October 9, 2025
Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future
Georgia Tech researchers are developing solutions to monitor and forecast flooding, as well as restore ecosystems to prevent future flooding. These efforts support communities’ resilience in the face of climate change and keep the U.S. secure.
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October 9, 2025
Storms Are Changing — Should the Hurricane Scale Change Too?
Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.
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October 7, 2025
BBISS Announces 2025 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Recipients
The seed grant program reaches many faculty members from a diverse array of disciplines due to the generous support provided by broad-based partnerships in addition to the Sustainability Next funds.
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October 3, 2025
Georgia Tech’s Growing Climate Innovation Footprint: Reflections from Climate Week NYC
Across five New York Climate Exchange partner events, the Georgia Tech community demonstrated something essential: Georgia Tech bridges research and real-world impact where it matters most – in people’s lives.
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October 8, 2025
Winnie Chu Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to Create First-Ever Map of Antarctic Ice Sheet Base Temperatures
The grant will support Chu as she uses radar data and generative AI to map temperatures beneath the Antarctica ice sheet, aiming to improve climate predictions, support coastal planning, and train future scientists through open-access tools and education.
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September 4, 2025
Rampi Ramprasad Awarded $2 Million Grant to Pioneer AI-Driven Recyclable Packaging Materials Design
The project addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste.
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August 28, 2025
Srinivas Peeta Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
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
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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August 19, 2025
Twenty Years After Katrina: How Levee Failures Changed America
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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August 11, 2025
Brothers United in Mission to Improve Water
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
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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July 31, 2025
Mapping Georgia’s Urban Forest: Georgia Tech Tools Help Planners Prioritize Tree Canopy
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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July 30, 2025
Community Spotlight - Nicole Kennard
Kennard supports faculty in building meaningful and co-creative research partnerships with local communities.
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July 10, 2025
‘Biochar’ Can Naturally Clean the Pollution that Rain Washes Off Georgia’s Roads
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
Georgia Tech researchers monitor wildfires and their impact on air quality and the climate system.
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July 8, 2025
Jenny McGuire Named Teasley Professor
Jenny McGuire has been named a Teasley Professor, advancing Georgia Tech’s leadership in biodiversity research and climate resilience.
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June 25, 2025
Mars Rising as the New Frontier of Science and Strategy
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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June 5, 2025
Volcano 'Hidden in Plain Sight' Could Help Date Mars — and its Habitability
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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May 19, 2025
Gamification of Power Grid Resilience Supports Research and Education
“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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April 25, 2025
Restoring and Protecting Georgia’s Coast — With Oysters
How a Georgia Tech grad student is building living shorelines that resist erosion and predators.
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