<p>Building Blocks of the Strategic Plan</p>

Thousands of people focused on the future of Georgia Tech by helping us complete phase one — visioning and drafting — of Georgia Tech’s strategic planning process. Now, the process moves into the goal setting phase…

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An app for makeup lovers that began as a class project at Georgia Tech has now transformed into a tech startup that’s helping to make the beauty industry more inclusive.

Anisha Matharu, ID…

<p>Dave McDowell is stepping down after seven years as founding director of Georgia Tech's Institute for Materials. </p>

After more than seven years of shepherding interdisciplinary materials research and defining a materials innovation ecosystem at the Georgia Institute of Technology,…

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<p>The Coda Building, located in Technology Square, houses several Georgia Tech departments.</p>

Georgia Tech has launched a new “Small Bets” Seed Grant Program that will award up to $75,000 for a year’s work aimed at addressing some of society’s most difficult challenges. The aim is to catalyze new research…

A new study by researchers in the School…

<p>Pinar Keskinocak, William W. George Chair and Professor; Director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems</p>

A yearly flu vaccine is crucial for protecting yourself from the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, because…

<p>Treated and untreated pieces of lumber submerged in water. The lumber on the left has been treated using atomic layer deposition. It resists absorbing water even when submerged. On the right is untreated lumber shown for comparison. It readily soaks up water, causing a color change within seconds. (Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)</p>

Pressure treating – which involves putting lumber inside a pressurized watertight tank and forcing chemicals into the boards – has been used for more than a century to help stave off the fungus that causes wood rot…

<p>Carson Meredith, professor and James Harris Faculty Fellow in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the new executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.(Photo: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech).</p>

The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Carson Meredith as the new executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI). Meredith is a professor and James…

<p>Marilyn Brown, Regents' Professor in the School of Public Policy and director of the Climate and Energy Policy Laboratory.</p>

Four Georgia Institute of Technology faculty members have been elected as new members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).…

<p>Penny and Bill George</p>

Momentum for Technology Square Phase III continues to grow with the naming of its second tower in honor of longtime supporters of Georgia Tech. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the…

<p><strong>Hanjoong Jo</strong>, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, and a professor of medicine at Emory, has just added a new title with his appointment as the <strong>Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair</strong>.</p>

Hanjoong Jo, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, and a professor of medicine at Emory, has just added a new title with his appointment…

<p><strong>Lena Ting</strong>, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, has been appointed the <strong>John and Jan Portman Professor in Biomedical Engineering</strong>.</p>

Lena Ting, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, has been appointed the John and Jan Portman Professor in Biomedical Engineering…

Four Georgia Tech Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Four Georgia Institute of Technology faculty members have been elected as new members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).…

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<p><strong>Denis Tsygankov</strong>, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, has won a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.</p>

Denis Tsygankov, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and a…

<p>The blood-brain barrier on a chip is as small as many organs on chips, but it gives astrocytes lots of room to unfold in 3D. Credit: Georgia Tech / YongTae Kim lab</p>

A scrupulous gatekeeper stands between the brain and its circulatory system to let in the good and keep out the bad, but this porter, called the blood-brain barrier, also blocks trial drugs to treat diseases like…

<p>Richard Fujimoto</p>

Georgia Tech faculty members Stanislav Emelianov, Richard Fujimoto, and Vivek Sarkar have been named IEEE Fellows, the society’s highest grade of membership, effective January 1, 2020. A distinction conferred by the…