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Alumni, Engineering, Environment, Institute and Campus, Life Sciences and Biology, Research

December 7, 2022

Researchers and Alumni Aid in $2.6 Million Effort to Restore Salt Marshes in Historic Charleston

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A citizen science initiative led by a Georgia Tech alum has turned a community’s concerns into a collaborative effort — which includes Biological Sciences Professor Joel Kostka — to study and restore Charleston’s degraded salt marshes.

December 6, 2022

SCL Welcomes Todd Ullom with MiTek to its Industry Advisory Board

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GT Alum Todd Ullom lends his vast business, technology, and management experience to the SCL Industry Advisory Board.

Adapted illustration from the cover of the National Academy of Sciences report titled "Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States." Credit: NASEM

December 2, 2022

Thomas Leads National Academy Report on Evaluating Low-Carbon Emissions

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The report presents life-cycle assessment as an essential tool in helping researchers and policymakers evaluate low-carbon fuel standards to reduce emissions.

Shreyes N. Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

November 21, 2022

Cyber Manufacturing Research Team Awarded $3M NSF Grant

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Shreyes N. Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded a $3 million Future Manufacturing Research Grant

Internet of Things for Manufacturing (IoTfM) Symposium

November 21, 2022

Internet of Things for Manufacturing Symposium Reveals Latest Trends

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The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute recently hosted its latest Internet of Things for Manufacturing (IoTfM) Symposium, focused on emerging IoT technologies in the manufacturing sector.

Institute and Campus

Institute and Campus

November 18, 2022

Rosenberg, Toktay Selected for USG Leadership Program

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Two Georgia Tech employees are among the 35 faculty and staff members named to the University System of Georgia’s (USG) Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) class for 2022-23.

November 15, 2022

Thirteen Faculty Proposals Funded in First Round of Global Student Experience Initiative

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Georgia Tech’s Global Student Experience (GSE) Implementation Team has funded 13 faculty proposals, as part of an initial round of support to fund start-up costs for projects and programs tied to global experiences in undergraduate or graduate curricula.

November 4, 2022

Helping Measure the Impact of Air Pollution on South Metro Atlanta Children

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The award is part of $53.4 million in funding awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

November 3, 2022

Do Electric Scooters Reduce Car Use?

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Banning scooters may reduce sidewalk congestion and keep would-be riders and pedestrians safer, but it comes at a cost.

Joe Verbraska Director, Global Logistics, Steelcase

October 26, 2022

SCL Welcomes Joe Verbraska with Steelcase to its Industry Advisory Board

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Mr. Verbraska brings his logistics strategy expertise to the SCL Industry Advisory Board.

October 20, 2022

Thomas Kurfess Awarded Outstanding Lifetime Service Award

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The North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI | SME) has awarded their 2022 Outstanding Lifetime Service Award to Thomas R. Kurfess

Architecture, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Industrial Design, Institute and Campus, Life Sciences and Biology, Research, Student Research

October 17, 2022

Bio-Inspired Maker Space Opens in Kendeda Building

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A new maker space is soon to open in the Kendeda Building that only uses ecologically preferable materials and tools.

Environment

October 4, 2022

Joel Kostka Awarded $3.2 Million to Keep Digging into How Soils and Plants Capture Carbon — And Keep It Out of Earth’s Atmosphere

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School of Biological Sciences Professor Joel Kostka’s decade of research in Minnesota peatlands has received a boost from a new Department of Energy grant, set to explore how science can address climate change with emphasis on carbon storage.

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security

Man in salmon colored shirt working at computer

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security

September 28, 2022

Cyber Faculty Sets Out to Protect Nation’s Investment in AI Manufacturing

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Associate Professor Saman Zonouz will research ways to protect Georgia Tech's investment in AI manufacturing

Institute and Campus, Community, Education, Student Research, Research, Engineering, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

The nearly $11M, five-year extension of the SCALE program aims to restore global lead through education initiatives.

Institute and Campus, Community, Education, Student Research, Research, Engineering, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

September 27, 2022

Partnership with DOD’s Microelectronics Workforce Development Program Continues, Expands

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The nearly $11M, five-year extension of the SCALE program aims to restore global lead through education initiatives.

September 22, 2022

Fire Ant Rafts Form Thanks to a Force Known as the ‘Cheerios Effect’

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In water, ants tend to flail and actively repel each other but are drawn together by physics

Education

September 15, 2022

AI4OPT Sets Stage for Future Engineers and Leaders Through Seth Bonder Camp

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The Seth Bonder Camp is part of AI4OPT’s mission to inspire young Georgians to pursue STEM.

Institute Leadership, Research, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Graphic demonstrating the topic space for adsorbent nanomaterials for water treatment.

Institute Leadership, Research, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

September 12, 2022

Crittenden and Co-authors Win ES&T Best Paper Award

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The ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology Engineering are presenting a “Best Paper Award” for 2021 to John Crittenden and co-authors.

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Institute Leadership

John Crittenden receiving an ACS Honor Award. L to R: Sherine Obare, John Crittenden, Sharma Virender

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Institute Leadership

September 12, 2022

American Chemical Society Honors John Crittenden

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The ACS held a series of symposia over three days at their recent Fall 2022 conference to honor of John Crittenden.

Aaron Stebner, second from left, and Thomas Kurfess, third from right, attending the Robins Regional Chamber’s Eggs and Issues breakfast event on September 8, 2022.

September 9, 2022

Kurfess Highlights Georgia Tech at Robins Regional Chamber Event

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The Eggs & Issues breakfast series, sponsored by the Robins Regional Chamber, focuses on timely topics of local interest related to their middle Georgia community.