July 24, 2023
EPICenter's Summer Camp Energizes High Schoolers at the Tech Campus
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The Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter) hosted the 2023 cohort of "Energy Unplugged," an energy-themed Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) camp for high school students at the Georgia Tech campus.
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July 18, 2023
Turning the Tide on Climate Change
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Solar and wind power have been used as renewable energy for years, but what about waves, tides, and currents? Georgia Tech researchers are turning to our waterways to build a better planet.
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July 19, 2023
Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance for Safer, Cheaper, More Powerful Batteries
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The team’s new battery system could enable electric vehicles to run longer on a single charge and would be cheaper to manufacture — all while having a positive impact on the environment.
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July 12, 2023
Five Ph.D. Candidates Chosen for the 2023 Class of BBISS Graduate Fellows
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The BBISS Graduate Fellows Program provides graduate students with enhanced training in sustainability, team science, and leadership in addition to their usual programs of study.
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July 11, 2023
Sustainable-X Startup Spotlight on In Good Company: Changing the Narrative of Disability in the Workplace
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On March 31, 2023, In Good Company placed third in the Sustainable-X Showcase. With the help of prize money, investment, and participation in a startup launch program, the In Good Company founders are working to achieve their mission.
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June 29, 2023
Secretary of Energy Discusses Clean Energy
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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Georgia Tech to talk about President Joe Biden's investment in clean energy.
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June 22, 2023
Research Next Project Team Promotes Collaboration With HBCUs
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For Georgia Tech, striving toward inclusivity starts with a simple but crucial goal: building deep, lasting research partnerships.
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June 22, 2023
Thomas Kurfess Elected ASME President
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Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., was elected the 142nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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June 13, 2023
Melkote Awarded 2023 SME Gold Medal
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Shreyes N. Melkote won the 2023 SME Gold Medal award.
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June 12, 2023
Inside-Out Heating and Ambient Wind Could Make Direct Air Capture Cheaper and More Efficient
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Chemical engineers use coated carbon fibers and eliminate steam-based heating in their simpler design, which also can be powered by wind energy.
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June 12, 2023
Serve-Learn-Sustain to Launch New Center
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On July 1, SLS will launch the Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education.
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June 13, 2023
New Georgia Tech Environmental Science Degree Launches
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The interdisciplinary Environmental Science (ENVS) degree program, developed by faculty in the Schools of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences, is now enrolling students interested in a wide variety of environment-related careers.
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June 7, 2023
GTRI Works to Enhance EV Battery Reuse and Recycling in Georgia
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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is working to optimize Georgia’s EV battery supply chain by developing cost-and energy-efficient methods that pose fewer environmental risks.
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May 30, 2023
Mitigating Climate Change Through Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Yale University are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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May 26, 2023
Spring Workshop Explores Innovations in the Packaging Industry and the Circular Economy
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More than 90 attendees from academia, national labs, and industry convened and discussed the cutting-edge research and industry developments happening across the world and got an opportunity to network with leading researchers and peers.
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May 24, 2023
The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems Announces Sustainability Next Seed Grant Winners, Second Round Call Opens
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Georgia Tech’s Sustainability Next Institute Strategic Plan initiative launched an annual seed grant program totaling $250,000 to support interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary climate and sustainability research.
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May 10, 2023
Chuck Zhang Selected as Cyber Security Fellow
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Five faculty members will help grow the College of Engineering’s work in high-impact cyber-physical systems security (CPSS) as new Cybersecurity Fellows.
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May 16, 2023
Georgia Emissions Declining, Georgia Tech-led Drawdown Georgia Research Team Shows
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Transportation is now the state's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, eclipsing energy production.
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May 15, 2023
James X. Zhong Manis Selected for Department of Energy Graduate Student Research Program
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Georgia Tech Ph.D. Candidate James X. Zhong Manis is one of 87 awardees from 58 different universities who will conduct his thesis research at one of 16 DOE national laboratories.
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May 8, 2023
College of Sciences Courses Spotlight UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Six proposals from the College of Sciences will evolve existing courses, create new ones to include the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — a key part of Georgia Tech’s Sustainability Next initiative.
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May 4, 2023
Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants Will Transform Courses in All Six Colleges
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21 projects representing all six colleges and 15 schools were presented at the Undergraduate Sustainability Education Jamboree.
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May 5, 2023
Scurrying Centipedes Inspire Many-Legged Robots That Can Traverse Difficult Landscapes
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Researchers developed a new theory of multilegged locomotion and created many-legged robotic models, discovering the robot with redundant legs could move across uneven surfaces without any additional sensing or control technology as the theory predicted.
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May 3, 2023
RBI and Student Polymer Network co-host the 9th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Polymers
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In early April, the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) along with the Student Polymer Network (SPN) hosted the ninth annual research symposium titled “The Visions for Sustainable Polymers.” The symposium also included the annual SPN poster session at t
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May 3, 2023
Space Lace: Net Fishing in Low Earth Orbit
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Lisa Marks is designing a net to capture space debris.
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