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<p>Andreas Bommarius, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Martha Grover, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Ron Rousseau, a professor and Cecil J. "Pete" Silas Chair Emeritus in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Credit: Rob Felt)</p>
February 6, 2019

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has kicked off a three-year federally-funded project to harness new manufacturing technologies and methods in a bid to bring down the cost of making certain antibiotics.

The $2…

<p>Researchers work in the cell manufacturing laboratory of Krishnendu Roy at Georgia Tech. Shown (l-r) are NSF Graduate Research Fellow Joscelyn Mejias, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program student Angela Jimenez, (background) Postdoctoral Fellow Randall Toy, Georgia Tech Research Institute TAG-Ed High School Intern Gita Balakirsky, and Project ENGAGES High School Intern Ayanna Prather. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
January 25, 2019

An 18-month federally-sponsored project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology will develop much-needed curriculum to train workers for the fledgling cell manufacturing industry.

Research teams at the University of Georgia (UGA) and…

<p>Seth Hutchinson has been named executive director of the Georgia Tech Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). Hutchinson is a professor and KUKA Chair for Robotics in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
January 3, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Seth Hutchinson as the new executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).…

<p>Inside the 3-D printed model of a human heart valve, black regions represent the location of actual calcium deposits. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
December 21, 2018

A Georgia Institute of Technology and Piedmont Heart Institute project to create tissue-mimicking heart valve models using advanced 3-D printers has been named one of the best new technologies of the year in an international research and…

<p>School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor William J. Koros has been named a fellow of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI).</p>
December 21, 2018

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has included School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor William J. Koros among 148…

<p>Multi-material micro-lattice polymeric structures fabricated using 3D printing. (Kavin Kowsari/UConn Photo)</p>
November 8, 2018

Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Connecticut, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell announced Thursday a collaboration to establish SHAP3D, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (…

<p>Officials from Airbus and the Georgia Institute of Technology met to celebrate opening of the new Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)-enabled Overall Aircraft Design (OAD) center.</p>
November 1, 2018

Airbus and Georgia Institute of Technology have officially opened the Airbus / Georgia Tech Center for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)-enabled Overall Aircraft Design (OAD).

This center will contribute to the development and…

<p>A recent development would make electricity generation from the sun's heat more efficient, by using ceramic-metal plates for heat transfer at higher temperatures and at elevated pressures. (Purdue University illustration/Raymond Hassan)</p>
October 24, 2018

Solar power accounts for less than two percent of U.S. electricity, but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper.

A Purdue University-led…

<p>Closeup of origami structures created through Digital Light Processing 3D printing. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech).</p>
October 20, 2018

By merging the ancient art of origami with 21st century technology, researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures whose light weight, expandability, and strength could have applications in everything from…

<p>3D printed tracheal splints are shown around a model of a patient’s trachea. The splints are designed to be absorbed into the body, allowing for expansion of the trachea and bronchus. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>
September 18, 2018

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has performed Georgia’s first-ever procedure to place 3D-printed tracheal splints in a pediatric patient. A cross-functional team of Children’s surgeons used three custom-made splints, which biomedical engineers…