September 22, 2024
New Battery Cathode Material Could Revolutionize EV Market and Energy Storage
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A research team led by Georgia Tech’s Hailong Chen has developed a low-cost iron chloride cathode for lithium-ion batteries, which could significantly reduce costs and improve performance for electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems.
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September 13, 2024
Professor Christopher W. Jones Wins ACS Murphree Award
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Professor Christopher W. Jones, the John F. Brock III School Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), is winner of the American Chemical Society’s 2025 E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
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August 27, 2024
Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena Receives $1M NSF Grant to Study Recycling of Perovskite Solar Cells
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When the National Science Foundation (NSF) put out an interdisciplinary challenge for clean energy, Dr. Correa-Baena, Dr. Naomi Deneke, and Dr. Ilke Celik partnered to write a proposal to tackle recycling of perovskite solar cells.
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August 21, 2024
How Georgia Tech is Using AI to Solve Sustainability Problems
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Georgia Tech researchers are leveraging AI to address sustainability challenges in areas like climate change, urban farming, food distribution, and carbon storage, while ensuring ethical use of the technology.
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August 9, 2024
Georgia Tech’s Industrial Assessment Center Named Top in U.S. for 2024
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Industrial Assessment Centers help medium-sized industrial facilities with energy-related support.
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August 5, 2024
Hernandez-Mejia Appointed Interim Director of NEETRAC
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Hernandez-Mejia, who has worked at ECE’s National Electric Energy Testing, Research, & Applications Center (NEETRAC) since 2017, brings extensive experience to the member-driven electric utility research center.
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May 14, 2024
Turning Up the Heat: Georgia Tech Economist Finds Price Has Little Impact on Consumers’ Thermostat Choices
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In a study by a Georgia Tech economist that could help inform future energy policy, half the participants cranked their thermostats despite knowing exactly how much each extra degree would cost them.
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May 13, 2024
To Save Energy, Users Let Smart Thermostats Take the Lead
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People using energy-efficient smart thermostats are willing to sacrifice comfort and control to save relatively small amounts of energy that could add up if enough people sign on, a Georgia Tech economist reported in a recent study.
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May 6, 2024
Beyond the Haze: An Economist’s Insight Into Air Pollution
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Are you under the impression that air pollution is a dichotomous problem where the air is either polluted or it’s not? What else is there to know about air pollution? The surprising answer to this question lies not with a scientist but with an economist.
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April 25, 2024
Q&A with Deepakraj Divan and Suresh Sharma: Authors of "ENERGY 2040"
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In an insightful interview, Divan, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and director of the Center for Distributed Energy (CDE) in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Sharma, an entrepreneur in residence at CDE, trace the histori
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