In January 2014, three distinguished faculty were named Brook Byers Professors:  Bert Bras (Mechanical Engineering),…

This is our annual feature highlighting Georgia Tech's student sustainability related organizations for the new academic year. Georgia Tech has a strong tradition of student led clubs and organizations.…

<p>Diagram of a conceptual model of the interactions between water, energy, and transportation infrastructure systems and the larger societal interactions of these infrastructures with designers, planners, and decision makers.</p>

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2.5 million grant to an innovative multidisciplinary research project led by BBISS Director, Professor John Crittenden.  The three year project, under the…

Assistant Professor and BBISS Fellow, Bistra Dilkina, is the Georgia Tech lead investigator for a $10 million, 5 year National Science Foundation…

Teshia Robinson has been selected by General Motors to serve on their Student…

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The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems at Georgia tech has appointed 12 BBISS Fellows.  This diverse group of faculty and researchers come from all six of Georgia Tech’s Colleges as well as the…

<p>Beekeepers on the roof of the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons building</p>

Georgia Tech’s Urban Honey Bee Project attracted another visit from Atlanta public radio last month. The project, managed by the College of…

<p>Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University fabricated model blood vessel systems that include artificial blood vessels with diameters as narrow as the smallest capillaries in the body. The systems were used to study the activity of white blood cells as they were affected by drugs that tend to make them softer, which facilitates their entry into blood circulation. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>

Simple physics may play a larger role than previously thought in helping control key bodily processes – such as how the body fights infection.

Using a model blood vessel system built on a polymer microchip,…

<p>This illustration shows six different configurations that can be produced from a single origami tube through the redeployment of certain folds. (Credit: Evgueni Filipov, Glaucio Paulino, and Tomohiro Tachi.)</p>

Origami, the ancient art of paper folding, may soon provide a foundation for antennas that can reconfigure themselves to operate at different frequencies, microfluidic devices whose properties can change in operation…

<p>Simulation shows a 10-atom platinum nanocatalyst cluster. The “bulge” caused by the 10th atom gives the cluster improved catalytic properties. (Credit: Uzi Landman, Georgia Tech)</p>

Combining experimental investigations and theoretical simulations, researchers have explained why platinum nanoclusters of a specific size range facilitate the hydrogenation reaction used to produce ethane from…

<p>Georgia Tech Professor Joe Montoya and graduate student Sarah Weber prepare to recover equipment used to gather water samples in the Gulf of Mexico. (Credit: Ryan Sibert, University of Georgia)</p>

In the water above natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil and gas bubbles rise almost a mile to break at the surface, scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Columbia University and Florida…

<p>Community of bacteria (larger cells) and viruses (small background dots of varying sizes) from a seawater sample off the southwest coast of Norway. The transmission electron micrograph illustrates an approximate virus to microbial cell (VMR) ratio of 10. (Credit: Willie Wilson, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science)</p>

Viruses infect more than humans or plants. For microorganisms in the oceans – including those that capture half of the carbon taken out of the atmosphere every day – viruses are a major threat. But a paper published…

Combining information about electric power plant operation with real-time air quality predictions has allowed researchers to create a new capability for minimizing the human health effects of air pollution from power…

<p>Ashok Goel is a professor in the School of Interactive Computing.</p>

Professor Ashok Goel never had any doubt that he would enter the family business: education. 

“I always wanted to teach,” said…

<p>Image shows activation of “AND” gates in cells as observed by fluorescence microscopy. (Credit: Chiara Zurla, Georgia Tech)</p>

Using strands of nucleic acid, scientists have demonstrated basic computing operations inside a living mammalian cell. The research could lead to an artificial sensing system that could control a cell’s behavior in…

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A $15.7 million grant from the Atlanta-based Marcus Foundation has helped launch a new Georgia Institute of Technology research center that will develop processes and techniques for ensuring the consistent, low-cost…

<p>Using optogenetics and other technology, researchers have for the first time precisely manipulated bursting activity of cells in the thalamus, tying it to the sense of touch. Shown are Georgia Tech graduate student Clarissa Whitmire and Georgia Tech professor Garrett Stanley.(Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>

As you start across the street, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something moving toward you. Instantly, your brain shifts its focus to assess the potential threat, which you quickly determine to be a slow-…

American School & University recently announced that the Georgia Institute of Technology is the 2015 Grand Award winner in the higher education category for the Annual Green Cleaning Awards for…