Professor Srinivas Peeta

August 28, 2025

Srinivas Peeta Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

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The appointment recognizes Professor Peeta’s longstanding contributions to transportation research and his leadership in advancing methodological innovation within the field.

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August 19, 2025

Forest Expansion Increases Agricultural Output, New Study Shows

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Agriculture is the largest cause of deforestation. So, it follows that forest expansion efforts would displace agriculture — but new research from Georgia Tech's School of Economics reports that that’s not necessarily the case.

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Flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

August 19, 2025

Twenty Years After Katrina: How Levee Failures Changed America

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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina’s catastrophic landfall, its legacy of destruction, displacement, and deepened inequality continues to shape communities and challenge disaster preparedness across the U.S.

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Farhan and Farshid Khan in the lab

August 11, 2025

Brothers United in Mission to Improve Water

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Environmental Engineering graduate students Farhan Khan and Farshid Khan are passionate about providing access to clean water. They have a lot in common—starting with the fact that they are brothers. Farhan Khan came to Georgia Tech from Bangladesh to be

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August 5, 2025

Energy Unplugged: A Georgia Tech Summer Camp Sparks Passion for Energy Innovation Among High Schoolers

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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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Trees around Einstein

July 31, 2025

Mapping Georgia’s Urban Forest: Georgia Tech Tools Help Planners Prioritize Tree Canopy

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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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Nicole Kennard holds a young chicken.

July 30, 2025

Community Spotlight - Nicole Kennard

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Kennard supports faculty in building meaningful and co-creative research partnerships with local communities.

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Ahmed Yunus and Yongsheng Chen working with a wastewater reactor system in the lab.

July 10, 2025

‘Biochar’ Can Naturally Clean the Pollution that Rain Washes Off Georgia’s Roads

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A new study shows how the material made from leaves and branches that collect on forest floors can be mixed with local soil to filter out road grime before it reaches waterways.

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July 9, 2025

Sparking New Ideas on How Wildfire Influences Climate

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Georgia Tech researchers monitor wildfires and their impact on air quality and the climate system.

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A woman stands behind a row of skulls.

July 8, 2025

Jenny McGuire Named Teasley Professor

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Jenny McGuire has been named a Teasley Professor, advancing Georgia Tech’s leadership in biodiversity research and climate resilience.

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the planet mars with a satellite flying in front of it

June 25, 2025

Mars Rising as the New Frontier of Science and Strategy

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As the White House accelerates plans for a 2026 crewed mission to Mars, Georgia Tech experts highlight the engineering, scientific, and diplomatic challenges that will shape the success—and sustainability—of humanity’s next giant leap.

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A view of Jezero Mons from the publication. The mountain is ~21 km across.

June 5, 2025

Volcano 'Hidden in Plain Sight' Could Help Date Mars — and its Habitability

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Georgia Tech scientists have uncovered evidence that a mountain on the rim of Jezero Crater — where NASA’s Perseverance Rover is currently collecting samples for possible return to Earth — is likely a volcano.

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Smoke cloud rising from a brush wildfire burning in San Francisco, California

May 19, 2025

Gamification of Power Grid Resilience Supports Research and Education

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“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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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.

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Joel Kostka

April 4, 2025

Joel Kostka Named Director of Georgia Tech for Georgia’s Tomorrow

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The new center, announced by the College in December 2024, will drive research aimed at improving life across the state of Georgia.

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Hedwig Oldendorff vessel at the start of its emission monitoring voyage

April 4, 2025

Study: Burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers is the best available option for bulk maritime shipping

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Researchers found that burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers is the best available option for bulk maritime shipping. They analyzed the full lifecycle of several fuel options and found this ble environmental impact, overall, to burning low-sulfur fuels.

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Bridge installation

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.

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Phillip Si and Peng Chen

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.

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Members of ElectrifyGT visiting Delta.

March 13, 2025

Organization Spotlight: ElectrifyGT

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ElectrifyGT is at the forefront of Georgia Tech’s push for a cleaner future.

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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.

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