Yongsheng Chen

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.

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Researchers launch a a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument to collect data. "To keep advancing, we need scientists who can determine what data we need, collect that data, and solve problems," Bracco says. (NOAA)

January 22, 2025

At the Intersection of Climate and AI, Machine Learning is Revolutionizing Climate Science

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A Georgia Tech-led review paper recently published in Nature Reviews Physics is exploring the ways machine learning is revolutionizing the field of climate physics — and the role human scientists might play.

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A group of Georgia Tech students gather for a group photo including a sign that says, "8th Global Botanic Gardens Congress."

November 7, 2024

Georgia Tech UrbanAg Project Presents to International Conference

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Georgia Tech’s Students Organizing for Sustainability (SOS) recently traveled across the world to Singapore for the 8th Global Botanic Garden Congress.

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Saman Zonouz is a Georgia Tech associate professor and lead researcher for the DerGuard project.

October 18, 2024

Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Goes Green with $4.6 Million DOE Grant

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Georgia Tech researchers received a $4.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to enhance cybersecurity for renewable energy technologies.

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Ant hill cast in molten aluminum to show intricate underground structure of tunnels and chambers, much like the branches of coral.

October 15, 2024

Nature’s Ingenuity Inspires Civil Engineer to Design Efficient and Effective Solutions

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David Frost sees endless innovation in natural systems to solve real-world civil engineering problems.

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An Adobe stock conceptual image of a lighted bulb in the dirt illustrating new technology that draws energy from dirt.

October 11, 2024

Soil-Powered Fuel Cell Makes List of Best Sustainability Designs

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New technology being developed at Georgia Tech placed in Fast Company’s list of the best sustainability-focused designs of 2024.

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Beril Toktay, Brady Family Chair in Management and regents professor

September 25, 2024

Scheller Business Insights: Achieving Net Zero Featuring Beril Toktay

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Beril Toktay, director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business and Regents' Professor in Operations Management, discusses achieving net zero and provides examples of how some industries can reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change.

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Tim Lieuwen standing above one of the Strategic Energy Institute's (SEI) research areas.

September 18, 2024

Tim Lieuwen Honored by Royal Academy of Engineering

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The former interim chair for the AE School has been elected an International Fellow for his contributions to the aerospace and energy professions.

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Ice fog over Fairbanks as seen from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. (Debbie Dean)

September 6, 2024

In Fairbanks, Alaska, Researchers Unravel Frigid Air Pollution

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New research shows that an effort to improve wintertime air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska may not be as effective as intended.

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Montage of five portraits, L to R, T to B: Josiah Hester, Peng Chen, Yongsheng Chen, Rosemarie Santa González, and Joe Bozeman.

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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Yuanzhi Tang

August 5, 2024

Community Spotlight - Yuanzhi Tang

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Tang took on the role of associate co-director of interdisciplinary research for BBISS so she could help others access resources that had shaped her growth as a researcher at Georgia Tech.

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Ross Brockwell exiting the Mars Dune Alpha habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

July 31, 2024

A Yellow Jacket on Mars

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A Georgia Tech alum has emerged after living in a simulated Mars habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for the past year.

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Using what she learned from her PIN fellowship, Iesha Baldwin now serves as the inaugural sustainability coordinator for Spelman College.

June 4, 2024

Less Waste, More AI: Fellowship Offers Opportunity to Test Sustainable Solutions

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Iesha Baldwin, the inaugural Georgia AIM Fellow with the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, hopes to use artificial intelligence to cut down on manufacturing waste — and improve science education.

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Students in Georgia Tech's GROWER VIP on a site visit to Cobb EMC in Spring 2024

June 3, 2024

VIP Tackles Grid Resilience with Real-Time Power Outage Tracker

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The database will help researchers explore questions about the causes and effects of power outages and how policy interventions can help strengthen grid resilience.

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Small Village in Green Hills at Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

May 20, 2024

Harnessing AI to Reduce Food Insecurity in Africa

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Researchers in the School of Economics hope the tool they're developing can help policymakers and community organizations implement more timely and targeted interventions to alleviate hunger on the continent.

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Patricia Stathatou and Christos Athanasiou

May 15, 2024

From Brewery to Biofilter: Making Yeast-Based Water Purification Possible

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A team of Georgia Tech and MIT researchers found that discarded brewer’s yeast, when encased in hydrogel capsules, becomes a viable and inexpensive method for purifying contaminated water.

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Jie He

May 8, 2024

Tropical Revelations: Unearthing the Impacts of Hydrological Sensitivity on Global Rainfall

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Georgia Tech researcher investigates how rainfall will change as Earth’s atmosphere heats up.

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Frontiers in Science Banner Outside at Sunrise

April 22, 2024

2024 Frontiers in Science: Climate Action

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Inaugural College of Sciences research conference and symposium showcases Georgia Tech’s contributions to climate research and solutions.

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Omar Asensio is Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School

April 22, 2024

Georgia Tech Microsoft CloudHub Partnership Explores Electric Vehicle Adoption

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Business and government sectors are embracing electric vehicles, but are U.S. drivers on the same road?

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Images of a light bulb, solar panels, and batteries

February 21, 2024

Energy Materials: Driving the Clean Energy Transition

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Energy materials facilitate the conversion or transmission of energy. They also play an essential role in how we store energy, reduce power consumption, and develop cleaner, efficient energy solutions.

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