Electronics and Nanotechnology

At Georgia Tech, research in the complementary fields of electronics and nanotechnology – supported by strengths in related areas such as biomedicine, materials, and policy – provides the foundation for a broad range of advances with industrial applications. Georgia Tech has deep expertise in electronics and semiconductors, and has become a national leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

The Latest Electronics and Nanotechnology News

A minature world with IoT devices emitting waves

Connected New World

Posted: March 8, 2018

The internet of things will soon account for more than half of the world’s connected devices. Georgia Tech researchers are working to ensure IOT security, fuse large IOT data streams, and provide necessary connectivity.

Research Goes Global

Posted: January 11, 2018

Georgia Tech’s research roots extend worldwide, creating international business connections and giving students unique research, education, and work opportunities.

Piezoelectric Tiles Light the Way for Kennedy Space Center Visitors

Posted: December 13, 2017

A lighted footpath powered partially by piezoelectric tiles will soon be operational at the Kennedy Space Center.

Electronics and Nanotechnology

Georgia Tech soft semiconductor researchers

Soft Semiconductors that Stretch Like Human Skin Can Detect Ultra-low Light Levels

Posted: December 15, 2021

Georgia Tech researchers have created a semiconductor material that acts like a second skin layer and is up to 200% more stretchable than its original dimension without significantly losing its electric current.

Data DNA

Posted: November 30, 2021

Researchers have made significant advances toward the goal of a new microchip able to grow DNA strands that could provide high-density 3D archival data storage at ultra-low cost – and be able to hold that information for hundreds of years.

Electronics and Nanotechnology

NASA Juno Mission Paper Featured in Science

Posted: November 30, 2021

ECE Professor Emeritus Paul Steffes and his colleagues with the NASA Juno Mission published a paper that is the cover feature of the November 19, 2021 issue of Science.

Researchers Discover Predictable Behavior in Promising Material for Computer Memory

Posted: November 1, 2021

A research team led by Georgia Tech researchers has discovered unexpectedly familiar behavior in the antiferroelectric material known as zirconium dioxide, or zirconia.

Georgia Tech Awards First Round of Seed Grants to Support Team-Based Research

Posted: October 14, 2021

Awards aim to promote formation and advancement of multidisciplinary research collaborations.

How to Make an Exosuit that Helps with Awkward Lifts

Posted: October 14, 2021

New exosuit invented by Georgia Tech researchers reduces muscular exertion required for rotating and twisting motions.

Biomolecular Engineer Wins Grant to Make Microorganism-Inspired Machines

Posted: October 12, 2021

To make a micro-robot that moves, look to what nature does, first.

Georgia Tech Leads Effort to Strengthen State’s Defense Manufacturing Industry

Posted: December 16, 2021

Department of Defense grant enables collaboration with Spelman College, Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development in pilot project

Electronics and Nanotechnology

Soft Semiconductors that Stretch Like Human Skin Can Detect Ultra-low Light Levels

Posted: December 15, 2021

Lifesaving Device Providing Breath of Hope

Posted: December 15, 2021

Hollister lab at Georgia Tech re-engineers airway splint to treat rare, fatal condition in newborns

Georgia Tech Wins Commerce Department Grant to Develop AI Manufacturing Economic Corridor

Posted: December 14, 2021

The Georgia Institute of Technology was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) as part of its $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

Air Flow Key to Ensuring Black Soldier Fly Larvae Thrive as a Sustainable Food Source

Posted: December 14, 2021

Georgia Tech research provides insights into how this insect superfood can be raised and fed in dense groups without overheating

People and Technology

College of Engineering Duo Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Posted: December 13, 2021

Siva Sivakumar and Natalie Stingelin receive highest professional distinction for academic inventors

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