Eating in the Blink of an Eye
Spit switch and tongue's softness keep tongue sticky when capturing prey.A frog uses its whip-like tongue to snag its prey faster than a human can blink, hitting it with a force five times greater than...
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Full Name (First Middle Last): Sharon Eve SonenblumJob Title (short): Senior Research ScientistPrimary Research Area: BioengineeringRoom Number: CoC 026Telephone: 404-385-0633Photo: clearbuzz_14.jpg
View ArticleMicro C Raises Additional $700K in Seed Round
Micro C, a Savannah-based medical device startup led by a trio of Georgia Tech graduates, said it has raised an additional $700,000 in its early-seed funding round. The additional funds follow the...
View ArticleAlumnus Dr. Fronk Receives ASHRAE New Investigator Award
ME alumnus Dr. Brian Fronk (Ph.D. '07, M.S. '14), advised by Dr. Srinivas Garimella, has been selected as the recipient of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers...
View ArticleFour-Stroke Engine Cycle Produces Hydrogen from Methane and Captures CO2
When is an internal combustion engine not an internal combustion engine? When it’s been transformed into a modular reforming reactor that could make hydrogen available to power fuel cells wherever...
View ArticleME Sophmore Drives at GA Dome Final Event
The Georgia Dome will go out of existence as an Atlanta landmark and host venue not with a bang but with a roar of Earth-shaking proportions, according to officials with Feld Entertainment, which will...
View ArticleWoodruff School Professors Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Three faculty members from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards from the National Science...
View ArticleME Alumna Velastegui Among Most Powerful Female Engineers 2017
In honor of National Engineers Week (February 19-25), Business Insider has issued its annual shout-out to the most powerful women engineers in US tech. ME alumna and Woodruff School Advisory Board...
View ArticleME Undergraduate's Remarkable Balancing Act
Usually in college athletics, recruiting stories are told by coaches and athletes. In the case of Georgia Tech center Ben Lammers, an associate dean in the school’s college of engineering gets a turn...
View ArticleMaking a Gigaton of Difference
As new employees in any organization, early career engineers are challenged to be able to quickly make a contribution and become leaders in their area of expertise. In Marta’s field of sustainable...
View ArticleCreating a Safer Cane
Jeffrey McMichael worried about his mother-in-law. She recently had a double replacement knee surgery and depended on a cane chair to get around.Her walking cane came with an attached folding seat, but...
View ArticleU.S. News Ranks GA Tech's Engineering Programs
The 2018 U.S. News and World Report rankings of graduate programs are out, and once again the Georgia Institute of Technology was found to produce high-quality graduate degree programs in engineering...
View ArticleCreating A Foundation For Next-Gen Flexible Electronics
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...
View Article2017 Sigma Xi Research Award Winners
The Woodruff School is pleased to announce that five individuals will represent Mechanical Engineering as they receive recognition at the upcoming Sigma Xi Spring Awards Banquet.Sigma Xi, The...
View ArticleNRE/MP Hosts Nuclear Science Merit Badge Workshop
The Georgia Institute of Technology chapter of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) recently hosted a nuclear science merit badge workshop for local area troops of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of...
View ArticleAbdel-Khalik Appointed Chairman of INPO
Dr. Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor, Nuclear & Radiological Engineering, has been appointed Chairman of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Advisory Council by...
View ArticleLinsey/Smith Selected CTL Provost Teaching and Learning Fellows
Dr. Julie LInsey and Dr. Marc Smith are two of 17 faculty selected for the Center for Teaching and Learning’s (CTL) new Provost Teaching and Learning Fellows program. The program is a partnership...
View ArticleME Part of NASA New Solar System Research Project
NASA chooses Georgia Tech for new Solar System Research Project - multidisciplinary team will study how to protect astronauts from radiation.The year is 2030, and U.S. astronauts are living and working...
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