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Picture of Martha Grover

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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) faculty member Martha Grover has been named the College’s Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity…
Electrify GT, a student group helping the Institute reach its carbon reduction goals as part of Tech’s sustainability vision, researched and identified the best cost-effective electric vehicle options.

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The Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is electrifying its patrol division with three all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E GT SUVs, leading the…
Dan Molzahn Picture

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College of Engineering Recognizes 8 Faculty with 2024 Excellence Awards
Patricia Stathatou and Christos Athanasiou at Georgia Tech

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A team of Georgia Tech and MIT researchers found that discarded brewer’s yeast, when encased in hydrogel capsules, becomes a viable and inexpensive…
Four people walking across a salt marsh

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Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is…
Image of US Dollar on Home Heating instrument depicting home heating costs

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In a study by a Georgia Tech economist that could help inform future energy policy, half the participants cranked their thermostats despite knowing…
Smart thermostat at home Illustration

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People using energy-efficient smart thermostats are willing to sacrifice comfort and control to save relatively small amounts of energy that could…
Ice caps

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The latest episode of Generating Buzz follows the College of Sciences’ Frontiers in Science event, giving listeners an opportunity to hear from…
Photo of Dylan Brewer, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics, Georgia Tech

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Are you under the impression that air pollution is a dichotomous problem where the air is either polluted or it’s not? What else is there to know…
Audience at the EPICenter Lightning Talks held on April 12th at the Georgia Tech Library

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On April 12, the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter) hosted its second round of the “Friday Lightning Talk Series” at the Scholars…

GT Energy In The News

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
Solar Panels
AJC

Suniva had been growing rapidly since its 2007 founding at Georgia Tech. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2017 under…

Omar Asensio, visiting fellow, Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society
Harvard Business School

What’s your area of research and what led you to it? As a climate scholar, I focus on the intersection of technology and public…