Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics

Manufacturing creates both wealth and high-quality jobs, and is responsible for 70 percent of U.S. exports. In support of this key industrial area, Georgia Tech conducts basic and applied research in manufacturing, trade, and logistics – supplemented by strengths in related research disciplines such as materials and management.

The Latest Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics News

PowerPoint & LED Projector Enable New Technique for Self-Folding Origami

Posted: April 28, 2017

PowerPoint and an LED projector allow self-folding origami structures from photo-sensitive polymers.

New Projects Create a Foundation for Next-Gen Flexible Electronics

Posted: March 20, 2017

Four projects set to move forward at the Georgia Institute of Technology aim to lay the groundwork for manufacturing next-generation flexible electronics, which have the potential to make an impact on industries ranging from health care to defense.

New Partnership to Advance Production Standards in Biomanufacturing

Posted: February 20, 2017

The Georgia Institute of Technology will play a key role in a new public-private partnership to help establish best practices and eventual industry-wide standards for the production of therapies using living cells to treat a range of conditions.

New Institute Aims to Help Bring Cell-based Medicines to Market

Posted: December 23, 2016

The Georgia Institute of Technology will play a key role in a new federally backed initiative to advance medications made from cells, such as vaccines and autoimmune drugs, as well as therapies using living cells to treat a range of conditions.

Developing New Techniques for Repairing Composite Aircraft Components

Posted: December 15, 2016

Georgia Tech is working with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines on procedures for repairing composite parts.

3-D Printing Gets a Heart to Help Improve Valve Replacement Procedures

Posted: December 15, 2016

Researchers are developing a tool that could help cardiologists treat patients with heart valve disease.

Cross Talk

A Manufacturing Renaissance

Posted: December 1, 2016

Advanced technologies produce therapeutic cells, 3-D heart valves.

GREATER EFFICIENCY THROUGH COMPUTER INTEGRATION

Model-Based Engineering

Posted: November 30, 2016

As modern factories have grown increasingly complex, companies are relying more and more on computer models to monitor how production processes play out on the factory floor.

Printed Circuits

Posted: November 30, 2016

For pilots, having instant access to data about their aircraft is crucial to safely navigating the skies. Researchers at Georgia Tech are working on a technology that could generate information at an unprecedented level of detail.

Inside the 3-D-printed model of a human heart valve

3-D Printing gets a Heart

Posted: November 30, 2016

Tens of thousands of patients each year are diagnosed with heart valve disease, with many in need of lifesaving surgery to treat the condition.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Researchers Receive NIH Funds for Adjuvant Research to Boost Coronavirus Vaccines

Posted: May 20, 2020

Researchers have received funding to screen and evaluate adjuvants that may improve the ability of coronavirus vaccines to simulate the immune system.

People Think Robots Are Pretty Incompetent and Not Funny, New Study Says

Posted: May 19, 2020

Good thing humanoid robots don't have feelings because people think they are pretty incompetent.

Volcanic Activity Does Not Contribute to El Ninos, Hard Evidence Says

Posted: May 19, 2020

Physical evidence has spoken, and it clearly says that volcanic activity does not push El Nino and La Nina events.

Emory and Georgia Tech Create Barrier Protection Devices for Use During COVID-19

Posted: May 13, 2020

Two Atlanta universities have created barrier protection devices designed to contain the droplet spray and aerosol produced during certain medical procedures.

Robotics

Planetary Exploration Rover Avoids Sand Traps with “Rear Rotator Pedaling”

Posted: May 13, 2020

Using the Mini Rover, researchers have studied locomotion techniques that could help future rovers work on granular lunar and planetary surfaces.

Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics

Why Restarting the Global Economy Won't be Easy

Posted: May 10, 2020

Supply chain disruptions and other operational factors will affect the ability to restart the world's economy.

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