Alumnus David Frakes: A Road Less Traveled
August 26, 2020By Georgia ParmeleeDavid Frakes’ brand-new biomedical engineering lab might currently be sitting empty, but he has big plans for it. Soon it will be filled with computers, flow loops, 3D...
View ArticleMicrogel Immuno-acceptance Method Could Improve Pancreatic Islet Transplant...
Pancreatic islet transplants, which revive insulin production to treat type 1 diabetes, only last an average of three years.By learning from a groundbreaking cancer treatment strategy based on a recent...
View ArticleEngineered biomimetic nanoparticle for dual targeting of the cancer stem-like...
September 14, 2020Lead author Dr. Jinhwan Kim Treatment of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant childhood brain tumor, includes surgery, whole brain and spine radiation, and chemotherapy, which...
View ArticleWoodruff School Ranked #2 in Nation
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering has risen to second in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings of undergraduate mechanical engineering programs, and ranks...
View ArticleE-Beam Atomic-scale 3-D ‘Sculpting’ Could Enable New Quantum Nanodevices
Image shows patterned etching of graphene oxide flakes to create a logo. The etching achieved a depth of 0.9 nanometers.September 17, 2020By varying the energy and dose of tightly focused electron...
View ArticleGenzale to Share Mars Fuel Plan at NASA Public Symposium
Image credit: BOKO mobile studyCaroline Genzale, Woodruff Faculty Member and NASA NIAC Fellow, will present her team’s concept for producing a renewable rocket propellant on Mars at the NASA Innovative...
View ArticleNovel Data Analysis using Deep Learning for Frequency-Domain Thermo-Reflectance
September 21, 2020Frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) is a popular technique to investigate thermal properties of bulk and thin film materials. The FDTR data analysis involves fitting...
View ArticleMeet Steven Sheffield, Mentor for Students
Steven Sheffield is the machine shop manager for Georgia Tech's George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.Story by Victor Rogers | September 21, 20201997 was a momentous year for Steven...
View ArticleHatzell Part of Team Tackling Improved Recycling and Manufacturing of...
Assistant professor Marta Hatzell is part of a five-person team awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Future Manufacturing grant which will support fundamental research to discover and develop...
View ArticleWoodruff Graduate and Faculty Member Timothy Lieuwen Named Fellow of American...
September 28, 2020The American Physical Society this week announced that it has elected Woodruff School graduate and current adjunt professor Timothy C. Lieuwen to its 2020 class of Society Fellows....
View ArticleTravis and Troy Nunnally: In their Own Words
September 30, 2020By Candler Hobbs Travis (Master’s ME 2009) and Troy Nunnally (ECE Master’s 2009 and Ph.D. 2014) are known as the “Tech Twins” in the Atlanta entrepreneurial community. They are native...
View ArticleBlockade of immune checkpoints in lymph nodes through locoregional delivery...
October 1, 2020Immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown great promise against multiple types of cancer, but they are still not sufficiently effective to help many patients.In a study published in...
View ArticleKurfess on Dean's Uncommon Engineering Podcast
Before he began his tenure as Georgia Tech's new provost, the College of Engineering's Dean Steven McLaughlin sat down with Thomas Kurfess to talk about the future of manufacturing for an episode of...
View ArticleQ&A with Associate Professor Aaron Stebner
October 16, 2020Associate Professor Aaron Stebner joined the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering this past summer and now that he has had some time to get situated and familiarize...
View ArticleAn Elephant Researcher Never Forgets
October 16, 2020By Kristin Baird RattiniAndrew Schulz takes an inclusive approach to his innovative research on elephant biomechanicsQ. How do you know when an elephant is leaving on a trip?A. It has...
View ArticleGates Foundation Supporting Wearable Tech in Ethiopia
October 22, 2020 Rudy Gleason and Hong Yeo collaborating on device for continuous health monitoring of at-risk infantsEvery semester a group of bioengineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology meets...
View ArticleRobotically Precise Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Degenerative Disc Disorder
Nov. 2, 2020 | By Christa Ernst, IENLower back pain caused by degenerative disc disorder affects approximately 40% of the population over 40 and though many of us may never experience adverse effects...
View ArticleQ&A with NIH Grant Recipient Jordyn Schroeder
Nov. 2, 2020Graduate student Jordyn Schroeder was recently awarded an NIH R01 Research Supplement that will support her professional development and conference travel for the next two years. The award...
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