National Security

Georgia Tech has helped meet the need for mission-critical defense and security research since the 1950s. Today, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) experts, collaborating with other Georgia Tech research and academic units, apply scientific, engineering, and policy know-how to help solve some of the toughest problems of the modern battlefield.

The Latest National Security News

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Connected New World

Posted: March 8, 2018

The internet of things will soon account for more than half of the world’s connected devices. Georgia Tech researchers are working to ensure IOT security, fuse large IOT data streams, and provide necessary connectivity.

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The Minds of the New Machines

Posted: January 25, 2018

New theories and innovative algorithms support computer learning for improved prediction and decision-making

Georgia Tech Leads Effort to Strengthen State’s Defense Manufacturing Industry

Posted: December 16, 2021

Department of Defense grant enables collaboration with Spelman College, Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development in pilot project

U.S. Space Force Recognizes Georgia Tech as New Strategic Partner

Posted: November 12, 2021

On Nov. 11, Georgia Tech and the U.S. Space Force launched a strategic partnership to develop a high-caliber aerospace workforce and collaborate on advanced aerospace research.

GTRI’s Marshall Bronston Credits Others for Pushing Him to System Engineering’s Highest Heights

Posted: October 19, 2021

Throughout his life, Bronston, a principal research engineer at the Tucson, Ariz., field office of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), has accomplished much as a fighter pilot, a leader, and an engineer.

Celebrating Inclusive Excellence: Carlos Davila, a Leader of Adults and Youth

Posted: October 19, 2021

Carlos Davila embodies two tenets of Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) mission to “improve the human condition” and to “educate future technology leaders."

Georgia Tech and GTRI Researchers developing AI Psychiatry in Support of National Security

GTRI, Georgia Tech Develop AI Psychiatry to Advance National Security

Posted: August 27, 2021

A group of researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and Georgia Institute of Technology have teamed up under the inaugural GTRI Graduate Student Fellowship Program to develop a revolutionary cyber forensics technique called AI Psychiatry.

Georgia Tech Joins the U.S. National Science Foundation to Advance AI Research and Education

Posted: July 29, 2021

Today, Georgia Tech received two National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards, totaling $40 million.

Control System Helps Several Drones Team Up to Deliver Heavy Packages

Posted: March 22, 2021

Researchers have developed a control system that will enable teams of drones to carry heavy packages.

Georgia Tech Will Help Manage DOE’s Savannah River Laboratory

Posted: December 28, 2020

Georgia Tech is part of a team that has been selected to manage the DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory

Georgia Tech Leads Effort to Strengthen State’s Defense Manufacturing Industry

Posted: December 16, 2021

Department of Defense grant enables collaboration with Spelman College, Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development in pilot project

Electronics and Nanotechnology

Georgia Tech soft semiconductor researchers

Soft Semiconductors that Stretch Like Human Skin Can Detect Ultra-low Light Levels

Posted: December 15, 2021

Georgia Tech researchers have created a semiconductor material that acts like a second skin layer and is up to 200% more stretchable than its original dimension without significantly losing its electric current.

Lifesaving Device Providing Breath of Hope

Posted: December 15, 2021

Hollister lab at Georgia Tech re-engineers airway splint to treat rare, fatal condition in newborns

Georgia Tech Wins Commerce Department Grant to Develop AI Manufacturing Economic Corridor

Posted: December 14, 2021

The Georgia Institute of Technology was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) as part of its $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

Air Flow Key to Ensuring Black Soldier Fly Larvae Thrive as a Sustainable Food Source

Posted: December 14, 2021

Georgia Tech research provides insights into how this insect superfood can be raised and fed in dense groups without overheating

People and Technology

College of Engineering Duo Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Posted: December 13, 2021

Siva Sivakumar and Natalie Stingelin receive highest professional distinction for academic inventors

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