{"690016":{"#nid":"690016","#data":{"type":"news","title":"How a Lens Is Pushing the Limits of Near-Zero\u2011Power Wireless Communication to Gigabits\u2011Per\u2011Second Speeds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this year, Georgia Tech researchers showed that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/energy-wireless-signals-could-power-smart-cities-and-ai-enabling-systems\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Especially designed lenses could harvest energy from ambient wireless signals\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, pointing toward a future of battery-free sensors embedded throughout smart cities and digital infrastructure.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut powering devices is only part of the challenge. Enabling those same systems to communicate at modern data rates is a much harder. That\u2019s the leap the team is now making. The same lens-based approach is being used to unlock high-speed communication once considered out of reach for ultra-low-power systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-026-70454-8\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Estudy published in Nature Communications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, researchers in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Manos (Emmanouil) Tentzeris\u2019\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/athena.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAgile Technologies for High-performance Electromagnetic Novel Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (ATHENA) lab demonstrated a first-of-its-kind lens-enabled backscatter system capable of multi-gigabit data rates, reaching up to 4 gigabits per second (Gbps). At the same time, it operates using only a fraction of the power required by conventional wireless devices \u2014 bringing high-speed connectivity to systems that were never meant to support it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor years, backscatter has been treated as a tradeoff: extremely low power, but extremely limited performance. Rather than generating its own radio signal, a backscatter device modulates and reflects existing wireless transmissions to communicate, allowing it to operate with minimal energy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a result, backscatter has typically been used only to send small amounts of data, most often in simple identification and sensing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we\u2019ve shown is that backscatter doesn\u2019t have to be slow,\u201d said Marvin Joshi, the research lead and Ph.D. candidate in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWith the right architecture, it can operate at gigabit\u2011per\u2011second speeds while remaining ultra\u2011low power.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Lens That Makes It Possible\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team\u2019s dielectric lens \u2014 similar in spirit to an optical lens \u2014 focuses incoming millimeter-wave energy onto an array of tiny antenna elements, enabling both wireless energy capture and high\u2011speed backscatter communication within the same system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system reshapes and reflects\u0026nbsp;existing wireless signals,\u0026nbsp;with each element modulating the reflected signal to enable high-speed data transmission without requiring a traditional transmitter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt millimeter-wave frequencies, used by 5G and future 6G systems, there is plenty of available bandwidth, but signals at these frequencies are highly directional and sensitive to alignment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn practice, that means even small misalignment can break the link. This has been a major limitation for real-world deployment. The lens overcomes that constraint by enabling high gain and wide angular coverage simultaneously, without the need for active beam steering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThink of it like a camera lens for wireless signals,\u201d Tentzeris said, who is a Ed and Pat Joy Chair Professor in ECE. \u201cIt captures energy coming from many different directions and focuses it efficiently onto the device.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe result is a system that can communicate over a \u00b155-degree field of view, maintaining strong performance even when the device and the reader are not perfectly aligned.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFiber-Level Speeds, Nearly Zero Power\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn controlled experiments, the researchers achieved data rates of up to four Gbps, with sustained gigabit communication at distances of up to 20 meters, using high-order modulation schemes like those used in modern cellular networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor a system that doesn\u2019t generate its own signal, those numbers are unexpectedly efficient. The system operates at just 0.08 picojoules per bit \u2014 approaching million-fold improvements compared to conventional wireless radios.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo put that in perspective,\u201d Tentzeris said, \u201ca typical wireless transmitter burns milliwatts of power. This system operates at essentially near-zero power while pushing the data rates 1,000 times higher than what traditional backscatter could do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaken together, the results point to a fundamentally different class of wireless system, according to Tentzeris, one that combines high data rates with ultra-low power in a way that hasn\u2019t been demonstrated before.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on standard wireless modeling, the team estimates the technology could support Gbps communication over distances of kilometers when paired with existing 5G millimeter-wave infrastructure, extending high-speed, ultra-low-power links far beyond what has been achievable with backscatter systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat combination is exactly what future wireless networks are moving toward. This capability aligns naturally with next\u2011generation 6G systems,\u201d said Tentzeris, pointing to the growing importance of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) and Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS) frameworks that require simultaneous communication, sensing, and localization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Smart Cities to Disaster Response\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut speed and efficiency are only part of the story. Because the devices are low-cost, lightweight, and printable, they could be deployed at massive scale on buildings, roads, vehicles, drones, or wearable systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a smart city, thousands of these tags could continuously exchange information about traffic, air quality, or structural health without ever needing batteries. That means dense, always-on sensing and communication without worrying about power or upkeep.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn disaster zones, temporary high-speed networks could be set up almost instantly, without cables or power infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cImagine an ambulance transmitting high-resolution medical images in real time, or first responders building a live digital map of a disaster area,\u201d Joshi said. \u201cYou get fiber-like performance, but completely wireless and energy-efficient.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s Next\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe architecture also lends itself to intelligent optimization, where AI-based control can be enabled to dynamically enhance signal capture and system efficiency, further expanding performance in large-scale deployments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is really about adding intelligence to anything, anywhere,\u201d Tentzeris said. \u201cWhen communication becomes this fast, efficient, and scalable, entirely new applications become possible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the core architecture now demonstrated, the ATHENA Lab team is shifting focus from proof\u2011of\u2011concept to deployment. 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GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680070":{"id":"680070","type":"image","title":"Marvin-and-Manos-Holding-Lens-Device-for-Low-Power-Communication_Cropped.jpg","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Emmanouil \u201cManos\u201d Tentzeris and Ph.D. student Marvin Joshi hold a lens\u2011enabled backscatter system that could support battery\u2011free wireless communication across future smart city infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","created":"1777056803","gmt_created":"2026-04-24 18:53:23","changed":"1777056803","gmt_changed":"2026-04-24 18:53:23","alt":"Professor Emmanouil \u201cManos\u201d Tentzeris and Ph.D. student Marvin Joshi hold a lens\u2011enabled backscatter system that could support battery\u2011free wireless communication across future smart city 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years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Homeland Security, and other authorities have flagged a record number of unauthorized shipments of biological materials. At the same time, global intelligence communities have identified numerous attempts to smuggle sensitive biological samples in efforts of industrial theft or espionage.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA small vial of genetically engineered cells can contain multiple millions of dollars\u2019 worth of intellectual property and require several years of work to develop,\u201d said Corey Wilson, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EChBE\u003C\/a\u003E). \u201cAccordingly, the protection of high-value engineered cell lines has become critically important to the biotechnology industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wilson.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWilson\u003C\/a\u003E and his research team have published their findings in \u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E demonstrating the effectiveness of their new biological security technology, known as GeneLock\u2122, in protecting high-value engineered cell lines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeneLock is a cybersecurity-inspired technology that protects valuable genetic material directly at the DNA level. To demonstrate its strength, Wilson\u2019s team conducted what they describe as a first-of-its-kind biohackathon, detailed in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.aeb8556\u0022\u003Enew paper\u003C\/a\u003E, to simulate unauthorized access.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeneLock greatly improves our ability to protect high-value engineered cell lines by expanding security from the lab environment to the genetic level,\u201d Wilson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEconomic Impact\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat are the stakes? Estimates place the global market for high-value genetic materials at more than $1.5 trillion, projected to reach $8 trillion by 2035. The use of these materials ranges from advanced medicines and proprietary research enzymes to specialty chemicals and sustainable materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, the protection of high-value cell lines depends on physical safeguards such as restricted lab access and secure facilities, Wilson explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe key weakness of physical security measures is once circumvented, there are typically no measures in place to protect valuable cells from theft, abuse, or unauthorized use,\u201d Wilson said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOnce a sample leaves the building, the DNA it carries typically remains fully functional. This is like placing an unlocked cellphone in a desk drawer. Anyone who gains access to the drawer can view sensitive content on the phone\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u2014or in this case will have full access to the valuable cell line.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGenetic Passcode Protection\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GeneLock biological security technology developed by Wilson and his team places a passcode on engineered cells, akin to those used on ATM machines and protected cellphones.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstead of leaving a valuable gene in readable form, the team scrambles the DNA sequence of interest. The scrambled genetic asset remains in a nonfunctional state unless the living cell where it resides receives the correct sequence of chemical inputs. Those inputs act as a molecular passcode.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOnly the right combination, delivered in the right order, rearranges the DNA into a working form,\u201d Wilson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiohackathon Security Test\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo evaluate the technology, the researchers organized a blue team and a red team in what they describe as an ethical biohackathon. The blue team designed the encrypted DNA sequence, while the red team was challenged to discover the correct chemical passcode through experimentation in a gray box exercise, meaning the red team had partial knowledge of the system but did not have access to the internal designs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis approach for testing security strength is commonly used in cybersecurity,\u201d Wilson explained.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe blue team engineered the system inside \u003Cem\u003EEscherichia coli\u003C\/em\u003E, or \u003Cem\u003EE. coli\u003C\/em\u003E, a bacterium widely used in biotechnology. The protected asset was a fluorescent protein gene selected as a measurable stand-in for commercially valuable targets. When the correct chemical sequence was applied, the fluorescence turned on. Without the correct passcode, the gene remained scrambled and the cells could not fluoresce green.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn practice, most DNA sequences produce valuable proteins or chemicals that are essentially invisible to the human eye, requiring specialized devices or experiments to observe,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cIf the biohackathon were conducted with a standard commercially valuable target, the penetration testing would have taken more than 10 times longer to complete, years instead of months.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe biohackathon results showed a dramatic reduction in risk. GeneLock reduced the probability of unlocking the genetic asset by random search to about 1 in 85,000 (a 0.001% chance), assuming the unauthorized user had access to the required chemical inputs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithout access to those inputs, \u201cthe likelihood of success by chance becomes effectively negligible,\u201d said Dowan Kim (Georgia Tech PhD 2024), co-lead author of the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommercial Uses and What\u2019s Next\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the researchers used a non-commercial fluorescent protein as a test case, the implications extend much further. Many biotechnology companies rely on proprietary engineered strains. New England Biolabs, for example, produces more than 265 non-disclosed enzymes in E. coli, each representing a high-value cell line.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProtein-based drugs are also manufactured in living cells, and proprietary metabolic pathways are used to produce specialty chemicals, bioplastics, and high-value ingredients.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn each case, the genetic blueprint inside the cell represents intellectual property that can be protected by our technology,\u201d said Ishita Kumar, a PhD candidate in ChBE and co-lead author of the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the team\u2019s current focus is on protecting intellectual property in the form of high-value cells, future iterations aim to strengthen biological security more broadly.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are currently developing protection measures to mitigate unauthorized use or release of sensitive cell lines that can be potentially hazardous to human health or the environment,\u201d Wilson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs it stands, GeneLock represents an important shift in biological security, enabling, for the first time, protection of valuable cells at the genetic level, even after physical security measures have been bypassed,\u201d he added.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work is already moving toward commercialization. The team filed a provisional patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in February 2026 and is forming a company to deploy the technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research was funded by a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/show-award\/?AWD_ID=2319231\u0022\u003Egrant\u003C\/a\u003E from the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDowan Kim, Ishita Kumar, Mohamed Hassan, Luisa F. Barraza-Vergara, Christopher A. Voigt, and Corey J. 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During the cycle, the team will modify the vehicle\u2019s propulsion system to optimize efficiency and design connected and automated vehicle technologies without sacrificing safety or driving dynamics, closely mirroring industry goals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecruitment for the competition will begin this spring, following the conclusion of the current cycle, which culminates in final competition events in Detroit in late May.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMade up of more than 50 undergraduate and graduate students from six of Georgia Tech\u2019s Colleges, the team reflects what faculty advisor Antonia Antoniou believes is the essence of the competition. Antoniou is a professor in the George W. 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After testing the vehicle in environments ranging from Georgia Tech\u2019s Student Competition Center to the Arizona desert, the team has earned multiple second-place finishes at competitions and first-place awards for presentation skills.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAntoniou, as well as David Taylor, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering who will enter his fifth cycle, will return for the latest challenge, and three new advisors will join the team, including Frank K. Webb Academic Professional Chair in Communication Skills in the Woodruff School Jill Fennell and associate professors Sam Coogan (ECE) and Shuman Xia (ME).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticipation in the EcoCAR Challenge is paired with coursework through Georgia Tech\u2019s Vertically Integrated Projects program, allowing students to gain hands-on experience while earning academic credit. The technical training and real-world problem-solving skills developed through the program make the competition a valuable experience, said Mason Shackelford, subsystem design and integration lead. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of what you do on the job, you have to learn on the job, and that\u2019s what makes EcoCAR such a great opportunity,\u201d Shackelford said. \u201cYou learn something new every day; there is always a new challenge and the thrill of finding unique ways to solve them. You get to meet a lot of people, work on a great team, and apply what you learn in class.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEric Gustafson, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, has worked on the project for five years, beginning as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech. 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The platform is designed to speed up the discovery, development, and production of immune-based countermeasures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESingh leads a collaborative team that includes Cornell University\u2019s Matthew DeLisa and Stanford University\u2019s Michael Jewett. Together, they will integrate immune-engineering technologies with advanced cell-free protein synthesis platforms to discover and manufacture protein-based MCMs. Cell-free protein synthesis is a laboratory technique that efficiently produces proteins without relying on living cells, which can be unpredictable and technically demanding when it comes to expressing complex or toxic proteins and scaling production quickly. The team expects the SHIELD Countermeasures platform to reduce the time and cost of MCM development by more than tenfold.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe foundational science and cutting-edge tools we develop will ignite future discoveries, ensuring a robust pipeline of advanced protein-based MCMs for chemical and biological defense,\u201d said Singh, who also directs the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/immunoengineering.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for Immunoengineering at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis will significantly enhance national security and equip our warfighters with next-generation biodefense capabilities.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional animal models often fail to accurately replicate human immune responses, and standard tissue cultures lack the complexity required to study how immune cells interact with pathogens. In contrast, human immune organoids and immune-competent devices \u2014 built from human cells \u2014 are emerging as groundbreaking research tools. These systems recreate key immune features, such as lymph nodes and mucosal environments, within three-dimensional or microengineered platforms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany organoid and engineering devices, often called organ-on-chip platforms, lack immune integration,\u201d Singh said. \u201cBecause immunity sits at the center of human health, these limitations have broad consequences. 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However, one Saturday last month, the focus shifted from competition to collaboration.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium (GSCS) held its annual meeting on February 21 in Athens. Since 2009, the event has hosted researchers from across the Peach State to showcase homegrown advances in scientific computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/haoningwu.github.io\/GSCS2026.html\u0022\u003EThe symposium\u003C\/a\u003E highlighted Georgia\u2019s reputation as a computing innovation hub. People from around the world come to Georgia universities to lead computing research. By advancing science, engineering, medicine, and technology, their work improves communities at home and abroad.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and students from Georgia Tech, UGA, Georgia State University, and Emory University presented at the symposium. Georgia Tech participants came from the colleges of Computing, Engineering, and Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s organizers agreed to meet in Atlanta for the 2027 symposium. Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE)\u003C\/a\u003E will host the 19th GSCS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom healthcare to computer chip design, scientific computing underpins many of the technological advances we see in our lives,\u201d said Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~echow\/\u0022\u003EEdmond Chow\u003C\/a\u003E, associate chair of the School of CSE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cScientific computing provides the mathematical models, simulations, and data\u2011driven tools that make modern innovation possible. It allows people to analyze complex systems, test ideas virtually before building them, and make faster, more accurate decisions across nearly every sector of society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hmzhou.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EHaomin Zhou\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/itshelenxu.github.io\/\u0022\u003EHelen Xu\u003C\/a\u003E delivered two of the symposium\u2019s five plenary talks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZhou presented a new method for solving the Schr\u00f6dinger equation, a landmark equation in quantum mechanics. Drawing inspiration from the mathematics used in generative artificial intelligence models, his approach develops an algorithm that more effectively simulates waves, particle motion, and other physical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXu focused on improving how computers move and organize data during complex calculations. Her work uses \u201ccache-friendly\u201d layouts that help computers access data more efficiently, boosting performance for scientific and engineering applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSpeaking at GSCS was a great opportunity,\u201d Xu said. \u201cThe symposium fostered connections within the scientific computing community and gave us a chance to share exciting research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium showcased student work through a poster blitz and a poster session. During the blitz, 36 students each had one minute to introduce their research to the full audience. They then shared more details about their research during the poster session.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe student projects showed the range of fields supported by scientific computing. The session also provided attendees with an opportunity to connect and expand their professional networks, helping grow the field\u2019s future impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs an aerospace engineer by training and aspiring computational scientist, GSCS gave me the platform to network with other researchers in the field while showcasing my own research,\u201d said M.S. student \u003Cstrong\u003EKashvi Mundra\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was able to connect with scientists across different disciplines whose work intersects with my own in unexpected ways. Those conversations pushed my thinking beyond my own lab\u0027s perspective, helping me see my work on physics-informed machine learning for inverse problems in a broader scientific computing context.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students who presented posters included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbir Haque\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EMassively Parallel Random Phase Approximation Correlation Energy via Lanczos Quadrature\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAntonio Varagnolo\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EPhysics-Enhanced Deep Surrogates for the Phonon Boltzmann Transport Equation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBen Burns\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EInfinite-Dimensional Stein Variational Inference with Derivative-Informed Neural Operators\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wilfong\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EShocks without Shock Capturing; Compressible Flow at 1 quadrillion Degrees of Freedom without Loss of Accuracy\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDaniel Vickers\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EHighly-Parallel Fluid-Solid Interactions for Compressible Flows\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEric Fowler\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EHigh-Performance Tensor Contractions in Computational Chemistry\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaoran Yan\u003C\/strong\u003E (Math), \u003Cem\u003EUnderstanding Denoising Autoencoders through the Manifold Hypothesis: A Geometric Perspective\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKashvi Mundra\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EAutoregressive Multifidelity Neural Surrogate Modeling under Scarce Data Regimes\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESebasti\u00e1n Guti\u00e9rrez Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/strong\u003E (Math\/CSE), \u003Cem\u003EPDPO: Parametric Density Path Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVivian Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E (AE), \u003Cem\u003EMultifidelity Operator Inference: Non-Intrusive Reduced Order Modeling from Scarce Data\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EXian Mae Hadia\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003EData Efficiency of Surrogate Models: Learning Physics Data from Full Field Data vs. Inductive Bias from Approximate PDE Solvers\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EXiangming Huang\u003C\/strong\u003E (CSE), \u003Cem\u003ENeural Operator Accelerated Evolutionary Strategies for PDE-Constraint Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZhaiming Shen\u003C\/strong\u003E (Math), \u003Cem\u003EUnderstanding In-Context Learning on Structured Manifolds: Bridging Attention to Kernel Methods\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZhongjie Shi\u003C\/strong\u003E (Math), \u003Cem\u003ETowards Understanding Generalization in DP-GD: A Case Study in Training Two-Layer CNNs\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe in-state rivalry between the Yellow Jackets and the Bulldogs usually heats up when Georgia Tech visits the University of Georgia. 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The same is true for crews facing digital threats on oil tankers, cargo ships, and other commercial vessels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENew cybersecurity research from the Georgia Institute of Technology, however, revealed that crews aboard commercial vessels were often not adequately prepared to manage cyberattacks effectively due to systemic training gaps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings are based on interviews conducted by researchers with more than 20 officer-level mariners to assess the maritime industry\u2019s readiness to handle cybersecurity attacks at sea.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Historically, cybersecurity research has focused heavily on cyber-physical systems like cars, factories, and industrial plants, but ships have largely been overlooked,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/annaraymaker.dad\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnna Raymaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. student and lead researcher.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat gap is concerning when more than 90% of the world\u2019s goods travel by sea. Recent incidents, from GPS spoofing to ships linked to subsea cable disruptions, show that maritime systems are increasingly part of the global cyber threat landscape.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers proposed four practical strategies to strengthen maritime cyber defenses and close the training gaps. Their findings were presented recently at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sigsac.org\/ccs\/CCS2025\/call-for-papers\/\u0022\u003EACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS).\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E1. Make Cybersecurity Training Actually Maritime\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany of those interviewed for the study described current cybersecurity training as \u201cboilerplate\u201d \u2014 generic modules that don\u2019t reflect real shipboard risks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers recommend:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERole-specific instruction: Navigation officers should learn to detect and identify GPS spoofing. Engineers should focus on vulnerabilities in remotely monitored systems.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBridging IT and Operational Technology: Crews need to understand how attacks on IT systems can trigger physical consequences in operational technology \u2014 including collisions, groundings, or explosions.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHands-on delivery: Replace passive PowerPoints with drills and in-person exercises that build muscle memory.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAccessible standards: Training must account for the wide range of educational backgrounds across crews and be standardized across ranks.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E2. Move Beyond \u201cCall IT\u201d\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt sea, crews can\u2019t simply escalate a cyber incident to a shore-based IT department and wait. Operational resilience requires onboard readiness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers recommend:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVessel-specific response plans: Ships need clear, actionable protocols for threats such as AIS jamming or radar manipulation.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMilitary-style drills: Adopting MCON (Emission Control) exercises \u2014 used by the U.S. Military Sealift Command \u2014 can train crews to operate safely without electronic systems.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStronger connectivity controls: High-bandwidth satellite systems like Starlink introduce new risks. Clear policies and network segregation are essential to prevent new entry points for attackers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Ch6\u003ERelated Article: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/when-gps-lies-at-sea-how-electronic-warfare-is-threatening-ships-and-their-crews-278181\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen GPS lies at sea: How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their\u0026nbsp;crews\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E by Anna Raymaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E3. Create Unified, Ship-Specific Regulations\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaritime cybersecurity regulations are often reactive and fragmented. Researchers argue the industry needs a cohesive, domain-specific framework.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKey recommendations include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA unified global model: Like the energy sector\u2019s NERC CIP standards, a maritime framework could mandate baseline controls such as encryption, network segmentation, and anonymous incident reporting.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERules built for real crews: Regulations designed for large naval operations don\u2019t translate well to smaller merchant or research vessels. Standards must reflect actual shipboard conditions.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFuture-proofing requirements: Autonomous ships and remotely operated vessels expand the cyber-physical attack surface. Regulations must proactively address these emerging technologies.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E4. Invest in Maritime-Specific Cyber Research\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, the researchers stress that long-term resilience requires deeper technical research focused on maritime systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPriority areas include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EReal-time intrusion detection systems tailored to shipboard protocols.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProactive security risk assessments of interconnected onboard systems.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECyber-physical modeling to better understand cascading failures in complex maritime environments.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch6\u003EThe Bottom Line\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECyber threats at sea are no longer hypothetical. Mariners report real-world incidents ranging from GPS spoofing to ransomware that disrupts global trade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThrough our interviews with mariners, I saw firsthand how much dedication and pride they take in their work,\u201d said Raymaker. \u201cOur goal is for this research to serve as a call to action for researchers, policymakers, and industry to invest more attention in maritime cybersecurity and support the people who risk their lives every day to keep global trade, food, and energy moving.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3719027.3744816\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Sea of Cyber Threats: Maritime Cybersecurity from the Perspective of Mariners\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewas presented at CCS 2025. 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Effective response and long-term resilience depend on the ability to observe, record, and communicate critical data under pressure. Georgia Tech\u2019s IDR course pairs structured on-campus preparation with international field experiences, enabling students to study the cascading effects of major disasters, including how local building practices, governance, and culture shape damage and recovery.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen students step into a disaster zone, they learn quickly that resilience is a systems problem: physical, social, and informational. Our job in computing is to help them capture and reason about that system responsibly,\u201d Roozbahani said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELearning from the 2025 Himalayas Expedition\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring spring break last year, the cohort traveled along the Teesta River corridor in Sikkim, India. 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The attack remains completely dormant until that specific subnetwork is used, effectively hiding across billions of other benign configurations.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis backdoor attack is nearly guaranteed to work, according to Oygenblik. This blind spot is nearly undetectable with current tools and can impact any autonomous vehicle that runs on AI. It can also be hidden at any stage of development and include billions of scenarios.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith VillainNet, the attacker forces defenders to find a single needle in a haystack that can be as large as 10 quintillion straws,\u0022 said Oygenblik.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our work is a call to action for the security community. As AI systems become more complex and adaptive, we must develop new defenses capable of addressing these novel, hyper-targeted threats.