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Picture of Dard Hunter and Tekumalla Venkajee during their travels in the Indian subcontinent (left). Daniel Vallejo, Ph.D., prepping the loom fiber sample for Scanning Electron Microscopy (middle), Nasreen Khan, Ph.D., analyzing loom fiber with an optical microscope (right) in Georgia Tech Microscope

September 10, 2023

Splitting Hairs : Identification of Unknown Materials of a Historic Papermaking Tool Through Forensics Fiber Analysis

3 min read

The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking houses hand papermaking artifacts from around the world. Dard Hunter, a renowned paper historian and founder of the museum, collected many of these objects throughout the early 1900s.

Research

Oldendorff technical support team with Patritsia

Research

September 9, 2023

Patritsia Stathatou Studying Impacts of Scrubber Emissions in an effort to Decarbonize the Shipping Industry

7 min read

This story originally appeared in Waterline, News from Oldendorff Carrier. Issue 18, Summer 2023 and was written by Jan Kohzer, Patritsia Stathatou, & Scott Jones

Energy, Research

Laura Stoy gives a presentation as part of the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.

Energy, Research

September 6, 2023

Alumni Spotlight: Laura Stoy Transforms Research into Clean Technology Startup

1 min read

Since leaving Georgia Tech, Laura (Mast) Stoy, PhD EnvE 21, has continued to pursue her research, this time as an entrepreneur.

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Economic Development and Policy, Engineering

This image shows Sean Madhavaraman, one of the leaders at GaMEP examining work product at Silon in Peachtree City, Georgia.

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Economic Development and Policy, Engineering

September 6, 2023

Georgia Tech’s GaMEP is Driving Innovation Across Georgia

3 min read

Georgia Tech faculty members are working with manufacturers in Georgia to solve problems and introduce innovations that help ensure manufacturing stays strong and advances in the state.

Profiles of two eastern African elephants walking side by side. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

September 6, 2023

Echoes of Extinctions: Novel Method Unearths Disruptions in Mammal Trait-Environment Relationships

7 min read

Their novel approach showed how mammal traits evolved with changing environments over time and revealed factors that contributed to biodiversity loss.

Environment, Research, Student and Faculty

Environment, Research, Student and Faculty

August 31, 2023

Hidden Gems: Hunting Rare Earth Elements in Georgia Kaolins

4 min read

Rare earth elements are critical to technology, electronics, and rapidly evolving clean energy efforts. Equipped with a new NSF grant, Yuanzhi Tang is helping find and unlock these key minerals in Georgia kaolin deposits.

Research, Student Research

Tanner Hickman at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop

Research, Student Research

August 30, 2023

2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience From a Student's Perspective - Part 2

2 min read

This is part two of the student experiences series. Tanner Hickman, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering shares his experience from the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on "Innovations in Packaging and Circular Economy."

August 28, 2023

CEE Researchers Awarded $2.1 Million Grant to Ensure Cleaner, Safer Drinking Water

2 min read

The EPA is funding the research on the occurrence and concentration of pathogens and disinfection by-products and the environmental conditions favorable to their growth in drinking water distribution systems.

Energy, Research

Energy, Research

August 28, 2023

Christopher Jones Wins 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology

1 min read

Professor Christopher Jones was selected as the recipient of the 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (AIChE).

August 23, 2023

Startup Launch Showcases Innovation at Demo Day

2 min read

CREATE-X’s Startup Launch will introduce its 10th cohort of talented startup founders on Demo Day, Aug. 31, 5 – 7p.m., in the Exhibition Hall.

Research

Research

August 11, 2023

Carson Meredith elected as an AIChE Fellow

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Carson Meredith, executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute and professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), has been elected to the 2023-2024 class of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) fellows.

Research

Research

August 3, 2023

Carsten Sievers Named ACS Fellow

1 min read

Carsten Sievers, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected as part of the 2023 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Research

Elyssa Ferguson, RBI Fellow during the Student Poster Session at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on Packaging Innovation and the Circular Economy

Research

August 1, 2023

2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience from a Student's Perspective (Part 1)

3 min read

This is the first of a series of Q&As from PSE students who share their experience at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on Packaging Innovation and the Circular Economy Elyssa Ferguson, a Mechanical Engineering graduate student shares her experience below.

Environment, Research

Environment, Research

July 28, 2023

NSF RAPID Response to Earthquakes in Turkey

5 min read

Zhigang Peng and graduate students Phuc Mach and Chang Ding are using small seismic sensors to better understand just how, why, and when certain earthquakes are occurring.

The 2023 Energy Faculty Fellows with the Georgia Tech Hosts

July 25, 2023

SEI's Summer Faculty Fellows Presented Research Work with Takeaways to Grow and Nurture Collaborations

7 min read

The 2023 SEI Summer Faculty Fellow Program ended with a closeout reception where the program attendees presented their research work from the past 10 weeks that they spent on the Georgia Tech campus and confirmed their key takeaway as to grow and nurture

July 24, 2023

EPICenter's Summer Camp Energizes High Schoolers at the Tech Campus

3 min read

The Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter) hosted the 2023 cohort of "Energy Unplugged," an energy-themed Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) camp for high school students at the Georgia Tech campus.

Student and Faculty

Graduate students advised under SCL affiliated faculty member Jianjun Shi.

Student and Faculty

July 23, 2023

Distinguished ISyE Graduate Students Recognized for their Academic Excellence

2 min read

Graduate students advised under SCL affiliated faculty member Jianjun Shi were recently recognized for their achievements.

A scientist in a white lab coat wearing blue gloves holds a strip of aluminum foil.

July 19, 2023

Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance for Safer, Cheaper, More Powerful Batteries

5 min read

The team’s new battery system could enable electric vehicles to run longer on a single charge and would be cheaper to manufacture — all while having a positive impact on the environment.

Energy, Engineering, Environment, Research

The sparkling shoreline along Deception Pass State Park in Oak Harbor, Washington

Energy, Engineering, Environment, Research

July 18, 2023

Turning the Tide on Climate Change

3 min read

Solar and wind power have been used as renewable energy for years, but what about waves, tides, and currents? Georgia Tech researchers are turning to our waterways to build a better planet.

Montage of portraits. R to L, Top to Bottom: Aminat Ambelorun, Min-kyeong (Min) Cha, Allannah Duffy, Eric Greenlee, and Spenser Wipperfurth

July 12, 2023

Five Ph.D. Candidates Chosen for the 2023 Class of BBISS Graduate Fellows

2 min read

The BBISS Graduate Fellows Program provides graduate students with enhanced training in sustainability, team science, and leadership in addition to their usual programs of study.