<p><em>Group A Streptococci</em>, colored yellow, are the most common culprits in bacterial upper respiratory infections. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH</p>

In the war on antibiotic-resistant bacteria, it's not so much the antibiotics that are making the enemy stronger as it is how they are prescribed. A…

<p>This is the cover art from the April, 2019 Issue of <em>Industrial &amp; Engineering Chemistry Research</em>.</p>

A recent issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research features a cover article co-authored by BBISS researchers. The article's title is "Using the Green Solvent Dimethyl Sulfoxide To…

Georgia Tech faculty and students from across the Institute are bringing their…

<p>Jaydev Desai</p>

Jaydev Desai, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University (BME) and director of the Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (…

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Using advanced machine-learning techniques, Georgia Tech researchers have examined nearly 1.5 million Reddit posts to identify risks associated with several of the most common alternative treatments for opioid…

Deeb-Swihart, along with Alex Endert, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Computing, and Amy Bruckman, professor in the School of Interactive Computing

The magnitude is difficult to pinpoint, but the International Labor Organization estimates that currently, there are 30 million…

<p>South Big Data Hub recieved the Outstanding Research Award from the Institute and are shown holding the award alongside Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson.</p>

Georgia Tech’s Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) awarded the …

<p>Atoms, here in blue, shoot out of parallel barrels of an atom beam collimator. Lasers, here in pink, can manipulate the exiting atoms for desired effects. Credit: Georgia Tech / Ella Maru studios work for hire</p>

To a non-physicist, an “atomic beam collimator” may sound like a phaser firing mystical particles. That might not be the worst metaphor to introduce a technology that…

<p>Timothy Lee</p>

Timothy Lee, a graduate research assistant in the lab of Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience faculty researcher Craig Forest, is the winner of the 2019 Nerem International Travel Award, which he is using…

Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon Team Wins Prize
<p>Petit Institute researchers recognized with Georgia Tech Faculty and Staff honors are (clockwise from top left): Younan Xia, Chris Rozell, Amit Reddi, Wilbur Lam, Ray Vito, Manu Platt, Peter Yunker, Mark Prausnitz, Todd Sulchek, James Rains, William Ratcliff, Timothy Lee, Joe Lachance, and Craig Forest.</p>

The Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience scored big this year in Georgia Tech’s annual Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon, on Friday, April 19. The event honors faculty and staff whose service, activities…

<p>The <a href="https://southbigdatahub.org/">South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub</a> leadership team met with leaders from the other three NSF-funded regional hubs during the 2019 all-hands meeting.</p>

The South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub (SBDH) hosted its annual all-hands meeting last week on April 9-10 in the Technology Square Research Building on the Georgia…

McDowell Honored with Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award

David McDowell doesn’t like being put in a box. That’s one of the reasons why, after earning a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering…

<p>A new type of origami can morph from one pattern into a different one, or even a hybrid of two patterns, instantly altering many of its structural characteristics. (Credit: Allison Carter)</p>

Origami-based structures have been used to create deployable solar arrays for space, adaptable acoustic systems for symphony halls and even crash protection systems for flying drones.

Now researchers at the…

Editor's Note: This story by Audra Davidson originally appeared on April 9, 2019, in Charged Magazine.

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RBI announces 2019-20 Fellowship awards

The Renewable Bioproducts Institute has announced four new Fellowship awards for the upcoming academic year. 

The selected projects include:

“Control of Fiber Orientation in Dispersion of…

<p>Papermaking Museum: RBI Fellows Xirui Peng, ME, and Daniel Kimmel, ME, view papers on display during the opening of 'Marvelous Marbling: Demystifying Marbled Papers'</p>

The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking recently celebrated the opening of two new exhibits: Marvelous Marblingand Postage Required. 

The museum is housed within the…

Several Georgia Tech alumni will bring their expertise to a symposium put on by the SimTigrate Design Lab.

The symposium will feature leading researchers and designers – alumni trained at the…

College's Skyrocketing Stature, Global Impact Highlights of Galil's Legacy as Dean of Computing

Zvi Galil, the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will be stepping down from the deanship on June 30…

The Turner Foundation recently awarded the Georgia Tech Foundation a $40,000 grant to support two projects of the region’s new sustainability network, RCE Greater Atlanta, officially acknowledged by the United…