2025EnergyUnplugged-SummerCamp-FinalDayPresentation
Community, Education, Energy, Environment, State Impact, Workforce Development
August 5, 2025
Energy Unplugged: A Georgia Tech Summer Camp Sparks Passion for Energy Innovation Among High Schoolers
3 min read
As one of Tech’s most sought-after programs for high school students, the Energy Unplugged camp continues to spark interest in energy innovation and develop foundational skills in science.
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Default Image: Research at Georgia Tech
Energy, Research
August 1, 2025
Will People Conserve Energy During Emergency Heat Waves?
1 min read
Dylan Brewer, EPIcenter's Faculty Affiliate discusses if voluntary conservation requests work to save energy and prevent blackouts.
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Trees around Einstein
City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Community, Energy, Environment, Research
July 31, 2025
Mapping Georgia’s Urban Forest: Georgia Tech Tools Help Planners Prioritize Tree Canopy
3 min read
Georgia Tech researchers developed new statewide canopy assessment tools to help urban planners, policymakers, and communities make data-informed decisions for climate resilience.
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Server room in data center
Artificial Intelligence, Energy, State Impact
July 25, 2025
Powering the Future — Without Breaking the Grid
4 min read
Georgia’s booming data center industry brings economic promise and environmental pressure. Researchers say innovation and local action can tip the balance.
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Energy and national security cohort meeting participants including the seed grant teams and the SEI and GTRI team
Energy, National Interests/National Security, Research
July 22, 2025
Seed Grant Program Advances Energy Innovation Through a National Security Lens
2 min read
In June, the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) hosted the Energy and National Security Summer Cohort Meeting that convened seed grant awardees from the Energy and National Security Initiative.
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This travel case holds a toolkit containing equipment for inspecting nuclear facilities
Energy
July 20, 2025
How the World’s Nuclear Watchdog Monitors Facilities Around the World – and What it Means That Iran Kicked it Out
6 min read
What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program?
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Graphical Illustration of a futuristic car
Batteries, Energy, Engineering, Industry, Research
July 17, 2025
Engineering the Car of the Future
1 min read
ECE experts look to the future of the automotive industry, and how new technology will not only transform vehicles, but reshape the power grid, influence policy decisions, and impact numerous aspects of society.
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Oglethorpe Power’s George Mathai and Shane Tolbert, Green Power EMC’s distributed energy resources manager, discussing the roles of various generation sources and the benefits of a diverse portfolio
Energy, State Impact, Workforce Development
July 10, 2025
Fueling Young Minds: Georgia Tech Summer Campers Explore Energy Systems With Oglethorpe Power, Green Power EMC, and Georgia System Operations Corporation
3 min read
As a featured part of this year’s Energy Unplugged Camp, students visited the headquarters of Oglethorpe Power, Green Power EMC, and Georgia System Operations Corporation in Tucker, Georgia.
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A male and female researcher working with a metal piece of equipment outdoors with trees and grass in the background
Energy, Environment
July 9, 2025
Sparking New Ideas on How Wildfire Influences Climate
1 min read
Georgia Tech researchers monitor wildfires and their impact on air quality and the climate system.
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Tech Tower
Aerospace, Energy, Engineering, Research
July 1, 2025
Georgia Tech Launches Two New Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
5 min read
By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.
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Jud Ready
Aerospace, Energy, Research
June 30, 2025
Ready Named Inaugural Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Space Research Institute
3 min read
Effective July 1, Ready will serve as the inaugural executive director of Georgia Tech’s new Space Research Institute, which will officially launch on the same date.
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Angshuman Guin (a male professor wearing a black suit) sits at a desk in front of two monitors displaying data
Energy
June 26, 2025
The Slow and the Furious: The Researcher Driven to Curb Atlanta’s Soul-Crushing Commute
1 min read
An engineer’s unexpected path to Georgia Tech is paved with detours, data, and a dose of humor.
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Fan Zhang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech Receives National Engineering Achievement Award from ANS
Energy, Engineering, Research, Student and Faculty
June 24, 2025
Fan Zhang Receives National Engineering Achievement Award from ANS
2 min read
Fan Zhang, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has received the 2025 Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
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The PIN Summer Interns at the opening ceremony
Energy, Research, State Impact, Student Research, Workforce Development
June 24, 2025
Partnership for Inclusive Innovation Kicks Off Record Summer Internship
1 min read
The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation launched the sixth annual PIN Summer Intern (PSI) program in May with an event at Fort Valley State University’s location in Warner Robins, Georgia. The program is shaping up to be the biggest yet.
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Athena landed on its side with MSOLO glowing.
Energy
June 16, 2025
Georgia Tech Alumni Develop Device to Understand Moon’s Water Content
4 min read
The mass spectrometer and ice drill will be crucial to future NASA missions.
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Richard Simmons (Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute and SETRI co-facilitator) (right) moderates a panel on charging infrastructure featuring (from left) Tom DelViscio (Duke Energy) Emily Belding (IONNA) and Ben Rogers (Electrada). [
Energy, Research
June 9, 2025
Regional Electric Transportation Experts Gather at Duke University
2 min read
More than 70 people convened at Duke University and virtually on April 3 to highlight successes, challenges and opportunities across research, industry and policy on regional electric mobility in the Southeast.
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a small vial of white powder
Energy
June 5, 2025
Army Awards Tech-Led Project $20M to Develop Aluminum Manufacturing for Hydrogen Energy Production
4 min read
The multi-year research project could make scalable off-grid power sources a reality for rural communities and the military.
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Jud Ready holds a sample of a perovskite solar cell, along with other samples similar to those launched to the International Space Station. (Photo: Branden Camp)
Aerospace, Energy, Engineering, Research
May 19, 2025
10 Questions with Jud Ready
4 min read
Ready had hoped earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech would lead him to a spot in NASA’s Astronaut Corps. Instead, it’s led him to GTRI, where his passion for space is alive and well.
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Smoke cloud rising from a brush wildfire burning in San Francisco, California
Community, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Education, Energy, Environment, Research, Student and Faculty, Student Research
May 19, 2025
Gamification of Power Grid Resilience Supports Research and Education
5 min read
“Current Crisis,” a power grid modeling video game developed through the Georgia Tech VIP project led by Dan Molzahn, EPIcenter's initiative lead, simulates real-world power grid challenges.
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Anirban Mazumdar (Photo: Candler Hobbs)
Energy, Research
May 19, 2025
To Mach 5 and Beyond
1 min read
Mechanical engineer Anirban Mazumdar and his team are developing the control systems and intelligent algorithms to enable safe flight at incredible speeds for uncrewed — and maybe one day passenger-carrying — hypersonic aircraft.
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