The Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech serves as the focal point for enterprise-level collaboration between Novelis and the university, connecting Novelis’ technical and business innovators with Georgia Tech students and faculty.
The Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech was established in August 2019 to initiate basic and applied research collaboration in areas of strategic interest to Novelis, and provide faculty, student and educational program support. Over the years, Novelis has expanded its investment and partnership with Georgia Tech faculty, researchers and students through focused R&D projects and workshops, scholarships for students, senior executive engagement, business incubation exploration, and more.
Vision
Sustainable Innovation Through Partnership
Supporting Novelis’ purpose of “Shaping a Sustainable World Together” by:
- Accelerating time-to-market for Novelis’ core businesses
- Opening new market opportunities
- Advancing circular economy solutions
- Developing future-ready talent and capabilities
- Creating breakthrough technologies for long-term growth
Mission
Accelerate Research into Market Growth
The Hub advances innovation by:
- Accelerating the pipeline of breakthrough technologies and new product opportunities
- Advancing basic and applied research through faculty partnerships
- Strengthening collaboration between industry and academia
- Developing future talent through scholarships, research experiences, internships, and capstone projects
- Translating research discoveries into scalable industrial solutions
The collaboration aims to promote basic and applied research in the areas of sustainability, advanced materials discovery, applications of AI and machine learning, surface functionality, additive manufacturing and business model innovation. Hub-supported basic and applied research projects involve academic/research faculty and graduate students from various academic units across campus.
The Novelis Innovation Hub has also contributed to research infrastructure development at Georgia Tech, most recently co-investing in acquisition of equipment at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility.
The Novelis Scholars Program inspires the next generation of innovators by connecting students with scholarships, faculty-led research, industry mentors, internships, and real-world challenges. Through these experiences, students gain the skills, insights, and connections needed to become future leaders in engineering, manufacturing, sustainability, materials science, and digital innovation.
Prof. Shreyes Melkote from Georgia Tech and Dr. Vinicius Silva from Novelis lead the Novelis Innovation Hub and work as a team to advance the mission of the partnership.