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe hypothetical fix to the problem was to add security measures to the super networks. These networks contain billions of specialized subnetworks that can be activated on the fly, but Oygenblik wanted to see what would happen if he attacked a single subnetwork tool.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn experiments, the VillainNet attack proved highly effective. It achieved a 99% success rate when activated while remaining invisible throughout the AI system.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research also shows that detecting a VillainNet backdoor would require 66x more computing power and time to verify the AI system is safe. This challenge dramatically expands the search space for attack detection and is not feasible, according to the researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H1fyPD8vWDo\u0022\u003Epresented\u003C\/a\u003E at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) in October 2025. The paper, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/davidoygenblik.github.io\/pdfs\/VNET.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EVillainNet: Targeted Poisoning Attacks Against SuperNets Along the Accuracy-Latency Pareto Frontier\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, was co-authored by Oygenblik, master\u0027s students \u003Cstrong\u003EAbhinav Vemulapalli \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EAnimesh Agrawal\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EDebopam Sanyal\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EAlexey Tumanov\u003C\/strong\u003E, and Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA newly discovered vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to silently hijack the artificial intelligence (AI) systems in self-driving cars, raising concerns about the security of autonomous systems increasingly used on public roads.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech cybersecurity researchers discovered the vulnerability, dubbed VillainNet, and found it can remain dormant in a self-driving vehicle\u2019s AI system until triggered by specific conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce triggered, VillainNet is almost certain to succeed, giving attackers control of the targeted vehicle.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A newly discovered vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to silently hijack the artificial intelligence (AI) systems in self-driving cars, raising concerns about the security of autonomous systems increasingly used on public roads."}],"uid":"36253","created_gmt":"2026-01-27 14:51:58","changed_gmt":"2026-02-19 17:34:58","author":"John Popham","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679102":{"id":"679102","type":"image","title":"Car-Blind-Spot.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1769525530","gmt_created":"2026-01-27 14:52:10","changed":"1769525530","gmt_changed":"2026-01-27 14:52:10","alt":"A car\u0027s side view mirror with a alert in the center of the mirror. 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How Imperfections Affect Material Strength","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EImagine a material cracking \u2014 now imagine what happens if there are small inclusions in the material. Do they create an obstacle course for the crack to navigate, slowing it down? Or do they act as weak points, helping the crack spread faster?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHistorically, most engineers believed the former, using heterogeneities, or differences, in materials to make materials stronger and more resilient. However, research from Georgia Tech is showing that, in some cases, heterogeneities make materials weaker and can even accelerate cracks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ELed by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/itamar-kolvin\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EItamar Kolvin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the study, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/j4vb-y1ng\u0022\u003EDual Role for Heterogeneity in Dynamic Fracture\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d was published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ethis fall.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EWhile Kolvin\u2019s work is theoretical, the results of the research are widely applicable. \u201cPredicting this type of toughening effect helps engineers decide how much reinforcement to add to a material, and the best way to do so,\u201d he says. \u201cCracks are complex \u2014 they interact with the material, change shape, and respond dynamically. All of this affects the overall toughness, which impacts safety.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBuilding Strong Materials\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe study found that the key to crack behavior starts at the microscopic level where the material\u2019s microscopic structure influences how it resists cracks running at different speeds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cCracks propagate by breaking bonds, and that costs energy,\u201d he explains. \u201cOn top of this, materials experience extreme deformations close to where the crack runs, which costs additional energy. In some materials, the amount of this energy cost can depend on the crack\u2019s speed because of microscopic friction between molecules.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EOther materials, like window glass, are mostly indifferent to the crack speed. These materials are made of simple molecules, allowing a crack to propagate slowly or quickly using the same amount of energy. The researchers found that including heterogeneities can help strengthen these materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EMaterials made of more complex molecules, like polymer plastics and gels, on the other hand,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eare\u003C\/em\u003E velocity dependent: it takes more energy for a crack to propagate faster. In these materials, heterogeneities are less effective at toughening, and if the crack is fast enough, heterogeneities could help it advance. \u201cThat\u2019s something we didn\u2019t expect when we started,\u201d Kolvin says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EDisorder Versus Design\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAfter discovering which types of materials can benefit from heterogeneities, Kolvin wanted to investigate the best way to add them. \u201cNatural materials like rocks are usually very messy and disordered,\u201d he explains, \u201cbut in engineering, heterogenous materials tend to be patterned.\u201d For example, imagine a manufactured material: heterogeneities may be added in a grid-like or other patterned way. Now, contrast that with the irregular freckles and inclusions you might see in a rock found in a streambed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EKolvin\u2019s question was simple: which material was stronger? The results, again, were surprising. The disordered case \u2014 similar to what is found in nature \u2014 created the toughest material.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAmong the patterned materials the team tested, only one was as tough as the disordered case \u2014 and every other pattern tested made the material weaker.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EFrom Lab to Landscape\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Kolvin\u2019s lab focuses on the mechanics of materials \u2014 both solid and fluid. \u201cWe are using our expertise in physics to explore questions across different fields,\u201d he says. \u201cA common concept is treating materials as continua \u2014 zooming out from molecular detail to look at how materials deform and flow at the large scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThis current research follows suit with applications ranging from investigating the smallest material microstructures to predicting earthquake fractures. \u201cEarthquake faults are highly disordered, and simulating these ruptures is a major challenge, usually requiring supercomputers to solve crack propagation in three dimensions,\u201d Kolvin says. \u201cBut with the tools our study has developed, we can simulate similar conditions and large systems using just a desktop computer.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThis opens the doors for scientists, engineers, physicists, and geologists to explore problems right from their own computer, allowing more researchers access to more tools,\u201d he adds. \u201cAnd new tools often lead to new discoveries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDOI:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/j4vb-y1ng\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/j4vb-y1ng\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearch from Georgia Tech is showing how cracks occur and spread through materials \u2014 and how best to prevent them.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Research from Georgia Tech is showing how cracks occur and spread through materials \u2014 and how best to prevent them. 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Presented annually by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asme.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the award recognizes rapidly emerging junior faculty who exemplify originality, depth, and impact in the development and application of mechanics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Eshelby Mechanics Award was established in 2012\u202fin memory of\u202fProfessor John Douglas Eshelby\u0026nbsp;to promote the field of mechanics, among young researchers. The award will be formally presented at the 2026 Applied Mechanics Division Awards Banquet during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in November.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthanasiou and his team advance the fundamental mechanics and physics of materials and translates these insights into systems-level design strategies that address global challenges in resource efficiency and sustainable development. 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His recent work published in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2502613122\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E (PNAS)\u003C\/em\u003E introduced a bioinspired framework to improve plastic recycling while addressing a foundational mechanics question: how can we build reliable structures from inherently variable materials?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthanasiou is also the recipient of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/career-faculty-early-career-development-program\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2024 NSF CAREER Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/christos-athanasiou-receives-asme-orr-early-career-award\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EASME Orr Early Career Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and is a Climate Tech Fellow at the New York Climate Exchange.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristos Athanasiou\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2025 Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award recognizes early-career researchers who\u2019ve made impactful contributions to the field of mechanics."}],"uid":"36345","created_gmt":"2026-02-13 16:57:40","changed_gmt":"2026-02-13 17:03:06","author":"gwaddell3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679280":{"id":"679280","type":"image","title":"headshot-anthansiou.png","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/christos-e-athanasiou\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristos E Athanasiou\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAssistant Professor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","created":"1771002011","gmt_created":"2026-02-13 17:00:11","changed":"1771002011","gmt_changed":"2026-02-13 17:00:11","alt":"Christos Anthanasiou headshot","file":{"fid":"263417","name":"headshot-anthansiou.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/13\/headshot-anthansiou.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/13\/headshot-anthansiou.png","mime":"image\/png","size":943888,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/02\/13\/headshot-anthansiou.png?itok=hBe5dgbw"}}},"media_ids":["679280"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/christos-athanasiou-receives-asme-orr-early-career-award","title":"Christos Athanasiou Receives the ASME Orr Early Career Award"},{"url":"https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/georgia-tech-researchers-pioneer-eco-friendly-building-materials-earth-and-mars","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Pioneer Eco-Friendly Building Materials for Earth and Mars"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"194566","name":"Sustainable Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMonique Waddell\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["monique.waddell@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"688180":{"#nid":"688180","#data":{"type":"news","title":"National Academy of Engineering Elects David McDowell","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMechanical engineer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mcdowell\u0022\u003EDavid McDowell\u003C\/a\u003E is among the newest members of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nae.edu\/\u0022\u003ENational Academy of Engineering (NAE)\u003C\/a\u003E, the organization announced Feb. 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcDowell is one \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nae.edu\/345149\/NAENewClass2026\u0022\u003E130\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Enew members and 28 international members in the 2026 class\u003C\/a\u003E. 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This week, a nest of Georgia Tech experts are swarming an international conference to present their latest advancements in these tools, which offer solutions to pressing challenges in science and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents and faculty from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) are leading the Georgia Tech contingent at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences-events\/siam-conferences\/cse25\/\u0022\u003ECSE25\u003C\/a\u003E). The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/\u0022\u003ESIAM\u003C\/a\u003E) organizes CSE25, occurring March 3-7 in Fort Worth, Texas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt CSE25, the School of CSE researchers are presenting papers that apply computing approaches to varying fields, including: \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExperiment designs to accelerate the discovery of material properties\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMachine learning approaches to model and predict weather forecasting and coastal flooding\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVirtual models that replicate subsurface geological formations used to store captured carbon dioxide\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOptimizing systems for imaging and optical chemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPlasma physics during nuclear fusion reactions\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[Related:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/joshpreston\/viz\/SIAMCSE2025\/dash-long\u0022\u003EGT CSE at SIAM CSE25 Interactive Graphic\u003C\/a\u003E]\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn CSE, researchers from different disciplines work together to develop new computational methods that we could not have developed alone,\u201d said School of CSE Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/people\/edmond-chow\u0022\u003EEdmond Chow\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese methods enable new science and engineering to be performed using computation.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECSE is a discipline dedicated to advancing computational techniques to study and analyze scientific and engineering systems. CSE complements theory and experimentation as modes of scientific discovery.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeld every other year, CSE25 is the primary conference for the SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/get-involved\/connect-with-a-community\/activity-groups\/computational-science-and-engineering\/\u0022\u003ESIAG CSE\u003C\/a\u003E). School of CSE faculty serve in key roles in leading the group and preparing for the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn December, SIAG CSE members elected Chow to a two-year term as the group\u2019s vice chair. This election comes after Chow completed a term as the SIAG CSE program director.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of CSE Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/people\/elizabeth-cherry\u0022\u003EElizabeth Cherry\u003C\/a\u003E has co-chaired the CSE25 organizing committee since the last conference in 2023. Later that year, SIAM members\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/publications\/siam-news\/articles\/siam-introduces-its-newly-elected-leadership\/\u0022\u003Ereelected Cherry to a second, three-year term as a council member at large\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Chow serves as the associate chair of the School of CSE. Cherry, who recently became the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/new-team-associate-deans-ready-advance-college-initiatives\u0022\u003E associate dean for graduate education of the College of Computing, continues as the director of CSE programs\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith our strong emphasis on developing and applying computational tools and techniques to solve real-world problems, researchers in the School of CSE are well positioned to serve as leaders in computational science and engineering both within Georgia Tech and in the broader professional community,\u201d Cherry said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s School of CSE was\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/founding-school\u0022\u003Efirst organized as a division in 2005\u003C\/a\u003E, becoming one of the world\u2019s first academic departments devoted to the discipline. 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Both fields are poised to influence research in everything from healthcare and ethics to exploration and innovation. This expansion of Georgia Tech\u2019s research enterprise represents the Institute\u2019s commitment to research that will shape the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt Georgia Tech, innovation flourishes where disciplines converge. With the launch of the Space Research Institute and the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society, we\u2019re uniting experts across fields to take on some of humanity\u2019s most profound questions. Even as we are tightening our belts in anticipation of potential federal R\u0026amp;D budget actions, we also are investing in areas where non-federal funding sources will grow and where big impacts are possible,\u201d said Executive Vice President for Research Tim Lieuwen. \u0022These institutes are about advancing knowledge \u2014 and using it to improve lives, inspire future generations, and help shape a better future for us all.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth INNS and SRI grew out of faculty-led initiatives shaped by a strategic planning process and campus-wide collaboration. Their evolution into formal institutes underscores the strength and momentum of Georgia Tech\u2019s interdisciplinary research enterprise.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s 11 IRIs support collaboration between researchers and students across the Institute\u2019s seven colleges, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), national laboratories, and corporate entities to tackle critical topics of strategic significance for the Institute as well as for local, state, national, and international communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022IRIs bring together Georgia Tech researchers making them more competitive and successful in solving research challenges, especially across disciplinary boundaries,\u201d said Julia Kubanek, vice president of interdisciplinary research. \u201cWe\u0027re making these new investments in neuro- and space-related fields to publicly showcase impactful discoveries and developments led by Georgia Tech faculty, attract new partners and collaborators, and pursue alternative funding strategies at a time of federal funding uncertainty.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Space Research Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/space.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESpace Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E will connect faculty, students, and staff who share a passion for space exploration and discovery. They will investigate a wide variety of space-related topics, exploring how space influences and intersects with the human experience. The SRI fosters a collaborative community including scientific, engineering, cultural, and commercial research that pursues broadly integrated, innovative projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESRI is the hub for all things space-related at Georgia Tech. It connects the Institute\u2019s schools, colleges, research institutes, and labs to lead conversations about space in the state of Georgia and the world. Working in partnership with academics, business partners, philanthropists, students, and governments, Georgia Tech is committed to staying at the forefront of space-related innovation.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SRI will build upon the collaborative work of the Space Research Initiative, the first step in formalizing Georgia Tech\u2019s broad interdisciplinary space research community. The Initiative brought together researchers from across campus and was guided by input from Georgia Tech stakeholders and external partners. It was led by an executive committee including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/4313\u0022\u003EGlenn Lightsey\u003C\/a\u003E, John W. Young Chair Professor in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/21316\u0022\u003EMariel Borowitz\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/2804\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Beginning July 1, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/s1.space.research.gatech.edu\/w-jud-ready\u0022\u003EW. Jud Ready\u003C\/a\u003E, a principal research engineer in GTRI\u2019s Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, will serve as the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ready-named-inaugural-executive-director-georgia-tech-space-research-institute\u0022\u003Einaugural executive director of the Space Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo receive the latest updates on space research and innovation at Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/app.e2ma.net\/app2\/audience\/signup\/2015041\/1983075\/\u0022\u003Ejoin the SRI mailing list\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EInstitute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society\u003C\/a\u003E (INNS) is dedicated to advancing neuroscience and neurotechnology to improve society through discovery, innovation, and engagement. INNS brings together researchers from neuroscience, engineering, computing, ethics, public policy, and the humanities to explore the brain and nervous system while addressing the societal and ethical dimensions of neuro-related research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EINNS builds on a foundation established over a decade ago, which first led to the GT-Neuro Initiative and later evolved into the Neuro Next Initiative. Over the past two years, this effort has culminated in the development of a comprehensive plan for an IRI, guided by an executive committee composed of faculty and staff from across Georgia Tech. The committee included \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/3736\u0022\u003ESimon Sponberg,\u003C\/a\u003E Dunn Family Associate Professor in the School of Physics and the School of Biological Sciences; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/3728\u0022\u003EChristopher Rozell,\u003C\/a\u003E Julian T. Hightower Chaired Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/11576\u0022\u003EJennifer Singh\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of History and Sociology; and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/sarah-peterson\u0022\u003ESarah Peterson\u003C\/a\u003E, Neuro Next Initiative program manager. Their leadership shaped the vision for a research community both scientifically ambitious and socially responsive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EINNS will serve as a dynamic hub for interdisciplinary collaboration across the full spectrum of brain-related research \u2014 from biological foundations to behavior and cognition, and from fundamental research to medical innovations that advance human flourishing. Research areas will encompass the foundations of human intelligence and movement, bio-inspired design and neurotechnology development, and the ethical dimensions of a neuro-connected future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy integrating technical innovation with human-centered inquiry, INNS is committed to ensuring that advances in neuroscience and neurotechnology are developed and applied ethically and responsibly. Through fostering innovation, cultivating interdisciplinary expertise, and engaging with the public, the institute seeks to shape a future where advancements in neuroscience and neurotechnology serve the greater good. INNS also aims to deepen Georgia Tech\u2019s collaborations with clinical, academic, and industry partners, creating new pathways for translational research and real-world impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn internal search for INNS\u2019s inaugural executive director is in the final stages, with an announcement expected soon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eepurl.com\/iX8jss\u0022\u003EJoin our mailing list\u003C\/a\u003E to receive the latest updates on everything neuro at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2025-07-01 11:53:04","changed_gmt":"2025-12-31 16:58:27","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677315":{"id":"677315","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1751369747","gmt_created":"2025-07-01 11:35:47","changed":"1751369782","gmt_changed":"2025-07-01 11:36:22","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"261201","name":"tech-tower.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/01\/tech-tower.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/01\/tech-tower.png","mime":"image\/png","size":3688196,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/07\/01\/tech-tower.png?itok=k1paARgU"}}},"media_ids":["677315"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"188087","name":"go-irim"},{"id":"187582","name":"go-ibb"},{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"},{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"193653","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"},{"id":"193656","name":"Neuro Next Initiative"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"193657","name":"Space Research Initiative"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: laurie.haigh@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaurie Haigh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EResearch Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"686866":{"#nid":"686866","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Divan, Raychowdhury Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academyofinventors.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational Academy of Inventors\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is honoring two Georgia Tech faculty members for their contributions to technology and society: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/deepakraj-m-divan\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeepakraj \u201cDeepak\u201d Divan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArijit Raychowdhury\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Both are in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaychowdhury is a semiconductor pioneer whose patented circuit and system-on-chip designs have advanced computing efficiency and commercialization. Divan is a global leader in power electronics and grid modernization, whose innovations and ventures have transformed how electricity is delivered and managed worldwide.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCongratulations to Deepakraj and Arijit on earning one of the most esteemed accolades in technology and discovery. Their groundbreaking work, with nearly 100 patents between them, advances solutions to global challenges,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/raghupathy-sivakumar\u0022\u003ERaghupathy \u201cSiva\u201d Sivakumar\u003C\/a\u003E, chief commercialization officer at Georgia Tech. \u201cTheir success exemplifies how research commercialization drives real-world impact, and we\u2019re proud to see them honored as academy fellows.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElection to NAI is the highest professional distinction specifically awarded to inventors. With this recognition, Georgia Tech\u2019s roster of NAI Fellows grows to 24. Divan and Raychowdhury join a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academyofinventors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-Fellows-List.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2025 class of 169 new fellows\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E representing university, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide. They will be inducted at the NAI 15th Annual Conference on June 4, 2026, in Los Angeles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeepakraj\u202f\u201cDeepak\u201d Divan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Emeritus (2004-2025)\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EFounder, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cde.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Distributed Energy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeepakraj\u202f\u201cDeepak\u201d Divan is a globally recognized innovator in power electronics and grid transformation. He was awarded the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/divan-selected-ieee-medal-power-engineering-recipient\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIEEE Medal in\u202fPower Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe holds over 85 U.S. and international patents and has authored 400 refereed publications. His pioneering work on soft\u2011switching converters\u2014integral for efficient energy storage, EV charging, and industrial controls\u2014has spurred a global $70\u202fbillion power electronics industry.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDivan laid the groundwork for grid\u2011forming inverter control, enabling high-renewables integration. He is the co-author of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/energy-2040.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnergy 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics and Decarbonization\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, named by Forbes as one of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/globalcitizen\/2024\/12\/28\/10-essential-books-and-podcasts-every-leader-needs-in-2025\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c10 Essential Books and Podcasts Every Leader Needs in 2025\u201d\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing named an NAI Fellow is a tremendous honor,\u201d said Divan. \u201cIt reflects years of effort to rethink how electricity is delivered and managed to solve real problems and to drive practical innovations that matter.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;As the founder of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Distributed Energy, he led research that transforms electricity delivery through analytics, monitoring, and optimization.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn entrepreneur, Divan co-founded Varentec (backed by Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures) and seeded ventures including GridBlock, Soft Switching Technologies, Innovolt, and Smart Wires\u2014raising over $500\u202fmillion. A National Academy of Engineering member and IEEE Fellow, he champions scalable energy-access solutions worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArijit Raychowdhury\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor and Steve W. Chaddick School Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EDirector, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cocosys.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for the Co-Design of Cognitive Systems\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArijit Raychowdhury has been the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE since 2021. He is a leading innovator in semiconductor technologies, holding more than 27 U.S. and international patents and authoring over 350 publications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work spans low-power circuits, specialized accelerators, and system-on-chip design, with breakthroughs widely adopted in industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis recognition reflects the collective effort of students, colleagues, and partners who share a vision for advancing microelectronics,\u201d said Raychowdhury. \u201cI am honored that NAI champions the same mission to lead through research, education, and innovation.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Texas Instruments, he developed the world\u2019s first adaptive echo-cancellation network for integrated Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL)\u2014a patented technology that enabled high-speed internet over traditional phone lines that received the EDN Innovation of the Year award. At Intel, he developed and incorporated foundational memory and logic technologies that shaped commercial products across global markets for more than a decade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research on fine-grain power management of systems-on-chip at Georgia Tech has been licensed and widely adopted by the semiconductor industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe directs Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for the Co-Design of Cognitive Systems \u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for the Co-Design of Cognitive Systems\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and leads initiatives to advance microelectronics design with applications to AI. Over the years, he has served as a founding advisor and board member to multiple startups in the areas of edge-computing and low power design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaychowdhury\u2019s research bridges invention and real-world impact, earning him numerous honors, including IEEE\u0026nbsp;Fellow, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/raychowdhury-chosen-src-technical-excellence-award\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation Technical Excellence Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and multiple industry awards. 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Among them, 17 teams represented \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ISyE), presenting a wide range of solutions, from optimizing scheduling for medical clinics, to refining inventory management for a major auto manufacturer, to enhancing sepsis detection through data-driven patient monitoring.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECapstone Design Expo monodisciplinary Industrial Engineering award went to Serving Solutions. The team partnered with \u003Cstrong\u003ENorth Fulton Community Charities\u003C\/strong\u003E (NFCC), a nonprofit dedicated to preventing hunger and homelessness, to design scalable systems for enhancing the overall customer experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy focusing on operational efficiency and accessibility, we delivered improvements across three key areas,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EEmma MacGregor\u003C\/strong\u003E, a fourth-year ISyE student on the team. \u201cWe modernized inventory management by implementing barcode scanners to streamline tracking; we enhanced customer order processes by developing a more accessible interface supported by a digital queueing network and automated ticketing and printing system, and optimized the pantry layout to create more usable space while also reducing travel time through the pantry.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to MacGregor, the full team consisted of \u003Cstrong\u003ESamhith Aravind, Sachin Bharadwaz, Shaktik Bhattacharyya, Elyse Daniel, Erin Hinnegan,\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EZora Ripkova\u003C\/strong\u003E, under the advisement of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/xin-chen\u0022\u003EXin Chen\u003C\/a\u003E, James C. 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He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, as well as a fellow of multiple other professional organizations. Recently, he was elected an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/tim-lieuwen-honored-royal-academy-engineering\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInternational Fellow of the U.K.\u2019s Royal Academy of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, one of only three U.S. engineers in 2024 to receive this prestigious commendation. The honor acknowledges Lieuwen\u2019s contributions to engineering and his efforts to advance research, education initiatives, and industry collaborations.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has authored or edited four books, published over 400 scientific articles, and holds nine patents \u2014 several of which are licensed to industry. He also founded TurbineLogic, an analytics firm working in the energy industry. 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This includes leadership of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the Enterprise Innovation Institute, nine Interdisciplinary Research Institutes and numerous associated research centers, and related research administrative support units: commercialization, corporate engagement, research development and operations, and research administration.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored to step into this role at a time when research and innovation have never been more critical,\u201d Lieuwen said. \u201cGeorgia Tech\u2019s research enterprise is built on collaboration \u2014 across disciplines, across industries, and across communities. 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However, developers of sustainable packaging have faced hurdles in blocking out moisture and oxygen, a barrier critical for protecting food, pharmaceuticals, and sensitive electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a biologically based film made from natural ingredients found in plants, mushrooms, and food waste that can block moisture and oxygen as effectively as conventional plastics. Their findings were recently \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsapm.5c02909\u0022\u003Epublished\u003C\/a\u003E in \u003Cem\u003EACS Applied Polymer Materials\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re using materials that are already abundant in and degrade in nature to produce packaging that won\u2019t pollute the environment for hundreds or even thousands of years,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/meredith\/\u0022\u003ECarson Meredith\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EChBE@GT\u003C\/a\u003E) and executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cOur films, composed of biodegradable components, rival or exceed the performance of conventional plastics in keeping food fresh and safe.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeredith\u2019s research team has worked for more than a decade to develop environmentally friendly oxygen and water barriers for packaging. While earlier research using biopolymers showed promise, high humidity continued to weaken the barrier properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, Meredith and his collaborators found a fix using a blend of these natural ingredients: cellulose (which gives plants their structure), chitosan (derived from crustacean-based food waste or mushrooms), and citric acid (from citrus fruits).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy crosslinking these materials and adding a heat treatment, we created a thin film that reduced both moisture and oxygen transmission, even in hot, humid conditions simulating the tropics,\u201d said lead author Yang Lu, a former postdoctoral researcher in ChBE@GT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe barrier technology developed by the researchers consists of three primary components: a carbohydrate polymer for structure, a plasticizer to maintain flexibility, and a water-repelling additive to resist moisture. When cast into thin films, these ingredients self-organize at the molecular level to form a dense, ordered structure that resists swelling or softening under high humidity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven at 80 percent relative humidity, the films showed extremely low oxygen permeability and water vapor transmission, matching or outperforming common plastics such as poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(ethylene vinyl alcohol) (EVOH).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur approach creates barriers that are not only renewable, but also mechanically robust, offering a promising alternative to conventional plastics in packaging applications,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/stingelin-lab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENatalie Stingelin\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Materials Science and Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMSE\u003C\/a\u003E) and a professor in ChBE@GT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe research team has filed for patent protection for the technology (patent pending). The research was supported by Mars Inc., Georgia Tech\u2019s Renewable Bioproducts Institute, and the U.S. Department of Defense through the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program. Eric Klingenberg, a co-author of the study, is an employee of Mars, a manufacturer of packaged foods.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECitation: Yang Lu, Javaz T. 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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology may have found a promising alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries made from a common material: rubber.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElastomers, or synthetic rubbers, are widely used in consumer products and advanced technologies such as wearable electronics and soft robotics because of their superior mechanical properties. The researchers found that the material, when formulated into a 3D structure, acted as a superhighway for fast lithium-ion transport with superior mechanical toughness, resulting in longer charging batteries that can go farther.\u0026nbsp; The research, conducted in collaboration with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, was published Wednesday in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn conventional lithium-ion batteries, ions are moved by a liquid electrolyte. However, the battery is inherently unstable: even the slightest damage can leak into the electrolyte, leading to explosion or fire. The safety issues have forced the industry to look at solid-state batteries, which can be made using inorganic ceramic material or organic polymers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMost of the industry is focusing on building inorganic solid-state electrolytes. But they are hard to make, expensive and are not environmentally friendly,\u201d said Seung Woo Lee, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, who is part of a team of researchers who have uncovered a rubber-based organic polymer superior to other materials. Solid polymer electrolytes continue to attract great interest because of their low manufacturing cost, non-toxicity and soft nature. \u0026nbsp;However, conventional polymer electrolytes do not have sufficient ionic conductivity and mechanical stability for reliable operation of solid-state batteries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENovel 3D Design Leads to Jump in Energy Density, Performance\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech engineers have solved common problems (slow lithium-ion transport and poor mechanical properties) using the rubber electrolytes. The key breakthrough was allowing the material to form a three-dimensional (3D) interconnected plastic crystal phase within the robust rubber matrix. This unique structure has resulted in high ionic conductivity, superior mechanical properties and electrochemical stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis rubber electrolyte can be made using a simple\u0026nbsp;polymerization process at low temperature conditions, generating robust and smooth interfaces on the surface of electrodes. These unique characteristics of the rubber electrolytes prevent lithium dendrite growth and allow for faster moving ions, enabling reliable operation of solid-state batteries even at room temperature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRubber has been used everywhere because of its high mechanical properties, and it will allow us to make cheap, more reliable and safer batteries,\u201d said Lee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHigher ionic conductivity means you can move more ions at the same time,\u201d said Michael Lee, a mechanical engineering graduate researcher. \u201cBy increasing specific energy and energy density of these batteries, you can increase the mileage of the EV.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers are now looking at ways to improve the battery performance by increasing its cycle time and decreasing the charging time through even better ionic conductivity. So far, their efforts have seen a two-time improvement in the battery\u0027s performance \/ cycle time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work could enhance Georgia\u2019s reputation as a center for EV innovation.\u0026nbsp; SK Innovation, a global energy and petrochemical company, is funding additional research of the electrolyte material as part of its ongoing collaboration with the Institute to build next-generation solid-state batteries that are safer and more energy dense than conventional LI-ion batteries. SK Innovation \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/sk-battery-america-to-hire-hundreds-of-employees-for-first-battery-plant-construction-of-second-plant-on-track-301273779.html\u0022\u003Erecently announced construction of a new EV battery plant\u003C\/a\u003E in Commerce, Georgia, expected to produce an annual volume of lithium-ion batteries equal to 21.5 Gigawatt-hours by 2023. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll-solid-state batteries can dramatically increase the mileage and safety of electric vehicles. Fast-growing battery companies, including SK Innovation, believe that commercializing all-solid-state batteries will become a game changer in the electric vehicle market,\u201d said Kyounghwan Choi, director of SK Innovation\u2019s next-generation battery research center. \u201cThrough the ongoing project in collaboration with SK Innovation and Professor Seung Woo Lee of Georgia Tech, there are high expectations for rapid application and commercialization of all-solid-state batteries.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u003C\/strong\u003E M. 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As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"To replace liquid electrolytes, Georgia Tech researchers combine rubber material with innovative 3D structure, resulting in both mechanical stability and better ion movement  "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech engineers have solved common problems (slow lithium-ion transport and poor mechanical properties) using rubber electrolytes.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Georgia Tech engineers have solved common problems (slow lithium-ion transport and poor mechanical properties) using rubber electrolytes."}],"uid":"35692","created_gmt":"2022-01-12 15:27:23","changed_gmt":"2025-10-30 14:48:21","author":"Anne Sargent","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"654344":{"id":"654344","type":"image","title":"Professor Seung Woo Lee and Michael J. 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The agency funds staggeringly difficult healthcare innovation ideas that require major investment to succeed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo years into the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arpa-h.gov\/explore-funding\/awardees#:~:text=Cancer%20and%20Organ-,Degradome,-Atlas%20to%20Unlock\u0022\u003E$49.5 million project\u003C\/a\u003E, Kwong and the team from Georgia Tech, Columbia University, and Mount Sinai Health System has crossed a critical threshold.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey\u2019ve built the first tool able to measure enzyme activity around cancer tumors and healthy cells. 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The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on Sept. 25, marking an important step forward for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and highlighting Georgia Tech\u2019s role in strengthening the state\u2019s aerospace sector through technical research, engineering expertise, and student training.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis facility demonstrates Georgia Tech\u2019s long-term commitment to pioneering the technologies that will shape the future of aviation,\u201d said \u00c1ngel Cabrera, president of Georgia Tech. \u201cAerospace products are Georgia\u2019s No. 1 export, and the Institute\u2019s top-ranked Guggenheim School produces some of the nation\u2019s top aerospace engineering talent. With this advanced laboratory, we\u2019re making strategic investments that will grow our state\u2019s and our Institute\u2019s national leadership in aerospace innovation and advanced manufacturing.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 10,000-square-foot facility, located in Georgia Tech\u2019s North Avenue Research Area, has been purpose-built to accelerate innovation in electric and hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion as well as autonomous flight systems. 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Systems integration and test activities for RAVEN will take place within the new lab, underscoring the facility\u2019s central role in shaping the national agenda for advanced air mobility.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Aircraft Prototyping Laboratory is the centerpiece of an ecosystem of flight research that we are building at Georgia Tech, focused on eVTOLs, drones, and other advanced air vehicles,\u201d said Brian German, professor of aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech. \u201cWe greatly appreciate the long-term partnership we\u2019ve had with NASA in the development of RAVEN, and we\u2019ve designed the facility specifically to support RAVEN and aircraft of a similar scale.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther projects underway in the Aircraft Prototyping Laboratory include a solar-electric aircraft demonstrator and SETTER, a subscale eVTOL testbed focused on developing software for safety-critical applications. These projects support Georgia Tech\u2019s expanding ecosystem for flight testing and research, including collaborations with regional test facilities in the metro Atlanta area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese projects exemplify our commitment to advancing the technologies that will define the future of flight. Powered by the ingenuity of our faculty and students, the Aircraft Prototyping Laboratory ensures that Georgia Tech and the state of Georgia remain leaders in aerospace innovation and economic development,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/mitchell-l-r-walker-ii-phd\u0022\u003EMitchell Walker\u003C\/a\u003E, William R.T. 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He has spearheaded initiatives such as ISyE-MS\u0026amp;E-IOE Rising Stars Workshop, in conjunction with Stanford University Management Science and Engineering and University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering, and has served as Doctoral Consortium Chair for the ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO) for the past four years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting, please visit the INFORMS \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/annual\/\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJuba Ziani, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s H. 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The research accounted for complete end-to-end shipping costs and times, including both ocean and inland transportation. Savannah emerged as the more efficient and cost-effective gateway.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are powerful findings that we understood anecdotally, but now have been proven by the research,\u201d said Griff Lynch, president and CEO of Georgia Ports Authority. \u201cSavannah\u2019s terminal velocity combined with faster inland routes overcome the West Coast Ocean transit.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study was conducted at Georgia Tech\u2019s Physical Internet Center, a hub for global logistics innovation established in 2006 by Professor Montreuil. SCL researchers, comprising professors and Ph.D. students, are focused on creating smarter, more sustainable supply chain systems. In addition to its Atlanta-based work, SCL collaborates with international partners in Europe and Asia. The recent collaboration with Georgia Ports Authority is among several initiatives where SCL will continue to provide expertise for improving efficiencies across statewide transportation and logistics networks.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLogistics is a global challenge, and it takes collaboration across countries and disciplines. By combining academic insight with industry data, we\u2019re helping design systems that are more efficient, more resilient, and better for the future,\u201d says Xiao Huang, PhD student, Operations Research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see that the research we do can go beyond the university and help improve supply chain systems on the ground.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about this study, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/eUOcoZY8o-0?si=AbwQRtEzOu72DHIN\u0022\u003Ewatch here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at GTs Supply Chain and Logistics Institute found shippers save money, boost reliability and achieve comparable average transit times when they land Atlanta-bound cargo at the gateway port of Savannah, instead of a West Coast port. 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We look forward to the solutions, treatments, and therapies that emerge from these initial seed grants.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExperts from both institutions evaluated and scored seed grant applications based on the research\u2019s innovation, approach, and potential for training opportunities, as well as its anticipated impact, prospects for commercial translation, and strategy for securing continued funding.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThis year, each awardee team received close to $50,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are very excited to launch this new seed grant program, which will spur ideas and propel research forward,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/michelle-laplaca\u0022\u003EMichelle LaPlaca\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003ECoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the Georgia Tech lead of the Collaborative. \u201cThe complementary expertise of Georgia Tech and Shepherd Center researchers, combined with the motivation to find solutions for individuals with neurological injury and disability, is a winning formula for innovation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Offering new hope for neurorehabilitation patients requires bringing together interdisciplinary researchers to explore new and creative ideas,\u201d adds \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/3728\u0022\u003EChris Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E, Julian T. 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Their biochar-soil mixture can be easily substituted for expensive material mined from the earth that\u2019s typically used on roads.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough they focused on Georgia, the researchers said the findings could easily apply across the U.S., providing a simple, natural way to keep road pollutants out of water sources. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2025.126259\u0022\u003EThey published their approach in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Environmental Management\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/biochar-can-naturally-clean-pollution-rain-washes-georgias-roads\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELearn about their system on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study shows how the material made from leaves and branches that collect on forest floors can be mixed with local soil to filter out road grime before it reaches waterways.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study shows how the material made from leaves and branches that collect on forest floors can be mixed with local soil to filter out road grime before it reaches waterways."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2025-07-10 17:09:21","changed_gmt":"2025-07-10 17:25:28","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677386":{"id":"677386","type":"image","title":"Yongsheng-Chen-Ahmed-Yunus_5613-web.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Yongsheng Chen (left) and Ph.D. student Ahmed Yunus work with a wastewater reactor system in the lab. 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Speed is king in today\u2019s digital systems, but a major bottleneck remains in how quickly information can move between components like processors and memory.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis lag is one of the most pressing challenges in advanced hardware design. While processors continue to accelerate, the links that connect them can\u0027t keep pace.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researcher \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/ali-adibi\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAli Adibi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is addressing this problem with $5.3 million in funding over three years from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). 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This design helps overcome the limitations of planar optical routing geometries (layouts that guide light horizontally across a chip) which are often not compatible with the dense, 3D chip architectures needed for next-generation computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdibi\u2019s team is developing a novel 3D optical routing system that can transmit data with minimal loss, high bandwidth, and compact components. The system is designed to scale to large arrays of interconnected chips with minimal interference between data channels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESmarter Design with Machine Learning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the heart of the project is the use of machine learning (ML) to help design and optimize the light-based communication system.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EML is used to shape and fine-tune the tiny structures that guide light through and between chips. This includes finding the best sizes, shapes, and layouts for components like couplers and waveguides, so they can be made smaller, work more efficiently, and fit into dense chip layouts.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDesigning a complete, scalable 3D optical routing structure involves innumerable variables,\u201d Adibi said. \u201cMachine learning helps us navigate that complexity and find solutions that would be nearly impossible to identify manually.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETiny \u0022Mirrors\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother key innovation involves specialized optical structures, or what Adibi refers to as \u201cartificial mirrors\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tiny, precisely shaped structures, called metagratings, are embedded in the chip material to redirect light vertically between layers with minimal loss. 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But combining them is what enables dense, high-speed, low-loss communication between vertically stacked chips, something that no system has achieved before, according to Adibi.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs with any complex system, success depends on how well everything is structured and optimized,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce everything is in alignment, data can move faster, more efficiently, and with less energy consumption for communicating each bit of data.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/research\/programs\/happi-heterogeneous\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHeterogeneous Adaptively Produced Photonic Interfaces (HAPPI) program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. 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In a move reminiscent of the Apollo era, the administration has proposed landing Americans on the red planet by the end of 2026 \u2014 a bold initiative that has reignited national ambition and drawn comparisons to the space race of the 20th century.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, researchers are already considering the mission\u2019s implications, from engineering challenges to international diplomacy. While the White House has framed the mission as a demonstration of American leadership, experts say its success will depend on collaboration \u2014 across disciplines, sectors, and borders.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is more than a space race,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/christos-e-athanasiou\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChristos Athanasiou\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. \u201cMars isn\u2019t just the next step for space exploration \u2014 it\u2019s a stress test for everything we\u2019ve learned about sustainability, resilience, and engineering under uncertainty.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEngineering for the Red Planet\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Athanasiou, the Mars mission is a test of human ingenuity, creativity, and endurance. Unlike the moon, Mars is months away by spacecraft, with no quick return option. That distance introduces a host of engineering challenges that must be solved before a single boot touches Martian soil.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEnsuring astronaut safety on such a long-duration mission requires us to understand how the Earth materials we will be using in our mission behave in extraterrestrial conditions,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his recent \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ds6hQXVpUCs\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETEDx talk\u003C\/a\u003E, Athanasiou emphasized that the mission must also consider its environmental impact. Mars may be barren, but it is not immune to contamination. Athanasiou believes that strategies used for environmental remediation on Earth \u2014 such as waste recycling, habitat sustainability, and pollution control \u2014 can be adapted to protect the Martian environment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf we can build structures that survive Mars using recycled materials, AI, and Earth-born ingenuity, we\u2019ll unlock entirely new ways to live \u2014 both out there and back here,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReading the Martian Landscape\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wray.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has spent years analyzing Mars\u2019 surface using data from orbiters and rovers. He sees the planet as both a scientific treasure trove and a logistical puzzle.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMars has vast lava plains, dust storms, and steep canyons that pose real risks to human settlement,\u201d Wray said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut beneath the challenges lies opportunity. Mars is home to significant deposits of water ice, especially near the poles and just below the surface in some mid-latitude regions. That water could be used not only for drinking but also for producing oxygen and rocket fuel \u2014 critical resources for long-term habitation and return missions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe presence of water ice near the surface is a game changer. It could support life, and more importantly, it could support us,\u201d Wray said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also noted that Mars\u2019 thin atmosphere \u2014 just 1% the density of Earth\u2019s \u2014 complicates everything from landing spacecraft to shielding astronauts from cosmic radiation. \u201cWe\u2019ve learned a lot from robotic missions. Now it\u2019s time to apply that knowledge to human exploration.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiplomacy Beyond Earth\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/Lincoln-Hines\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELincoln Hines\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, says that the Mars mission could have significant diplomatic implications. \u201cThe Mars mission has little to no bearing on space security; it has no military value,\u201d he said. However, he noted that international cooperation could still play a valuable role in reducing the financial burden of such a costly endeavor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHines warned that shifting U.S. priorities from the moon to Mars could strain the international partnerships built through the Artemis program. He explained that some countries may view the Mars initiative as a distraction from the more immediate and economically promising lunar goals. Political instability in the U.S., he added, could further erode trust in its long-term commitments. \u201cCountries may lose faith that the United States is a reliable partner to cooperate with for its lunar program if Mars seems to be the new priority,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also pointed to existing legal frameworks like the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits sovereign claims on celestial bodies, and the Rescue Agreement, which obliges nations to assist astronauts in distress. 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At least, according to a new approached being pursued by researchers at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/amirali-aghazadeh-mohandesi\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAmirali Aghazadeh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and Ph.D. student Daniel Saeedi have developed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astroagents.github.io\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAstroAgents\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, an AI system that analyzes mass spectrometry data \u2014 detailed chemical compositions from meteorites and Earth soil samples \u2014 to generate novel hypotheses about the origins of life on the planet.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat sets AstroAgents apart is its use of agentic AI. Unlike traditional AI systems that perform fixed tasks, this agentic system is designed to pursue a scientific goal. 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In 2024, global battery demand surpassed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iea.org\/commentaries\/the-battery-industry-has-entered-a-new-phase\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1 terawatt-hour\u003C\/a\u003E, equal to powering 100 million homes for an hour,\u0026nbsp;according to the International Energy Agency. But while demand is booming, the infrastructure to meet it \u2014 especially in the U.S. \u2014 is still catching up.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe U.S. Push for Battery Independence\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor years, the U.S. has relied heavily on foreign sources for battery components and materials. Now, with geopolitical tensions rising and clean energy goals looming, policymakers are trying to change that. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/5376\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInflation Reduction Act\u003C\/a\u003E (IRA), passed in 2022, offered tax credits and incentives to boost domestic battery production. It also introduced restrictions to limit reliance on adversarial nations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese policies, as well as support from state and local governments, have significantly accelerated battery manufacturing in the U.S.,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/matthew-mcdowell\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMatt McDowell\u003C\/a\u003E, a mechanical engineering and materials science professor at Georgia Tech and Carter N. 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For decades, graphite has been the go-to material for battery anodes. But researchers have long eyed silicon as a more powerful alternative \u2014 one that can store up to 10 times more charge.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe problem? Silicon swells dramatically during charging, which can damage the battery. \u201cIt expands by 300%,\u201d Yushin explained. \u201cThat\u2019s compared to just 7% for graphite.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter years of research, Sila developed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.silanano.com\/our-solutions\/titan-silicon-anode\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETitan Silicon\u2122\u003C\/a\u003E, a silicon-carbon composite that solves the swelling issue. \u201cIt offers 25\u201335% more energy density, over two times faster charging, and can be dropped into any production line,\u201d Yushin said. \u201cNow, the challenge lies in scaling this technology for mass production while staying ahead of market pressures.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESolid-state and lithium-sulfur batteries are also gaining attention for their potential to improve safety and performance. But while McDowell is excited about these technologies, he cautions that they\u2019re not yet ready for prime time. \u201cA key focus is developing scalable manufacturing processes to compete with lithium-ion batteries,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYushin is more skeptical of the benefits. \u201cSolid-state batteries require entirely new supply chains and infrastructure,\u201d he said. \u201cSilicon is a perfect replacement for lithium metal \u2014 it\u2019s stable, reversible, and compatible with existing infrastructure.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat It Will Take to Compete and Lead\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IRA initially generated over $115 billion in clean energy investments, with $69 billion directed toward battery manufacturing. 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Ian Burkhart isn\u2019t most people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I finished rehabilitation, my doctors and therapist and, most importantly, the insurance company said, \u2018For someone with your condition, we feel like you\u0027ve made all the improvement that you will, have a nice life,\u2019\u201d said Burkhart, who was left with limited feeling and mobility below the neck after a 2010 diving accident injured his spinal cord. \u201cThat didn\u0027t sit well with me.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoping even a fraction of hand mobility would increase his independence, Burkhart turned to a clinical research trial on a brain-computer interface (BCI) designed to detect movement signals in the brain and send them to a computer to stimulate the arm muscles, bypassing the spinal cord in the hopes of restoring movement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI had had four and a half years of never thinking my hand was going to move again,\u201d he recalled. When testing to see if he qualified for the study, researchers stimulated his hand muscles. \u201cI saw my hand move, and that was all I needed to know \u2014 I was ready to risk it all for something that may or may not work.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBurkhart\u2019s story is one of many that reveal the deeply personal side of neurotechnology research. Centering lived experiences like his is central to the mission of the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS), a new Interdisciplinary Research Institute launching this July at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf we want to build neurotechnology that truly serves people, their voices should be part of the scientific process from the very beginning,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/3728\u0022\u003EChris Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and one of the many researchers at Georgia Tech working to understand and advance BCIs. \u201cHearing from individuals who live with these devices helps guide more ethical, inclusive, and effective research. The entire field benefits from inclusive conversations like these.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELife With a Brain Implant\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBurkhart and three others recently shared their stories live on the Ferst Center stage at \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/wired-lives-personal-stories-brain-implants\u0022\u003EWired Lives: Personal Stories of Brain-Computer Interfaces\u003C\/a\u003E, an event organized by Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENeuro Next Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E. Their stories gave over 200 attendees a rare, honest glimpse into the realities of neurological conditions and the path to brain-computer interface research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was at a crossroads in my life at 47 years old,\u201d said Brandan Mehaffie, who told his story of living with early-onset Parkinson\u2019s disease. \u201cI was trying to figure out, do I continue with the status quo and watch my career dwindle into nothing? Watch my life with my family, my kids, not being able to go on hikes or family vacations?\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMehaffie eventually qualified for deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment, a procedure where a pacemaker-like device is implanted into the brain to provide electrical stimulation. \u201cIt changed my life for the better in ways that I can\u0027t even tell you.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen former U.S. Air Force Sgt. 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It\u0027s something I didn\u0027t want to do, but if something happened in those 48 hours to end my life, I didn\u0027t care,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am now probably 99% seizure-free,\u201d she beamed as she recalled her response to DBS on stage. \u201cI don\u0027t know how I got so lucky in life, but I don\u0027t take it for granted.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommon themes in their stories were resilience, hope, and a deep desire to give back.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I joined the study, it had no physical benefit to me, but that\u0027s not why I joined it,\u201d said Scott Imbrie, who experienced a major spinal cord injury and participates in a clinical BCI study at the University of Chicago. \u201cI decided to have invasive brain surgery and have electrodes implanted on my brain to help other people.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA New Approach to Interdisciplinary Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETimed alongside the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/interfaceneuro-highlights-atlantas-growing-role-neurotech-revolution\u0022\u003EInterfaceNeuro conference at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, the gathering offered a rare opportunity for scientists, engineers, and clinicians to engage directly with the lived experiences of individuals using brain-computer interfaces \u2014 a perspective often missing from traditional research settings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt makes you think about how we ethically conduct research and how we recruit and interface with patients,\u201d said Eric Cole, a postdoctoral researcher at Emory University, who was reminded that many patients participating in BCI research have been on a long, difficult journey before interacting with researchers. \u201cWe should remember to take their experiences seriously and respect them. They\u0027re giving up something for research \u2014 that part we should always remember.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWired Lives\u201d was one in a series of events highlighting the lived experience of individuals with neurological conditions organized by the Neuro Next Initiative, which has served as the precursor to INNS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA core mission of INNS is to consider how neuroscience and neurotechnology impact people\u2019s lives,\u201d\u0026nbsp;said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/11576\u0022\u003EJennifer Singh\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of History and Sociology\u003C\/a\u003E, a member of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/about-us\/leadership\u0022\u003ENNI\u2019s executive committee\u003C\/a\u003E, and a co-organizer of the event. \u201cTheir stories matter when it comes to the types of science and technology we pursue and how they benefit the human condition. 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With assistance from College of Engineering researchers, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Arts\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.terminusmbt.com\/\u0022\u003ETerminus Ballet Theatre (TMBT)\u003C\/a\u003E will mix dance with the fields of neuroscience, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a unique performance. TMBT dancers will perform excerpts of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/terminus-modern-ballet-theatre-interactions-boundaries-sensory-experience\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInterActions | Boundaries of Sensory Experience\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a work-in-progress that is a physical embodiment of neuroscience and an exploration of the ethics and mechanics of how it\u2019s used in AI technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have been meeting with the choreographer, Troy Schumacher, and the ballet company for the last year and a half to shape the concept, which explores ideas at the forefront of mechanical interventions into the human body and mind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the arts can be a really powerful way to bring people from all backgrounds into a conversation about science and technology,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/christopher-john-rozell\u0022\u003EChris Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E who has worked on the project since its genesis. \u201cMy goal is to facilitate that conversation by helping to translate between the scientists doing amazing work and the artists who are approaching these ideas from the perspective of making something beautiful.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Arts and TMBT have dubbed the project the \u201cGrand Neuroethics Challenge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of the concepts, technologies, research, and ethics we\u0027ve been discussing in this work are extremely complicated, but what\u0027s come through for me is that a lot of their work is going to have profound implications for the future of humanity,\u201d said Schumacher. \u201cSo, for this ballet, I\u0027ve decided to focus on the emotional relationship to brain-machine interfaces, while touching on what I\u0027ve learned so far. I\u0027ve spent most of my career collaborating with artists with little to no relationship to dance, but nothing quite as complex and fascinating as this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAaron Shackelford, director of Georgia Tech Arts, said the project is a worthwhile endeavor because it offers a case study as to the importance of collaboration between artists and researchers, while demonstrating the importance of the arts in the mission and strategic plan of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe recognize that the arts are critical to championing innovation and creativity at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Shackelford. \u201cOur mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The arts \u2014 and artists \u2014 provide a vital avenue for pursuing this work. This project illuminates the impact of artists and researchers coming together to mutually inspire and learn from each other, while inviting audiences to participate in the discussions about their discoveries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a director coming from an arts\/dance background and facilitator to this project, I have become fascinated with the work of the scientists during the conceiving\/creation process and how this gets interwoven into the choreography and dancers\u2019 bodies,\u201d said John Welker, TMBT\u2019s artistic director.\u0026nbsp;\u201cIn any collaboration,\u0026nbsp;there are surprises that are part of my joy for discovery, but this particular process has made me so much more aware and appreciative of the intimate\u0026nbsp;connection between our minds\u0027 intention and how that is carried out through the movement of our bodies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis Friday will be more than a dance performance. It will also include talks from the researchers involved in the project and opportunities for audience to ask questions. Rozell will discuss his work on AI and its applications in treating depression. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Chethan-Pandarinath\u0022\u003EChethan Pandarinath\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, will talk about his AI research and how the brain controls movement. They\u2019ll be joined by Karen Rommelfanger, director of Emory\u2019s Neuroethics Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERommelfanger knows the field of neuroscience can introduce complex words and concepts. 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The full work, which is made possible in part through a grant from the Charles Loridans Foundation, will premiere on campus next fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m excited to see how something as abstract as the concepts in neuroscience, neurotechnology, and neuroethics can be translated into dance,\u201d Rozell said. \u201cAs a researcher, we can get really caught up in the technical details. I can\u2019t wait to see how those details turn into an overall impression that is both beautiful and gives us a new way to think about what we do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn unlikely combination will take center stage on campus this Friday, October 1. With assistance from College of Engineering researchers, Georgia Tech Arts and Terminus Ballet Theatre (TMBT) will mix dance with the fields of neuroscience, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a unique performance. 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At the same time, in northern Virginia, Iain MacKeith, ME 2023, continued his cycling ambitions on the bike and in the shop.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECombining his interest in mechanical engineering and cycling, and having competed in races since he was 9, MacKeith began constructing steel bicycle frames. He designed and built six frames in six months before arriving at Tech in August 2020.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce on campus, Finlayson and MacKeith both sought out a cycling community and joined the Georgia Tech Cycling Club. They began training and racing together, and when Finlayson found out about her training partner\u0027s side hobby, she commissioned MacKeith to make her a gravel bike. MacKeith has since made five more bikes for Finlayson, including the carbon fiber road bike she used in the recent national competition \u2014 a race she was determined to compete in after breaking her collarbone in 2024.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I was off the bike for two months and in a sling, but once I figured out a way to get on the indoor bike trainer, I was ready to get back to training,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce I had the all-clear from the doctor, I knew I was going to throw everything into training and gear up for nationals.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinlayson was unable to participate in nationals while completing her computer science degree due to her finals schedule, but as a graduate student, she knew she had the chance to compete. Confident in her equipment and herself, Finlayson\u0027s goal was to earn a spot in the top five. With the finish line in sight at the end of the 60-mile race in Madison, Wisconsin, she was overcome with emotion.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Coming into the final straight, I just started screaming. It was a combination of intensity, the fact that I was pushing myself so hard, and it was such an insane moment to realize that I would be on the podium,\u0022 she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMacKeith, former cycling club president at Tech, is familiar with the feeling of crossing the finish line, but as the maker of Finlayson\u0027s bike, he found a similar sense of accomplishment on the sidelines.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think it\u0027s an accomplishment and a sense of relief. The interesting thing about cycling is that, even though it\u0027s one person on the podium, it\u0027s a team sport in a way, and we can share this feeling, and there\u0027s a great satisfaction to playing a part in someone else\u0027s success,\u0022 he said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a mechanical engineering student, MacKeith gained a better understanding of the materials needed to construct a more aerodynamic frame, particularly carbon fiber. While at Tech, he spent hours in campus makerspaces as a prototyping instructor at the Flowers Invention Studio, where he taught other students how to create their own frames.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince graduation, MacKeith has worked at a space and aerospace manufacturing company, but he hasn\u0027t stopped constructing bicycles. 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Although it\u2019s been a year since his doctoral defense,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zijie.wang\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZijie (Jay) Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s (Ph.D. ML-CSE 2024) work continues to resonate with researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang is a recipient of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medium.com\/sigchi\/announcing-the-2025-acm-sigchi-awards-17c1feaf865f\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The award recognizes Wang for his lifelong work on democratizing human-centered AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThroughout my Ph.D. and industry internships, I observed a gap in existing research: there is a strong need for practical tools for applying human-centered approaches when designing AI systems,\u201d said Wang, now a safety researcher at OpenAI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy work not only helps people understand AI and guide its behavior but also provides user-friendly tools that fit into existing workflows.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[Related: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/research\/chi-2025\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing Swarms to Yokohama, Japan, for CHI 2025\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u2019s dissertation presented techniques in visual explanation and interactive guidance to align AI models with user knowledge and values. The work culminated from years of research, fellowship support, and internships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u2019s most influential projects formed the core of his dissertation. These included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/cnn-explainer\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECNN Explainer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: an open-source tool developed for deep-learning beginners. Since its release in July 2020, more than 436,000 global visitors have used the tool.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/diffusiondb\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiffusionDB\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: a first-of-its-kind large-scale dataset that lays a foundation to help people better understand generative AI. This work could lead to new research in detecting deepfakes and designing human-AI interaction tools to help people more easily use these models.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interpret.ml\/gam-changer\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGAM Changer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: an interface that empowers users in healthcare, finance, or other domains to edit ML models to include knowledge and values specific to their domain, which improves reliability.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jennwv.com\/papers\/gamcoach.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGAM Coach\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: an interactive ML tool that could help people who have been rejected for a loan by automatically letting an applicant know what is needed for them to receive loan approval. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/new-tool-teaches-responsible-ai-practices-when-using-large-language-models\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFarsight\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: a tool that alerts developers when they write prompts in large language models that could be harmful and misused. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI feel extremely honored and lucky to receive this award, and I am deeply grateful to many who have supported me along the way, including Polo, mentors, collaborators, and friends,\u201d said Wang, who was advised by School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/polochau\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis recognition also inspired me to continue striving to design and develop easy-to-use tools that help everyone to easily interact with AI systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike Wang, Chau advised Georgia Tech alumnus\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fredhohman.com\/\u0022\u003EFred Hohman\u003C\/a\u003E (Ph.D. CSE 2020).\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/alumnus-building-legacy-through-dissertation-and-mentorship\u0022\u003EHohman won the ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award in 2022\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/\u0022\u003EChau\u2019s group\u003C\/a\u003E synthesizes machine learning (ML) and visualization techniques into scalable, interactive, and trustworthy tools. These tools increase understanding and interaction with large-scale data and ML models.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChau is the associate director of corporate relations for the Machine Learning Center at Georgia Tech. Wang called the School of CSE his home unit while a student in the ML program under Chau.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang is one of five recipients of this year\u2019s award to be presented at the 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chi2025.acm.org\/\u0022\u003ECHI 2025\u003C\/a\u003E). The conference occurs April 25-May 1 in Yokohama, Japan.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESIGCHI is the world\u2019s largest association of human-computer interaction professionals and practitioners. The group sponsors or co-sponsors 26 conferences, including CHI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u2019s outstanding dissertation award is the latest recognition of a career decorated with achievement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMonths after graduating from Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/research-ai-safety-lands-recent-graduate-forbes-30-under-30\u0022\u003EForbes named Wang to its 30 Under 30 in Science for 2025\u003C\/a\u003E for his dissertation. Wang was one of 15 Yellow Jackets included in nine different 30 Under 30 lists and the only Georgia Tech-affiliated individual on the 30 Under 30 in Science list.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile a Georgia Tech student, Wang earned recognition from big names in business and technology. He received the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/student-named-apple-scholar-connecting-people-machine-learning\u0022\u003EApple Scholars in AI\/ML Ph.D. Fellowship in 2023\u003C\/a\u003E and was in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-machine-learning-students-earn-jp-morgan-ai-phd-fellowships\u0022\u003E2022 cohort of the J.P. Morgan AI Ph.D. Fellowships Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the CHI award, Wang\u2019s dissertation earned him awards this year at banquets across campus. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com\/sites.gatech.edu\/dist\/0\/283\/files\/2025\/03\/2025-Sigma-Xi-Research-Award-Winners.pdf\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech chapter of Sigma Xi presented Wang with the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award\u003C\/a\u003E. He also received the College of Computing\u2019s Outstanding Dissertation Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech attracts many great minds, and I\u2019m glad that some, like Jay, chose to join our group,\u201d Chau said. \u201cIt has been a joy to work alongside them and witness the many wonderful things they have accomplished, and with many more to come in their careers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech alum\u2019s dissertation introduced ways to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible, interpretable, and accountable. 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\u201cto the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing\/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe distinction is among the highest professional distinctions given to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was nominated and inducted for outstanding contributions to computational neuroengineering, psychiatric neuromodulation, and international leadership in accessible biomedical education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERozell\u0027s research interests are in computational neuroengineering, an intersection of neuroscience, data science, neurotechnology and computational modeling that advances the understanding of brain function and the design of effective interventions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research has a particular focus on 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This pattern, known as a biomarker, represented a significant advance in treatment for the most severe and untreatable forms of depression.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work also includes research that takes a creative approach to advancing the understanding of the societal impacts of emerging technologies such as neurotechnology and AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERozell especially takes pride in being a first-generation scholar who is committed to accessibility in scientific communities. In pursuit of this goal, he co-founded and serves on the Board of Directors of Neuromatch, Inc., a global nonprofit increasing access to scientific knowledge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis scholarly efforts have resulted in many published works in top publications, such as Nature, and a number of awards, including the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/rozell-davenport-win-top-junior-faculty-awards-big-data-projects\u0022\u003ENSF CAREER Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining the ECE faculty in 2008 as an assistant professor, Rozell received a B.S.E. degree in computer engineering and a B.F.A. degree in music in 2000 from the University of Michigan. 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The approach could also be applied to other models that predict how natural systems impact society.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ps789.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhillip Si\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~pchen402\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPeng Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E developed Latent-EnSF, a technique that improves how ML models assimilate data to make predictions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn experiments predicting medium-range weather forecasting and shallow water wave propagation, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2409.00127\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELatent-EnSF\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E demonstrated higher accuracy, faster convergence, and greater efficiency than existing methods for sparse data assimilation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are currently involved in an NSF-funded project aimed at providing real-time information on extreme flooding events in Pinellas County, Florida,\u201d said Si, who studies computational science and engineering (CSE).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u0027re actively working on integrating Latent-EnSF into the system, which will facilitate accurate and synchronized modeling of natural disasters. This initiative aims to enhance community preparedness and safety measures in response to flooding risks.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELatent-EnSF outperformed three comparable models in assimilation speed, accuracy, and efficiency in shallow water wave propagation experiments. These tests show models can make better and faster predictions of coastal flood waves, tides, and tsunamis.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn experiments on medium-range weather forecasting, Latent-EnSF surpassed the same three control models in accuracy, convergence, and time. Additionally, this test demonstrated Latent-EnSF\u0027s scalability compared to other methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese promising results support using ML models to simulate climate, weather, and other complex systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditionally, such studies require employment of large, energy-intensive supercomputers. However, advances like Latent-EnSF are making smaller, more efficient ML models feasible for these purposes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team mentioned this comparison in its paper. It takes hours for the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts computer to run its simulations. Conversely, the ML model FourCastNet calculated the same forecast in seconds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cResolution, complexity, and data-diversity will continue to increase into the future,\u201d said Chen, an assistant professor in the School of CSE.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo keep pace with this trend, we believe that ML models and ML-based data assimilation methods will become indispensable for studying large-scale complex systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EData assimilation is the process by which models continuously ingest new, real-world data to update predictions. This data is often sparse, meaning it is limited, incomplete, or unevenly distributed over time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELatent-EnSF builds on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2309.00983\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnsemble Filter Scores (EnSF) model\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E developed by Florida State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnSF\u2019s strength is that it assimilates data with many features and unpredictable relationships between data points. However, integrating sparse data leads to lost information and knowledge gaps in the model. Also, such large models may stop learning entirely from small amounts of sparse data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers employ two variational autoencoders (VAEs) in Latent-EnSF to help ML models integrate and use real-world data. The VAEs encode sparse data and predictive models together in the same space to assimilate data more accurately and efficiently.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIntegrating models with new methods, like Latent-EnSF, accelerates data assimilation. Producing accurate predictions more quickly during real-world crises could save lives and property for communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[Related:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.stpetersburg.usf.edu\/news\/2024\/flooding-cris-hazard-app-.aspx\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversity of South Florida Researchers Track Flooding in Coastal Communities During Hurricanes Helene and Milton\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo share Latent-EnSF to the broader research community, Chen and Si presented their paper at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences-events\/siam-conferences\/cse25\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECSE25\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E). The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESIAM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E) organized CSE25, held March 3-7 in Fort Worth, Texas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChen was one of ten School of CSE faculty members who presented research at CSE25, representing one-third of the School\u2019s faculty body. Latent-EnSF was one of 15 papers by School of CSE authors and one of 23 Georgia Tech papers presented at the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe pair will also present Latent-EnSF at the upcoming International Conference on Learning Representations (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iclr.cc\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EICLR 2025\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E). Occurring April 24-28 in Singapore, ICLR is one of the world\u2019s most prestigious conferences dedicated to artificial intelligence research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe hope to bring attention to experts and domain scientists the exciting area of ML-based data assimilation by presenting our paper,\u201d Chen said. \u201cOur work offers a new solution to address some of the key shortcomings in the area for broader applications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESuccessful test results of a new machine learning (ML) technique developed at Georgia Tech could help communities prepare for extreme weather and coastal flooding. The approach could also be applied to other models that predict how natural systems impact society.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ps789.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhillip Si\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~pchen402\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPeng Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E developed Latent-EnSF, a technique that improves how ML models assimilate data to make predictions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn experiments predicting medium-range weather forecasting and shallow water wave propagation, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2409.00127\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELatent-EnSF\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E demonstrated higher accuracy, faster convergence, and greater efficiency than existing methods for sparse data assimilation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ph.D. student Phillip Si and Assistant Professor Peng Chen developed Latent-EnSF, a technique that improves how ML models assimilate data to make predictions."}],"uid":"36319","created_gmt":"2025-03-14 17:35:04","changed_gmt":"2025-03-26 01:19:03","author":"Bryant Wine","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676555":{"id":"676555","type":"image","title":"Latent-EnSF-2.jpg","body":null,"created":"1741973802","gmt_created":"2025-03-14 17:36:42","changed":"1741973802","gmt_changed":"2025-03-14 17:36:42","alt":"Phillip Si and Peng Chen","file":{"fid":"260359","name":"Latent-EnSF-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/14\/Latent-EnSF-2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/14\/Latent-EnSF-2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":134191,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/14\/Latent-EnSF-2.jpg?itok=oOKjqW0A"}},"676556":{"id":"676556","type":"image","title":"Latent-EnSF-1.2.jpg","body":null,"created":"1741973828","gmt_created":"2025-03-14 17:37:08","changed":"1741973828","gmt_changed":"2025-03-14 17:37:08","alt":"Phillip Si and Peng Chen","file":{"fid":"260360","name":"Latent-EnSF-1.2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/14\/Latent-EnSF-1.2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/14\/Latent-EnSF-1.2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":46200,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/14\/Latent-EnSF-1.2.jpg?itok=tepM_Qab"}}},"media_ids":["676555","676556"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/machine-learning-encoder-improves-weather-forecasting-and-tsunami-prediction","title":"Machine Learning Encoder Improves Weather Forecasting and Tsunami Prediction"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"166983","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"9153","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"181991","name":"Georgia Tech News Center"},{"id":"9167","name":"machine learning"},{"id":"2556","name":"artificial intelligence"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBryant Wine, Communications Officer\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bryant.wine@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebryant.wine@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"681214":{"#nid":"681214","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Heart Fellows: BME Grad Students Training to Become Next Generation Cardiovascular Leaders","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 2023 the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering launched a new program designed to train the next generation of leaders in cardiovascular research. Five first-year graduate students formed the first cohort that fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, there are nine students in the Cardiovascular Biomechanics Graduate Training Program at Emory and Georgia Tech (CBT@EmTech). The program offers two years of training in an assortment of disciplines, including cardiovascular biomechanics, mechanobiology, medical imaging, computational modeling, medical devices, therapeutics discovery and delivery, and data science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal of the program is to stimulate interdisciplinary training,\u201d so we expose the students to multiple areas of research,\u201d says Hanjoong Jo, CBT@EmTech director, Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Professor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnd we have a very diverse group of trainees interested in various aspects of cardiovascular research and medicine,\u201d Jo added. \u201cFour out of five students from our first cohort already have secured prestigious fellowships, demonstrating the caliber of the trainees in the program.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe students from that cohort brought a wide range of experiences, interests, and ambitions to the program. Now in their final months as CBT@EmTech trainees, they took time to share their stories.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYohannes Akiel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrincipal Investigator: Michael Davis\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECampus: Emory\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate: University of Texas-San Antonio\u003Cbr\u003EI\u0027ve always had a passion for helping people and I feel that I\u2019m doing this through my research on aortic valve tissue engineering for pediatric patients. Aortic valve disease is found in 1-2% of live births, because of congenital heart defects or infections. Current valve replacements are limited \u2014 for one thing, they\u2019re incapable of growing and remodeling with the patient. This presents a need for a new tissue-engineered valve that can address these challenges. In the Davis lab, we\u2019re working on a tissue engineered heart valve to provide a better, long-term solution.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThroughout my time in the CBT@EmTech program, I\u0027ve gained a range of knowledge in the cardiovascular space, learning about atherosclerosis, peripheral artery disease, valve disease, as well as computational and imaging techniques to help solve some of these problems. As part of the program, we are also required to take an Advanced Seminar class in the cardiovascular area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough this class, I was able to participate in some interesting clinical observations in the Emory University Hospital cardiology department. For example, I watched a cardiologist perform a transesophageal echocardiogram. The doctor was checking for heart blockages on a patient who had atrial fibrillation. This procedure was followed by a cardioversion to restore a normal heart rhythm. This was a profound demonstration of biomedical technology in action that left a lasting impression on me.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeandro Choi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrincipal Investigator: Hanjoong Jo\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECampus: Emory\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate: Duke University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a PhD student in the Jo Lab, I am studying how disturbed flow influences transcriptional regulation in endothelial cell reprogramming and atherosclerosis. Our goal is to identify and develop therapeutics that target non-lipid residual pathways contributing to this widespread and deadly disease.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI initially became interested in this line of research due to a family history of cardiovascular disease. As an undergraduate, I worked in a tissue engineering lab where I employed stem cell and tissue engineering methods to model the circulatory system. A desire to further explore the role of mechanosensitive genes and proteins in cardiovascular disease led me to pursue a PhD in this field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the most valuable aspects of the CBT@EmTech program has been the opportunity to connect with a network of students and faculty who are leaders in cardiovascular research. Through monthly meetings, we share our work and gain insights into the diverse engineering applications our interdisciplinary program brings to the field, with the common goal of improving cardiovascular health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAniket Venkatesh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrincipal Investigator: Lakshmi Prasad\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECampus: Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate: Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;October 2024 marked the three-year anniversary of my uncle\u2019s passing due to complications from a mild heart attack. His angiogram showed 30% vessel blockage, leading to heart surgery. Sadly, he suffered a brain stroke days later, resulting in deteriorating speech, muscle movement, and eventually death at 48. This personal tragedy brought urgency to my research questions: Can the risk of complications following cardiovascular treatments be predicted? Can underlying cardiovascular pathology be treated before it progresses to a heart attack or stroke? Was my uncle\u2019s death preventable? These questions drive my cardiovascular research, focused on predicting post-procedural heart valve outcomes through computational modeling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeing part of the prestigious CBT@EmTech program at Emory and Georgia Tech has significantly advanced my research journey. Learning from fellow trainees, presenting my research, and attending academia-focused workshops (like one about grant writing) have helped me stand out in heart valve computational modeling. The program, along with my PI, Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Dasi, and co-PI, Dr. John Oshinski, has provided the resources needed to translate my research from the lab to the clinic through regular meetings with clinicians and data transfer to and from hospitals. I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue my long-term goal of predicting risks of complications before cardiovascular treatments and helping prevent adverse clinical outcomes like those experienced by my uncle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIsabel Wallgren\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrincipal Investigator: Simone Douglas-Green\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECampus: Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate Degree: University of Virginia\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeripheral artery disease (PAD) occurs when atherosclerotic plaque accumulates in limb arteries, blocking blood flow. Current interventions limit disease progression, but surgery is often needed to prevent critical limb ischemia. A less invasive approach promotes angiogenesis and arteriogenesis to strengthen collateral vessels and bypass blockages. The Hansen Lab studies satellite cells (SCs), which repair muscle fibers and release growth factors, as a potential PAD therapy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy research focuses on improving the delivery of SCs using a special fibrin scaffold in a mouse model of blocked blood flow in the legs. By adjusting the properties of the fibrin scaffold, we can create an environment that helps these cells grow and renew themselves. We study how quickly the fibrin forms to ensure the cells stay where we inject them and how it breaks down to keep a steady supply of renewing SCs. We believe that with fibrin, the cells will move into the damaged tissue, repair muscle fibers, and release growth factors to encourage new blood vessel growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal is to create alternative treatments for PAD that prevent disease progression and improve patients\u0027 quality of life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe CBT@EmTech program has given me a supportive network of peers and mentors, enhancing my growth as a researcher. The program chairs have tailored the curriculum to our needs and allowed us to shape it. For example, I\u2019ve had the privilege of co-planning our biannual retreat. We recruited guests for two panels and invited a guest speaker for a storytelling workshop. This retreat shows how the program imparts knowledge beyond research, aiming to improve our scientific storytelling and self-presentation skills, valuable for any career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeborah Wood\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrincipal Investigator: Simone Douglas-Green\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECampus: Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate Degree: University of Virginia\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a researcher, I am challenged to explore the unknown. Moreover, my role as an engineer is rooted in using knowledge that has already been conceptualized. Combining these perspectives as a biomedical engineer has led me to pursue research with an emphasis on improving human health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, cardiovascular diseases represent the global leading cause of death. While this glaring statistic indicates the egregious burden of cardiovascular diseases, my parents\u0027 lived experiences with cardiovascular diseases is what drives me to use my life\u2019s work to address critical challenges at the intersection of the cardiovascular field and biomedical engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy research seeks to alleviate cardiovascular diseases by using nanoparticles to target endothelial cells, which line the innermost layer of blood vessels and contribute to blood vessel function. The Cardiovascular Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Program at Emory (CBT@EmTech) has given me an avenue to pursue this research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough my CBT@EmTech co-mentorship, I have developed a foundation in endothelial cell biology and atherosclerosis. I have also been challenged to think critically about how my research benefits both science and society through my exposure to prominent cardiovascular researchers. My experiences with CBT@EmTech have made me eager to use my training to pursue a postdoc in the and eventually lead a lab answering critical questions in cardiovascular research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Cardiovascular Biomechanics Graduate Training Program (CBT@EmTech) was launched in 2023 to develop future leaders in cardiovascular research. 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This week, a nest of Georgia Tech experts are swarming an international conference to present their latest advancements in these tools, which offer solutions to pressing challenges in science and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents and faculty from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) are leading the Georgia Tech contingent at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences-events\/siam-conferences\/cse25\/\u0022\u003ECSE25\u003C\/a\u003E). 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Later that year, SIAM members\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/publications\/siam-news\/articles\/siam-introduces-its-newly-elected-leadership\/\u0022\u003Ereelected Cherry to a second, three-year term as a council member at large\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Chow serves as the associate chair of the School of CSE. 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The future will see more of these type of missions, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/artemis\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENASA\u2019s Artemis program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and various private ventures. These missions need reliable and quick navigation abilities to successfully complete missions, especially if ground stations on Earth are overburdened or disconnected.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/seal.ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpace Exploration and Analysis Laboratory\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (SEAL) has developed new algorithms that are headed to the Moon, as part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.intuitivemachines.com\/im-2\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIntuitive Machine\u2019s\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E IM-2 mission. The mission is sending a Nova-C class lunar lander named Athena to the Moon\u2019s south pole region to test technologies and collect data that aim to enable future exploration. The mission is part of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercial-lunar-payload-services\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENASA\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (CLPS) initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESEAL\u2019s Space Odyssey\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESEAL, led by AE professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/john-christian\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Christian\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, collaborated with Intuitive Machines to develop algorithms to guide Athena to the Shackleton crater: a region known for its limited sunlight and cold temperatures. In coordination with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpaceX\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, launch of the company\u2019s IM-2 mission is targeted for a multi-day launch window that opens no earlier than February 26 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthena will transport NASA\u0027s\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/polar-resources-ice-mining-experiment-1-prime-1\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPRIME-1\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1) which includes two instruments: a drill and spectrometer. The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain (TRIDENT) is designed to drill up to three feet of lunar surface to extract soil, while the mass spectrometer (MSOLO) will measure the amount of ice in the soil samples.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter launch, Athena will separate from the rocket and begin a roughly five-to-four-day cruise to the Moon\u2019s orbit. The lander will orbit the Moon for approximately three to 1.5 days before its descent to the south pole.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Fall 2022, Research Engineer \u003Cstrong\u003EAva Thrasher\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(AE 2022, M.S. AE 2024)\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ebegan working on IM-2, developing new algorithms to guide Athena to the Shackleton crater using optical terrain relative navigation (TRN). Her approach looked at developing a crater detection algorithm (CDA) using image processing techniques that capture crater center locations on the Moon which are then used to determine Athena\u0027s position estimations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen, she developed a crater identification algorithm (CIA) to match craters found in the image to a catalog of known lunar craters. By using CDA and CIA in tandem, Athena is able to estimate its location and orientation with a single photo, autonomously, and in real-time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe wanted to strike a balance between creating something that would be done quickly on board, but also something that was reliable,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe ended up using simple crater geometry and knowledge of the sun angle to render what we expect a crater to look like in the image.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe CDA finds craters by calculating a similarity score between the image and the rendered crater at each image pixel point. This process, also known as template matching, marks crater centers at points of very high similarity. CIA then uses these crater center locations to match them with known craters in a catalog. By matching pixel locations in an image to known three-dimensional positions on the Moon, the spacecraft is able to produce an estimation of its position.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter two years of research and testing, Thrasher, Christian, and the Intuitive Machines team successfully demonstrated the CDA and CIA on synthetic imagery and Thrasher handed off the algorithms to Intuitive Machines to convert them into flight software for Athena.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe first got involved with optical navigation (OPNAV) research after she took AE 4342: Senior Design with Prof. Christian as an undergraduate student. \u201cI found optical navigation to be really interesting. I liked the idea of being able to figure out where you are and how you\u2019re moving in real-time based on a picture,\u201d she said. In Fall 2022, she started her first graduate semester at Tech and was a new member of SEAL, where she quickly began demonstrating the idea of detecting craters and prototyping the CDA and CIA programmed into Athena. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter she graduated with her master\u2019s degree in aerospace engineering in May 2024, \u0026nbsp;she loved what she did so much, that she decided to stay and work as a full-time research engineer in SEAL. Now, she\u2019s gearing up to see her work make its way to the Moon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s been really exciting and humbling to contribute to the massive task of putting a lander on the Moon. I never really appreciated the scale of work and collaboration needed to make it happen until I was lucky enough to be a part of it. I\u0027ll certainly be watching the launch and tracking the mission with great anticipation of both the engineering and scientific results,\u201d said Thrasher.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIM-1 Makes History\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of a multi-year collaboration, Christian helped \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/georgia-tech-algorithm-headed-moon\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Edevelop a key navigation algorithm for Intuitive Machines\u2019 first space mission (IM-1\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E) which launched a Nova-C lunar lander named Odysseus to the Malapert A crater on the Moon\u2019s south pole region; about 11 miles away from IM-2\u2019s targeted Shackleton crater.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IM-1 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on February 15, 2024 and soft-landed on the Moon on February 22, 2024---making Odysseus the first U.S. lunar landing since the Apollo program and the first-ever successful commercial lunar landing. Odysseus had a rougher-than-expected soft landing due to an anomaly with the altimeter that was supposed to provide insight into the lander\u2019s height above the lunar surface. In the absence of these altimeter measurements, Odysseus relied critically on the visual odometry technique that was jointly developed by Christian and Intuitive Machines.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite these challenges, Odysseus captured images of the Moon during landing and operated on the lunar surface for 144 hours before entering standby mode.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProf. Christian and SEAL have more projects on the horizon to develop new technologies for exploring our Moon, other planets, asteroids, and the solar system. 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This spike had receded by Jan. 11.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fires enabled the first real-time data on airborne lead, thanks to a pioneering air quality measurement network known as Atmospheric Science and Chemistry (ASCENT), a nationwide initiative funded by the National Science Foundation, operating in 12 sites across the U.S. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ascent.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EASCENT\u003C\/a\u003E measured tiny particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5) \u2014 small enough to enter the lungs and bloodstream. Unlike typical wildfires that burn natural materials such as grass and trees, the Eaton Canyon and Palisades fires burned through infrastructures like homes, including painted surfaces, pipes, vehicles, plastics, and electronic equipment. This raised concerns about the toxicity of these particles in the air, especially since many of the buildings were constructed before 1978, when lead paint was still commonly used.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELead is a toxic air contaminant that poses significant health risks, particularly for children, who are more vulnerable to its neurodevelopmental effects. While chronic lead exposure is well-documented, the effects of short-term spikes, like those recorded during these fires, are less understood.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur work through ASCENT,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/nga-lee-sally-ng\u0022\u003ESally Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s Love Family Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the network\u2019s principal investigator, \u201chas provided us with new insights into the air we breathe, with unprecedented levels of detail and time resolution. Beyond the mass concentration of PM2.5 that is typically measured, we are now able to detect a wide range of chemical components in the aerosols in real time, to better understand and evaluate to what extent one is exposed to harmful pollutants.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInvestigators used several instruments to obtain hourly measurements at the ASCENT monitoring site in Pico Rivera, approximately 14 miles south of the Eaton Canyon fire, to assess atmospheric lead during the wildfires.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur findings showcased the importance of having real-time measurements of the chemical species that comprise particulate matter,\u201d said California Institute of Technology Ph.D. candidate in atmospheric chemistry and ASPIRE researcher Haroula Baliaka. \u201cDuring the LA fires, we provided the public with timely information about what they were breathing and how air quality evolved in the days that followed.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research has been published in the CDC\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/74\/wr\/mm7405a4.htm?s_cid=mm7405a4_w\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the Los Angeles fires quickly spread starting Jan. 7 and wind gusts approached 100 mph, scientists observed a 110-fold rise in airborne lead levels. 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To integrate such robots into society, they must come with assurances that they will behave safely around humans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt begs the question: can you guarantee the safety of something that doesn\u2019t exist yet? It\u2019s something Assistant Professor Glen Chou hopes to accomplish by developing algorithms that will enable autonomous systems to learn and adapt while acting with safety and security assurances.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe plans to launch research initiatives, in collaboration with the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, to secure this new technological frontier as it develops.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo operate in uncertain real-world environments, robots and other autonomous systems need to leverage and adapt a complex network of perception and control algorithms to turn sensor data into actions,\u201d he said. \u201cTo obtain realistic assurances, we must do a joint safety and security analysis on these sensors and algorithms simultaneously, rather than one at a time.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis end-to-end method would proactively look for flaws in the robot\u2019s systems rather than wait for them to be exploited. This would lead to intrinsically robust robotic systems that can recover from failures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChou said this research will be useful in other domains, including advanced space exploration. If a space rover is sent to one of Saturn\u2019s moons, for example, it needs to be able to act and think independently of scientists on Earth.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from fighting fires and exploring space, this technology could perform maintenance in nuclear reactors, automatically maintain the power grid, and make autonomous surgery safer. It could also bring assistive robots into the home, enabling higher standards of care.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is a challenging domain where safety, security, and privacy concerns are paramount due to frequent, close contact with humans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis will start in the newly established Trustworthy Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech, which Chou directs. He and his Ph.D. students will design principled algorithms that enable general-purpose robots and autonomous systems to operate capably, safely, and securely with humans while remaining resilient to real-world failures and uncertainty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChou earned dual bachelor\u2019s degrees in electrical engineering and computer sciences as well as mechanical engineering from University of California Berkeley in 2017, a master\u2019s and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Michigan in 2019 and 2022, respectively. He was a postdoc at MIT Computer Science \u0026amp; Artificial Intelligence Laboratory prior to joining Georgia Tech in November 2024. He is a recipient of the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship program, NSF Graduate Research fellowships, and was named a Robotics: Science and Systems Pioneer in 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Glen Chou is leading research to ensure the security and safety of future autonomous robots, which could one day fight wildfires, explore space, and assist in critical environments like nuclear reactors and hospitals. His work at Georgia Tech\u2019s Trustworthy Robotics Lab focuses on developing algorithms that allow robots to learn, adapt, and operate securely in uncertain real-world conditions. By integrating safety and security analyses, Chou aims to create resilient robotic systems that can proactively address vulnerabilities. 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PFAS permeate the soil, water, food, and air, and they can remain in the environment for millennia. Once inside the human body, PFAS can persist for years, suppressing the immune system and increasing cancer risk.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers, armed with a cutting-edge machine learning (ML) model, are spearheading a multi-university initiative. Their goal? To design a better membrane that efficiently removes PFAS from drinking water, a significant source of human exposure.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMore than \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/forever-chemicals-are-widespread-in-u-s-drinking-water\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E200 million Americans\u003C\/a\u003E in all 50 states are affected by PFAS in drinking water, with 1,400 communities having levels above health experts\u2019 safety thresholds,\u201d noted the study\u2019s principal investigator \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/yongsheng-chen\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYongsheng Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Bonnie W. and Charles W. Moorman IV Professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. Chen also directs the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/newcenter.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENutrients, Energy, and Water Center for Agriculture Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, or NEW Center. \u201cOur research aims to provide a scalable, efficient, and sustainable solution for mitigating these toxic chemicals\u2019 impact on human health and the environment.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe resulting work, funded with over $10 million in multiyear grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Science Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-55320-9\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecently published\u003C\/a\u003E in \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESewage Treatment Limitations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EConventional water treatment processes are ineffective at removing PFAS. Too often, traditional cleansing methods, such as using chlorine to kill pathogens in water, create harmful byproducts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSolving one problem creates another problem,\u201d said Chen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has already used ML and artificial intelligence in precision agriculture to monitor nutrient levels in plants and insists that tackling PFAS removal similarly requires new approaches. Rather than treating an entire body of water, Chen\u2019s team first separated PFAS from the water stream. Success depended on finding the right membrane material to isolate the chemicals in the water.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChen relied on a team of 10 Ph.D. students and nine research scientists to perform the ML modeling. In addition to Georgia Tech, two other schools contributed people and laboratory expertise. The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) validated the model with molecular simulations, while Arizona State University (ASU) trained it using data from scientific literature and their lab.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cApplying machine learning to membrane separation represents an exciting frontier for environmental engineering,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/5134153\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETiezheng Tong\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor of environmental engineering in ASU\u2019s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is another step in tackling PFAS pollution, a widespread problem that has recently received significant public attention due to PFAS\u2019 toxic nature and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pfas\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe recent EPA ruling on PFAS in drinking water\u003C\/a\u003E, he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy integrating with molecular simulation tools, we can better understand PFAS transport across nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes, pushing the boundary of fundamental science relating to membrane separation,\u201d Tong said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EML Accelerates Membrane-Material Discoveries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EUsing ML modeling significantly sped up the discovery process. For instance, one Ph.D. student in Chen\u2019s lab used trial and error over two years to pinpoint one promising membrane. Machine learning modeling allowed the team to find eight membrane candidates 10 to 20 times faster, reducing discovery time from years to a few months.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur molecular dynamics simulations reveal that electrostatic interactions, size exclusion, and dehydration play critical roles in governing the transport of PFAS molecules across polyamide membranes,\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Li_Ying\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EYing Li\u003C\/a\u003E explained. Li is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at UWM. \u201cThese calculations indicate that electrostatic interactions dominate PFAS rejection, with charged functional groups significantly influencing transport behavior. The simulation results provide fundamental insights that align with ML predictions, highlighting the key molecular determinants of PFAS removal efficiency.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAddressing PFAS Exposure in Agriculture\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EBy addressing PFAS contamination, this research could also benefit the agriculture industry, which depends on fertilizer sourced from water treatment plants. Wastewater biosolids are processed into fertilizer, offering farmers and ranchers a cheaper alternative to chemical fertilizers. Unfortunately, PFAS-tainted fertilizers from sewage sludge have contaminated significant amounts of land and livestock. Industry groups \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/news-insights\/news\/2025\/01\/forever-chemicals-sludge-may-taint-nearly-70-million-farmland-acres\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eestimate\u003C\/a\u003E that almost 70 million acres of U.S. farmland could be contaminated by these forever chemicals.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy funding this research, the USDA hopes that an effective membrane will help the United States reclaim this crucial resource.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSynthesizing a very smart membrane to get rid of PFAS also allows us to recover the fertilizer from municipal wastewater treatment plants,\u201d Chen said. \u201cSuch a membrane could enable us to get rid of things we don\u2019t want and keep the things we need, so we can keep the water for irrigation or other applications.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEliminating PFAS in fertilizers also could help address the mismatch of food and water demand in urban versus rural areas since 80% of the demand resides in cities. PFAS removal could directly support urban area resource recovery and food production.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur goal is achieving a circular economy where materials never become waste, and nature is regenerated,\u201d Chen said.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s Next\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe team will fine-tune the model and add more data to improve its training features. Chen will synthesize membranes in his lab to further test the model\u0027s PFAS removal predictions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, scientists have found ways to remove long chains of PFAS, but the shorter chains of these chemicals persist, explained Chen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf we can better understand the mechanism, we\u2019ll be able to design a good material membrane to get rid of all PFAS. That could be game-changing.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u2014 By Anne Wainscott-Sargent\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFunding\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThis work is partially supported by the NSF (Award Nos. 2112533, 2427299, 2345543, Y.C.; 2448130, T.T.; and 2345542, Y.L.).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EY.C. acknowledges the financial support by the USDA (Award No.2018\u221268011-28371), NSF-USDA (Award No. 2020-67021-31526), and EPA (Award No. 840080010).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ET.T. acknowledges the support of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch Project COL00799, accession 1022591).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EY.L. acknowledges the financial support by the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), funded by the US DOE, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Advanced Manufacturing Office, under Funding Opportunity announcement Number DE-FOA-0001905, through a subcontract to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Yongsheng Chen leads a multi-university team using machine learning to discover PFAS-removing membranes.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Yongsheng Chen leads a multi-university team using machine learning to discover PFAS-removing membranes."}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2025-02-17 00:52:24","changed_gmt":"2025-02-17 00:57:23","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676298":{"id":"676298","type":"image","title":"Yongsheng Chen","body":"\u003Cp\u003EYongsheng Chen, Bonnie W. and Charles W. 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So, eliminating the go-betweens can reduce expense and simplify a process, increasing efficiency and consumer happiness.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/James-Dahlman\u0022\u003EJames Dahlman\u003C\/a\u003E and his research team have been thinking along those same lines for stem cell treatments. They\u2019ve created a technique that eliminates noisome middlemen and could lead to new, less-invasive treatments for blood disorders and genetic diseases. It sidesteps the discomfort and risks of current treatments, making life easier for patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis would be an alternative to invasive hematopoietic stem cell therapies \u2014 we could just give you an IV drip,\u201d said Dahlman, McCamish Early Career Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. \u201cIt simplifies the process and reduces the risks to patients. That\u2019s why this work is important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDahlman and a team of investigators from Georgia Tech, Emory University, and the University of California, Davis, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-024-02470-2\u0022\u003Epublished their approach in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Biotechnology\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMinding the Parents\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are like parent cells. Residing in the bone marrow, they produce all types of cells needed to sustain the blood and immune systems. Their versatility makes HSCs a valuable therapeutic tool in treating genetic blood diseases, such as sickle cell anemia, immune deficiencies, and some cancers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHSC therapies usually involve extracting cells from the patient\u2019s bone marrow and re-engineering them in a lab. Meanwhile, the patient endures chemotherapy to help prepare their body to receive the modified HSCs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese therapies are effective but also hard on the patients,\u201d Dahlman said. \u201cPatients undergo chemotherapy to wipe out their immune systems so the body will accept the therapeutic cells without a fight. The procedure can be life-threatening. We\u2019re hoping to change that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHSCs can also be modified directly inside the body. The procedure uses lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to carry genetic instructions to the stem cells. The LNPs have targeting ligands attached \u2014 molecules designed to find specific target cells. Precisely engineering them adds layers of time, complexity, and cost to the process. They are, like extraction from bone marrow and chemotherapy, another middleman.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers wanted something simpler. They found it in a specific nanoparticle called LNP67.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnlike other nanoparticle designs, this one doesn\u2019t require a targeting ligand,\u201d Dahlman said. \u201cIt\u2019s chemically simple, which means it\u2019s easier to manufacture and opens the door to eventually scaling production, like mRNA vaccines.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOvercoming the Liver\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe key to LNP67\u2019s success is its ability to dodge the liver, the body\u2019s primary blood filter. Foreign invaders, even helpful invaders delivered through an IV as medicine, can be captured by a healthy liver.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe liver absorbs almost everything,\u201d Dahlman said. \u201cBut, by reducing what it captures by even as little as 10 percent, we can double delivery to other tissues where the nanoparticles and their payloads are needed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers developed 128 unique nanoparticles, narrowing the list down to 105 LNPs that didn\u2019t have targeting ligands. These were ultimately screened and evaluated for their performance in delivering genetic instructions (in the form of mRNA) effectively and safely.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELNP67 emerged as the best performer thanks to its stealthy design. For example, the surface is designed to repel proteins and other molecules that would mark the LNP for capture by the liver. This feature helped the particles circulate more evenly in the body and reach the HSCs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe achieved low-dose delivery without a target ligand, which is exciting,\u201d Dahlman said. \u201cThis is something we\u2019ve been working toward for years, and I\u2019m very happy we got there.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Hyejin Kim, Ryan Zenhausern, Kara Gentry, Liming Lian, Sebastian G. Huayamares, Afsane Radmand, David Loughrey, Ananda Podilapu, Marine Z. C. Hatit, Huanzhen Ni, Andrea Li, Aram Shajii, Hannah E. Peck, Keyi Han, Xuanwen Hua, Shu Jia, Michele Martinez, Charles Lee, Philip J. Santangelo, Alice Tarantal, James E. 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Meanwhile, a weak grip helps explain the poor immune deficiencies caused by a rare genetic disorder.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA new study led by Georgia Tech and Emory University researcher \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/cheng-zhu\u0022\u003ECheng Zhu\u003C\/a\u003E explores the role of physical force on the immune system\u2019s ability to fight an infection. The team\u2019s discoveries could lead to new therapies that boost immune responses and improve the outcomes of patients battling a rare and devastating disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith this research, we\u2019ve shown how dynamic and physical the immune system truly is,\u201d said Zhu, Regents\u0027 Professor and J. Erskine Love Jr. Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (BME).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work focuses on the interaction of B cells and T cells in the body\u2019s immune system via two proteins \u2014 CD40 on B cells and CD40L on T cells \u2014 in an immune deficiency disease called X-linked Hyper IgM syndrome, or X-HIgM. It\u2019s a genetic disorder affecting two out of every million newborn boys, 80% of whom die before the age of 25.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers found mechanical forces generated by these interactions create a \u201ccatch bond\u201d between the proteins. It\u2019s like a strong handshake that only gets firmer when each person tries to pull away.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the bond is strong, it causes T cells to signal B cells they need to make antibodies to fight an invading pathogen. In fact, the B cells can actually switch gears, producing antibodies that are different from what they had been making.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut people with X-HIgM have damaged CD40L proteins, resulting in weak bonds, poor signaling, and the inability to make the right antibodies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adl5815\u0022\u003Epublished their findings in \u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Lead authors were BME PhD student Stefano Travaglino and former postdoc Hyun-Kyu Choi (now an assistant professor at Yonsei University in South Korea).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ETraining Camp for B Cells\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the body\u2019s defense system, B cells are produced in the bone marrow and migrate to a part of the lymph nodes called the germinal center.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s like a training camp where B cells undergo improvement processes, including affinity maturation and antibody class switch, enhancing their ability to make effective antibodies,\u201d Travaglino said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EB cells interact with and receive instructive signals from T cells to make antibodies that are most effective in coping with the pathogen invader. It\u2019s a process that relies heavily on the interaction of CD40 and CD40L.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing techniques like fluorescence microscopy, the researchers were able to look closely at activity in germinal centers. They used force spectroscopy tools like the biomembrane force probe which revealed that the strong, tugging handshake is suppressed by X-HIgM mutation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings suggest that the physical environment and activity within the germinal center is just as important as the chemical signals at play between the proteins. By demonstrating how X-HIgM mutations impair catch bonds, the researchers provided a mechanistic explanation for the condition\u2019s antibody deficiencies \u2014 knowledge that could open the door to future innovations in therapeutic intervention and immunotherapy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESingh called the team\u2019s findings \u201cnothing short of revolutionary.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe significance of the research extends far beyond understanding X-HIgM, offering a fresh perspective on how to approach a variety of immune disorders,\u201d he said. \u201cAs this field of study evolves, the potential for advancements in immune therapies looks bright.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u003C\/strong\u003E Hyun-Kyu Choi, Stefano Travaglino, Matthias M\u00fcnchhalfen, Richard G\u00f6rg, Zhe Zhong, Jintian Lyu, David M. Reyes-Aguilar, J\u00fcrgen Wienands, Ankur Singh, and Cheng Zhu. \u201cMechanotransduction governs CD40 function and underlies X-linked Hyper IgM syndrome,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.adl5815\u0022\u003EDOI: 10.1126\/sciadv.adl5815\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFUNDING:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grants U01CA250040, U01CA280984, R01CA238745, and R01CA266052; The Hyper IgM Foundation AWD-004331; German Research Foundation SFB TRR 274, project A08; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant RS-2024-00337196; and the Yonsei University Research Fund 2024-22-0036. 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Because it took place internally, it was traditionally assumed that attackers could only influence this network through physical access.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn collaboration with Hyundai, researchers from Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/capcpsec\/people\/\u0022\u003ECyber-Physical Systems Security Research Lab \u003C\/a\u003E(CPSec) observed that threat models used to evaluate the security of these technologies were outdated.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team, led by Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EZhaozhou Tang\u003C\/strong\u003E, found that vehicle technology advancements allowed attackers to launch new attacks, improve existing attacks, and circumvent current defense systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, Tang\u2019s findings included the possibility for attackers to remotely compromise the computers used in cars and aircraft through Wi-Fi, cellular, Bluetooth, and other wireless channels.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur job was to thoroughly review existing information and find ways to protect against these attacks,\u201d he said. \u201cWe found new threats and proposed a defense system that can protect against the new and old attacks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn response to their findings, the team developed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/383876245_ERACAN_Defending_Against_an_Emerging_CAN_Threat_Model\u0022\u003EERACAN\u003C\/a\u003E, the first comprehensive defense system against this new generation of attackers. Designed to detect new and old attacks, ERACAN can deploy defenses when necessary.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system also classifies the attacks it reacts to, providing security experts with the tools for detailed analysis. It has a detection rate of 100% for all attacks launched by conventional methods and detects enhanced threat models 99.7% of the time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project received a distinguished paper award at the 2024 ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 24) held in Salt Lake City. Tang presented the paper at the October conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis was Zhaozhou\u2019s first paper in his Ph.D. program, and he deserves recognition for his groundbreaking work on automotive cybersecurity,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/samanzonouz4n6\/saman-zonouz\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESaman Zonouz\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy \u003C\/a\u003Eand the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated the transportation sector as one of the nation\u2019s 16 critical infrastructure sectors. Ensuring its security is vital to national security and public safety.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cModern vehicles, which rely heavily on controller area networks for essential operations, are integral components of this infrastructure,\u201d said Zonouz. \u201cWith the increasing sophistication of cyberthreats, safeguarding these systems has become critical to ensuring the resilience and security of transportation networks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis paper introduced to the scientific community the first comprehensive defense system to address advanced threats targeting vehicular controller area networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe CPSec team is putting the technology it has developed into practice in collaboration with Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., which sponsors the work. Tang hopes ERACAN\u2019s success will raise awareness of these new threats in the research community and industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt will help them build future defenses,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have demonstrated the best practice to defend against these attacks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETang received his bachelor\u2019s degree at Georgia Tech, where he first performed security-related work for the automobile industry. While working with Zonouz on his master\u2019s degree, he decided to change course and pursue research initiatives like vehicle security in a Ph.D. program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is interesting how it came full circle,\u201d he said. \u201cI will continue on this path of automobile security throughout my Ph.D.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EERACAN: Defending Against an Emerging CAN Threat Model\u003C\/em\u003E, was written by \u003Cstrong\u003EZhaozhou Tang,\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EKhaled Serag\u003C\/strong\u003E from the Qatar Computing Research Institute, \u003Cstrong\u003ESaman Zonouz\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EBerkay Celik\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EDongyan Xu\u003C\/strong\u003E from Purdue University, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/raheem-beyah\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERaheem Beyah\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and dean of the College of Engineering. 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Coskun and his team of researchers continue their mission to create a 3D atlas of the human body, mapping cells and tissues, they\u2019re making discoveries that could lead to better treatments for the most common type of lung cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile they\u2019re at it, they\u2019re pioneering new fields of research, and possibly spinning the work into a new commercial venture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, Coskun and his team introduced a new study in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/20\/coskun-lab-pioneering-new-field-research-single-cell-spatial-metabolomics\u0022\u003E\u201csingle cell spatial metabolomics,\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E which explores the distribution of small molecules \u2014 metabolites \u2014 within tissues and organs. Now they\u2019re spearheading \u201cspatial interactomics,\u201d a research area concerned with interactions between various biomolecules inside of individual cells.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo study these interactions, they\u2019ve developed an innovative technique, or tool, to better understand why non-small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC, resists treatment in so many patients. They call it the \u201cintelligent sequential proximity ligation assay,\u201d or iseqPLA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a smart test that can look at proteins and how they interact with each other in space,\u201d said Coskun, Bernie Marcus Early Career Professor in the Wallace H. 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He\u2019s also forming a company to commercialize the technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESmarter Tools\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDrugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs, like Osimertinib) have been successful in treating people with NSCLC. But many patients who initially respond well to the regimen, eventually develop a resistance. Protein interactions, a molecular kind of crosstalk, are a prime suspect in causing this resistance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProteins interact with each other all the time, and this mingling controls how cells grow, divide, or survive. Coskun and his team want to see how these interactions change in response to cancer treatment, and iseqPLA shows them, essentially attaching glowing tags to proteins, lighting up their locations and interactions under a microscope.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThink of it like a super detailed map showing how different proteins in a cell are connected,\u201d Coskun said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe iseqPLA can examine 47 protein interactions in a single sample, which saves a lot of time (and resources) when compared to older methods, which look at two to three interactions at a time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also created a computer model to analyze the spatial data they collected from iseqPLA, identifying patterns in protein interactions to help predict whether a cell was responding to a treatment or developing resistance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe showed that the test works not only in lab-grown cells but also in tissues from mice and humans,\u201d Coskun said. \u201cIt can really help us understand how patients respond to certain treatments.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding a Spatial Omics Market\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoing forward, Coskun aims to enhance iseqPLA to study interactions among RNA, proteins, and metabolites, as well as the RNA, proteins, metabolites, etc., and other subcellular dynamics. He also hopes to get the technology into the hands of other researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe believe it will be a groundbreaking tool,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith that in mind, Coskun is planning to form a startup company called SpatAllize. He\u2019s working with VentureLab, the nonprofit organization at Georgia Tech that provides entrepreneurship programs for students and faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are currently performing customer interviews and forming a strategy for a viable plan towards the marketplace,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also plans to expand iseqPLA\u2019s utility into other areas of research, focusing on how protein interactions influence the immune system, the heart, and brain health. His team is also developing a spatial interactomics robot that integrates iseqPLA with advanced imaging and automated deep learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will allow us to map all molecules within cells and tissues for an even better understanding of drug-cell interactions, particularly in cancer treatment planning,\u201d Coskun said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u003C\/strong\u003E Shuangyi Cai, Thomas Hu, Abhijeet Venkataraman, Felix G. Rivera Moctezuma, Efe Ozturk, Nicholas Zhang, Mingshuang Wang, Tatenda Zvidzai, Sandip Das, Adithya Pillai, Frank Schneider, Suresh S. Ramalingam, YouTake Oh, Shi-Yong Sun, and Ahmet F. 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The AI behind Phorensics will allow analysts and technicians to scale security efforts to keep up with a growing power grid that is becoming more complex.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis effort is part of the Security of Engineering Systems (SES) initiative at Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP). SES has three pillars: research, education, and testbeds, with multiple ongoing large, sponsored efforts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe had a successful hiring season for SES last year and will continue filling several open tenure-track faculty positions this upcoming cycle,\u201d said Zonouz.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith top-notch cybersecurity and engineering schools at Georgia Tech, we have begun the SES journey with a dedicated passion to pursue building real-world solutions to protect our critical infrastructures, national security, and public safety.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZonouz\u0026nbsp;is the director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Security Laboratory (CPSec) and is jointly appointed by Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u0026nbsp;(SCP) and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three Georgia Tech researchers joining him on this project are \u003Cstrong\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;associate\u0026nbsp;professor in SCP and ECE; \u003Cstrong\u003ETaesoo Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;jointly appointed professor in SCP and the School of Computer Science; and \u003Cstrong\u003EAnimesh Chhotaray\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;research\u0026nbsp;scientist in SCP.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKatherine Davis\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;associate\u0026nbsp;professor at the Texas A\u0026amp;M University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has partnered with the team to develop Phorensics. The team will also collaborate with the NREL National Lab, and industry partners for technology transfer and commercialization initiatives.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Energy Department defines renewable energy as energy from unlimited, naturally replenished resources, such as the sun, tides, and wind. Renewable energy can be used for electricity generation, space and water heating and cooling, and transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers received a $4.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to enhance cybersecurity for renewable energy technologies. Led by Associate Professor Saman Zonouz, the project will develop an AI-based tool called Phorensics to anticipate cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and analyze exploited vulnerabilities. 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Inductees are nominated and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany of the scientists I look up to are part of this organization, so I\u2019m deeply honored to be named an AIMBE Fellow,\u201d said Dahlman, McCamish Foundation Early Career Professor in Coulter BME, a joint department of Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIMBE recognized him \u201cfor his sophisticated in vivo screens to develop clinically relevant lipid nanoparticles for delivering targeted RNA-based therapies outside the liver.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDahlman\u2019s lab has developed nanoparticle barcodes that allow them rapidly to screen hundreds of potential drug delivery molecules at once, accelerating the discovery and delivery of new RNA therapeutics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the recognition, but this honor really goes to the excellent trainees we have at Georgia Tech and Emory. 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I think we\u2019ve got one,\u201d said Chen, an associate professor with appointments in the George W.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe revolutionary material, iron chloride (FeCl3), costs a mere 1-2% of typical cathode materials and canstore the same amount of electricity. 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But unlike personal electronics, large-scale energy users like EVs are especially sensitive to the cost of LIBs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBatteries are currently responsible for about 50% of an EV\u2019s total cost, which makes these clean-energy cars more expensive than their internal combustion, greenhouse-gas-spewing cousins. The Chen team\u2019s invention could change that.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding a Better Battery\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompared to old-fashioned alkaline and lead-acid batteries, LIBs store more energy in a smaller package and power a device longer between charges. But LIBs contain expensive metals, including semiprecious elements like cobalt and nickel, and they have a high manufacturing cost.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo far, only four types of cathodes have been successfully commercialized for LIBs. Chen\u2019s would be the fifth, and it would represent a big step forward in battery technology: the development of an all-solid-state LIB.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConventional LIBs use liquid electrolytes to transport lithium ions for storing and releasing energy. They have hard limits on how much energy can be stored, and they can leak and catch fire. But all-solid-state LIBs use solid electrolytes, dramatically boosting a battery\u2019s efficiency and reliability and making it safer and capable of holding more energy. These batteries, still in the development and testing phase, would be a considerable improvement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs researchers and manufacturers across the planet race to make all-solid-state technology practical, Chen and his collaborators have developed an affordable and sustainable solution. With the FeCl3 cathode, a solid electrolyte, and a lithium metal anode, the cost of their whole battery system is 30-40% of current LIBs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis could not only make EVs much cheaper than internal combustion cars, but it provides a new and promising form of large-scale energy storage, enhancing the resilience of the electrical grid,\u201d Chen said. \u201cIn addition, our cathode would greatly improve the sustainability and supply chain stability of the EV market.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolid Start to New Discovery\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChen\u2019s interest in FeCl3 as a cathode material originated with his lab\u2019s research into solid electrolyte materials.\u0026nbsp;Starting in 2019,\u0026nbsp;his lab tried to make solid-state batteries using chloride-based solid electrolyteswith traditional commercial oxide-based cathodes. It didn\u2019t go well \u2014 the\u0026nbsp;cathode and electrolyte\u0026nbsp;materials didn\u2019t get along.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers thought\u0026nbsp;a chloride-based cathode could provide a better pairing with the chloride electrolyte to offer better battery performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe found a candidate\u0026nbsp;(FeCl3)\u0026nbsp;worth trying, as its crystal structure is potentially suitable for storing and transporting Li ions, and fortunately, it functioned as we expected,\u201d said Chen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, the most popularly used cathodes in EVs\u0026nbsp;are oxides and\u0026nbsp;require a gigantic amount of costly nickel and cobalt, heavy elements that can be toxic and pose an environmental challenge. In contrast, the Chen team\u2019s cathode contains\u0026nbsp;only\u0026nbsp;iron (Fe) and chlorine (Cl)\u2014abundant, affordable, widely used elements found in steel and table salt.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn their initial tests, FeCl3 was found to perform as well as or better than the other, much more expensive cathodes. For example, it has a higher operational voltage than the popularly used cathode LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate, or LFP), which is the electrical force a battery provides when connected to a device, similar to water pressure from a garden hose.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis technology may be less than five years from commercial viability in EVs. For now, the team will continue investigating FeCl3 and related materials, according to Chen. The work was led by Chen and postdoc Zhantao Liu (the lead author of the study). Collaborators included researchers from Georgia Tech\u2019s Woodruff\u0026nbsp;School (Ting Zhu) and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Yuanzhi Tang), as well as the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/\u0022\u003EOak Ridge National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Jue Liu)\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/uh.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Houston\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Shuo Chen).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to make the materials as perfect as possible in the lab and understand the underlying functioning mechanisms,\u201d Chen said. \u201cBut we are open to opportunities to scale up the technology and push it toward commercial applications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u003C\/strong\u003E Zhantao Liu, Jue Liu, Simin Zhao, Sangni Xun, Paul Byaruhanga, Shuo Chen, Yuanzhi Tang, Ting Zhu, Hailong Chen. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41893-024-01431-6\u0022\u003E\u201cLow-cost iron trichloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries.\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENature Sustainability\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFUNDING:\u003C\/strong\u003E National Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 1706723 and 2108688)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Research team led by Georgia Tech\u0027s Hailong Chen developed a low-cost cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA research team led by Georgia Tech\u2019s Hailong Chen has developed a low-cost iron chloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries, which could significantly reduce costs and improve performance for electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A research team led by Georgia Tech\u2019s Hailong Chen has developed a low-cost iron chloride cathode for lithium-ion batteries, which could significantly reduce costs and improve performance for electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems."}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2024-09-22 21:36:54","changed_gmt":"2024-09-23 14:57:22","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675067":{"id":"675067","type":"image","title":"Zhantao Liu","body":"\u003Cp\u003EZhantao Liu with the new low-cost cathode that could revolutionize lithium-ion batteries and the EV industry. \u0026nbsp; 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He is one of three other US engineers to receive this prestigious fellowship, which emphasizes enhancing the role of engineering in society and developing an inclusive future through research, education initiatives, and industry collaborations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELieuwen is a Regents\u2019 Professor, the David S. Lewis, Jr. Chair in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering (AE), a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, among several others. For 12 years, he served as executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E; he is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/30\/regents-professor-tim-lieuwen-serve-georgia-techs-interim-evpr\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ecurrently serving as Georgia Tech\u2019s interim executive vice president\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E for Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTim Lieuwen\u2019s groundbreaking research and leadership have been instrumental in advancing the AE School\u2019s mission,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EMitchell Walker\u003C\/strong\u003E, AE chair. \u201cHis work in combustion dynamics, propulsion, and clean energy systems not only enhances our academic reputation but also drives significant, real-world impact, as recognized by the Academy.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELieuwen\u2019s research focuses on developing clean combustion technologies for power generation and propulsion. He works closely with industry and government professionals to address energy concerns and set the standard for clean tech manufacturing. The Georgia Tech alumnus will formally be admitted to the Academy at a special ceremony in London on November 27, 2024.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2024 class includes 60 Fellows, six International Fellows, and five Honorary Fellows, each of whom has made exceptional contributions to their own field, pioneering new innovations, leading progress in business or academia, providing high-level advice to government, or promoting wider understanding of engineering and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe former interim chair for the AE School has been elected an International Fellow for his contributions to the aerospace and energy professions.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The former interim chair for the AE School has been elected an International Fellow for his contributions to the aerospace and energy professions."}],"uid":"34736","created_gmt":"2024-09-18 14:29:31","changed_gmt":"2024-09-18 14:35:53","author":"Kelsey Gulledge","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675007":{"id":"675007","type":"image","title":"0A6A1348.jpg","body":null,"created":"1726669777","gmt_created":"2024-09-18 14:29:37","changed":"1726669777","gmt_changed":"2024-09-18 14:29:37","alt":"Tim Lieuwen standing above one of the Strategic Energy Institute\u0027s (SEI) research areas. 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Classrooms, research labs, offices, and other vital spaces were without air conditioning. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe I\u0026amp;S team had run through this exact scenario during its continuity of operations planning with the Office of Emergency Management. So, as the sun rose that Friday morning, a plan was in place. Crews began excavating to isolate the leak 20 feet underground, and the team started securing mobile chillers to protect vulnerable research labs and buildings against equipment failure, mold, and other potentially detrimental side effects of rising temperatures and humidity. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, students on campus for the summer session were preparing to take finals in classrooms that were suddenly without air conditioning. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAssessing the Situation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStephens likened the situation to triaging in an emergency room. He followed the example set by his mother, a pediatric cancer nurse. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You have to be keenly focused on the next steps you need to take. You want to solve all the problems, but you may not be able to. What you can control is that next step and make sure you\u0027ve got as many things covered as possible. That way, you\u0027re going to make the best of the situation you have,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStephens and Emergency Management met with Institute leadership daily (and often twice daily) to ensure that resources were properly deployed to minimize the impact on operations. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Work Begins\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by Executive Director of Infrastructure Greg Spiro and Associate Director of Utilities Will Varnado, excavation crews continued around-the-clock operations to isolate the leak under Cherry Street and replace a pipe that had been there since the 1960s \u2014 working carefully to avoid surrounding electric and gas lines. Meanwhile, a secondary leak by the Dalney Building threatened to make matters worse by taking the Biotech Quad offline. Repairs were quickly made to alleviate the pressure and bring chilled water back to the research hub. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u0026amp;S estimated that the repairs would take two to four weeks; in the meantime, mobile chillers arrived on tractor-trailers to serve as a temporary solution. Associate Director of Infrastructure Services Jamie Ready and her team quickly secured chillers from across the country, and within the week, units arrived to be placed around campus. Laboratory and Chemical Safety Officer Alicia Wood-Jones and Environmental Programs Manager April Kelly were charged with identifying hazards in more than 2,000 lab spaces during the outage, as well as promoting compliance in any needed repairs. At the same time, Emergency Management and the Office of the Provost enacted contingency plans for final exam locations. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the most affected buildings on campus was the Price Gilbert Memorial Library. Home to 30,000 books and collections, the Library quickly reached indoor temperatures in the high 90s with 85% humidity. Archives and rare books were at risk. Library staff moved artwork into a central cool zone operating on a chiller and a dehumidifier and moved all physical collections to the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. Collections are currently being cleaned by hand and returned to the Library, but it will take several months to return them all to the shelves. Nearly all books are available online and by delivery from the Library Service Center. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the outage stretched into August, I\u0026amp;S worked to bring student-facing facilities like Stamps Health Services and the John Lewis Student Center back online before move-in.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This effort seems like one long day because it never really stopped,\u0022 Stephens recalled. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMoving Forward\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs workers installed new bypasses and pipes, they added pressure back slowly to avoid overloading the system. When students returned to campus the weekend of Aug. 10, air conditioning had returned to most campus buildings. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Harrison Square excavation, which will continue during this academic year, presents an opportunity to rework aging sections of the chilled water system and \u0022do it in a way so we won\u0027t have to fool with it for the next 50 years,\u0022 Stephens said. He and Spiro emphasized the importance of creating a more redundant system, allowing chilled water to reach all areas of campus via multiple pathways. Another driving force in the repairs has been the continued electrification of campus heating and cooling operations to further align with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-climate-action-plan\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClimate Action Plan\u003C\/a\u003E and the Institute\u0027s goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaving worked in Florida, Stephens has a background in hurricane preparedness, and the urgency to plan for the worst-case scenario guides his approach in his work. He never wants to experience another chilled water outage, but if one arises, he knows he\u0027s surrounded by the right team. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The true success of this story was the planning and the people at this institution working together for a common goal,\u0022 he said. \u0022If there\u0027s any message that outlives this crisis, it\u0027s that when we all decide to focus on accomplishing a common goal, we can do incredible things together.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"While remnants of the recent chilled water outage remain in Harrison Square, operations are mostly back to normal following an around-the-clock operation executed by multiple departments across the Institute. 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"}],"uid":"36418","created_gmt":"2024-09-10 15:46:29","changed_gmt":"2024-09-11 19:51:19","author":"sgagliano3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674928":{"id":"674928","type":"image","title":" Jim Stephens, vice president of Infrastructure and Sustainability, oversees excavation efforts in Harrison Square.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EJim Stephens, vice president of Infrastructure and Sustainability, oversees excavation efforts in Harrison Square during the recent chilled water outage on the Georgia Tech campus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1725986783","gmt_created":"2024-09-10 16:46:23","changed":"1725986783","gmt_changed":"2024-09-10 16:46:23","alt":" Jim Stephens, vice president of Infrastructure and Sustainability, oversees excavation efforts in Harrison Square.","file":{"fid":"258499","name":"Screenshot 2024-09-10 at 12.45.59\u202fPM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/10\/Screenshot%202024-09-10%20at%2012.45.59%E2%80%AFPM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/10\/Screenshot%202024-09-10%20at%2012.45.59%E2%80%AFPM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2777584,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/09\/10\/Screenshot%202024-09-10%20at%2012.45.59%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=UeVk_R5t"}}},"media_ids":["674928"],"groups":[{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"},{"id":"383831","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188688","name":"infrastructure and sustainability"},{"id":"193865","name":"Chilled Water Outage"},{"id":"73951","name":"Holland Power Plant"},{"id":"193728","name":"I\u0026S News"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steven.gagliano@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Gagliano\u003C\/a\u003E - Institute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["steven.gagliano@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"675536":{"#nid":"675536","#data":{"type":"news","title":"How the Paris Olympic Track Is Designed to Break Records","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvery millisecond will matter when the world\u0027s best athletes gather in Paris for the Summer Olympics, and track and field athletes will compete on a surface designed to produce record-breaking performances. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMondo athletic tracks have been underneath the feet of Olympians since 1972. In that time, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/news\/paris-2024-olympic-paralympic-athletics-mondo-purple-track-science-innovation\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E300 records were broken on surfaces\u003C\/a\u003E designed and constructed in Alba, Italy, including 15 at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConsistency Is Key\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s George C. Griffin Track and Field Facility was outfitted with a Mondo track before the 1996 Games to serve as the workout track for the Olympic Village, and the material has been a staple at the facility ever since. Yellow Jacket Track and Field Coach Grover Hinsdale, a coach to three Olympic gold medalists, explains that the consistency in Mondo\u0027s construction sets it apart from all other tracks. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A Mondo track is made in a climate-controlled factory, processed from the raw rubber to the finished product. So, every square inch of Mondo is the same \u2014 same durometer, same thickness, everything is the same. All other rubberized track surfaces are poured on-site, so variables like temperature and humidity affect the result, and you may end up with lanes that don\u0027t set uniformly,\u201d he said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHinsdale likened the installation process to laying carpet. It will take more than \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/sports\/articles\/2024-04-14\/seeing-purple-fans-get-a-new-track-color-and-maybe-record-breaking-times-at-paris-olympics\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2,800 glue\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/sports\/articles\/2024-04-14\/seeing-purple-fans-get-a-new-track-color-and-maybe-record-breaking-times-at-paris-olympics\u0022\u003E pots\u003C\/a\u003E to set the 13,000 square meters of track inside Stade de France. Jud Ready, a principal research engineer in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, says the evolution of the company\u2019s technology has also contributed to producing faster tracks. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022They\u0027re able to alter the rubber track\u0027s energy return mechanism by changing the shape of the particulate and the compressibility of it,\u0022 Ready said. \u0022Longevity is less of a concern for the Paris track, so they can tune it to emphasize speed.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaximizing Performance\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach layer of the track surface plays a different role in helping athletes achieve peak performance. Hinsdale describes how those layers come together with each step.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When your foot strikes down on an asphalt surface or you\u0027re running down a sidewalk, there\u0027s virtually no give other than what\u0027s taking place in the muscles and joints of your body. The surface is giving nothing back. When your foot strikes a Mondo surface, it\u0027ll sink in slightly, and the surface gives energy back. This pushes your foot back off that track quicker, putting the foot back into the cycle to complete another stride,\u201d he said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause of the energy given back by the thin and firm surface of the Mondo track, Hinsdale says, sprinters and distance runners will run faster with the same effort they normally exert on any other surface. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthletes look for every edge to get ahead of the competition. Ready\u0027s course, Materials Science and Engineering of Sports, examines how that advantage can be found at the scientific level.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022All sports are so heavily driven by material advancements these days,\u201d he said. \u201cYes, we use the mechanical properties we\u0027ve used since the Egyptians started racing chariots, but as material scientists, we keep trying to make things better.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EViewers will notice the unique purple hue of the Paris track when the games begin, but Ready and Hinsdale don\u0027t expect the striking color to affect performance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Like the track laid down at Georgia Tech before the 1996 Olympic Games, the Mondo track in Paris was engineered to produce fast times.  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The city\u0026nbsp;spent $1.5 billion on new infrastructure to clean up the Seine, yet water samples continue to show high levels of potentially toxic E. coli.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe river has been closed to swimmers for the past 100 years because of pollution, but Olympic organizers hope to stage the triathlon and marathon swimming events in the water flowing in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EKatherine Graham has followed the saga in Paris. She\u2019s an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering who studies the fate and transport of pathogens and their indicators in water, including E. coli. She said several factors are at play in the Seine.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cParis, like most large cities, has a lot of concrete and not much dirt and grass for water to soak into.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/will-seine-rivers-e-coli-woes-sink-olympic-dreams-paris\u0022\u003ERead the entire story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Water engineer Katherine Graham says Paris\u2019 river pollution is common for large cities with old infrastructure that combines sewer and stormwater pipes. "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWater engineer Katherine Graham talks about the Seine River, Paris\u0027 iconic waterway that hopes to host Olympic marathon swimming this month. 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He explains that linen\u0027s effectiveness lies in its superior moisture management properties. The fiber structure of linen allows it to absorb moisture quickly and then transport it away from the body. This is due to linen\u0027s high moisture regain capacity, which means it can absorb a significant amount of moisture without feeling damp.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe moisture vapor transport rate for linen is much greater than that for cotton or polyester,\u201d he explained. Additionally, linen\u0027s bending rigidity prevents it from clinging to the body, allowing for better air circulation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECotton is another popular fabric for summer, known for its softness and breathability. However, Jayaraman points out that while cotton effectively absorbs moisture, it tends to retain it longer than linen, making it feel clammy in extreme heat. Cotton\u0027s moisture vapor transmission rate is lower than linen\u2019s, meaning it doesn\u0027t dry as quickly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe structure of cotton fibers, which are ribbon-like and can trap more water, also affects cotton\u2019s performance. While it\u2019s more prone to sticking to the body due to its lower bending rigidity, cotton is generally comfortable for less humid conditions or for shorter durations in the heat.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile polyester may not be the first fabric that comes to mind for summer, its performance can be significantly enhanced with chemical treatments. Dri-FIT technology, for instance, improves polyester\u2019s moisture-wicking properties, making it a popular choice for athletic wear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRegular polyester is terrible when it comes to moisture absorption,\u201d admitted Jayaraman. \u201cBut Dri-FIT polyester doesn\u2019t feel clammy and is very comfortable for being physically active in the summer months.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile functionality is crucial, aesthetics also play a role in fabric choice for the summer. Linen, despite its excellent cooling properties, is prone to wrinkling and may not drape as elegantly as cotton or treated polyester. Jayaraman notes that linen\u0027s natural stiffness, which contributes to its cooling benefits, also leads to its tendency to wrinkle. 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A patient\u2019s T-cells \u2014 a type of white blood cell that is part of the body\u2019s immune system \u2014 are extracted and modified in a lab and then infused back into the body, to seek and destroy infection, or cancer cells.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow Georgia Tech bioengineer\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/singhlab.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAnkur Singh\u003C\/a\u003E and his research team have developed a method to improve this pioneering immunotherapy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir solution involves using nanowires to deliver therapeutic miRNA to T-cells. This new modification process retains the cells\u2019 na\u00efve state, which means they\u2019ll be even better disease fighters when they\u2019re infused back into a patient.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy delivering miRNA in na\u00efve T cells, we have basically prepared an infantry, ready to deploy,\u201d Singh said. \u201cAnd when these na\u00efve cells are stimulated and activated in the presence of disease, it\u2019s like they\u2019ve been converted into samurais.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ELean and Mean\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently in adoptive T-cell therapy, the cells become stimulated and preactivated in the lab when they are modified, losing their na\u00efve state. Singh\u2019s new technique overcomes this limitation. The approach is described in a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41565-024-01649-7\u0022\u003Enew study\u003C\/a\u003E published in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Nanotechnology\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNa\u00efve T-cells are more useful for immunotherapy because they have not yet been preactivated, which means they can be more easily manipulated to adopt desired therapeutic functions,\u201d said Singh, the Carl Ring Family Professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe raw recruits of the immune system, na\u00efve T-cells are white blood cells that haven\u2019t been tested in battle yet. But these cellular recruits are robust, impressionable, and adaptable \u2014 ready and eager for programming.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis process creates a well-programmed na\u00efve T-cell ideal for enhancing immune responses against specific targets, such as tumors or pathogens,\u201d said Singh.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe precise programming na\u00efve T-cells receive sets the foundational stage for a more successful disease fighting future, as compared to preactivated cells.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGiving Fighter Cells a Boost\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithin the body, na\u00efve T-cells become activated when they receive a danger signal from antigens, which are part of disease-causing pathogens, but they send a signal to T-cells that activate the immune system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdoptive T-cell therapy is used against aggressive diseases that overwhelm the body\u2019s defense system. Scientists give the patient\u2019s T-cells a therapeutic boost in the lab, loading them up with additional medicine and chemically preactivating them.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s when the cells lose their na\u00efve state. When infused back into the patient, these modified T-cells are an effective infantry against disease \u2014 but they are prone to becoming exhausted. They aren\u2019t samurai. Na\u00efve T-cells, though, being the young, programmable recruits that they are, could be.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe question for Singh and his team was: How do we give cells that therapeutic boost without preactivating them, thereby losing that pristine, highly suggestable na\u00efve state? Their answer: Nanowires.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENanoPrecision: The Pointed Solution\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESingh wanted to enhance na\u00efve T-cells with a dose of miRNA. miRNA is a molecule that, when used as a therapeutic, works as a kind of volume knob for genes, turning their activity up or down to keep infection and cancer in check. The miRNA for this study was developed in part by the study\u2019s co-author, Andrew Grimson of Cornell University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf we could find a way to forcibly enter the cells without damaging them, we could achieve our goal to deliver the miRNA into na\u00efve T cells without preactivating them,\u201d Singh explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional modification in the lab involves binding immune receptors to T-cells, enabling the uptake of miRNA or any genetic material (which results in loss of the na\u00efve state). \u201cBut nanowires do not engage receptors and thus do not activate cells, so they retain their na\u00efve state,\u201d Singh said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe nanowires, silicon wafers made with specialized tools at Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/nano\u0022\u003EInstitute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/a\u003E, form a fine needle bed. Cells are placed on the nanowires, which easily penetrate the cells and deliver their miRNA over several hours. Then the cells with miRNA are flushed out from the tops of the nanowires, activated, eventually infused back into the patient. These programmed cells can kill enemies efficiently over an extended time period.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe believe this approach will be a real gamechanger for adoptive immunotherapies, because we now have the ability to produce T-cells with predictable fates,\u201d says Brian Rudd, a professor of immunology at Cornell University, and co-senior author of the study with Singh.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers tested their work in two separate infectious disease animal models at Cornell for this study, and Singh described the results as \u201ca robust performance in infection control.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the next phase of study, the researchers will up the ante, moving from infectious disease to test their cellular super soldiers against cancer and move toward translation to the clinical setting.\u0026nbsp; New funding from the Georgia Clinical \u0026amp; Translational Science Alliance is supporting Singh\u2019s research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Kristel J. 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I felt that it fit with who I was as a person, and in hindsight, getting my education here allowed me to pursue my passions,\u0022 Curtis, a John Lewis Leadership Fellow, said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduating, she will join Owens \u0026amp; Minor as an R\u0026amp;D product engineer focusing on medical apparel, combining her interests in sewing and helping others. Owens \u0026amp; Minor was the primary sponsor of Curtis\u0027 capstone project, in which her team created a more inclusive cleaning coverall.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Unfortunately, the hoods currently used in cleaning coveralls don\u0027t accommodate the fact that people have heads and that those heads have hair. That was a glaring complaint we heard, especially from women who wear their hair in puffs or may have braids. 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And it can be manipulated and converted into the kind of energy that we depend on as a civilization. But transforming this ambient energy (the result of gyrating atoms and molecules) into something we can plug into and use when we need it requires specific materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese energy materials \u2014 some natural, some manufactured, some a combination \u2014 facilitate the conversion or transmission of energy. 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Lewis Jr. Chair and professor of aerospace engineering, and executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003ESEI\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat research synergy is the underpinning of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/energymaterials\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Energy Materials Day (March 27)\u003C\/a\u003E, a gathering of people from academia, government, and industry, co-hosted by SEI, the Institute for Materials (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/materials\u0022\u003EIMat\u003C\/a\u003E), and the Georgia Tech Advanced Battery Center. This event aims to build on the momentum created by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-battery-day-reveals-opportunities-energy-storage-research\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Battery Day\u003C\/a\u003E, held in March 2023, which drew more than 230 energy researchers and industry representatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe thought it would be a good idea to expand on the Battery Day idea and showcase a wide range of research and expertise in other areas, such as solar energy and clean fuels, in addition to what we\u2019re doing in batteries and energy storage,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/matthew-mcdowell\u0022\u003EMatt McDowell\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the George W. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)\u003C\/a\u003E, and co-director, with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/gleb-yushin\u0022\u003EGleb Yushin\u003C\/a\u003E, of the Advanced Battery Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEnergy Materials Day will bring together experts from academia, government, and industry to discuss and accelerate research in three key areas: battery materials and technologies, photovoltaics and the grid, and materials for carbon-neutral fuel production, \u201call of which are crucial for driving the clean energy transition,\u201d noted \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-vogel\u0022\u003EEric Vogel\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of IMat and the Hightower Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is leading the charge in research in these three areas,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re excited to unite so many experts to spark the important discussions that will help us advance our nation\u2019s path to net-zero emissions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EBuilding an Energy Hub\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEnergy Materials Day is part of an ongoing, long-range effort to position Georgia Tech, and Georgia, as a go-to location for modern energy companies. So far, the message seems to be landing. Georgia has had more than $28 billion invested or announced in electric vehicle-related projects since 2020. And Georgia Tech was recently ranked by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report as the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-named-top-ranked-public-university-energy\u0022\u003Etop public university for energy research\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia has become a major player in solar energy, also, with the announcement last year of a $2.5 billion plant being developed by Korean solar company Hanwha Qcells, taking advantage of President Biden\u2019s climate policies. Qcells\u2019 global chief technology officer, Danielle Merfeld, a member of SEI\u2019s External Advisory Board, will be the keynote speaker for Energy Materials Day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGrowing these industry relationships, building trust through collaborations with industry \u2014 these have been strong motivations in our efforts to create a hub here in Atlanta,\u201d said Yushin, professor in MSE and co-founder of Sila Nanotechnologies, a battery materials startup valued at more than $3 billion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcDowell and Yushin are leading the battery initiative for Energy Materials Day and they\u2019ll be among 12 experts making presentations on battery materials and technologies, including six from Georgia Tech and four from industry. In addition to the formal sessions and presentations, there will also be an opportunity for networking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think Georgia Tech has a responsibility to help grow a manufacturing ecosystem,\u201d McDowell said. \u201cWe have the research and educational experience and expertise that companies need, and we\u2019re working to coordinate our efforts with industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/marta-hatzell\u0022\u003EMarta Hatzell\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor of mechanical engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering, is leading the carbon-neutral fuel production portion of the event, while \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/juan-pablo-correa-baena\u0022\u003EJuan-Pablo Correa-Baena\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in MSE, is leading the photovoltaics initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey\u2019ll be joined by a host of experts from Georgia Tech and institutes across the country, \u201csome of the top thought leaders in their fields,\u201d said Correa-Baena, whose lab has spent years optimizing a semiconductor material for solar energy conversion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the past decade, we have been working to achieve high efficiencies in solar panels based on a new, low-cost material called halide perovskites,\u201d he said. His lab recently discovered how to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/researchers-find-they-can-stop-degradation-promising-solar-cell-materials\u0022\u003Eprevent the chemical interactions that can degrade it\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a miracle material, and we want to increase its lifespan, make it more robust and commercially relevant.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Correa-Baena is working to revolutionize solar energy, Hatzell\u2019s lab is designing materials to clean up the manufacturing of clean fuels.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re interested in decarbonizing the industrial sector, through the production of carbon-neutral fuels,\u201d said Hatzell, whose lab is designing new materials to make clean ammonia and hydrogen, both of which have the potential to play a major role in a carbon-free fuel system, without using fossil fuels as the feedstock. \u201cWe\u2019re also working on a collaborative project focusing on assessing the economics of clean ammonia on a larger, global scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe hope for Energy Materials Day is that other collaborations will be fostered as industry\u2019s needs and the research enterprise collide in one place \u2014 Georgia Tech\u2019s Exhibition Hall \u2014 over one day. The event is part of what Yushin called \u201cthe snowball effect.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou attract a new company to the region, and then another,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we want to boost domestic production and supply chains, we must roll like a snowball gathering momentum. Education is a significant part of that effect. To build this new technology and new facilities for a new industry, you need trained, talented engineers. And we\u2019ve got plenty of those. Georgia Tech can become the single point of contact, helping companies solve the technical challenges in a new age of clean energy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEnergy materials facilitate the conversion or transmission of energy. 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They also play an essential role in how we store energy, reduce power consumption, and develop cleaner, efficient energy solutions."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2024-02-21 16:55:41","changed_gmt":"2024-04-29 18:57:42","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673164":{"id":"673164","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Energy Materials Day 2024","body":null,"created":"1708534719","gmt_created":"2024-02-21 16:58:39","changed":"1708534718","gmt_changed":"2024-02-21 16:58:38","alt":"Images of a light bulb, solar panels, and batteries","file":{"fid":"256522","name":"GTEM_event_web (2).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/21\/GTEM_event_web%20%282%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/21\/GTEM_event_web%20%282%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":420152,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/02\/21\/GTEM_event_web%20%282%29.png?itok=HkvgnWJZ"}}},"media_ids":["673164"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"},{"id":"193266","name":"cos-research"},{"id":"192251","name":"cos-quantum"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"673880":{"#nid":"673880","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Develop More Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EScientists have been searching for the optimal coronavirus vaccine since the Covid-19 pandemic started. The mRNA vaccines developed through the federal government\u0027s \u0022Operation Warp Speed\u0022 program were a massive innovation; however, annually updating those boosters for specific SARS-CoV-2 variants is inefficient for scientists and patients. SARS-CoV-2 is just one member of the Sarbecovirus (\u003Cstrong\u003ESAR\u003C\/strong\u003ES \u003Cstrong\u003EBe\u003C\/strong\u003Eta\u003Cstrong\u003Eco\u003C\/strong\u003Erona\u003Cstrong\u003Evirus\u003C\/strong\u003E) subfamily (others\u0026nbsp; include SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2002 SARS outbreak, as well as other viruses circulating in bats that could cause future pandemics).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new vaccine that offers broad protection against not only SARS-CoV-2 variants, but also other bat sarbecoviruses. The groundbreaking trivalent vaccine has shown complete protection with no trace of virus in the lungs, marking a significant step toward a universal vaccine for coronaviruses.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe had been working on strategies to make a broadly protective vaccine for a while,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/kaneresearchgroup\/\u0022\u003ERavi Kane\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EGarry Betty\/V Foundation Chair\u0026nbsp;and GRA Eminent Scholar in Cancer Nanotechnology and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eprofessor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis vaccine may protect not just against the current strain circulating that year, but also future variants.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThey presented their findings in \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC10350183\/\u0022\u003EBroad protection against clade 1\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC10350183\/\u0022\u003Esarbecoviruses after a single immunization with cocktail spike-protein-nanoparticle\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC10350183\/\u0022\u003Evaccine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E,\u201d published in the February edition of \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKane and his research group have been working on the technologies to develop more widely protective vaccines for viruses since he joined Georgia Tech in 2015. Although the team didn\u2019t specifically foresee Covid-19 arising when it did, pandemics have regularly occurred throughout human history. While the team pivoted their vaccine research to address coronaviruses, they were surprised by how rapidly each new variant arose, making their broader vaccine even more necessary.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOnce they realized the challenge inherent in how fast SARS-CoV-2 mutates, they had two options for how to build a vaccine: design one to be widely preventative against the virus, or use the influenza vaccine, which updates annually for the anticipated prevalent variant, as a model. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMaking a broad vaccine is more appealing because it enables patients to get one shot and be protected for years. To create their general vaccine, Kane\u2019s team capitalized on the key to the original mRNA vaccines \u2014 the spike protein, which binds the virus to healthy cells. Their vaccine uses three prominent spike proteins, or a trivalent vaccine, to elicit a broad enough antibody response to make the vaccine effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants as well as other sarbecoviruses that have been identified as having pandemic potential. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIf you know which variant is circulating, you can immunize with the spike protein of that variant,\u201d Ph.D. student and co-author Kathryn Loeffler said. \u201cBut a broad vaccine is more difficult to develop because you\u2019re protecting against many different antigens versus just one.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECollaborators in the Kawaoka group at the University of Wisconsin tested their vaccine in hamsters, which they had previously identified as an appropriate animal model to evaluate vaccines and immunotherapies against SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine was able to neutralize all SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants tested, as well as non-SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses circulating in bats. Even better, the vaccine provided complete protection with no detectable virus in the lungs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKane hopes that the vaccine strategy his team identified can be applied to other viruses \u2014 other coronavirus subfamilies as well as other viruses such as influenza viruses. They also expect that some of the specific antigens they describe in this paper can be moved toward preclinical trials. Someday, a trivalent vaccine could comprise a routine part of people\u2019s medical treatment.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new vaccine that offers broad protection against not only SARS-CoV-2 variants, but also other bat sarbecoviruses. The groundbreaking trivalent vaccine has shown complete protection with no trace of virus in the lungs, marking a significant step toward a universal vaccine for coronaviruses.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new vaccine that offers broad protection against not only SARS-CoV-2 variants, but also other bat sarbecoviruses"}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2024-04-01 17:43:25","changed_gmt":"2024-04-09 21:30:08","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"603574":{"id":"603574","type":"image","title":"vaccine","body":null,"created":"1520613963","gmt_created":"2018-03-09 16:46:03","changed":"1520613963","gmt_changed":"2018-03-09 16:46:03","alt":"Patient getting a vaccine","file":{"fid":"230060","name":"9399_lores.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/9399_lores.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/9399_lores.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36793,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/9399_lores.jpg?itok=JJb0FqbS"}}},"media_ids":["603574"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Senior Research Writer\/Editor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Etess.malone@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"673986":{"#nid":"673986","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Good Dog: LASSIE Spirit Learns to Walk on the Moon ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis story by Landon Hall was first published in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/viterbischool.usc.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/teaching-robots-to-walk-on-the-moon-and-maybe-rescue-one-another\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUSC Viterbi School of Engineering newsroom\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Tech alumna \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFeifei Qian\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E (M.S. PHYS 2011, Ph.D. ECE 2015), an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing, leads the NASA LASSIE project alongside co-investigator \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFrances Rivera-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, an assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESharissa Thompson\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, is a student intern on the NASA Curiosity Rover project. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Palmer Glacier on Oregon\u2019s Mount Hood isn\u2019t the Moon, but it\u2019s a good place to practice.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESome 6,000 feet up the snow-capped mountain, located about 70 miles east of Portland, a multi-disciplinary team from the University of Southern California, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania, and NASA gathered to turn loose a four-legged robot named Spirit into the wild.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe team that included engineers, cognitive scientists, geoscientists and planetary scientists field-tested Spirit as part of the LASSIE Project: Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analog Environments. Spirit covered a variety of challenging terrains, using his spindly metal legs to amble over, across and over around shifting dirt, slushy snow and boulders during five days of testing in summer 2023. Sometimes he expertly traversed the hillside, while at other moments he teetered and fell over. All part of the process to better understand the substrate properties and learn to better walk on these extreme terrains. The practice time Spirit logged produced data that will be used to train future robots for use on intergalactic surfaces, like Earth\u2019s moon and perhaps planets in our solar system.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cA legged robot needs to be able to detect what is happening when it interacts with the ground underneath, and rapidly adjust its locomotion strategies accordingly,\u201d says \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFeifei Qian\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing, which is leading the project funded by NASA. \u201cWhen the robot leg slips on ice or sinks into soft snow, it inspires us to look for new principles and strategies that can push the boundary of human knowledge and enable new technology. We learn and improve from the observed failures.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWatch this \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wBTyelFFE1A\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E5-minute video\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E produced for the team by documentary filmmaker Sean Grasso.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESpirit learns from every step.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cSimilar to the way that when we walk on uneven surfaces as humans, we can sort of detect how the ground is shifting beneath our feet, a legged robot is capable of the exact same thing,\u201d says \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECristina Wilson\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, a cognitive scientist at Oregon State University.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe more machines the merrier\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EQian\u2019s group doesn\u2019t intend to stop at just one robot, wandering the wilderness alone. She and her former colleagues at Penn, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECynthia Sung\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMark Yim\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDaniel Koditschek\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDouglas Jerolmack\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, received a two-year $2 million grant from NASA they\u2019re calling the TRUSSES Project: Temporarily, Robots Unite to Surmount Sandy Entrapments, Then Separate. They want to help the space agency put teams of robots on the Moon and have them work together on tasks. They would take the knowledge they came in with, and the data they collect on the mission, and communicate those details to each other.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThey would sense how the ground conditions are,\u201d Qian says, \u201cand then exchange that information with one another, and collectively form a map of locomotion risk estimation. The team of robots can then use this traversal risk map to inform their planetary explorations: \u2018There is an extremely soft sand patch that might be high-risk for wheeled rovers. Come over here, this might be a safer area.\u2019 \u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe robots in mind for this kind of work would be more than just Spirit: There would be a wheeled rover (great for payload and long distances), a Hexapedal robot (intermediate payload but better mobility than the wheeled), and dog-like ones like the rugged version of Spirit (highest mobility, shorter distances). And here\u2019s the coolest part of that research, the part that sounds like something the Transformers would do. Or at least a team of castaways on \u201cSurvivor\u201d: If one got in a jam, made immovable by loose dirt or a rock or a ravine, his bot-mates would arrive and link together and form a bridge, or a pyramid, to hoist their pal to safety. And then back to work.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWhen they plan for the strategy to pull the robot up, they\u2019ll decide what force to exert and what position the robot should go to, while also compiling the terrain information,\u201d Qian says. \u201cThat\u2019s the key idea of how to use these capabilities: to both prevent and recover from locomotion failures in extreme terrain.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBack to Mount Hood\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESpirit gets around a variety of natural environments, to learn how to better move on challenging terrains. Qian has let him off his leash on Southern California beaches, and the multi-university team has field-tested him in the soft granules of White Sands National Park in New Mexico. But \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/wBTyelFFE1A\u0022\u003Ethe video\u003C\/a\u003E shot at Mount Hood shows just how otherworldly that landscape can be in these planetary-analogue environments. This provides Spirit with plenty of opportunities to learn on earth, before potentially exploring other planets.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cYou look around us, it would be very hard to drive up this,\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERyan Ewing\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, a geologist from NASA Johnson Space Center, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/wBTyelFFE1A?feature=shared\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eshares\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. \u201cBut as a legged being, as humans, we can step around it easily. A dog could walk around it easily. So this project is the proving ground that we can enable new science and new mobility on environments that are like other planets.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn fact, a dog is indeed frisking about: Howard, Wilson\u2019s German shepherd, wandered about, with the kind of agility Spirit could only dream of.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe are going to observe how Howard moves in different types of snow and ice conditions,\u201d Qian \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/wBTyelFFE1A?feature=shared\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Esays\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. \u201cWhat exactly, out of those combined motions, allows him to succeed on challenging terrain?\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe LASSIE Project calls for two more trips for Spirit: to Mount Hood this summer, and to White Sands next year. The TRUSSES team, from USC and Penn, also plans to visit White Sands next year with Spirit and the other, new, multi-tasking robots. 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As a first-year Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Emechanical engineering\u003C\/a\u003E student with an automotive concentration, Dass\u2019 journey intertwines his passion for racing with his pursuit of engineering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFrom a young age, Dass has shown a fascination with creating and designing machines that move. He fondly recalls how in the 8th grade he saved all his money and invested in a Lincoln Electric welder so that he could build his own go-kart. 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As he continues to carve his path in the world of motorsports, one thing remains certain: Harbir Dass is a force to be reckoned with, both on and off the track.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFirst-year mechanical engineering student Harbir Dass went from building his own go-karts in\u0026nbsp;eighth\u0026nbsp;grade to\u0026nbsp;becoming a professional race car driver.\u0026nbsp;Racing either\u0026nbsp;a Mazda Spec MX-5 or\u0026nbsp;a Formula 4 car, Harbir balances the demands of academia with the rigors of racing. Despite the challenges, he strives to excel both on the track and in the classroom. In his free time,\u0026nbsp;he\u0026nbsp;also finds time to work on his project cars and play\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;electric guitar.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"First-year mechanical engineering student Harbir Dass went from building his own go-karts in\u00a0eighth\u00a0grade to\u00a0becoming a professional race car driver."}],"uid":"34973","created_gmt":"2024-03-26 15:29:04","changed_gmt":"2024-03-28 17:28:26","author":"Evan Atkinson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673515":{"id":"673515","type":"image","title":"Harbir1","body":"\u003Cp\u003EHarbir Dass with race car\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1711560996","gmt_created":"2024-03-27 17:36:36","changed":"1711560996","gmt_changed":"2024-03-27 17:36:36","alt":"Harbir Dass with race car","file":{"fid":"256920","name":"Screenshot 2024-03-27 at 9.27.07\u202fAM.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/27\/Screenshot%202024-03-27%20at%209.27.07%E2%80%AFAM_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/27\/Screenshot%202024-03-27%20at%209.27.07%E2%80%AFAM_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1326146,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/27\/Screenshot%202024-03-27%20at%209.27.07%E2%80%AFAM_0.jpg?itok=wIWB1APi"}},"673516":{"id":"673516","type":"image","title":"Harbir2","body":"\u003Cp\u003EHarbir Dass with race car\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1711560996","gmt_created":"2024-03-27 17:36:36","changed":"1711560996","gmt_changed":"2024-03-27 17:36:36","alt":"Harbir Dass with race car","file":{"fid":"256921","name":"DBD9A0B4-C9FF-4DE1-99E1-269D66CDB396.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/27\/DBD9A0B4-C9FF-4DE1-99E1-269D66CDB396.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/27\/DBD9A0B4-C9FF-4DE1-99E1-269D66CDB396.