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A closeup of Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower

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Georgia Tech students are gaining hands-on research experience at U.S. national laboratories this summer, reinforcing the Institute’s strong and…
A closeup of Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower

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Georgia Tech’s INTERSECT 2026 brought together leading voices in energy this week to explore critical issues in the Southeast’s energy ecosystem.
Vida Jamali, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech

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Assistant Professor Vida Jamali is the inaugural recipient of the new Dr. James Robert and Margaret Spencer Early Career Fellowship in Georgia Tech’s…
EPIcenter ACCELERATE Program Recipients Clio Andris, Marilyn Brown, Dylan Brewer, Gaurav Doshi, Michelle Graff, Tony Harding, Brian An, Matt Oliver, Micah Ziegler, Constance Crozier

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The Energy Policy and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech has awarded funding to a new faculty cohort through its ACCELERATE program, designed to…
A person filling gas in his car with the gas prices shown in the foreground

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Georgia Tech energy economist Bobby Harris said U.S. gasoline prices are driven mainly by crude oil costs, with refining, distribution and taxes…
Graph showing supply demand of crude oil with price plotted in the Y axis and quantity in million barrels per day in the X axis during the months of Feb-April 2026.

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Georgia Tech–affiliated energy and trade economists describe how higher oil prices don’t just hurt consumers—they also shift enormous amounts of…
Attendees of the GEMs-4 symposium

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In February, the Georgia Institute of Technology, together with the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, the Georgia Mining Association…
Aerial view of a datacenter with air conditioner compressor fans on the roof of the building

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The Energy Policy and Innovation Center (EPIcenter) at Georgia Tech has launched an interactive tool to help communities navigate the dynamic land-…
Adobe Stock image showing solar panels, wind mills and energy storage units in a desert-like landscape with the sun setting in the background

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A recent review by EPIcenter faculty affiliate highlights that data centers, particularly those supporting high-performance computing and AI…
Energy Club members with Alex Fitzsimmons (middle), Under Secretary of Energy (Acting) at U.S. Department of Energy

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The 2026 Southeastern Energy Conference, Georgia Tech’s annual student-led energy and sustainability conference welcomed more than 150 attendees…

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Walter de Heer, a professor of physics at Georgia Institute of Technology, holds a molecular model of graphene in his lab.
Wall Street Journal

A team of scientists have determined graphene, the same substance found in common pencil lead, can act as a semiconductor. Walter…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
TechXplore

It was a good year for technology research and development, and nothing made the news more often than energy research efforts.…

Panasonic's Powder-Powered batteries to charge EVs
Wired

Sila, Gleb Yushin's battery materials company, will begin supplying to Panasonic, one of the largest EV battery manufacturers.

A geothermal production well and the Blundell Geothermal Power Plant near Milford, Utah. This well provides 400 degree steam and hot water from deep underground to run the turbines at the power plant. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/ Universal Images Group via etty Images
Scientific American

The potential of geothermal energy as a carbon-free power source is well known. Now companies such as Google are helping to unlock…

ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute and Georgia Tech co-hosted a Southeast Decarbonization Workshop in November 2023. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
ORNL News

November 29, 2023

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Climate Change Science Institute and the Georgia…

A truck is parked betwenn brine evaporation ponds at Albemarle Corp's Silver Peak lithium facility, Oct 6, 2022, in Silver Peeak, Nev. The Energy Department is making a push to strenghten the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023, up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Associated Press

While the funding may not have been make-or-break for them, Matthew McDowell, associate professor of engineering at Georgia…

George White, a principal research engineer and the senior director for Strategic Partnerships at Georgia Tech, and Taiesha Smith, the senior program manager for HBCUs and minority-serving institutions Research Partnerships at Georgia Tech, discuss the goals of the Research Collaboration Initiative. (Courtesy of Georgia Tech)
WABE

With the goal of building a diverse workforce in science and technology, Georgia Tech is working to establish new research…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
WSB-TV

Are they ready for crazy Atlanta drivers and crazy Atlanta roads here?” Gray asked Georgia Tech professor Srinivas Peeta, who…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Solar Panels
AJC

Suniva had been growing rapidly since its 2007 founding at Georgia Tech. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2017 under…