W. Jud Ready

W. Jud Ready

W. Jud Ready

Associate Director of External Engagement
Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering

W. Jud Ready is the Deputy Director, Innovation Initiatives for the Georgia Tech ‘Institute for Materials.’  He has also been an adjunct professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech and a principal research engineer on the research faculty of Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) for over a dozen years. Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty, he worked for a major military contractor (General Dynamics) as well as in small business (MicroCoating Technologies). He has served as PI or co-PI for grants totaling ~$17M awarded by the Army, Navy, Air Force, DARPA, NASA, NSF, NIST, industry, charitable foundations and the States of Georgia and Florida. His current research focuses primarily on energy, aerospace, nanomaterial applications, and electronics reliability.

jud.ready@gtri.gatech.edu

404.407.6036

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Research Focus Areas:
  • Materials and Nanotechnology
  • Nanomaterials
  • Renewable Energy
Additional Research:
Materials Failure and Reliability; Carbon Nanotubes; Integrated photonics; Photovoltaics; Solar

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Samuel Graham

Samuel Graham

Samuel Graham

Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair, Woodruff School Mechanical Engineering
Professor, School Mechanical Engineering
Director, Electronics Manufacturing and Reliability Laboratory

Samuel Graham is the Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also holds an appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech and a joint appointment with the Energy and Transportation Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. His research focuses on the packaging and reliability of electronic devices ranging from wide bandgap semiconductors to flexible organic electronics and wearable sensors. His is a member of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics at Georgia Tech and a co-founder of the Heat Lab which provides thermal solutions for electronics packaging.

sam.graham@me.gatech.edu

404.894.2264

Office Location:
Love 339

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  • Electronics Manufacturing and Reliability Laboratory

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    University, College, and School/Department
    Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
    Research Focus Areas:
    • Conventional Energy
    • Flexible Electronics
    • Micro and Nano Device Engineering
    • Miniaturization & Integration
    Additional Research:
    Heat Transfer; Nanostructured Materials; Electronic Systems, Devices, Components, & Packaging; Materials Failure and Reliability; Thermal Systems

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    Germán Vergara

    Germán Vergara

    Germán Vergara

    Assistant Professor

    vergara@gatech.edu

    404.894.0535

    Office Location:
    Old CE Building G20

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    University, College, and School/Department
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Research Focus Areas:
    • Energy
    Additional Research:
    Agriculture, Health, and the Environment Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy Global Cities and Urban Society History of Technology/Engineering and Society Modern Global History/Science, Technology, and Nationalism

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    Zhaohui (Julene) Tong

    Zhaohui (Julene) Tong

    Zhaohui (Julene) Tong

    Associate Professor
    RBI Lead: Waste Valorization in Food-Energy-Water

    The Tong Lab tackles challenges in the interdisciplinary areas of bioresource engineering and sustainable chemistry. We develop innovative technologies for producing chemicals, materials, energy, and fuels from renewable resources.

    Current research interests include:

    • Functional biomaterials for high-efficiency circular economy
    • Platform chemicals and hydrocarbon fuels from renewable resources
    • Sustainable process control and modeling
    • Nano-biomaterial synthesis and self-assembling
    • Polymer degradation and recycling

    Disciplines:

    • Materials and Nanotechnology

    • Energy and Sustainability

    zt7@gatech.edu

    404.894.3098

    Office Location:
    ES&T 2226

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    University, College, and School/Department
    Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Research Focus Areas:
    • Biochemicals
    • Biorefining
    • Energy
    • Materials and Nanotechnology
    • Pulp & Paper Manufacturing
    • Sustainable Engineering
    • Sustainable Manufacturing

    IRI Connections:
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    Sustainable Systems > Fellow
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