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May 22, 2023

Michael Best Selected as Executive Director of the Institute for People and Technology

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Michael Best Selected as Executive Director of the Institute for People and Technology

IPaT 2023 Summer Research Interns: Clockwise starting from the top left, Ritu Atreyas, Corinne Cutts, William Dyches, Alexa Hanna, Geehoon Jung, Amrita Manickandan, and Suchir Sur

May 19, 2023

Research Interns Selected for Summer 2023

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Seven students were hired for the 2023 summer research internship program created by the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) in 2021.

Two side-by-side portraits of Lily Cheung (Left) and Simon Sponberg (Right)

May 18, 2023

On The Edge: Georgia Tech Professors Awarded Curci Grants for Emerging Bio Research

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Awarded to Lily Cheung and Simon Sponberg, the grants will fund cutting-edge research in their fields.

May 17, 2023

Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon Selected to Receive 2023 ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal

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Akanksha Menon, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2023 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal.

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 15, 2023

James X. Zhong Manis Selected for Department of Energy Graduate Student Research Program

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Georgia Tech Ph.D. Candidate James X. Zhong Manis is one of 87 awardees from 58 different universities who will conduct his thesis research at one of 16 DOE national laboratories.

May 10, 2023

Chuck Zhang Selected as Cyber Security Fellow

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Five faculty members will help grow the College of Engineering’s work in high-impact cyber-physical systems security (CPSS) as new Cybersecurity Fellows.

May 9, 2023

Devesh Ranjan Selected to Receive 2023 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award

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Devesh Ranjan, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been selected to receive the 2023 Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award from the American Society of Mechanical Eng

Georgia Tech researchers give presentations on their Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants during a recent "Jamboree" in the Kendeda Building. (Photo Jess Hunt-Ralston)

May 8, 2023

College of Sciences Courses Spotlight UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Six proposals from the College of Sciences will evolve existing courses, create new ones to include the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — a key part of Georgia Tech’s Sustainability Next initiative.

Centipedes are known for their wiggly walk. With tens to hundreds of legs, they can traverse any terrain without stopping.

May 5, 2023

Scurrying Centipedes Inspire Many-Legged Robots That Can Traverse Difficult Landscapes

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Researchers developed a new theory of multilegged locomotion and created many-legged robotic models, discovering the robot with redundant legs could move across uneven surfaces without any additional sensing or control technology as the theory predicted.

Georgia Tech student trying the virtual reality software systems at the Valmet Lab

May 5, 2023

Valmet Automation Field Trip Showcases Industry 4.0 Technologies

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Students enrolled in the Spring 2023 course Emerging Technology in Forest Bioproducts (offered by the College of Engineering – ChBE and ME 4730/8803) visited the Valmet Automation Center in Norcross, GA in April.

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.

Concept diagram showing satellite capturing and deorbiting a spent rocket fuselage.

May 3, 2023

Space Lace: Net Fishing in Low Earth Orbit

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Lisa Marks is designing a net to capture space debris.

Speaker presenting at the Visions for Sustainable Polymers Symposium

May 3, 2023

RBI and Student Polymer Network co-host the 9th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Polymers

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In early April, the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) along with the Student Polymer Network (SPN) hosted the ninth annual research symposium titled “The Visions for Sustainable Polymers.” The symposium also included the annual SPN poster session at t

May 2, 2023

Georgia Tech Addressing the Nation’s Call for Semiconductors

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Georgia Tech's multidisciplinary semiconductor researchers working to innovate chip technology to ensure U.S. competitiveness

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.

Illustration of Perseverance rover on Mars

April 30, 2023

New Algorithm Perseveres in Search for Data Anomalies on Mars

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Methodology implemented on Marse Rover will have applications in scientific data science.

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

April 27, 2023

Power of People Recognized at College, Institute Awards Ceremonies

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School of CSE students, faculty, and staff exemplify Dean Charles Isbell's saying, "our strength is, and always will be, our people."

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.

Attendees at the Georgia Beneficial Electrification Leadership Summit

April 24, 2023

Georgia Tech Hosts the Georgia Electrification Leadership Summit

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The Energy Policy Innovation Center (EPICenter), along with the Beneficial Electrification League and Wells Fargo, hosted the Georgia Electrification Leadership Summit on the Georgia Tech campus.