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

Robot Designed to Defend Factories Against Cyberthreats

Posted: March 29, 2018

This robot is designed to lure in digital troublemakers who have set their sights on industrial facilities. HoneyBot will then trick the bad actors into giving up valuable information to cybersecurity professionals.

Documenting passenger movement on aircraft

Researchers Determine Routes of Respiratory Infectious Disease Transmission on Aircraft

Posted: March 19, 2018

Researchers have studied how passengers move about on aircraft to evaluate potential transmission of respiratory infections.

Plug and play chiplets could be the basis for future devices

Georgia Tech Researchers Support DARPA’s New “CHIPS” Initiative

Posted: October 3, 2017

Georgia Tech is contributing to the DARPA CHIPS initiative to reuse microelectronic designs.

Engineering Research Center Will Help Expand Use of Therapies Based on Living Cells

Posted: September 12, 2017

A $20 million engineering research center will help expand the uses of cell-based therapies.

Electronic polymer inks in biphasic solutions

Spray-on Electric Rainbows: Making Safer Electrochromic Inks

Posted: August 16, 2017

A flick of a switch, and electrochromic films change their colors. Now they can be applied more safely thanks to an innovation with water.

Quarter-size orange plastic origami shapes lie in the palm of a blue-gloved hand

PowerPoint Comes into the Fold

Posted: July 13, 2017

Projected patterns cause special polymer film to bend along the direction of light, creating self-folding origami structures.

Norman Findley standing under a canopy of solar panels

It’s Gonna Be a Bright, Sunshiny Day

Posted: July 5, 2017

Atlanta startup Quest Renewables helps power Atlanta’s new football stadium with technology developed at Georgia Tech.

Unique 3-D Printed Models Could Improve Patient Outcomes in Heart Valve Replacements

Posted: July 3, 2017

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Piedmont Heart Institute are using standard medical imaging and new 3-D printing technologies to create patient-specific heart valve models that mimic the physiological qualities of the real valves.

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.

BeamMap combines electron beam and electrospray

New Instrument Will Uncover Structure and Chemical Composition on Sub-Cell Scale

Posted: January 11, 2021

A new imaging instrument will be able to simultaneously study both the surface of a biological sample and its chemical composition.

Georgia Tech Names Eric Vogel Executive Director of Institute for Materials

Posted: January 11, 2021

Georgia Tech has named Eric Vogel, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, to be executive director of the Institute for Materials.