Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

Georgia Tech’s research initiatives in energy and sustainable infrastructure focus on a broad range of challenges involving energy production, conversion, and efficiency; water resource management; infrastructure development; and the issues associated with a changing climate.

The Latest Energy and Sustainability News

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.

Novel Solar Cells Arrive at International Space Station for Testing

Posted: November 6, 2019

Five different types of solar cells fabricated by Georgia Tech researchers have arrived at the International Space Station to be tested.

National Labs, Georgia Tech, Collaborate on AI Research

Posted: November 5, 2019

Georgia Tech is part of a new research center created to solve some of the most challenging issues in AI.

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

Posted: October 29, 2019

This is what could happen if all endangered regulations that help in the fight against harmful ozone go away.

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

U.S. Carbon and Pollution Emissions Policies Are ‘Up in the Air’

Posted: October 29, 2019

This easy-to-read companion piece to a new ozone modeling study explains legal snags energy-clean air policies currently face.

Georgia Tech Included in Major Water Desalination Research Initiative

Posted: October 18, 2019

Georgia Tech is part of a new effort to address water security issues in the United States.

3D Printing Technique Accelerates Nanoscale Fabrication a Thousandfold

Posted: October 3, 2019

A new 3D-printing technique can create nanoscale structures a thousand times faster than current processes.

Plasma potential surrounding electrical materials

Hybrid Breakers Could Make Direct Current Practical in High Power Applications

Posted: October 1, 2019

Direct current (DC) has advantages over alternating current, and a new circuit breaker under development could make DC more practical.

Seung Soon Jang, Faisal Alamgir and Ji Il Choi

Platinum-Graphene Atomically-thin Fuel Cell Catalysts Show Superior Stability Over Bulk Platinum

Posted: September 18, 2019

Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

Hyperbolic Paraboloid Origami Harnesses Bistability to Enable New Applications

Posted: September 17, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo are looking at hypar origami with to leverage its structural properties.

Armored With Plastic ‘Hair’ and Silica Shell, New Perovskite Nanocrystals Show Enhanced Durability

Posted: November 29, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a novel approach aimed at addressing the material’s durability problem: encasing the perovskite inside a double layer protection system made from plastic and silica.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age, Hard Evidence Says

Posted: November 25, 2019

Hard evidence now says: El Nino and the climate phenomenon that drives it have become more extreme in the industrial age.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Exoplanet Axis Study Boosts Hopes of Complex Life, Just Not Next Door

Posted: November 20, 2019

An exoplanet study on axis tilts raises hopes that advanced life may exist elsewhere in the universe.

Data Engineering and Science

Observing a “Cosmic Symphony” Using Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Posted: November 19, 2019

Research from a team of astrophysicists presents a compelling roadmap for capturing four- to 10-year snapshots of intermediate-mass black hole activity.

Metagenomics Unlocks Unknowns of Diarrheal Disease Cases in Children

Posted: November 18, 2019

Researchers have found that conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrheal diseases in children.

Materials

Informatics Accelerates Design of Hybrid Membrane Materials for Chemical Separations

Posted: November 8, 2019

A $1.7 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology develop much cheaper ways to separate chemicals using membranes that could potentially replace energy-intensive distillation processes.

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