Last month, employees of Procurement & Business Services realized a long-held vision when they transformed the grassy area behind their office into a community garden. Through the leadership of staff, and the…

Georgia Tech Project ENGAGES Striving for Excellence

Now in its sixth year, Project ENGAGES at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been around long enough to have some established traditions. For example, at the end of every academic year, ENGAGES students,…

<p>Image shows a rendered confocal laser scanning micrograph of a mixed species bacterial biofilm observed in a chronic wound model of infection. Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (purple), organize themselves in small, dense clusters of cells called aggregates. (Credit: Sophie Darch, Whiteley Lab and Rumbaugh Lab at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.)</p>

Most of what we know today about deadly bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa was obtained from studies done in laboratory settings. Research reported May 14 in the journal Proceedings of the National…

<p>Hazardous Materials</p>

The annual federal report on toxic material emissions from industrial sites across the country gains widespread media attention and serves as a reminder of the potential environmental impacts of industrial activities…

<p>New faculty member Mark Losego of MSE, IEN</p>

Assistant Professor Mark Losego has been nominated by peers to give an invited presentation at the October AVS 65th International Symposium & Exhibition (AVS 65) in Long Beach, CA. The presentation will be in a…

<p>BME Celebration: Pictured are (left to right) Wilbur Lam, Susan Margulies, Leita Young, and Julie Babensee.</p>

Faculty and staff in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University gathered on the fourth floor of the Whitaker Building at Georgia Tech…

<p>Company visit includes session with PSE students.</p>

Smurfit Kappa (Dublin, Ireland) has identified a sustainable new use for its aid boxes. The boxes are used by Scottish charity Edinburgh Direct Aid to send clothes and other essential items to refugee camps and can…

<p>Dr. Josh Kacher, MSE</p>

Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Josh Kacher has been selected to receive the 2018 ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers. The ASM International Board of Trustees recently made the announcement.

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<p>Jerushia Graham, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking</p>

Jerushia Graham has received the Margaret L. Gongaware Scholarship for the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Graham will be a participant in the Islamic World Papermaking and Natural Dying…

<p>David L. McDowell, Professor, Executive Director, IMat</p>

Structural materials such as cast and wrought metal alloys are commonly selected for applications on the basis of their mechanical and physical properties. In contrast to trial-and-error selection, advances in…

Georgia-Pacific announced today (May 11) it will bring together leading supply chain companies to develop solutions within its new Point A Center for Supply Chain Innovation.

Opening this June in an initial…

Professor Surya Kalidindi, ME, has been selected by the Department of Defense as one of 11 distinguished faculty scientists and engineers to join the 2018 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows (VBFF). They join…

<p>Marilyn Brown, Regents Professor in the School of Public Policy, poses with Greenlink Group Chief Technology Officer Xiaojing Sun, and Matt Cox, the company's chief executive officer and founder. Sun and Cox worked with Brown while the ATHENIA energy modeling platform was under development at the Climate and Energy Policy Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.</p>

Matt Cox wants to change the world. But first, the Georgia Institute of Technology alumnus is working on changing the city of Atlanta.

Cox (Ph.D. Public Policy, 2014) is the founder of energy policy…

<p>Accepting the award on the chapter's behalf was, from left, Professor Chris Luettgen, Associate Director of RBI and former chairman of TAPPI; and Thomas Kwok and Chinmay Satam, both officers within GT TAPPI.</p>

Georgia Tech's President’s Council Governing Board recently awarded the Georgia Tech student chapter of TAPPI the award for "Most Improved Organization." 

The award is presented to the organization…

<p>Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been awarded a $12.8 million contract to develop fundamentally new techniques designed to dramatically accelerate the detection and remediation of infections in local and remote networks. (Credit: Branden Camp, Georgia Tech Research Institute)</p>

Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been awarded a $12.8 million contract to develop fundamentally new techniques designed to dramatically accelerate the detection and remediation of…

Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects nearly nine in every 1,000 babies born. In fact, it’s the world’s most common birth defect. Researchers and clinicians today have begun applying stem cell therapies and 3D…

Image shows a rendered confocal laser scanning micrograph of a mixed species bacterial biofilm observed in a chronic wound model of infection. Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (purple), organize themselves in small, dense clusters of cells called aggregates. (Credit: Sophie Darch, Whiteley Lab and Rumbaugh Lab at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.)

Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects nearly nine in every 1,000 babies born. In fact, it’s the world’s most common birth defect. Researchers and clinicians today have begun applying stem cell therapies and 3D…

<p>A study from a research team from the Georgia Tech found that the vast majority of scientists disclose key details about their work informally to peers and potential collaborators ahead of publishing.</p>

Scientific researchers are known to guard the findings of their studies, keeping the information close to the chest to prevent others from taking credit, publishing or even filing a patent first.

But a new…

<p>We are BioE. Graduate students, directors past and present, faculty, and staff gather in the quad.</p>

British writer, futurist, explorer, and inventor Arthur C. Clarke said that new ideas go through three stages: “It can't be done. It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. I knew it was a good idea all along…

UPDATE (May 11): Read Charles Isbell's thoughts about the meeting and what was discussed in this Wired…