Q&A with Alumna Sophia Velastegui
NOTE: This story orignially appeared in the Spring 2020 edition of the Georgia Tech College of Engineering's "We Are Engineers" Magazine.Businesses across the world are quickly being shaped and...
View ArticlePlanetary Exploration Rover Avoids Sand Traps with “Rear Rotator Pedaling”
The rolling hills of Mars or the moon are a long way from the nearest tow truck. That’s why the next generation of exploration rovers will need to be good at climbing hills covered with loose material...
View ArticleEmory and Georgia Tech Create Protection Devices for Use During COVID-19
Medical staff treating patients on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic come face to face daily with the risk of exposure to the virus. Among the riskiest moments are inserting and removing...
View ArticleMighty Mascots
They’re not just outstanding students; they’re Georgia Tech tradition-keepers. Armando Gonzalez and Aaron Burtz are two of just a handful of students who have ever donned black tights, a fuzzy head,...
View ArticleInspired by Parents, ME Student Helps Build Equipment to Battle COVID-19
You don’t get much more Atlanta than Kentez Craig.“I grew up just five minutes south of the airport,” said Craig. “My parents were always driving to the local hospital or fire station for work.”Craig’s...
View ArticleSitaraman Named Regents Professor
The University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents (BOR) appointed Suresh K. Sitaraman and six of his fellow Georgia Tech faculty members Regents Professors, the highest academic recognition...
View ArticleKeys to Taking Capstone Design Online
The purpose of Capstone Senior Design is for groups of students to come together and work in teams to design and validate solutions to real-world problems. This summer, due to the campus shutdown...
View ArticleFirst Class of Students Receive Woodruff School First Generation Fellowships
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering graduate students Gian Rivera Crespo, Brian Kelly and Jairo Y. Maldonado-Contreras have been selected as the first class of students to receive a...
View ArticleMessage to the Woodruff School Community
Dear Woodruff School Family,I consider myself fortunate to be the chair of the best Mechanical Engineering program in the country. The students, staff, and faculty that I work with daily are...
View ArticleStatement Regarding Racial and Social Injustice
The Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering stands committed in the fight against racism, racial bias, and social injustice. We believe that the diversity and contributions from all of our members...
View ArticleA Family Affair
By Georgia Parmelee It all started with a call from his family in California. They were manufacturing 3D-printed masks for Covid-19 first responders and asked their cousin Suyash Rajesh, a rising...
View ArticleThis Supernova in a Lab Mimics the Cosmic Blast's Splendid Aftermath
By Ben Brumfield Nestled in the constellation Taurus, a spectacle of swirling cosmic gases measuring half a dozen light-years across glows in shades of emerald and auburn. The Crab Nebula was born of a...
View ArticlePhD Student Joel Chapman Receives 2020 ASME K-16 Graduate Student Paper of...
Joel Chapman, a fourth-year mechanical engineering PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has received the 2020 ASME K-16 Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award for his paper entitled...
View ArticleJuneteenth
The Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering recognizes this important day in American History which brought the emancipation of slavery in 1865. JuneteenthReflect. Remember. Celebrate.
View ArticleJuneteenth
The Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering recognizes this important day in American History which brought the emancipation of slavery in 1865. JuneteenthReflect. Remember. Celebrate.
View ArticleMighty Mascots
They’re not just outstanding students; they’re Georgia Tech tradition-keepers. Armando Gonzalez and Aaron Burtz are two of just a handful of students who have ever donned black tights, a fuzzy head,...
View ArticleInspired by Parents, ME Student Helps Build Equipment to Battle COVID-19
You don’t get much more Atlanta than Kentez Craig.“I grew up just five minutes south of the airport,” said Craig. “My parents were always driving to the local hospital or fire station for work.”Craig’s...
View ArticlePhD Student Sonja Brankovic Wins 2020 Chih Foundation Graduate Student...
Sonja Brankovic, a second-year mechanical engineering PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has received the 2020 Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication Award for her...
View ArticleNovel Sensors Could Make MRI Scans Safer
Researchers at Georgia Tech have received a four-year $1.65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop novel sensors for safer MRI imaging. The research will be conducted by...
View ArticleSpontaneous Formation of Nanoscale Hollow Structures Could Boost Battery Storage
Small batteries were used to study the spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures in the laboratory of Matthew McDowell at Georgia Tech. (Credit: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech)An unexpected...
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