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three seashells

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Researchers from Georgia Tech have created a material inspired by seashells to help improve the process of recycling plastics and make the resulting…
2025EnergyUnplugged-SummerCamp-FinalDayPresentation

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As one of Tech’s most sought-after programs for high school students, the Energy Unplugged camp continues to spark interest in energy innovation and…
A closeup of Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower

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Dylan Brewer, EPIcenter's Faculty Affiliate discusses if voluntary conservation requests work to save energy and prevent blackouts.
Trees around Einstein

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Georgia Tech researchers developed new statewide canopy assessment tools to help urban planners, policymakers, and communities make data-informed…
A photo of GTRI's interim Director Tommer Ender, who is seated.

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Tommer Ender, Ph.D., is the interim Director of GTRI and Senior VP at Georgia Tech, succeeding Jim Hudgens, now President and CEO of UL Research…
A white gloved hand holds 3 nuclear pellets with rows of nuclear pellets in the background

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Georgia Tech researchers are advancing nuclear science and engineering while deconstructing myths around the technology.
Server room in data center

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Georgia’s booming data center industry brings economic promise and environmental pressure. Researchers say innovation and local action can tip the…
Energy and national security cohort meeting participants including the seed grant teams and the SEI and GTRI team

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In June, the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) hosted the Energy and National Security Summer Cohort Meeting that convened seed grant awardees from…
This travel case holds a toolkit containing equipment for inspecting nuclear facilities

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What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program?
Graphical Illustration of a futuristic car

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ECE experts look to the future of the automotive industry, and how new technology will not only transform vehicles, but reshape the power grid,…

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Scientific American
Walter de Heer, a professor of physics at Georgia Institute of Technology, holds a molecular model of graphene in his lab.
Wall Street Journal

A team of scientists have determined graphene, the same substance found in common pencil lead, can act as a semiconductor. Walter…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
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
ORNL News

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…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
WSB-TV

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

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
Atlanta Business Chronicle