News

Matthew Oliver, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Georgia Tech, EPIcenter Faculty Affiliate

2 min read

Master of the rebound — Economist Matthew Oliver measures the sometimes concealed costs of pivoting to clean energy
Four researchers standing in a lab with a large roll of fiberglass insulation and a wooden rack holding small bags of hemp fiber-based insulation materials. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)

1 min read

CEE researchers’ analysis outlines path to a U.S. construction market for hemp-based fibers, which are already used for clothing and biodegradable…
Tarek Rakha on the Georgia Tech campus holding a drone in his arms.

5 min read

Lamarr.AI leverages AI and drones to autonomously diagnose building energy inefficiencies, reducing carbon emissions. The startup, a collaboration…

A male Georgia Tech researcher wearing a black glove holds a solar cell prototype.

3 min read

Solar power as an electricity source is growing in the United States, with 7% of Americans using it to run their homes. But scientists are still…

Tim Lieuwen, Executive Vice President for Research

3 min read

The Regents’ Professor and current interim EVPR brings strong leadership and deep research expertise to the role.
The Atmospheric Science and Chemistry mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT) site collects real-time data during the Los Angeles wildfires. Courtesy: Haroula Baliaka

2 min read

The fires enabled the first real-time data on airborne lead, thanks to a pioneering air quality measurement network.
Devesh Ranjan

1 min read

Ranjan has established numerous fundraising, outreach, and community-building initiatives as chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Yongsheng Chen

5 min read

Professor Yongsheng Chen leads a multi-university team using machine learning to discover PFAS-removing membranes.
two female researchers in a Georgia Tech lab wearing white coats

3 min read

From new farming practices to paleontology, meet four Georgia Tech researchers who improve the climate and predict its future.

Georgia Tech's Scott Duncan welcome remarks at the Microgrid workshop

3 min read

Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), Southern Company, and Georgia Power hosted a workshop aimed at imparting new information and…

GT Energy In The News

Omar Asensio, visiting fellow, Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society
Harvard Business School

What’s your area of research and what led you to it? As a climate scholar, I focus on the intersection of technology and public…

Researcher working on battery technology
The Cool Down

Georgia Tech researcher Gleb Yushin is quoted about recent innovations in battery technology.

Transformative Industry: Tim Lieuwen, professor and interim chair, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech: photo Kevin Garrett.
Georgia Trend

A fleet of innovative new companies working at the limits of advanced technology could reshape the aerospace industry – and…

How to cool down a city - heat map of singapore
NY Times

Georgia Tech's Brian Stone weighs in on this feature looking at how Singapore could be a model for dampening the effects of climate…

https://gacth.org/
Business Wire

The Greenhouse Accelerator is announcing the launch of the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, a public-private-academic…

Streets crack under heat because higher temperatures create more space between vibrating molecules, causing the material to expand and deform. Priscila Zambotto/Moment via Getty Images
The Conversation

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones,…

The utility Pacific Gas & Electric acknowledged responsibility for equipment that started the deadly 2018 blaze that burned through Paradise, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
The Conversation

Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric, claiming the utility was negligent for not shutting off power as strong…

Benoit Montreuil speaking to the Axios roundtable group. Credit: Shay Richards for Axios
Axios

On Wednesday, August 23, Axios hosted an Expert Voices roundtable discussion in Atlanta, featuring local leaders and experts in…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
Duke Nicholas Institute

Development of the portal–in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the SETRI network–was recently recognized as part of the White…

After more than 10 years, construction of Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is complete and has achieved full power output. (Courtesy of Georgia Power)
WABE

The first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia.…