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January 19, 2024

Marta Hatzell Wins ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award

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The award recognizes leading contributions of scientists and engineers active in the general fields of green chemistry, green engineering, and sustainability in the broadest sense of the chemical enterprise.

3D illustration of diamond-shaped perovskite structure in longs rows stacked in two layers.

December 19, 2023

Researchers Find They Can Stop Degradation of Promising Solar Cell Materials

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Engineers uncover the chemical interactions that make perovskites unstable and can prevent them.

Portrait of Matthew Realff, Professor at Georgia Tech

December 13, 2023

SEI Initiative Lead Profile: Matthew Realff

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This is a profile on Matthew Realff, Professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Realff leads the Circular Carbon Economy research initiative for the Strategic Energy Institute & the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech.

Portrait of Sam Litchfield, Research Engineer at GTRI

December 13, 2023

SEI Initiative Lead Profile: Sam Litchfield

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This is a profile on Sam Litchfield, research engineer at the Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research (CIPHER) lab of GTRI. Litchfield leads the Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure initiative at SEI.

Photo collage of Jordan Hale, Jake Churchill, Henry Kantrow, Betina Arkhurst, Andrew Hill, Jacob Tjards, Emily Marshall

November 30, 2023

SEI and EPICenter Announce James G. Campbell Fellowship and Spark Awards Recipients

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SEI and EPICenter Announce 2023 James G. Campbell Fellowship and Spark Awards Recipients

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

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.

Graphic of a tree of data growing from a hand

October 20, 2023

IDEaS Awards 2023 Seed Grants to Seven Interdisciplinary Research Teams

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The goals of the funded proposals include identifying prominent emerging research directions on the topic of AI, shaping IDEaS future strategy in the initiative area, building an inclusive and active community of Georgia Tech researchers.

October 20, 2023

IDEaS Awards Grants and Cyberinfrastructure Resources for Thematic Programs and Research in AI

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Grants will support AI themed workshops and seminars, and data heavy interdisciplinary research in new directions in Artificial Intelligence.

October 19, 2023

Three Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Researchers Awarded DOE Earthshot Funding for Carbon Removal Strategies

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Annalisa Bracco, Taka Ito, and Chris Reinhard from the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences will create computer models to measure how well CO2 removal techniques work on land, rivers, and oceans, as part of $264 million in grants.

Attendees at the 2023 Clean Cities Ga Transportation Summit

October 18, 2023

Alternate Fuel Success Stories Highlighted at Clean Cities Georgia Transportation Summit

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The Georgia Tech Energy, Policy and Innovation Center in partnership with the Clean Cities Georgia, Atlanta Gas Light, Georgia Chamber, Georgia Power, and Southface Institute, hosted the 2023 Clean Cities Georgia Transportation Summit this September.

October 18, 2023

Professor David Sholl Leading New Energy Earthshot Research Center to Stem Climate Change

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The NEETER Energy Earthshot Center is focused on developing chemical processes that use sustainable methods instead of burning fossil fuels to radically reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions.

Pictured left to right: Associate Professor Matthew McDowell (ME), Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon (ME), and Assistant Professor Claudio Di Leo (AE).

October 18, 2023

Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon Awarded $3 Million for Research as part of DOE's Energy Earthshots™ Initiative

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Akanksha Menon, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded $3 million in funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of their Energy Earthshots™ Initiative to advance clean energy technologies

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.

Laura Stoy gives a presentation as part of the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.

September 6, 2023

Alumni Spotlight: Laura Stoy Transforms Research into Clean Technology Startup

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Since leaving Georgia Tech, Laura (Mast) Stoy, PhD EnvE 21, has continued to pursue her research, this time as an entrepreneur.

August 28, 2023

Christopher Jones Wins 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology

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Professor Christopher Jones was selected as the recipient of the 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (AIChE).

The sparkling shoreline along Deception Pass State Park in Oak Harbor, Washington

July 18, 2023

Turning the Tide on Climate Change

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Solar and wind power have been used as renewable energy for years, but what about waves, tides, and currents? Georgia Tech researchers are turning to our waterways to build a better planet.

June 29, 2023

The McDowell Lab at Georgia Tech is Shaping the Future of Battery Technology

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Researching new materials for the next generation of high-capacity batteries is Matthew McDowell, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and director of the McDowell Lab.

June 27, 2023

Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute and Infrastructure & Sustainability Sign MOU for Joint Collaboration Opportunities

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The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and the Infrastructure & Sustainability (I&S) unit of the Georgia Institute of Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on using campus as a living lab.

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

June 7, 2023

GTRI Works to Enhance EV Battery Reuse and Recycling in Georgia

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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is working to optimize Georgia’s EV battery supply chain by developing cost-and energy-efficient methods that pose fewer environmental risks.