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<p>A $13.5 million award from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation will improve sanitation to 2.5 billion people worldwide by reinventing the toilet, technology that hasn’t changed much in more than a century. (Photo: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
July 29, 2019

There’s a shiny black espresso machine prominently displayed in Shannon Yee’s office in Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.…

<p>Cross-section view shows molecular density of the supersonic gas jet as it expands in vacuum and impinges onto a substrate, leading to accelerated material deposition from an energized adsorbed precursor. (Credit: Matthew R. Henry)</p>
July 2, 2019

By energizing precursor molecules using a tiny, high-energy supersonic jet of inert gas, researchers have dramatically accelerated the fabrication of nanometer scale structures. The rapid additive manufacturing technique also allows them to…

<p>The southern United States is disproportionately affected by hurricanes. Understanding these and other coastal threats is among the priorities for the South Big Data Innovation Hub. (Image from Sagis.org)</p>
June 19, 2019

Precision medicine and understanding health disparities, innovation to power competitive manufacturing, technology for smarter communities, and addressing coastal hazards such as hurricanes are among the challenges facing the Southern United…

<p>Georgia Tech researchers are working with Chatham County to develop a sensor network partnered with data analytics for more accurate, localized flooding forecasts for improved emergency planning and response. (Credit: Russell Clark, Georgia Tech)</p>
April 15, 2019

Four Georgia communities are exploring innovative technologies and collaborating with local partners and Georgia Institute of Technology research teams to help drive the state’s smart development.

Georgia Tech leads the pilot…

<p>Andreas Bommarius, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Martha Grover, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Ron Rousseau, a professor and Cecil J. "Pete" Silas Chair Emeritus in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Credit: Rob Felt)</p>
February 6, 2019

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has kicked off a three-year federally-funded project to harness new manufacturing technologies and methods in a bid to bring down the cost of making certain antibiotics.

The $2…

<p>Researchers work in the cell manufacturing laboratory of Krishnendu Roy at Georgia Tech. Shown (l-r) are NSF Graduate Research Fellow Joscelyn Mejias, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program student Angela Jimenez, (background) Postdoctoral Fellow Randall Toy, Georgia Tech Research Institute TAG-Ed High School Intern Gita Balakirsky, and Project ENGAGES High School Intern Ayanna Prather. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
January 25, 2019

An 18-month federally-sponsored project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology will develop much-needed curriculum to train workers for the fledgling cell manufacturing industry.

Research teams at the University of Georgia (UGA) and…

<p>Seth Hutchinson has been named executive director of the Georgia Tech Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). Hutchinson is a professor and KUKA Chair for Robotics in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
January 3, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Seth Hutchinson as the new executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).…

<p>School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor William J. Koros has been named a fellow of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI).</p>
December 21, 2018

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has included School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor William J. Koros among 148…

<p>Inside the 3-D printed model of a human heart valve, black regions represent the location of actual calcium deposits. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
December 21, 2018

A Georgia Institute of Technology and Piedmont Heart Institute project to create tissue-mimicking heart valve models using advanced 3-D printers has been named one of the best new technologies of the year in an international research and…

<p>Multi-material micro-lattice polymeric structures fabricated using 3D printing. (Kavin Kowsari/UConn Photo)</p>
November 8, 2018

Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Connecticut, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell announced Thursday a collaboration to establish SHAP3D, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (…