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PLEASE NOTE SEMINAR IS TUESDAY THE 21st!

Abstract: How should we act under incomplete information? We must integrate over missing values to assess the risk of a downstream decision, or the expected risk reduction from gathering further information.  Applications include NLP annotation, LLM workflows, clinical medicine, experimental design, and many others.  The classical approach to predicting missing values involves fitting some generative model to the incomplete data.  Alas, classical methods are slow and often inaccurate due to local optima, poor mixing, or model misspecification.  We propose a low-fuss, efficient alternative with fewer assumptions: given incomplete data, train a neural network to directly predict masked values. Our generic network architecture resembles BERT: it constructs a representation for each random variable's posterior marginal distribution and iteratively refines it through attention on other random variables and entities.  We find that this posterior marginal Transformer ("Marformer") works much better than EM and almost as well as MCMC even when those methods know the true data generating model, and it outperforms them on naturally occurring data. We outline future methods for adaptive masking and a future design for managing data collection efforts.

Bio: Jason Eisner is Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University and a Fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics. At Johns Hopkins, he is also affiliated with the Center for Language and Speech Processing, the Mathematical Institute for Data Science, the Cognitive Science Department, and the Data Science and AI Institute. His goal is to develop the probabilistic modeling, inference, and learning techniques needed for a unified model of all kinds of linguistic structure, and to connect existing models (such as LLMs) to commonsense reasoning, formal reasoning, and downstream applications. His 180+ papers have presented various algorithms for parsing, machine translation, and weighted finite-state machines; formalizations, algorithms, theorems, and empirical results in computational phonology; unsupervised or semi-supervised learning methods for syntax, morphology, and word-sense disambiguation; and principled methods for conversational AI, including neural language modeling and semantic parsing. From 2019-2024 he was Director of Research at Microsoft Semantic Machines, which developed new approaches to conversational AI. He is also the lead designer of Dyna, a declarative programming language that provides an infrastructure for AI algorithms. He has received 3 school-wide awards for excellence in teaching, most recently in 2025, as well as recent 

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Abstract: Neural interface technologies provide new opportunities to assist and augment human behaviors. For instance, muscle activity can be transformed into commands for an assistive device for people with disabilities or provide richer control for a computer than interfaces like mice and keyboards. Connecting signals from the nervous system to an external device in this way presents users with a new, potentially unintuitive, mapping between their movements and those of the device. Users often change their behavior as they learn to control neural interfaces, and many neural interfaces leverage machine learning to let the device adapt to the users. This co-learning creates complex and high-throughput interactions between algorithms and the nervous system. In my talk, I’ll present recent research in my lab demonstrating that the algorithms we use in neural interfaces influence neural computations and user learning. I will then present new computational frameworks we’ve developed to predict and shape user-algorithm interactions. These discoveries open possibilities to build neural interfaces that intelligently interact with the nervous system to assist and rehabilitate motor function across diverse users and applications.

Bio: Dr. Orsborn is a Cherng Jia and Elizabeth Yun Hwang Associate Professor in the departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of Washington. Her research explores sensorimotor plasticity in brain-computer interfaces and how plasticity is influenced by the algorithms used. She completed her Ph.D. at the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Graduate Program in Bioengineering and her postdoctoral training at NYU’s Center for Neural Science. She recently received the NSF CAREER award, a Sloan Fellowship, and was named an Emerging Leader by the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.

Digital technologies are reshaping our work and our lives at unprecedented speed. This presentation examines three forces driving this Fourth Industrial Revolution: exponentiality, convergence, and ubiquity, and their implications for higher education and adult learning. Dr. Schatz explores critical questions: How do we leverage AI-enabled personalization to support careers when 40% of worker skills become obsolete every five years? How do we design learning ecosystems that scale adaptive support across institutional boundaries? How do we use data to inform lifelong learning while respecting individuals’ data sovereignty? Drawing on cognitive science and learning engineering research, this presentation offers actionable strategies for implementing AI-augmented adult learning systems that move from pilot projects to institutional practice.

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Sae (pronounced like “say”) works at the intersection of cognition, technology, and data. She specializes in bridging the gap between scientific principles and human-centered practice, and her unique approach to “strategic storytelling” (translating complex topics into memorable messages) has garnered professional awards and seen her work translated into multiple languages. 

In 2023, Sae launched the Knowledge Forge LLC, a boutique consultancy offering keynotes, professional development workshops, and strategic services. Her clients include government agencies, academic institutions, and businesses. Recently, for example, she delivered keynotes at the UK Special Forces Club (Knightsbridge), Prometric board meeting, and Innovations in Testing annual conference. She’s published works in TD Magazine, Defense Dossier, and the Journal of Military Learning, and she helped to produce the Learning Engineering Toolkit (2022), authored Engines of Engagement: A Curious Book About Generative AI (2023), and contributed to the U.S. National Academies’ report on Adult Learning in the Military Context (2024). 

From 2015 to 2022, Sae served as the director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, a U.S. Department of Defense program for research, development, and policy stewardship. She also co-chaired the NATO Training Group (NTG) Individual Training and Educational Developments task group. Under her leadership, the U.S. ADL Initiative sparked the international community’s pursuit of the lifelong “digital learning ecosystem,” in part with her popular book Modernizing Learning: Building the Future Learning Ecosystem. Her efforts were also formally recognized as “a pathfinder for enterprise data services” by then–DoD Chief Data Officer David L. Spirk. 

Before joining the civil service, Sae worked as an applied human-systems scientist in both business and academia. From 2011 to 2014, she was the chief scientist at MESH Solutions (a defense contractor), where she led the U.S. Marine Corps’ Making Good Instructors Great project and the U.S. Joint Staff’s award-winning Blended Learning–Training effort. Prior to that, she held an assistant professorship with the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation and Training. Sae is a prolific writer and professional presenter as well as a graphic designer who often uses those skills to enhance books, presentations, and infographics. 

She holds a doctorate in Modeling and Simulation (M&S), with an emphasis on human systems.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

This April, the College of Sciences is hosting an inspiring look at the future of space exploration and life beyond Earth. Frontiers in Science: Advancing Space Exploration will convene leading scientists, engineers, policy experts, and thought leaders from across Georgia Tech and beyond to share research that’s guiding discovery and innovation. 

What Participants Will Learn:                                                                                   

•     Deploy secure, scalable AI agents using AgentCore Runtime
•   Implement robust authentication and authorization with AgentCore Identity
•   Integrate external services through AgentCore Gateway
•   Extend agent capabilities using AgentCore Tools
•   Manage agent memory and context with AgentCore Memory
•   Monitor agent performance with AgentCore Observability

Schedule:

•     1 hour of presentation
•   3 hours of hands-on activities
•   1 hour lunch + networking + QA
•   The session will remain active for 72 hours afterward so students can continue practicing

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Abstract: Large Language Models are powerful models of language even for long stretches of generation. This has shifted the research frontier in natural language processing to where global coherence and consistency, strategic content planning and selection, and high-fidelity evaluation play increasingly important roles. These belong to discourse-level capabilities. I will first present a model of discourse in the framework of Questions Under Discussion (QUD), which provides the necessary data structure to move beyond a local view of text generation and informs us how to strategically decide which questions are worth answering in a given context. Next, I will share how this model can be used to measure and evaluate novelty, revealing the structural homogeneity in LLM outputs even when they differ in content. Finally, I will tackle the evaluation challenge for open-ended generation, focusing on fine-grained evaluation systems that capture implicit aspects absent from user specification. In all, this talk aims to address the need for discourse-level understanding and control in today’s generative models.

Bio: Jessy Li is an associate professor in the Linguistics Department and (by courtesy) the Computer Science Department at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests are in computational linguistics and natural language processing, specifically discourse and pragmatics, natural language generation, evaluation, and language & code. She is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, ACL and EMNLP Outstanding Paper Awards, an ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, among others. Jessy is an AI research lead at the NSF-Simons CosmicAI Institute, and an affiliated faculty member at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences. She is the current Secretary of NAACL and a program chair of EMNLP 2026.

Zoom Link: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/95262711498?pwd=OoN50EsqjRdi5zAJtgWiZH7BLFYwOg.1

Meeting ID: 952 6271 1498 
Passcode: 144273

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Abstract: The ability to manufacture microscale sensors and other components for robotic systems has intrigued the robotics community for almost 40 years. There have been huge success stories; MEMS inertial sensors have enabled an entire market of low-cost, small-scale UAVs. However, the promise of ant-scale robots has largely failed. Ants and other small insects like mites can move at high speeds on surfaces from picnic tables to front lawns, but few small-scale robots have moved outside the lab. This talk will present themes across our work in scaling down robotics. A common thread across our work is the use of geometry, materials, and mechanisms to do part of the robot control and computation in hardware. For example, choosing the right foot geometry and size scale can result in a 3.6 cm high power autonomous biped capable of high speed locomotion at 25 cm/s. Novel fabrication processes can be designed to tightly couple high-bandwidth actuators, sensors, and mechanisms for locomotion and manipulation tasks. Finally, even sensors can be designed to quickly and easily detect flight-relevant events. 

Bio: Sarah Bergbreiter joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University as a Professor in the fall of 2018 after spending ten years at the University of Maryland, College Park. She started her academic career with a B.S.E. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1999. After a short introduction to the challenges of sensor networks at a small startup company, she received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and 2007 with a focus on small-scale robots. Prof. Bergbreiter received the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2008, the NSF CAREER Award in 2011, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2013 for her research on engineering robotic systems down to millimeter size scales. She has received several Best Paper awards at conferences like ICRA, IROS, and Hilton Head Workshop with her fabulous group of students and former students, and is a Fellow of the ASME. She also served as Vice Chair of DARPA’s Microsystems Exploratory Council from 2020 through 2022. Outside of academia, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters, running, biking, or skiing outside rather slowly, and the rare game of water polo.

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Abstract: Abstract: Large pre-trained models trained on internet-scale data are often not ready for deployment out-of-the-box. They are heavily fine-tuned and aligned using large quantities of human preference data, usually elicited using pairwise comparisons. While aligning an AI/ML model to human preferences or values, it is important to ask whose preference and values we are aligning it to? The prominent approaches of preference alignment are severely limited due to inherent assumption of uniformity by the preference models. We aim to overcome this limitation by building mathematical foundations for learning heterogeneous human preferences. In this talk, I will present PAL, a personalize-able reward modelling framework for pluralistic alignment. PAL has modular design that leverages commonalities across users while catering to individual personalization, enabling efficient few-shot generalization. PAL is versatile to be applied to various domains and matches or outperforms state-of-the-art methods on both text-to-text and text-to-image tasks with 100x fewer parameters in practice. I will also present theoretical results on per user sample complexity for generalization and fundamental limitations when there are limited pairwise comparisons.

References:

1. PAL: Sample-Efficient Personalized Reward Modeling for Pluralistic Alignment (ICLR 2025)
2. One-for-all: Simultaneous metric and preference learning (Neurips 2022)
3. Metric learning via limited pairwise comparisons (UAI 2024)
4. Bridging Lifelong and Multi-Task Representation Learning via Algorithm and Complexity Measure (ALT 2026)

Bio: Ramya Korlakai Vinayak is the Dugald C. Jackson assistant professor in the Dept. of ECE and affiliated faculty in the Dept. of Computer Science and the Dept. of Statistics at the UW-Madison. Her research interests span the areas of machine learning, statistical inference, and crowdsourcing, with a focus on preference learning and alignment under heterogeneity, reliable and efficient dataset creation, and human-in-the-loop systems. Her works aim to address theoretical and practical challenges that arise when learning from heterogeneous societal data. Prior to joining UW-Madison, Ramya was a postdoctoral researcher in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech. She obtained her Masters from Caltech and Bachelors from IIT Madras. She is a recipient of the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty of the Future fellowship from 2013-15, and an invited participant at the Rising Stars in EECS workshop in 2019. She is the recipient of NSF CAREER Award in 2023.

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Meeting ID: 996 5629 6661 
Passcode: 797387 

This talk will be broken into two parts. First, we will talk about the hardware design of humanoid robots, in particular the design of IHMC's custom humanoids, Nadia and Alex. These systems are highly articulated and thus highly complex, with many degrees of freedom and many subsystems. Beyond complexity, however, enabling them to move through environments dynamically and efficiently requires careful consideration of not only their actuator design but also the passive dynamics. Then, we will talk about IHMC's work in the design of autonomy and human interfaces to enable humans to team with humanoid robots to explore and work in novel environments. This will overview the approach for one of the earliest uses of virtual reality to control humanoid robots.  We will also highlight IHMC's design of a flexible autonomy architecture built on behavior trees that enables on-the-fly drafting of novel behaviors and reliable reactivity, including the inclusion of human intervention when encountered with uncertainty.

Bio: Dr. Robert Griffin is a Senior Research Scientist at IHMC and Director of Research Professor at the University of West Florida. His research focuses on improving mobility and autonomy for legged robotics and powered exoskeletons. He is interested in system level approaches for improving the mobility and capability of these robotic platforms, including platform design, motion design and control, autonomy and manipulation, and perception. 

Dr. Griffin leads the robotics group at IHMC, directing a number of projects focusing on advancing robotics. This has included the Office of Naval Research's SquadBot program, which has led to the development of the Alex and Nadia humanoid robots. He has also led the algorithm development for NASA Johnson Space Center's Valkyrie project, including using Valkyrie as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician. Dr. Griffin has also guided the development of a number of exoskeleton systems, including devices used for regaining mobility as well as worker assistance for the Department of Energy. The research in these projects has included the development of novel simplified models for locomotion, contact planning, environmental modeling, the development of autonomy algorithms, and hardware design. His work has resulted in a number of recognitions, including several best paper awards, qualifying as a finalist in the Toyota Mobility Foundation's Mobility Unlimited Challenge, a 2nd and 4th place finish in the Cybathlon Powered Exoskeleton race, and being named as the Outstanding Research Organization in the 2025 Humanoid Robotics Industry Awards. 

Dr. Griffin earned his bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Tech University, and his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2017 with a primary research focus on the control of bipedal robotic mobility for humanoids and exoskeletons. This includes the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot with ONR and Virginia Tech’s entry into the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge.

Abstract: Highly performant AI models such as Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable performance across various domains. It is widely acknowledged that their large model sizes lead to high computational costs (storage, inference latency, memory, etc) making serving and deployment expensive especially in low-resource environments. LLM pruning or more generally model compression is a line of work where LLM model parameters are compressed to reduce model footprint. For example, post-training model pruning aims to achieve model compression by removing less-important parameters while retaining model utility as much as possible. Depending upon available hardware, different types of model compression methods can be useful (eg, sparsity, sparse plus low-rank, quantization, etc). These problems can be formulated as large-scale discrete optimization problems posing interesting algorithmic research questions. In this talk, I will discuss our recent experience in using tools and insights from high-dimensional optimization and statistics in the context of LLM compression.  

Bio: Rahul Mazumder is the NTU Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at MIT Sloan School of Management. He is affiliated with MIT OR Center, MIT Center for Statistics and Data Science, LIDS and IDSS.  His research interests are at the intersection of statistics, machine learning and mathematical programming, and their applications to industry, the government, and the sciences. He is a recipient of the Leo Breiman Junior Award from the American Statistical Association, International Indian Statistical Association Early Career Award in Statistics and Data Science, INFORMS Donald P. Gaver, Jr. Early Career Award for Excellence in Operations Research, INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researchers Prize, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, INFORMS ICS Prize (Honorable Mention). He is currently serving as an AE of the Annals of Statistics, Operations Research and Journal of Machine Learning Research, and was an AE at Bernoulli.

Zoom info: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/98742217559?pwd=x3d62aS5ZXU1EI72lJm3vZBQvG0ZEW.1
Meeting ID: 987 4221 7559 
Passcode: 531419

IDEaS-affiliated students and staff are also welcome.

If you do not have access to Coda, near the beginning of the event we will have a staff member or student waiting by the reception desk near the elevators to escort people up.

What AI tools have you tried for writing, finding literature citations, making presentations, coding, or automating research tasks?  Come share your experiences and learn from others over coffee with the IDEaS community.

IDEaS-affiliated students and staff are also welcome.

If you do not have access to Coda, near the beginning of the event we will have a staff member or student waiting by the reception desk near the elevators to escort people up.

For questions please contact Ashley.edwards@gatech.edu

Please register via CareerBuzz.

Meet & Greet the GTRI Recruiters (Tabling Session)
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Bill Moore Student Center – President’s Suites

Students will have the opportunity to engage one-on-one with GTRI recruiters to learn about internships, full-time opportunities, and the skills and experiences GTRI seeks in candidates. This informal tabling session allows students to ask questions, make connections, and gain insight into GTRI’s hiring process and research areas. Drop in before or after class!

GTRI Industry and Alumni Panel
6 – 8 p.m.
Cypress Theater – John Lewis Student Center
The evening panel will feature GTRI alumni and industry professionals who will share their career journeys, discuss their work at GTRI, and offer advice on navigating research careers in applied science. Following the panel discussion, students will have time to network and continue conversations with panelists and GTRI representatives.

Whether you are exploring career options, interested in applied research, or seeking guidance from Georgia Tech alumni working at GTRI, the College of Sciences - GTRI Alumni and Career Day provides a valuable opportunity to connect, learn, and prepare for your next professional step.

Please RSVP via CareerBuzz to attend either or both events. 

Refreshments will be provided for the evening event, and registration is required via CareerBuzz.

Whether you are exploring industries, seeking guidance, or expanding your professional network, this event is an essential touchpoint in your career development journey. Alumni from diverse fields will share their experiences and offer practical advice for navigating the transition from college to career. Students will leave with strengthened networks and new perspectives on the possibilities ahead. 

RSVP is required via CareerBuzz.

Abstract: Modern machine learning systems achieve impressive performance, but are largely built under a closed-world assumption: that the data distribution does not change from the distribution of the training set.  Real environments are open, dynamic, and filled with unknown unknowns. In such settings, knowing when a model’s output is reliable is critical.

This talk focuses on out-of-distribution (OOD) detection, a key capability for safe and reliable AI. The first part presents a mathematical theory of OOD detection that places state-of-the-art methods, largely heuristically derived, within a unified variational information-theoretic framework [1].  The theory provides plausible assumptions behind existing approaches and predicts new OOD detectors that are simple to implement and outperform state-of-the-art methods.

The second part of the talk addresses an often overlooked problem in practical deployment of OOD detectors, that is, OOD detectors depend on parameters that must be tuned, and a “given OOD” dataset is required [2]. In practice, such given OOD data may be difficult to obtain.  We formalize this problem and introduce a new tuning strategy that uses only the model’s training data and achieves similar or better performance compared to tuning on given OOD data, enabling robust and practical deployment.

The ideas will be illustrated across applications including automatic target recognition, cyber-security, large language models, and radio-frequency (RF) fingerprinting.

[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.14194

[2] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.05935

Bio: Dr. Ganesh Sundaramoorthi is Senior Research Fellow/Director of Research at RTX Technology Research Center, which is the research center for RTX (encompassing Raytheon, Collins Aerospace, and Pratt & Whitney) and also Adjunct Professor of ECE at Georgia Tech.  His research is in machine learning, computer vision, and artificial intelligence (AI), e.g., robustness, explainability, acceleration, and low size, weight & power.  Prior to his current position, he was on the faculty of KAUST, where he led a research group in computer vision.  His PhD was from Georgia Tech and he did postdoctoral work at UCLA in computer vision. He has led a number of internal and external research programs in AI including IARPA, NGA, ARPA-E and AFRL.  He was area chair for leading AI conferences (IEEE/CVF CVPR & ICCV). He has more than 60 publications in AI and nearly 50 patents and/or applications.

http://ganeshsun.com/

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https://gatech.zoom.us/j/92002341992?pwd=ZLAiI8WdAu8arEo23SEArIhGU2smxm.1

Meeting ID: 920 0234 1992 
Passcode: 253459 

Talks and the poster session will be held in person at Georgia Tech, with a virtual viewing/presenting option for talks. Our aim is to highlight early career projects that explore, conceptualize, celebrate, and discover pieces of space, life’s origins, and astrobiology from any field in the Atlanta area. Through this colloquium, we hope to:

• forge relationships between diverse individuals of various fields, experience
  levels and backgrounds
• expand our internal awareness of local work and innovations
• encourage collaboration and interdisciplinary understanding
• provide a professional growth opportunity for early career individuals including undergraduates, graduates, and post-docs

This year’s theme is “Life on Ice: How Ices Shape Planets, Comets, and Origins.”

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Talks and the poster session will be held in person at Georgia Tech, with a virtual viewing/presenting option for talks. Our aim is to highlight early career projects that explore, conceptualize, celebrate, and discover pieces of space, life’s origins, and astrobiology from any field in the Atlanta area. Through this colloquium, we hope to:

• forge relationships between diverse individuals of various fields, experience
  levels and backgrounds
• expand our internal awareness of local work and innovations
• encourage collaboration and interdisciplinary understanding
• provide a professional growth opportunity for early career individuals including undergraduates, graduates, and post-docs

This year’s theme is “Life on Ice: How Ices Shape Planets, Comets, and Origins.”

Register here.

John Besley
Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations
Michigan State University

Anthony Dudo
Associate Professor
Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations
University of Texas at Austin

In this talk, I will describe how we achieve this in a material-like robotic collective by modulating the interunit tangential forces to control topological rearrangements of units within a tightly packed structure. This allows local control of rigidity transitions between solid and fluid-like states in the collective and enables spatiotemporal control of shape and strength. I will show examples of structure-forming and healing and how the collective can support 700 newtons (500 times the weight of a robot) before“melting” under its own weight.

Bio:  Elliot W. Hawkes is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UCSB. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, where he also earned his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Previously, he worked at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab and the ETH Multi-scale Robotics Lab. The Hawkes Lab's research is at the intersection of design, mechanics, and materials, and develops novel mechanisms and applies non-traditional materials to solve challenging problems in robotics, medicine, and biomechanics. He has spun two companies out of the Hawkes Lab, to bring new medical and rehabilitation devices into the world.

Michael Peterson
Director, Severe Storms Research Center
Georgia Tech Research Institute

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Abstract: The modern interconnected world increasingly relies on technologies that are impacted by space weather. Common modes of radio communications are susceptible to disruption from all types of solar storms that perturb the ionospheric plasma. Disturbances impact signal propagation or create communications blackout conditions in critical high-latitude regions. Our ability to monitor these disturbances is limited to land via sensor density, to serendipitous orbital alignments, or to the source of the ionospheric disturbance – X-rays, energetic electrons, or energetic protons – in the case of operational modeling. Improvements to the spatial and temporal sampling of ionospheric disturbances regardless of radiation source is needed to provide improved situational awareness of disturbances, to quantify risk and impacts to advanced technologies, and to understand basic ionospheric physics questions. We are developing the FulminoSat constellation that will use distributed multi-modal space-based sensing of signals of opportunity (lightning) to complement current sensing systems to meet these needs.

Seats are limited — register here.

Supported by the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS), the College of Sciences, the Undergraduate Program in Neursocience, and the Career Center.

This is an event in the Professional Development Series for Neuroscience Majors and other undergraduate students interested in neuroscience, neurotechnology, and their intersections with society. To receive updates on future events in this series, sign up for the mailing list here.

On the grounds between the Howey and Mason Buildings, several telescopes are typically set up for viewing, and visitors are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.

Public Nights are contingent on clear weather. 

For updated schedules, potential closures, driving and parking directions, and other information, please consult the official website: astronomy.gatech.edu

Fall 2025 Semester

• September 4 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Albireo
• October 2 - 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• October 30 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• December 4 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Full Moon, Saturn

Spring 2026 Semester

• January 22 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• February 26 - 7 to 9 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• April 2 - 8 to 10 p.m. - Jupiter, Orion Nebula
• April 23 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter

On the grounds between the Howey and Mason Buildings, several telescopes are typically set up for viewing, and visitors are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.

