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.

Spontaneous Formation of Nanoscale Hollow Structures Could Boost Battery Storage

Posted: June 13, 2020

The spontaneous formation of hollow structures in nanometer-scale antimony crystals could make them useful in lithium-ion batteries.

Open-AirVentGT Emergency Ventilator Provides Patient Monitoring, Feedback Control

Posted: April 27, 2020

Georgia Tech researchers have created a prototype for an emergency ventilator with electronic sensors and computer controls.

Square speck has enormous listening abilities

Lung-Heart Super Sensor on a Chip Tinier Than a Ladybug

Posted: April 15, 2020

The future of socially distanced lung and heart health monitoring could lie in this inconspicuous yet incredibly sensitive chip.

New Smartphone App Will Record Interactions

Will Smartphones Help Us Keep COVID-19 Under Control?

Posted: April 14, 2020

Smartphones could provide a critical service of automating contact tracing to control future COVID-19 outbreaks.

Interface between GaN and diamond materials

Room-temperature Bonded Interface Improves Cooling of Gallium Nitride Devices

Posted: March 16, 2020

A new technique for integrating materials such as gallium nitride and thermally conducting materials could improve performance of wide bandgap devices.

David McDowell, director of Institute for Materials

Dave McDowell to Step Down as Director of the Institute for Materials (IMat)

Posted: February 18, 2020

David McDowell is stepping down after seven years as founding director of IMat.

$25 Million Project Will Advance DNA-Based Archival Data Storage

Posted: January 16, 2020

A new research initiative is using DNA as an efficient and robust archival storage medium.

Centralized Ordering, Modeling Will Keep PPE Supplied to Research Labs

Posted: June 29, 2020

Georgia Tech has developed an automated and centralized system for replenishing PPE stock in research labs.

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‘SlothBot in the Garden’ Demonstrates Hyper-Efficient Conservation Robot

Posted: June 16, 2020

Visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden can observe the testing of SlothBot, a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world’s most endangered species.