Category Aerospace | Research News Center

Tim Lieuwen standing above one of the Strategic Energy Institute's (SEI) research areas.

September 18, 2024

Tim Lieuwen Honored by Royal Academy of Engineering

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The former interim chair for the AE School has been elected an International Fellow for his contributions to the aerospace and energy professions.

Three photos in hexagons - one group photo outside, one seminar presentation, and one of someone in a lab.

September 3, 2024

Research Centers Supported by the Space Research Initiative

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The Space Research Institute is the hub of all things space-related at Georgia Tech, and it includes three core centers contribute distinct interdisciplinary perspectives to studying space.

Ross Brockwell exiting the Mars Dune Alpha habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

July 31, 2024

A Yellow Jacket on Mars

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A Georgia Tech alum has emerged after living in a simulated Mars habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for the past year.

Tim Lieuwen, Regents' Professor and SEI executive director, has been named interim EVPR.

July 30, 2024

Regents’ Professor Tim Lieuwen to Serve as Georgia Tech’s Interim EVPR

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Lieuwen will begin his term as interim EVPR on September 10, 2024.

Hera spacecraft and its CubeSats in orbit around the Dimorphos moonlet

June 27, 2024

Hirabayashi Chosen by NASA to Join European Space Agency’s Planetary Mission to Study Results of Asteroid Deflection

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Masatoshi (Toshi) Hirabayashi, with an international consortium of 11 other scientists, will perform a multi-faceted, detailed, post-impact study of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.

April 30, 2024

Georgia Tech’s Space Research Initiative Hosts Yuri’s Day Symposium

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The event brought together faculty, researchers, and students to celebrate the Institute’s interdisciplinary space research.

Carson Meredith, Valerie Thomas, Tim Lieuwen

March 14, 2024

Georgia Tech Receives Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Grants

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In January, Georgia Tech researchers were awarded three grants as a part of the Department of Energy’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization multi-topic funding

Overhead view of the Re-Wind crew doing structural testing on a decommissioned wind turbine blade bridge on an industrial lot.

January 26, 2024

Re-Wind USA Wins First Phase of DOE Prize

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A pioneering a new recycling approach led to a big win for Re-Wind USA in the first phase of the Department of Energy's Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize.

November 9, 2023

Utilizing Photoelasticity in the Quest for Dendrite-Resistant Solid Electrolytes

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Professor Christos Athanasiou advances sustainable innovations through creative mechanics.

September 18, 2023

Lieuwen to Give National Academy of Engineering Keynote on Net Zero Pathways

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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) chose Adjunct Professor and alumnus Tim Lieuwen, M.S. ME 1997, Ph.D. ME 1999, to give a keynote address about net zero pathways in the U.S. energy system as part of the 2023 Global Grand Challenges Summit.

Frank Rosenzweig, astrobiology researcher

August 14, 2023

Georgia Tech Researcher Leads $6 Million NASA Astrobiology Study

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NASA awarded $6 million to a research team led by Georgia Tech’s Frank Rosenzweig to study how compartmentalization drives evolution.

June 15, 2023

Tim Lieuwen Named Interim Chair of AE School

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Tim Lieuwen has been selected to serve as interim chair of Georgia Tech’s Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, effective August 1. Lieuwen is a Regents’ Professor; the David S. Lewis, Jr. Professor; and has been an AE School faculty member s

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.

Interior of a Inorganic Mass Spectrometry tool

August 5, 2022

Now Online in the MCF: Inorganic Mass Spectrometry Capabilities

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The Materials Characterization Facility (MCF) at Georgia Tech has installed a new inorganic mass spectrometry facility.

July 18, 2022

Kardomateas Chosen as the Recipient of the 2022 Spirit of St. Louis Medal

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers Honors AE Professor for Meritorious Service in the Advancement of Aeronautics and Astronautics

3D Tensegrity Lattices: Study shows how century-old design principle can be a pathway to overcoming failure.

March 25, 2021

Georgia Tech and the University of California Collaborate to Create a New Crush-Resistant Tensegrity Metamaterial

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go-imat, 3D Tensegrity Lattices: Study shows how century-old design principle can be a pathway to overcoming failure.

April 13, 2020

ACCelerate Festival Submissions Due May 1, 2020

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Show your project at the Smithsonian in spring 2021!