People and Technology | Research News Center

February 6, 2026

Leanne West Named 2026 Innovator of the Year in Pediatric Health

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This recognition celebrates West’s leadership and impact in pediatric health innovation at both the local and national level.

February 2, 2026

Yuanzhi Tang Named Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute

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Georgia Tech has appointed Yuanzhi Tang as executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), effective Feb. 1.

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February 2, 2026

Build Something That Matters This Summer: Apply to Startup Launch by March 17

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CREATE-X’s Summer 2026 Startup Launch program invites students, faculty, alumni, and researchers to build meaningful startups with funding, mentorship, and access to the CREATE-X network.

Georgia residents now have a new way to compare the estimated costs paid for a large variety of health care services in the state, thanks to a resource created by the Georgia All-Payer Claims Database. (iStock photo)

January 21, 2026

Georgia Insurance Claims Database Provides Health Care Cost Comparisons

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Georgia residents now have a new way to compare the estimated costs paid for a large variety of health care services in the state, thanks to a searchable “shop for care” resource launched as part of the Georgia All-Payer Claims Database (GA APCD).

January 15, 2026

Science for Public Good: Introducing the Community Engagement Graduate Fellows

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Four graduate students from the College of Sciences were selected for the new Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship, made possible through a gift from Google, to develop projects that positively impact the metro Atlanta area.

January 15, 2026

New LLMs Could Provide Strength-based Job Coaching for Autistic People

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Georgia Tech researchers are using an NSF grant to create new large-language models that help autistic job seekers understand their strengths and how to leverage them during the application process.

Pictured are Christian Coles (left) and Moinak Choudhury (right).

January 6, 2026

Solar-powered Façade Panel System Wins Seed Grant Award

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The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) and the College of Design (CoD) awarded a seed grant to Christian Coles, lecturer in the School of Architecture; Moinak Choudhury, Ph.D., lecturer in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC);

January 6, 2026

Joints in Motion: Armita Manafzadeh Receives Carl Gans Young Investigator Award

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Manafzadeh will join Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences in August 2026. The new Manafzadeh Lab at Georgia Tech will investigate how joints work and where they come from — both evolutionarily and developmentally.

Two Georgia Tech researchers looking at a biomedical chip.

January 5, 2026

Georgia Tech Climbs to No. 2 University in Federally Sponsored Research Expenditures

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This is the Institute’s best ranking in the National Science Foundation’s annual survey.

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December 12, 2025

The Ghost of Libraries Past, Present, and Future: How a Library Research Scientist Is Reshaping the Future of Work for Book Lovers

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Her path to the library began with a deep love of books, but her move into data science signals the evolving role of libraries at the intersection of technology and knowledge.

Wearable chest-mounted patch and forehead-mounted pulse oximeter shown on a mannequin baby for illustration

December 8, 2025

Advancing Neonatal Health Monitoring in Ethiopia

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Soft, wearable system offers continuous wireless monitoring of newborns’ health.

Student team Revive & Survive from Waseda University, International Christian University, and Keio University in Japan.

December 5, 2025

Team Revive & Survive Wins Convergence Innovation Competition in Asia

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Student team Revive & Survive from Waseda University, International Christian University, and Keio University in Japan won the Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology’s (IPaT) Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysi

December 5, 2025

Artist-in-Residence Program Bridges Art and Technology Through Immersive Performance

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Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) artist-in-residence program recently concluded a new collaboration with Corian Ellisor, a distinguished educator and performer in concert dance and theater.

A man points to a rack of computer monitors. Another man sits in front of a laptop with his back to the camera.

December 3, 2025

What if Hospitals Could Automatically Protect Patients from Cyber Threats?

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With the help of a contract award for up to $12 million from ARPA-H, a team of researchers led by the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at will begin developing an advanced cybersecurity platform to protect hospitals.

November 26, 2025

Alexander Cachine Awarded Steve Jobs Archive Fellowship for Textile-Inspired Medical Solutions

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Cachine was selected for his work in solving modern medical challenges using ancient textile techniques.

Three Georgia Tech researchers working together in the lab on cancer research

November 20, 2025

Georgia Tech Ranked No. 7 Globally in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

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Georgia Tech has been ranked 7th in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

November 19, 2025

Lights, Camera, Memory!

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Can flickering light and sound help fight Alzheimer’s disease?

Matthew Gombolay and Aaron Young pose in the lab while Ph.D. researchers work on a leg exoskeleton device.

November 19, 2025

Real-World Helper Exoskeletons Just Got Closer to Reality

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Georgia Tech researchers are using AI to quickly train exoskeleton devices, making it much more practical to develop, improve, and ultimately deploy wearable robots for people with impaired mobility.

The LIDAR Research Team with Digit Robot

November 18, 2025

LIDAR Lab-mates Moving Humanoid Robots Closer to Adaptability in the Real World

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To achieve better training outcomes with faster deployment results, Fukang Liu and Feiyang Wu have published a duo of papers in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

November 18, 2025

Ph.D. Student Making Digital Maps That Blind People Can Hear

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A Georgia Tech Ph.D. student who is nearly blind has developed Audiom, a cross-sensory digital map that translates spatial and geographic information into audio so that blind users can “hear” maps.