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Recipients of the second phase of seed funding from the Energy and National Security Initiative have now been announced.
Hedwig Oldendorff vessel at the start of its emission monitoring voyage

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Researchers found that burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers is the best available option for bulk maritime shipping. They analyzed the full…
Sustainability Showcase panel discussion, L to R - Iris Tien, Donn Digamon, Ria Aiken, Tejas Kotak, and Jason Stott (not pictured)

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The two days of panel discussions, keynote speeches, and lightning talks were themed around community, ecosystem, and infrastructure resilience.
Bridge installation

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Georgia Tech researchers and alumni have installed a new kind of footbridge in an Atlanta park.
Energy Club's 11th Southeastern Energy Conference Panel on The Potential of Renewable Hydrogen featured Eli Acree, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Undergraduate, Georgia Tech (Moderator), Panelists Scott McWhorter, Federal Opportunities and Strategy, Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute, and Board Chairman, Southeast Hydrogen Energy Alliance, Comas Haynes, Hydrogen Initiative Lead, Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute, Hayley Ryan, Field Engineering Manager, ExxonMobil, Luis Alcoser

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Organized by the Energy Club at Georgia Tech, the 2025 Southeastern Energy Conference welcomed over 100 attendees, including industry leaders,…
parents and two children at the Georgia Tech Atlanta Science Festival launch

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Over 5,000 people attended Georgia Tech's Celebrate STEAM event on March 8, which showcased more than 60 demonstrations in science, technology,…

GT CSE at SIAM CSE25

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Students and faculty from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) are leading the Georgia Tech contingent at the SIAM Conference on…
Five large vials and five small vials with colored liquid ranging from yellow to orange, red, and deep purple. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)

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With a flexible, no-equipment-needed platform, ChBE researchers are creating a new way to test for disease at home or anywhere medical resources are…
Adam Steinberg

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In his new role, Steinberg will serve as the permanent secretary for all faculty governance bodies, facilitating communication and governance across…
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Celebrating the Remarkable Career of Robert Butera

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Dr. Tim Lieuwen highlighted the need for efficient energy storage solutions and the use of existing natural gas infrastructure to…

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Walter de Heer, a professor of physics at Georgia Institute of Technology, holds a molecular model of graphene in his lab.
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A team of scientists have determined graphene, the same substance found in common pencil lead, can act as a semiconductor. Walter…

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TechXplore

It was a good year for technology research and development, and nothing made the news more often than energy research efforts.…

Panasonic's Powder-Powered batteries to charge EVs
Wired

Sila, Gleb Yushin's battery materials company, will begin supplying to Panasonic, one of the largest EV battery manufacturers.

A geothermal production well and the Blundell Geothermal Power Plant near Milford, Utah. This well provides 400 degree steam and hot water from deep underground to run the turbines at the power plant. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/ Universal Images Group via etty Images
Scientific American

The potential of geothermal energy as a carbon-free power source is well known. Now companies such as Google are helping to unlock…

ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute and Georgia Tech co-hosted a Southeast Decarbonization Workshop in November 2023. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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November 29, 2023

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Climate Change Science Institute and the Georgia…

A truck is parked betwenn brine evaporation ponds at Albemarle Corp's Silver Peak lithium facility, Oct 6, 2022, in Silver Peeak, Nev. The Energy Department is making a push to strenghten the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023, up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Associated Press

While the funding may not have been make-or-break for them, Matthew McDowell, associate professor of engineering at Georgia…

George White, a principal research engineer and the senior director for Strategic Partnerships at Georgia Tech, and Taiesha Smith, the senior program manager for HBCUs and minority-serving institutions Research Partnerships at Georgia Tech, discuss the goals of the Research Collaboration Initiative. (Courtesy of Georgia Tech)
WABE

With the goal of building a diverse workforce in science and technology, Georgia Tech is working to establish new research…

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Are they ready for crazy Atlanta drivers and crazy Atlanta roads here?” Gray asked Georgia Tech professor Srinivas Peeta, who…