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

Origami Structures Created Through 3D Printing

Origami, 3D Printing Merge to Make Complex Structures in One Shot

Posted: October 20, 2018

Researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures.

3D-Printed Tracheal Splints Used in Groundbreaking Pediatric Surgery

Posted: September 18, 2018

With support from Georgia Tech, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta placed 3D-printed tracheal splints in a pediatric patient.

Control System Simulator Helps Operators Learn to Fight Hackers

Posted: August 23, 2018

A control system simulator for a chemical processing plant could help train operators on security measures.

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.

A Breakthrough in the Physics of Blood Clotting

Posted: June 7, 2021

New research by Georgia Tech and Emory University sheds new light on the mechanics and physics of blood clotting and could lead to better ways to treat clotting and bleeding issues.

The Indelible Value of People and Relationships in Manufacturing

Posted: June 2, 2021

Steelcase and Georgia Tech work to improve both manufacturing and office environments.

How An Elephant’s Trunk Manipulates Air to Eat and Drink

Posted: June 1, 2021

Animal’s “Swiss Army Knife” could help build better robots

Researcher Xiaojian Bai and his colleagues used neutrons at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source to discover hidden quantum fluctuations in a rather simple iron-iodide material discovered in 1929. (Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

Neutrons Piece Together 40-year Puzzle Behind Iron-iodide’s Mysterious Magnetism

Posted: May 27, 2021

Advanced materials with more novel properties are almost always developed by adding more elements to the list of ingredients. But quantum research suggests some materials might already have advanced properties that scientists couldn’t see, until now.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Early Feasibility Study Shows Flickering Lights and Sound Could Be New Weapon Against Alzheimer’s

Posted: May 24, 2021

Safety, tolerance, adherence get high scores in first human trial

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Itch Insight: Skin Itch Mechanisms Differ on Hairless Versus Hairy Skin

Posted: May 21, 2021

Georgia Tech has uncovered differences in itch on hairy versus non-hairy skin that could lead to more effective treatments for patients with persistent skin itching.

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