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ATL CleanTech Connect Social Jan 2024

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In January 2024, the launch of the Atlanta CleanTech Connect social marked a pivotal moment in the city's journey towards achieving its clean…
Zhantau Liu

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A research team led by Georgia Tech’s Hailong Chen has developed a low-cost iron chloride cathode for lithium-ion batteries, which could…
Tim Lieuwen standing above one of the Strategic Energy Institute's (SEI) research areas.

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The former interim chair for the AE School has been elected an International Fellow for his contributions to the aerospace and energy professions.
Energy and national security workshop banner

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SEI and GTRI Announced Awardees for Category A Seed Funding From the Energy and National Security Workshop.

Chris Jones Portrait

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Professor Christopher W. Jones, the John F. Brock III School Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), is…
Energy and Public Health Symposium Presentation

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EPIcenter Showcases Energy and Public Health Seed Grant Research in a Mini Symposium
Tim Lieuwen standing outside the CNES Building at Georgia Tech

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Lieuwen enters the role of interim EVPR with plans to focus on research security and operational excellence and to strengthen the Institute’s ties…

Illustration of a mechanical impact that creates a reactive environment for depolymerization of biomass into value-added chemicals.

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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an approach that could transform lignin into valuable chemicals more efficiently…
A closeup of Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower

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Professor Krista Walton was selected as the recipient of the 2024 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology from the American…
Meisha Shofner ELATES Fellow 2024-2025

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Meisha Shofner, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), has been selected for the 2024-2025 class of Drexel University’s…

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…

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
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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…