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Vastly different than conventional military weapons and aircraft, hypersonics systems are game-changing for national security, providing unprecedented speed and maneuverability. Operating at more than five times the speed of sound, these systems can…
The petrol industry recognizes the importance of para-xylene, given its many uses in everyday products, from plastic soda bottles to polyester fiber. The challenge is that xylenes travel in threes and are virtually identical, making it extremely…
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease and its effects is the leading cause of death in the U.S. across a majority of racial and ethnic groups. Globally, the risk factors for developing heart disease, such as…
1. What is your field of expertise and at what point in your life did you first become interested in this area? My research group at Georgia Tech works on materials for energy storage, such as batteries. I was originally drawn to materials for…
1. What is your field of expertise and at what point in your life did you first become interested in this area? Polymers. I worked with polymers in my PhD, but only used them as carrier materials and never dug deeper into the science or their…
This story by Jeremy Rumsey first appeared on Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Neutron Sciences Advanced materials with more novel properties are almost always developed by adding more elements to the list of ingredients. But quantum research…
When Rammohana Rao Tummala, the son of a farmer, left his village in Andhra Pradesh for engineering school, he knew he was a first. The first in his family to achieve higher education, attending Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada, then the top…
Materials research spans a broad spectrum from fundamental science to engineered products and their societal impacts. Innovation and breakthroughs often come from exchanging ideas, tools, and concepts between scientists, mathematicians, engineers,…
The National Science Foundation has supported specialized nanotechnology resources and user facilities for over forty years, beginning in 1977 with the National Nanofabrication Facility at Cornell University, followed in 1994 by the formation of the…
Georgia Tech’s Institute for Materials (IMat), with generous support from BASF, is pleased to announce the 2021 IMat Graduate Student Fellows (IGSF). The 4 awardees will receive a $3K direct funding grant to supplement their existing monthly…