campus in Atlanta. UNIFI is a U. S. Department of Energy funded effort to advance grid-forming (GFM) inverter technology.

February 23, 2023

Looking Back to Prepare for the Future of the Power Grid

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A new study will examine the relatively invisible role of the algorithms 20th-century engineers developed to optimize the electric power grid.