Modern bike helmets are made through complex materials engineering.

November 18, 2024

From Using Plant Rinds to High-Tech Materials, Bike Helmets Have Improved Significantly Over the Past 2 Centuries

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As head injuries became more common, people started seeking out head protection. But the first bike helmets were very different than helmets of today.

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Marcus Nanotechnology Building

November 15, 2024

Fall 2024 IMS Seed Grant Awards Announced

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Five Interdisciplinary Projects to Receive IMS Technical Support and Facility Access

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Gabriel Rincon-Mora

November 14, 2024

Rincón-Mora Wins IEEE Atlanta Outstanding Educator Award

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The ECE professor won the award for ground-breaking developments to power regulation and energy harvesting technologies, and outstanding contributions to analog microcircuit education.

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Portrait of Julene Tong, Associate Professor and RBI Initiative Lead

November 13, 2024

RBI Initiative Lead Profile: Zhaohui (Julene) Tong

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Zhaohui (Julene) Tong is an associate professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech and leads the waste valorization in food-energy-water initiative at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.

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2024 James G. Campbell and Spark Award Winners

November 12, 2024

Meet the 2024 Winners of the James G. Campbell Fellowship and Spark Awards

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The Strategic Energy Institute and the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech are proud to announce the winner of the James G. Campbell Fellowship and the 2024 cohort of the annual Spark Awards.

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CSE SC24

November 11, 2024

New HPC Algorithm Energizes Faster, Scalable Simulations of Chemical Systems

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A first-of-its-kind algorithm developed at Georgia Tech is helping scientists study interactions between electrons, unlocking discoveries in physics, chemistry, materials science, and other fields.

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Richard Agbeyibor, Flight Test Engineer, U.S. Air Force, sitting in a space exploration simulator.

November 11, 2024

Space Race: Georgia Tech’s Aspiring Astronauts

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Georgia Tech faculty, students, and recent grads share their stories about trying to become an astronaut, an aspiration that shaped their paths and continues to inspire their lives despite the challenging odds.

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A reef of partially bleached coral under dark blue water with a variety of darkly colored fish swimming above the coral.

November 7, 2024

Ocean Science and Engineering Students Take on Coral Cooling Challenge

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At the invitation of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, a team of Ph.D. students designed an ocean-cooling system to help stop coral bleaching.

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Members of Georgia AIM’s governance team stand for a photo with Cassia Baker, a cybersecurity expert with the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (left), and David Bridges, executive vice president of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (second from right), which oversees the projects.

November 7, 2024

Georgia AIM Wins Tech for Good Award from the Technology Association of Georgia

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The award honors a program or project that uses technology to promote inclusiveness and equity by serving Georgia communities and individuals who are underrepresented in the tech space.

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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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November 5, 2024

Fueling the Future: Georgia Tech and Drawdown Georgia Business Compact Convene Experts to Drive Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the Southeast

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Promise for Southeast to emerge as a hub for sustainable aviation fuel production

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Bernie Marcus receives an honorary doctorate from Georgia Tech in 2015.

November 5, 2024

In Memoriam: Bernie Marcus, Civic Leader and Philanthropist

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Marcus was an honorary alumnus whose financial gifts have had a transformative impact at Georgia Tech and the Atlanta community.

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November 5, 2024

Y Combinator Is Coming to Georgia Tech, Hosted by CREATE-X

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Y Combinator, hosted by CREATE-X, is coming to Georgia Tech on Nov.12, 5p.m., Walter G. Ehmer Theater, for a panel between Group Partner Brad Flora and the founders of Greptile to discuss the startup accelerator and entrepreneurship.

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Three Georgia Tech researchers headshots

October 30, 2024

National Science Foundation Awards $15M to Georgia Tech-Led Consortium of Universities for Societal-Oriented Innovation and Commercialization Effort

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Multi-state I-Corps Hubs project designed to strengthen regional innovation ecosystem and address inequities in access to capital and commercialization opportunities

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From left, Georgia Tech’s Nakia Melecio, Keith McGreggor, and Raghupathy “Siva” Sivakumar, are the NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub director, faculty lead, and principal investigator, respectively.

October 30, 2024

National Science Foundation Awards $15M to Georgia Tech-Led Consortium  of Universities for Societal-Oriented Innovation and Commercialization Effort

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Multi-state I-Corps Hubs project designed to strengthen regional innovation ecosystem and address inequities in access to capital and commercialization opportunities

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October 30, 2024

Southern Company and Smart Wires Team Up with Georgia Tech to Revolutionize Georgia’s Power Grid

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Southern Company, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Smart Wires, and other partners have announced that they are collaborating on a new U.S. Department of Energy-funded project.

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IMS announces new research initiatives

October 28, 2024

IMS Funds New Research Initiatives

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The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) at Georgia Tech has selected seven new interdisciplinary research initiatives to receive seed funding.

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a pair of glasses and a pencil lay on a paper

October 24, 2024

Trio of Georgia Tech-Affiliated Research Projects Recognized at Top Cybersecurity Conference

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Eight Georgia Tech researchers were honored with the ACM Distinguished Paper Award for their contributions to cybersecurity at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS).

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Researchers gather to hear each other's lightning talks.

October 24, 2024

BBISS Hosts Lighting Talks for Sustainability Next Grantees

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Sustainability Next seed grant recipients gathered to present, network, and explore how to engage with community stakeholders.

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Benjamin Emerson stands with the high pressure liquid sprays combustor rig that his team uses to test novel combustor concepts.

October 23, 2024

Georgia Tech Researchers Create a Low-Emission, Fuel-Flexible Combustion System

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This new combustor uses carbon-free fuels that will power planes and heat buildings.

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J. Carson Meredith, Executive Director of Renewable Bioproducts Institute and Professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

October 23, 2024

Meredith Receives AIChE’s Andrew Chase Award

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J. Carson Meredith, a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the 2024 recipient of the Andrew Chase Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division.

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Mark Prausnitz poses with arms crossed in his lab with shelves of materials and bottles in the background.

October 22, 2024

Prausnitz Elected to National Academy of Medicine

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The chemical engineer, microneedle pioneer, and entrepreneur is the fourth College of Engineering faculty member to join the Academy since 2020.

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Micheal Strano presents the Oliver Brand Memorial Lecture

October 22, 2024

Michael Strano Presents the Second Annual Oliver Brand Memorial Lectureship on Electronics and Nanotechnology

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Michael Strano delivered the second annual Oliver Brand Memorial Lectureship, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in nanoelectronics and honoring the lasting legacy of Professor Oliver Brand.

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Eric Vogel gives opening remarks at the IMS opening showcase

October 22, 2024

IMS Opening Showcase Highlights Institute Capabilities

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The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) held its opening showcase on October 15, 2024, in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building at Georgia Tech.

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A pair of Smarticle robots from the lab of Prof. Dan Goldman. Earlier research from his group observed the arise of order in active matter from the physics of low rattling. (Photo Credit: Christa M. Ernst)

October 21, 2024

Rattling Physics with New Math

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Understanding and predicting self-organization, especially in systems that are out of equilibrium, like living things, is an enduring goal of statistical physics.

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