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IPaT Seed Grant Winners 2023

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The Institute of People and Technology at Georgia Tech (IPaT) co-sponsored more than $70,000 in grant awards to five research projects.
Smart Bathroom

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TechSAge recently received a $4.6 million grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research to support another five years of work — the project’s third…
Panel discussion

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On Sept. 22, representatives from Walt Disney Animation Studios visited Georgia Tech to describe career opportunities available with the animation filmmaking division.
Tim Trent

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Tim Trent is known at Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) for his dedicated and enthusiastic research, operations, and makerspace support.
Michael Best

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On Aug. 24, the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) sponsored its first fall program aptly named Considering People and Technology.
Autistic art depicting the natural diversity of human minds | Credit: MissLunaRose12, CC BY-SA 4.0

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This fall, the Institute will launch a foundational, interdisciplinary program to lead in research related to neuroscience, neurotechnology, and society.

Maribeth Coleman

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Maribeth Coleman, director of Research and associate director of Interactive Media for the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), was named a Regents’ Researcher by the University System of…
IPaT 2023 summer interns with IPaT research faculty members

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Seven Georgia Tech students hired for the 2023 summer research internship program sponsored by the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) presented their projects on Aug. 4.
Georgia Tech's historic campus signage is shown, with Tech Tower in the background.

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The University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents announced 12 first-time Georgia Tech appointments to Regents’ distinctions for 2023 and affirmed the renewal of existing distinctions for…

Michael Best, executive director of the Institute for People and Technology, seated in a round chair.

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As the first Interdisciplinary Research Institute executive director with a primary faculty appointment in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Best plans to build on the greatest strength of…

LMC art work

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The Art & AI VIP is one of many arts-and-technology efforts housed entirely or partly in LMC, a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.…

An image generated by the DALL-E stable diffusion engine. DALL-E is one of the tools Art & AI students use to exploring the boundaries of AI art.

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Painting may seem old school, but it’s a profoundly technological practice.
A compilation of profile photos

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A look at some recent research on Covid-19 policies from Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty.

High School Students holding their internship completion certificates. Kala Jordan from IPAT pictured far right.

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This summer, five students in Georgia participated in the Institute for People and Technology’s (IPaT) inaugural summer research program at Georgia Tech specifically designed for high school…
Students holding their internship completion certificates.

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This summer, five students in Georgia will be participating in the Institute for People and Technology’s (IPaT) inaugural summer research program at Georgia Tech.

 

 


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