Casey Wichman, Associate Professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Economics.
August 12, 2026

How Does Wildfire Smoke Affect the Economy?

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Georgia Tech economist Casey Wichman explains how increased wildfire smoke from climate change affects spending, productivity, and healthcare costs.
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Georgia Tech Solar Racing vehicle
August 11, 2026

Georgia Tech Solar Racing Team Sets Record at Electrek American Solar Challenge

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The team set a challenge record for occupancy and took home first place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix’s multi-occupant category.
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Saman Zonouz is a Georgia Tech associate professor and lead researcher for the DerGuard project.
August 6, 2026

As Water Systems Face Cyberattacks, Georgia Tech Research Points to Solutions

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Recent cyberattacks on municipal water systems across the United States have renewed concerns about the cybersecurity of the operational technology that supports critical infrastructure.
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man standing in front of computer servers
August 4, 2026

Professor Earns NSF CAREER Award for Data Center Research

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School of Computer Science Assistant Professor Ahmed Saeed has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his research on improving data center efficiency.
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 A robotic arm moves amongst AMPF facilities
August 3, 2026

Georgia Tech to Lead National Cloud Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing and Materials

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The cloud lab will give researchers nationwide remote access to Georgia Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, pairing AI with autonomous experimentation to accelerate new materials discovery.
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Field tour attendees in Soperton, Georgia.
July 28, 2026

Hope Among the Pines: A Field Tour in Southeast Georgia Presents Carbon Exchange as Solution

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The Georgia Carbon Exchange can provide economic incentives to help landowners keep and manage their forests for carbon sequestration, with benefits to impact the entire state.
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Yuanzhi Tang
July 27, 2026

Yuanzhi Tang Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

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Yuanzhi Tang, executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and Georgia Power Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been named an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow.
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Side-by-side scientific visualization comparing in-situ photoelasticity and modeled stress field evolution during fracture testing of a transparent material. The left panel shows a rectangular specimen with rainbow-colored stress patterns radiating from a crack tip near the center-right edge, while the right panel shows a corresponding color-coded stress map with blue, green, yellow, and red regions indicating increasing stress concentration around the crack tip. Labels at the top identify the two methods.
July 24, 2026

Rapid Testing Offers Path to More Sustainable Material Choices

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At Georgia Tech’s Daedalus Lab, Christos Athanasiou and postdoctoral researcher Danqi Sun are working to provide greater certainty to designers and engineers by rethinking how materials are tested for their fracture characteristics.
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Georgia Tech grad student holding a hollow fiber membrane that can be used for low-energy chemical separation.
July 24, 2026

Georgia Tech Helps Advance Genesis Mission, a National Effort to Transform Scientific Discovery Through AI

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Institute researchers will lead two projects and contribute to several others as part of the Department of Energy’s $5 billion initiative.
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Researcher fits and adjusts an EEG brain-monitoring cap with electrode leads on a seated participant in a neuroscience laboratory while holding a tablet.
July 22, 2026

The Neuro Revolution Is Dawning. Are We Ready?

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As neuroscience and neurotechnology accelerate, Georgia Tech researchers are examining what a neuro-connected future could mean for society and for humanity itself.
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SEI's Director of Research and Studies Rich Simmons teaching at the Energy Unplugged Camp
July 20, 2026

Building the Energy Workforce of Tomorrow Through Energy Unplugged at Georgia Tech

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Energy Unplugged camp, a collaboration between the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), the Energy Policy and Innovation Center, and CEISMC, attracted students from across the country for an immersive, hands-on experience in real-world energy systems.
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Rich Simmons on a car designed by the GT-Motorsports team at the Michigan International Speedway
July 20, 2026

Richard Simmons Named Interim Director of Student Competition Center

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Richard Simmons, principal research engineer in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been named interim director of the Student Competition Center (SCC).
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