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A woman with blonde hair and a blue sweater stands among solar panels.

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New research suggests U.S. states with clean energy policies provide benefits to their neighbors, including states without their own renewable energy…
Srinivas Garimella ASME Award

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Srinivas Garimella, Hightower Chair in Engineering and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded the…
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Industrial Assessment Centers help medium-sized industrial facilities with energy-related support.
Russell Gentry and Valerie Thomas collaborating in a Georgia Tech lab.

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Interdisciplinary collaboration drives innovation at Georgia Tech. The Institute encourages research faculty to dismantle traditional academic…

Christine Conwell

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Christine Conwell has been named interim executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), effective Sept. 10.
Portrait of Yuanzhi Tang

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Tang took on the role of associate co-director of interdisciplinary research for BBISS so she could help others access resources that had shaped her…
Tim Lieuwen, Regents' Professor and SEI executive director, has been named interim EVPR.

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Lieuwen will begin his term as interim EVPR on September 10, 2024.
Erik Barbosa and Madeline Morrell examine salt beads

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Georgia Tech researchers in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (ME) are developing more efficient heating systems that…
PSR AI4OPT Collab in US Energy Industry

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AI4OPT and PSR partner to transform the energy sector, focusing on renewable energy integration and long-duration storage solutions.
Anna Erickson

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Georgia Tech will lead a consortium of 12 universities and 12 national labs as part of a $25 million U.S. Department of Energy’s National…

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The Cool Down

Georgia Tech researcher Gleb Yushin is quoted about recent innovations in battery technology.

Transformative Industry: Tim Lieuwen, professor and interim chair, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech: photo Kevin Garrett.
Georgia Trend

A fleet of innovative new companies working at the limits of advanced technology could reshape the aerospace industry – and…

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NY Times

Georgia Tech's Brian Stone weighs in on this feature looking at how Singapore could be a model for dampening the effects of climate…

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Business Wire

The Greenhouse Accelerator is announcing the launch of the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, a public-private-academic…

Streets crack under heat because higher temperatures create more space between vibrating molecules, causing the material to expand and deform. Priscila Zambotto/Moment via Getty Images
The Conversation

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones,…

The utility Pacific Gas & Electric acknowledged responsibility for equipment that started the deadly 2018 blaze that burned through Paradise, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
The Conversation

Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric, claiming the utility was negligent for not shutting off power as strong…

Benoit Montreuil speaking to the Axios roundtable group. Credit: Shay Richards for Axios
Axios

On Wednesday, August 23, Axios hosted an Expert Voices roundtable discussion in Atlanta, featuring local leaders and experts in…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
Duke Nicholas Institute

Development of the portal–in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the SETRI network–was recently recognized as part of the White…

After more than 10 years, construction of Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is complete and has achieved full power output. (Courtesy of Georgia Power)
WABE

The first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia.…

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

As more and more people move to metro Atlanta, we have somehow managed to reduce our carbon footprint in the state of Georgia.…