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As the planet warms, changing weather patterns are only one effect. Warming air is often more toxic, leading to asthma and even heart attacks. A…

Carpenters build a roof on a residential house

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City’s New Rule Could Shape Broader Change to Protect Heat-Vulnerable Cities
Richard Simmons (Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute and SETRI co-facilitator) (right) moderates a panel on charging infrastructure featuring (from left) Tom DelViscio (Duke Energy) Emily Belding (IONNA) and Ben Rogers (Electrada). [

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More than 70 people convened at Duke University and virtually on April 3 to highlight successes, challenges and opportunities across research,…
Image of a robot inserting lithium ion into a battery.

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As the world shifts toward electrification, the nations that command the battery supply chain will define the future of mobility, energy, and…
a small vial of white powder

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The multi-year research project could make scalable off-grid power sources a reality for rural communities and the military.
Sun Geun Yoon works in a glove box in McDowell’s laboratory at Georgia Tech.

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The solid-state battery would be game-changing for electric vehicles.
Eric Vogel, IMat executive director

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Georgia Tech professor Eric Vogel is part of a national collaboration working to develop advanced materials for commercial fusion reactors.
Smoke cloud rising from a brush wildfire burning in San Francisco, California

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“Current Crisis,” a power grid modeling video game developed through the Georgia Tech VIP project led by Dan Molzahn, EPIcenter's initiative lead,…
Jud Ready holds a sample of a perovskite solar cell, along with other samples similar to those launched to the International Space Station. (Photo: Branden Camp)

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Ready had hoped earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech would lead him to a spot…
Anirban Mazumdar (Photo: Candler Hobbs)

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Mechanical engineer Anirban Mazumdar and his team are developing the control systems and intelligent algorithms to enable safe flight at incredible…

GT Energy In The News

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…

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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
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
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AJC

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