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From clinical trial participant to BCI advocate, Ian Burkhart shares his story at “Wired Lives,” organized by Georgia Tech’s Neuro Next Initiative. Photo: Chris McKenney

June 11, 2025

Unveiling the Human Stories Behind Brain Implants

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Four people who have experienced brain implants shared their personal journeys, offering rare insight into the human side of neurotechnology.

June 3, 2025

InterfaceNeuro Highlights Atlanta’s Growing Role in the Neurotech Revolution

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The conference brought together voices from across the neurotechnology spectrum to explore advancing brain-computer interface research and patient-centered innovation.

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)

May 19, 2025

10 Questions with Jud Ready

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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.

May 9, 2025

Yun Awarded Prestigious Asan Foundation Biomedical Science Scholarship

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The Ph.D. student was recognized for advancing biomedical imaging through photonics research.

Sarah Roney oversees nursery troughs in the UGA Shellfish Research Lab filled with young oysters growing on shells recycled from restaurants all over Georgia.

April 25, 2025

Restoring and Protecting Georgia’s Coast — With Oysters

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How a Georgia Tech grad student is building living shorelines that resist erosion and predators.

Members of the Georgia Center of Innovation – Logistics Advisory Board gathered at the 2025 Georgia Logistics Summit, where each received a personal note of recognition from Governor Brian Kemp for three years of dedicated service. Their collective efforts have advanced freight and logistics across Georgia—strengthening collaboration between industry, government, and academia to drive the state’s economic growth.

April 24, 2025

Georgia Center of Innovation Hosts 2025 Logistics Summit

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Center of Innovation’s 15th Logistics Summit delivers insights on digital transformation, workforce, transportation

April 17, 2025

Thesis on Human-Centered AI Earns Honors from International Computing Organization

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Zijie (Jay) Wang (Ph.D. ML-CSE 2024) is a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI).

The wireless device measures only two centimeters in length and one-and-a-half centimeters in width, and is the first of its kind to continuously monitor the skin's exchange of vapors with the environment.

April 14, 2025

New Wearable Device Monitors Skin Health in Real Time

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The device is the first of its kind to continuously monitor how the skin exchanges gases with the environment, helping to monitor skin health and wound healing.

April 8, 2025

Rozell Inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows

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The ECE professor awarded the prestigious distinction for outstanding contributions to computational neuroengineering, psychiatric neuromodulation, and international leadership in accessible biomedical education.

April 2, 2025

Two Undergraduate Students Win IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholarship

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The award will provide real-world experience to the undergraduate students in power and energy engineering careers.

March 20, 2025

Bridging the Gap: Reusing Wind Turbine Blades to Build Bridges

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Georgia Tech researchers and alumni have installed a new kind of footbridge in an Atlanta park.

March 18, 2025

Heart Fellows: BME Grad Students Training to Become Next Generation Cardiovascular Leaders

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Launched in 2023, CBT@EmTech trains future cardiovascular research leaders through interdisciplinary study, clinical exposure, and impactful research.

March 14, 2025

Machine Learning Encoder Improves Weather Forecasting and Tsunami Prediction

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Ph.D. student Phillip Si and Assistant Professor Peng Chen developed Latent-EnSF, a technique that improves how ML models assimilate data to make predictions.

March 6, 2025

School Presents Research in Weather Prediction, Carbon Storage, Nuclear Fusion, and More at Computing Conference

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Students and faculty from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) are leading the Georgia Tech contingent at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE25). The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) o

March 6, 2025

School Presents Research in Weather Prediction, Carbon Storage, Nuclear Fusion, and More at Computing Conference

5 min read

Students and faculty from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) are leading the Georgia Tech contingent at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE25). The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) o

Four researchers standing in a lab with a large roll of fiberglass insulation and a wooden rack holding small bags of hemp fiber-based insulation materials. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)

February 27, 2025

Using Hemp in Building Insulation Could Make Structures Greener, Create Jobs, and Be a Profitable Industry

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CEE researchers’ analysis outlines path to a U.S. construction market for hemp-based fibers, which are already used for clothing and biodegradable plastics.

Tim Lieuwen, Executive Vice President for Research

February 20, 2025

Tim Lieuwen Named Georgia Tech’s Executive Vice President for Research

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The Regents’ Professor and current interim EVPR brings strong leadership and deep research expertise to the role.

Illustration of container ship in ocean with global map overlayed and port cranes in the background

February 19, 2025

How Tariffs May Reshape Global Trade and Supply Chains

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Professor Alan Erera provides insight into the impact of tariffs on global trade and supply chains.

February 18, 2025

Devesh Ranjan Named Engineering Dean at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Ranjan has established numerous fundraising, outreach, and community-building initiatives as chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

February 16, 2025

Georgia Tech Research Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

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Professor Yongsheng Chen leads a multi-university team using machine learning to discover PFAS-removing membranes.