Public Nights are contingent on clear weather. 

For updated schedules, potential closures, driving and parking directions, and other information, please consult the official website: astronomy.gatech.edu

Fall 2025 Semester

• September 4 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Albireo
• October 2 - 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• October 30 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• December 4 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Full Moon, Saturn

Spring 2026 Semester

• January 22 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• February 26 - 7 to 9 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• April 2 - 8 to 10 p.m. - Jupiter, Orion Nebula
• April 23 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter

On the grounds between the Howey and Mason Buildings, several telescopes are typically set up for viewing, and visitors are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.

Public Nights are contingent on clear weather. 

For updated schedules, potential closures, driving and parking directions, and other information, please consult the official website: astronomy.gatech.edu

Fall 2025 Semester

• September 4 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Albireo
• October 2 - 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• October 30 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• December 4 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Full Moon, Saturn

Spring 2026 Semester

• January 22 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• February 26 - 7 to 9 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• April 2 - 8 to 10 p.m. - Jupiter, Orion Nebula
• April 23 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter

On the grounds between the Howey and Mason Buildings, several telescopes are typically set up for viewing, and visitors are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.

Public Nights are contingent on clear weather. 

For updated schedules, potential closures, driving and parking directions, and other information, please consult the official website: astronomy.gatech.edu

Fall 2025 Semester

• September 4 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Albireo
• October 2 - 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• October 30 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• December 4 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Full Moon, Saturn

Spring 2026 Semester

• January 22 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• February 26 - 7 to 9 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• April 2 - 8 to 10 p.m. - Jupiter, Orion Nebula
• April 23 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! 

You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America. 

You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends! 

If you are accompanying a minor (under 18), please be sure that a guardian/chaperone is with them at all times and that there is no less than one adult for every two minors.

For more information join the mailing list and/or contact Katie Slenker (kslenker3@gatech.edu) or Jenny McGuire (jmcguire@gatech.edu).

​* No T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.

On the grounds between the Howey and Mason Buildings, several telescopes are typically set up for viewing, and visitors are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.

Public Nights are contingent on clear weather. 

For updated schedules, potential closures, driving and parking directions, and other information, please consult the official website: astronomy.gatech.edu

Fall 2025 Semester

• September 4 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Albireo
• October 2 - 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• October 30 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• December 4 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Full Moon, Saturn

Spring 2026 Semester

• January 22 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• February 26 - 7 to 9 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• April 2 - 8 to 10 p.m. - Jupiter, Orion Nebula
• April 23 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
   

On the grounds between the Howey and Mason Buildings, several telescopes are typically set up for viewing, and visitors are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.

Public Nights are contingent on clear weather. 

For updated schedules, potential closures, driving and parking directions, and other information, please consult the official website: astronomy.gatech.edu

Fall 2025 Semester

• September 4 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Albireo
• October 2 - 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• October 30 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Saturn
• December 4 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Full Moon, Saturn

Spring 2026 Semester

• January 22 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• February 26 - 7 to 9 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
• April 2 - 8 to 10 p.m. - Jupiter, Orion Nebula
• April 23 - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - Moon, Jupiter
   

NASA Research Scientist Janine E. Captain (Ph.D. Chem ‘05) returns to campus from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the ARTEMIS project to explain. Captain has led the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) instrument on NASA’s PRIME-1 and VIPER missions.

Captain will be joined by Regents’ Professor Thomas (Thom) Orlando, who will also present his work on the possible processes which originate water in the universe, including on Earth’s moon. With joint appointments in the Schools of Physics & Chemistry and Biochemistry, Orlando serves as principal investigator of the Center for Lunar Environment and Volatile Exploration Research, a NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute that’s hosted at Georgia Tech.

Light refreshments will be served after the presentation. RSVP HERE

EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!

EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!

EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!

EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!

EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!

EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!

EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!