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

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.

Internet of Things

Posted: November 30, 2016

For years, production managers at Mueller Inc. would stay late in the day or arrive in the wee hours of the morning to sketch out plans on paper for cutting parts out of giant rolls of steel.

Composite Repairs Revisited

Posted: November 30, 2016

When Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. announced plans to purchase scores of new airplanes from Airbus and Bombardier, the carrier made clear its focus was on remaking its fleet with lighter, more fuel-efficient aircraft.

Manufacturing Renaissance

Posted: November 30, 2016

To illustrate just how significant manufacturing is to the U.S. economy, three numbers alone tell the story.

Visualization

Liquid Solid

Posted: November 28, 2016

Someday, a hard drive could hold more bytes of information than there are stars in the observable universe.

Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics

Ideas in the Making

Posted: November 28, 2016

Georgia’s manufacturing sector remains a profitable part of the state’s economy, with more companies incorporating strategies such as smart manufacturing to remain competitive. But while the industry is integrating more innovative practices, it is not as focused on cybersecurity vulnerabilities, the 2016 Georgia Manufacturing Survey suggests.