Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) bring together researchers from different disciplines to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech.
IRI Impact Areas
IRIs enable researchers to achieve goals that cannot be met within other structures at Georgia Tech. Faculty and students from all 6 colleges and 29 schools as well as GTRI participate in IRI activities, combining their different sources of expertise, interests, and approaches to pose new research questions, respond to existing challenges, and advance technology to improve the human condition.
Human Health and Activity
Bioengineering and Bioscience
The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) tackles complex bio-research problems by bringing together engineers, scientists, and clinicians to turn discoveries into game-changing solutions.
People and Technology
The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) researchers support research, engage students, and collaborate with industry, government, and non-profit partners.
Sustainability, Energy, and Climate
Sustainable Systems
The vision for the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) is to create knowledge and technologies that will improve environmental, social, and economic outcomes.
Energy
The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) serves as a conduit for integrating, facilitating, and enabling institute-wide energy research and development programs.
Renewable Bioproducts
The Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) delivers innovation in converting biomass into value-added products, developing advanced chemical and bio-based refining technologies, and advancing excellence in manufacturing processes.
Manufacturing and Materials
Manufacturing
The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) brings together industry leaders, government partners, and top researchers to collaborate and find solutions for the most significant challenges facing U.S. industry today.
Materials
Materials research at Georgia Tech is comprehensive, addressing the major technologies that can improve our lives in the next century and beyond.
Electronics and Nanotechnology
The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) facilitates innovation in micro/nano-enabled electronics and photonics by catalyzing and translating research, connecting researchers to industry, and preparing the workforce of the future.
Intelligent Machines, Data Science, and AI
Robotics
The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) serves as an umbrella under which robotics researchers, educators, and students from across campus come together to advance many diverse robotics activities.
Data Engineering and Science
The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) pursues grand challenges in data science foundations and data-driven discovery in engineering and sciences through interdisciplinary multi-investigator endeavors.
