<p>Andrés García, a Regents’ Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Jessica Weaver, a Georgia Tech postdoctoral researcher, discuss pancreatic islet cells being studied in their laboratory. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)</p>

After a decade of research collaboration, the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) will welcome a new partner and change its name, reflecting a new statewide focus. The University of Georgia…

<p>Stylized graphic of the number 100.</p>

The following is a sample of 100 sustainability related publications by investigators at Georgia Tech over the last 5 years (2006-2010) spanning a range of topics including transportation, buildings, energy,…

<p>A view of Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA.</p>

Atlanta, Georgia – a proud but generally unassuming city founded in 1837 on the Appalachian Piedmont of the Southeastern United States – has been the backdrop from which the world has been inspired to fundamentally…

<p>Georgia Tech classroom scene.</p>
In the latter half of the 1800s, there was no better career advice than to “go West young man.”[1] In the latter half of the 1900s, success was summarized and made famous in one word: “plastics.”[2] And…
<p>Picture of I2S 2011 winning team, Urban RePeel with award check.</p>
Urban RePeel, a team consisting of Jared McGrath and Ryan Ravanelle from the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and Nicole Sullivan from …
<p>This simulation shows the expected spatial shape of a rogue wave whose crest height is about 14 meters. (Credit: Claudio Lugni)</p>

A new analysis done to support the investigation into the 2015 sinking of the El Faro cargo ship has calculated the likelihood of a massive rogue wave during Hurricane Joaquin in October of that year – and…

<p>A hawk moth is shown on a robotic flower used to study the insect’s ability to track the moving flower under low-light conditions. The research shows that the creatures can slow their brains to improve vision under low-light conditions – while continuing to perform demanding tasks. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>

Sand-swimming lizards, slithering robotic snakes, dusk-flying moths and running roaches all have one thing in common: They're increasingly being studied by physicists interested in understanding the shared strategies…

Most cities are grappling with becoming truly smart, but they're making exciting progress. Testbeds and innovation districts have popped up across the country, and on a larger scale, cities are deploying sensors and…

<p>Comas Haynes, a principal research engineer in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), and Rosario Gerhardt, a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Materials Science and Engineering, are part of a multi-university team that will explore ways of utilizing emeriti and retired engineering professors to support expanded mentoring and advocacy networking opportunities for underrepresented minority engineering faculty. (Credit: Branden Camp, Georgia Tech)</p>

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $300,000 grant to a multi-university team that will explore ways of utilizing emeriti and retired engineering professors to support expanded mentoring and advocacy…

Cell manufacturing lab

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $20 million to a consortium of universities to support a new engineering research center (ERC) that will work closely with industry and clinical partners to…

Leishmaniasis infector-disease illustration

Parasites that ulcerate the skin, can disfigure the face, and can fatally mutilate internal organs are creeping closer to the southern edges of the United States.

No vaccine is available against…

Georgia Tech

Marilyn A. Brown, a Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, makes an argument for completing the two nuclear reactors currently under…

<p>Georgia Tech's broad array of Earth chemistry, astrophysics, and evolution research, bolstered by related engineering fields, could offer insight into the possibility of complex life on exoplanets. Much of our research in these areas is funded in part by NASA Astrobiology Institute. Photo: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech</p>

The primordial soup that sloshed around billions of years ago, and eventually led to first life on our planet, might have been teeming with primal precursors of proteins.

Ancestors of the first protein…

Earlier today, President G.P. “Bud” Peterson presented the 2017 Institute Address. Along with touting Georgia Tech's accomplishments over the past year, he shared his thoughts on the new academic year, and…

Each year, the College of Computing enters the fray to attract the best and the brightest new faculty to Georgia Tech. The competition among leading academic institutions is tough, but as in years past, GT Computing…

<p>Image of the 2017 Design Science for Social Good poster session.</p>

Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) is an intensive, paid internship program where students are challenged to solve real-world problems for on-the-ground…

Register now at www.southerndatascience.com

The data science community and members of the South Big Data Hub should mark their calendars for the very…

ATLANTA – Aug. 24, 2017 – The Georgia Institute of Technology will direct a new cross-disciplinary institute established with a $1.5 million National Science Foundation award. The new Transdisciplinary Research…

Three faculty recently accepted roles with IDEaS.

  • Deirdre Shoemaker takes on the position of IDEaS Associate Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives. Deirdre is a Professor in the School of…