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1003935,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/27\/DBD9A0B4-C9FF-4DE1-99E1-269D66CDB396.jpg?itok=nlg0l2HI"}},"673517":{"id":"673517","type":"image","title":"Harbir3","body":null,"created":"1711560996","gmt_created":"2024-03-27 17:36:36","changed":"1711560996","gmt_changed":"2024-03-27 17:36:36","alt":"Harbir Dass with go-kart","file":{"fid":"256922","name":"C2B1013B-314F-40F9-B759-00BBE7ED0963.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/27\/C2B1013B-314F-40F9-B759-00BBE7ED0963.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/27\/C2B1013B-314F-40F9-B759-00BBE7ED0963.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9970023,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/27\/C2B1013B-314F-40F9-B759-00BBE7ED0963.jpg?itok=xPJmqK7V"}}},"media_ids":["673515","673516","673517"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/archive\/features\/need-speed-georgia-techs-racing-roots-part-2.shtml","title":"The Need for Speed: Georgia Tech\u2019s Racing Roots, part 2"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"98751","name":"College of Engineering; George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022eatkinson6@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEvan Atkinson\u003C\/a\u003E, Institute Social Media Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["eatkinson6@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"673759":{"#nid":"673759","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two-Way Cell-based Treatment Repairs Muscle After Rotator Cuff Injury","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA team of Georgia Tech researchers has introduced a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37897061\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Enew therapeutic system\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E to offset the poor clinical outcomes often associated with common rotator cuff surgery. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt\u2019s the kind of surgery that makes headlines whenever a famous athlete is sidelined with a torn rotator cuff. Major League Baseball All-Star pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander, for example, both had rotator cuff surgeries and made successful comebacks.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor those of us who can\u2019t throw baseballs 95 miles an hour, the rotator cuff may tear over time from repeated overhead motions (painters and carpenters, for instance). Or an injury can occur as we age and our body\u2019s tissues naturally degenerate. And although rotator cuff injuries are common, they can be serious, leading to muscle degeneration after surgery. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENow, two professors from the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, a joint department of Georgia Tech and Emory University, have addressed the problem with a novel cell-based dual treatment, which they describe in a study published recently in the journal \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/home.liebertpub.com\/publications\/tissue-engineering-parts-a-b-and-c\/595\/overview\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETissue Engineering\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re thinking mainly of an aging population with this study \u2014 the people most likely to have these injuries,\u201d said \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Johnna-S.-Temenoff\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJohnna Temenoff\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, whose research group collaborated with the lab of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Edward-Botchwey\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEd Botchwey\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E on this work. \u201cThe great thing about this system is, it isn\u2019t specific to a particular population. These are cells we all have, and this treatment system might work even better in younger patients.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELocal Delivery\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons surrounding and protecting the shoulder joint, keeping the head of the upper arm bone firmly in the shallow socket of the shoulder. It\u2019s tight jumble of tissues, and not an easy environment for muscle regeneration.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWith a rotator cuff injury, you\u2019re actually tearing the tendon,\u201d said Temenoff, director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cellmanufacturingusa.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECMaT\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E) at Georgia Tech. \u201cAnd that causes the muscle to atrophy.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;While pro athletes have access to world-class training and rehabilitation to help rebuild the shoulder following surgery, for many patients that rotator cuff muscle doesn\u2019t fully regenerate, even after a successful surgery. Temenoff isn\u2019t sure why. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s a big unknown,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a big field of study right now, an active area of research. There is a need for regenerative therapies that can be used in conjunction with rotator cuff restoration surgery, as a long-term treatment option \u2014that is what we are addressing.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn previous studies using mouse models, Temenoff found that she could change the cellular environment in the muscle with the local injection of microparticles loaded with a protein called stromal cell-derived factor (SDF), which can attract various pre-regenerative cells circulating to the muscle.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Push-Pull Effect\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe idea is to mobilize the cells that can heal, the cells that rebuild muscle at the source. Getting enough of them to do the work is the trick. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/temenoff.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETemenoff\u2019s lab\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E has developed microparticles that use heparin, a natural sugar-based molecule found in the body that has a high negative charge. SDF is positive-charged, so that electrostatic interaction between the two particles allows for controlled release of SDF over time.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESDF interacts almost magnetically with a receptor on pro-regenerative cells in bone marrow or circulation to \u201ccall\u201d them to a certain location. However, older people may not have enough of these cells in circulation to make much of a difference in healing. That\u2019s where \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/botchweylab.super.site\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBotchwey\u2019s lab\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E entered with the major assist. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHis team provided experience with a bone marrow mobilizing agent (called VPC01091) that can send healing cells into circulation around the body. In clinical settings, bone marrow mobilizing agents are used to \u201cpush\u201d stem cells out of the marrow and into the blood. These cells can regenerate and differentiate into all kinds of cells in multiple tissue environments. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe researchers set out to develop a single therapeutic option by combining the two technologies. Here\u0027s what happened when they tested the system in rats: The mobilizing agent was injected systemically while the SDF was injected locally into the shoulder. So, while the mobilizing agent \u201cpushed\u201d pro-healing cells into circulation, SDF\u2019s magnetic effect \u201cpulled\u201d them to the injury site, resulting in the desired regenerative effects.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe researchers found different levels of regeneration spatially\u2014in other words, where they applied the local injection really matters. Further research will aim to fine-tune the process, so clinicians can recruit healing cells to even more specific areas of the damaged muscle. Temenoff and her collaborators believe they are onto something that will result in better muscle regeneration, with potential applications beyond the rotator cuff.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant no. 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Using testing methods created on campus, the astronauts and scientists will watch microbes grow to learn which bacteria are resistant to specific antibiotics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work is part of NASA\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/biological-physical\/investigations\/gears\/\u0022\u003EGenomic Enumeration of Antibiotic Resistance in Space\u003C\/a\u003E (GEARS) study, led by \u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Burton\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Wallace\u003C\/strong\u003E from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/johnson\/\u0022\u003ENASA Johnson Space Center\u003C\/a\u003E. Marking SpaceX\u2019s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA, the GEARS research is on board a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 21. If all goes according to plan, the Dragon capsule will reach the International Space Station on the morning of March 23.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur lab has previously studied bacteria colonies from the International Space Station and found \u003Cem\u003EEnterococcus faecalis\u003C\/em\u003E (EF) was resistant to many antibiotics,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher E. Carr\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Edirector of the PXL and assistant professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering (AE) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E (EAS). \u201cThis particular bacteria species is a core member of the human gut and has evolved over the past 400 million years, making it a difficult pathogen to treat in humans and on surfaces.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEF is the second leading cause of hospital-acquired infections after Staphylococci. Much like hospital environments, on the International Space Station is built in such a way that studying antibiotic-resistant microbes there could provide insight into how these organisms survive, adapt, and evolve in space and on Earth.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 30-day GEARS mission will supplement the routine microbial surveillance testing conducted on the International Space Station with an antibiotic-resistant screening step. Astronauts onboard will collect samples and observe what microbes grow on their pre-treated contact slides, a rectangular-shaped petri dish.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe contact slides contain antibiotic-infused agar, a gel-like fuel source for bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. Therefore, anything that grows on the slides will be identified as antibiotic-resistant to that particular antibiotic. Astronauts will then use a pipet to carefully extract DNA from a bacterial colony and sequence it using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION, nanopore sequencing device, which will identify the microbe that is present, as well as sequence its entire genome in real-time.\u0026nbsp;\u201cIf we found a new organism that we\u2019ve never seen before, we\u2019d be able to detect it, sequence its entire genome, and determine how it might be resistant to different types of antibiotics,\u201d said Carr.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis new technology will allow humans to travel further - and longer - into space without having to send data back to Earth for processing. \u201cFor the purposes of this study and to maximize the science yield, these bacteria will travel back to Earth,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EJordan McKaig\u003C\/strong\u003E, PXL researcher and Ph.D. candidate in the EAS. \u201cThen we can study them more extensively to better reveal their genomic features, how they are adapting to the built environment, and understand the risks \u2013 if any -- they may pose to astronauts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EScientists and researchers at NASA Johnson will use this information to figure out what may make astronauts sick in space, how to optimize their health, and make plans for potential counter measures and treatments. This data is critical because astronauts\u2019 immune systems often become compromised due to space flight conditions. The GEARS mission will launch a total of four times over the next year to study the bacteria and data thoroughly. The second mission is expected to launch later this summer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to hopefully traveling to the launch and getting to see the science that we\u2019ve been working on for a couple of years go to space. It\u2019s really a dream come true,\u201d said McKaig.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile GEARS is in orbit, Carr and the PXL team will prepare for their next study, EnteroGAIT, which will investigate thousands of mutants simultaneously to see what genes are involved in adapting to the space environment.\u0026nbsp; It is currently in the science verification testing phase.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers are collaborating with NASA to study antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the International Space Station. 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With its long, constructed section of rapids, the area of the river through Columbus is well-known in kayaking circles as some of the best whitewater in the state, and its picturesque twists and turns draw visitors to walk its banks and invite them to rock-hop along tiny stone islands that are exposed when water levels are low. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBut this whitewater also presents a life-threatening problem. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA dam upstream can increase water levels within minutes, and those who aren\u2019t familiar with the area can be surprised and swept away by rushing water. Civic leaders have put up warning signs, and sirens blare when water levels are rising, but despite the many warnings, there are water rescues and even drownings at this area of the river every year.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cGrowing up around here, you\u2019re always told, \u2018Don\u2019t get in that river. That river will suck you under. You don\u2019t get in there,\u2019\u201d says Jeremy Miles, assistant IT director for the city of Columbus. \u201cBut now on a pretty day, you\u2019ll see a lot of people in the river and beside the river. It\u2019s a new fad. And we also have this great whitewater course, so it\u2019s an attraction that brings people from all over.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor emergency responders, getting a precise location when someone is in danger is critical to favorable outcomes, and those in Columbus emergency circles say that is difficult on the river.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe will have an emergency on the river, and we\u2019ll have the wrong location given to us, and what happens is we\u2019ll bring the wrong piece of equipment or find out it\u2019s in another part of the river,\u201d says Deputy Chief Daniel Macon of Columbus Fire \u0026amp; EMS.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis can waste precious seconds during an emergency, which is why Georgia Tech researchers wanted to find a solution.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAfter a year and a half of effort,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/john-e-taylor\u0022\u003EJohn Taylor\u003C\/a\u003E, Frederick Law Olmsted Professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cwe\u2019ve created a system that can identify people who might be in trouble on the river and give rescue workers precise information that will allow them to get people out of harm\u2019s way or get them out of the water if they\u2019ve fallen in.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECameras mounted on a bridge over the river send a constant signal of activity below. A computer algorithm that\u2019s part of the smart river safety digital twin scans the images, identifying people and placement. Using data from other monitoring devices, the system will predict when rising water will put people in danger. The system sends alerts with precise information on location, and emergency responders immediately know what to do and, more importantly, where they need to do it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA yellow alert lets responders know someone is in a danger zone. An orange alert means someone is in a danger zone, and water levels are rising quickly. A red alert tells crews that someone is in the water with no boat or kayak nearby and is at risk of drowning.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDuring a test with Swiftwater\/Flood Search and Rescue Team members in October, researchers and city leaders were able to see the system in action.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENeda Mohammadi, another Georgia Tech researcher and project lead from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering says, \u201cWe\u2019ve been testing the system live and in real time, and it\u2019s really rewarding to see that it\u2019s working and that what we\u2019ve anticipated really took place.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe work is part of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/\u0022\u003EPartnership for Inclusive Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E, a public-private initiative based out of Georgia Tech that catalyzes innovation for shared economic prosperity. 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They were one of nearly 3,000 exhibitors and their product was on display for a week as 70,000 industry traders from around the world perused the displays.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing gravity, lift, tension, and drag to keep a standard loop of string airborne, ZipString allows the user to perform tricks, and watching consumers interact with their product is what keeps Fazio and Hillam motivated.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The first time someone uses a ZipString, there is this expression in their face of pure, raw wonderment. Whether they\u0027re 3 or 103 years old, it\u0027s the same expression. We call it the \u2018smile of wonderment,\u2019\u0022 Hillam said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENuremberg Mayor Marcus K\u00f6nig stopped by the tent to check out ZipString during the fair, and after meeting with traders, the business partners left another step closer to their goal of expanding internationally.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDomestically, an ongoing partnership with internet sensation Dude Perfect has landed their product in Walmart stores nationwide, and a memorable 2022 appearance on ABC\u2019s Shark Tank further solidified ZipString\u0027s viral presence.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe success they\u0027ve found so far is something the pair only dreamed of when Hillam returned to Johns Creek after withdrawing from BYU in September 2021, soon after the two met at church. Fazio quickly followed suit, leaving Tech to pursue a dream of succeeding in the toy industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We just looked at each other and thought, we\u0027re going to totally regret this if we don\u0027t try. It\u0027s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I knew that Georgia Tech would still be there,\u0022 he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut as the ZipString founders work to expand their business out of the basement of Hillam\u0027s parents\u2019 home, Fazio has returned to Tech to finish his electrical and computer engineering degree. Balancing coursework and the business is difficult, but Fazio says what he\u0027s picked up in the classroom has directly contributed to the development of ZipString Luma \u2014 a new, glow-in-the-dark version of the product.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn conversations with colleagues and fellow students, Fazio is often reminded that he isn\u0027t taking the most traditional path, but he wouldn\u0027t have it any other way.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We often get the question, \u0027How did you get into the toy industry?\u0027 Because when you go into electrical engineering, it\u0027s as if you\u2019re either going to work for Lockheed or Boeing,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, I\u0027m finding myself with my own business in the toy industry. It\u0027s very hard work. 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Strengthening ties between our institutions through this collaboration creates a dynamic environment for our faculty and students to foster innovation in many areas of mutual excellence.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is excited to see its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ai4opt.org\/\u0022\u003ENSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization\u003C\/a\u003E (AI4OPT), under the leadership of Prof. Pascal Van Hentenryck, partner with experts from the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute of the University of Waterloo. 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If an Ebola pandemic is ravaging West Africa and threatening the rest of the world, we\u0027re not going to settle for what we can do. We\u0027re going to really study the issue, invent new solutions, and engineer new solutions.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s mission to advance technology and improve the human condition was on display throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as testing infrastructure and contingency plans were created and implemented. Cabrera and Shah discussed how such crises give way to creativity in developing solutions and how the Institute can use the same ambition to lead the world through the next decade\u0027s problems.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Coming to Georgia is so exciting because what\u0027s happening in the state is very much the epicenter of clean technology and jobs \u2014 power, manufacturing, science, and technology all coming together to shape the future. 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That\u0027s a set of judgments that\u0027s in your hands,\u0022 he said. \u0022To me, this is a great institution to be a part of because you have the position to be problem solvers.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore the public conversation, Shah participated in a faculty roundtable discussion about combating climate change \u2014 a primary goal of the Rockefeller Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen thinking of their own \u0022big bets\u0022 or those that have a global impact, Shah encouraged students to simplify the problem they are trying to solve and apply what they\u0027ve learned at Georgia Tech to change the world for the better.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m a big believer that you all, especially students, can be change agents within whatever institutions you go to when you leave this great one, and I hope the book offers a bit of a playbook for how to do that,\u0022 he said. \u0022Asking simple questions is a gift we all tend to lose as we grow up professionally, but I hope you will retain it.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kb4Dkh4AOkM\u0022\u003EWatch the full conversation.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah joined Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera for a discussion about his book \u0027Big Bets,\u0027 and students\u2019 pivotal role in finding solutions to global issues."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah joined Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera for a discussion about his book \u003Cem\u003EBig Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens\u003C\/em\u003E, and students\u2019 pivotal role in finding solutions to global issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah joined Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera for a discussion about his book \u0027Big Bets,\u0027 and students\u2019 pivotal role in finding solutions to global issues."}],"uid":"36418","created_gmt":"2024-02-06 22:25:58","changed_gmt":"2024-02-09 15:19:25","author":"sgagliano3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672991":{"id":"672991","type":"image","title":"Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah joined Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera to discuss his book, \u0027Big Bets.\u0027 ","body":null,"created":"1707258682","gmt_created":"2024-02-06 22:31:22","changed":"1707258682","gmt_changed":"2024-02-06 22:31:22","alt":"Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah joined Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera to discuss his book, \u0027Big Bets.\u0027 ","file":{"fid":"256331","name":"24-R10400-P38-005.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/06\/24-R10400-P38-005.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/06\/24-R10400-P38-005.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12912696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/02\/06\/24-R10400-P38-005.jpg?itok=PmGeKWOc"}},"672992":{"id":"672992","type":"image","title":"Rajiv Shah Faculty Roundtable ","body":"\u003Cp\u003ERockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah participates in a faculty roundtable discussion at Georgia Tech about combating climate change.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1707258855","gmt_created":"2024-02-06 22:34:15","changed":"1707258855","gmt_changed":"2024-02-06 22:34:15","alt":"Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah participates in a faculty roundtable discussion about combating climate change. 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All of these ideas could be made into a reality through \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Emechanical metamaterials, a group of flexible solids that blur the traditional definition of what a solid is.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUnderstanding these metamaterials is key to \u201cprogramming\u201d them correctly, maximizing their utility. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cOne of the paradigms of this research is that the material is the machine,\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/d-rocklin\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EZeb Rocklin\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, an assistant professor in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, explains. \u201cWe\u0027re creating a material that performs the mechanical tasks that we want it to, and the processes, forces and displacements in the ways we want it to.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA new \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2338492\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E$630,000 NSF CAREER grant\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E will help Rocklin continue that research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award is a five-year grant designed to help promising researchers establish a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in their field. Known as CAREER awards, the grants are NSF\u2019s most prestigious funding for untenured assistant professors.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe aw\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eard, for \u201cGeometric and topological mechanics of flexible structures,\u201d w\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eill help Rocklin continue developing a new, unified theory for \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Emechanical metamaterials \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2014\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E a group of structures that can flex and move, while having traditional solid components that make it easier to model. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe theory could then be applied by other scientists and engineers to create responsive objects with smart fabrics that could respond to changes in environment \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2014\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E like novel knee replacements, responsive airplane wings, and better robots.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMaterials as machines\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cA solid is defined by the fact that it has a shape, and if I try to change the shape it might generate patterns of stress, or if I hit it, you might hear noise, because it\u0027s vibrating,\u201d says\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERocklin. \u201cWhile we often think about things in terms of solids, liquids, and gasses, a lot of the things that are very important to us are not what we think of as a conventional solid.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFlexible solids, like clothing, robots, and even our own bodies permeate our world, and are often some of the most useful materials we encounter. \u201cThis creates this huge challenge,\u201d Rocklin says, \u201cbecause flexible solids can\u0027t always be understood using current techniques of physics. We can write down the equations, but the equations are often too hard for anyone to solve.\u201d For example, imagine trying to predict or replicate the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/04\/researchers-develop-methodology-streamlined-control-material-deformation\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Einfinite ways a piece of paper can crumple\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. As a result, flexible solids are often expensive and time consuming to model.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThat\u2019s where Rocklin\u2019s new theory comes in.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMechanical metamaterials\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBy combining well-known solids with flexible properties, Rocklin hopes to create a mathematically simple theory. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThere are philosophical differences and limitations here,\u201d he says, \u201cbut as a physicist, I\u2019m looking for universal principles that can apply to a variety of things. Our technique is meant to complement the existing simulations, and it\u0027s meant to provide us more insight into these systems so that we can understand how to control them better.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBy building a theory around materials made of repeating solids connected by flexible hinges, Rocklin hopes to make a computationally inexpensive technique to predict and control the deformation of flexible structures. One example of this type of structure consists of\u0026nbsp; solid square pieces connected by their corners in a checkerboard pattern. The pieces pivot against each other at these hinged corners, allowing the structure to easily expand and contract. \u201cThese materials find a sweet spot in between simple solids that were well-characterized in the nineteenth century and the flexible objects that are just too complicated for us to fully describe,\u201d Rocklin adds.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhile the material can only deform via one method, (by flexing at the hinges) this does not mean that there is only one way the material deforms. Rather, through this one method of deformation, there are an infinite number of modes or computations that the fabric can assume, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eillustrating Rocklin\u0027s key insight \u2013 that a single flexible mode inevitably gives rise to a whole host of complex deformations.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere\u0027s very simple universal math to describe how this type of material operates,\u201d Rocklin adds. \u201cAnd, when people actually make this material, it turns out that it actually looks like this, and it actually deforms in this way.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBroad applications\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs a theoretical physicist, Rocklin is focused on developing a unified theory that can be applied by experts across many fields. For example, collapsable biomedical devices like stents, which should be small when inserted, but need to expand when inside the body. Inspired by the ever-adapting wings of birds, adaptable airplane wings are also an intriguing frontier.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERather than minute adjustments via circuitry, airplane wings could be built from these flexible solids, which could be designed to automatically adapt when given a signal from the wind. 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Falcomm\u2019s Dual-Drive PA combines ultra-efficient performance with an architecture that lends itself to production at scale.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cPower amplifiers are the workhorse of the modern electronic era, but improvement to this technology hasn\u2019t kept pace with the rise of the innovation economy,\u201d said Garay, who holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, where he conducted the research that led to the formation of his startup.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cFalcomm\u2019s ultra-efficient, silicon-proven technology will bring advances in power and efficiency to the semiconductor industry that help communications manufacturers to realize massive efficiency gains, while lowering costs. With urgent challenges in the environment and supply chain, we can\u2019t wait another 90 years for change.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith simultaneous transmission at each terminal of a transistor, the Dual-Drive PA delivers performance that is 1.8 times more efficient at 2 times higher power, with half of the silicon area requirements of traditional power amplifiers. For manufacturers, these gains will reduce thermal management and energy costs, while easing overall system requirements.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA patented architectural design allows the product to be manufactured in high volume by semiconductor foundries in the United States. With fabless technology, the company is poised to grow a network of industry partners that catalyzes expansion in the $23 billion power amplifier market.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBorn in Venezuela, Garay developed a passion for using science and engineering to solve problems while repairing machinery on a farm in his hometown. While pursuing doctoral studies at Georgia Tech, he recognized the opportunity to bring innovation to the power amplifier, which had not changed in decades despite the rapid advance of technology and its critical role in devices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGaray\u2019s research resulted in multiple patents, spurring him to spin out the technology and create Falcomm through assistance from Georgia Tech resources, including\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EVentureLab\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. Falcomm is the first company to receive investment from the Georgia Tech Foundation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is proud to support our academic innovators to help them ensure their inventions have real-world impact,\u201d said Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Tech\u2019s vice president of Commercialization and chief commercialization officer. \u201cThe Office of Commercialization is rapidly expanding our programs and initiatives to build out the largest and most robust entrepreneurial ecosystem at any public university. I am happy to say that Falcomm is the recipient of the first equity investment out of our new Research Impact Fund targeted specifically at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/georgia-tech-students-microchip-startup-reduces-energy-waste-amplifies-power\u0022\u003Espinouts based on Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;intellectual property.\u0022\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Falcomm team was recently bolstered by the addition of pioneering industry leaders who have demonstrated a track record of innovation in telecommunications, wireless, and semiconductors:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThomas Cameron, Ph.D., chief strategy officer,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eis a 35-year veteran of technology research and development in the wireless industry. During a 12-year stint at Analog Devices, Cameron served as chief technology officer of the Communications Business Unit and was a leading evangelist for the adoption of 5G connectivity. He held leadership and engineering roles in the RF industry at Bell Northern Research, Nortel, Sirenza Microdevices, and WJ Communications. Cameron has seven patents in wireless technology and has authored numerous papers and technical articles.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENed Cahoon, director of Foundry and Customer Relationships,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ebrings more than 20 years of RF business development experience across the mobile and wireless infrastructure industries. He helped to stand up IBM\u2019s $1 billion RF business before joining GlobalFoundries in 2016, where he served as a fellow in the office of the chief technology officer. A senior design and go-to-market leader, Cahoon brings experience building networks across foundries, academia, and technology companies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor Falcomm, the funding follows quickly on the heels of the company\u2019s selection to the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 in 2023. 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Problems with the drive mechanism on that extrusion line, a piece of equipment critical to the company\u2019s ability to produce, threatened to shut them down.\u202fWith replacement parts several weeks away, was it safe to continue operating? At what throughput rates? How much collateral damage might be incurred if they continued to operate?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s when Silon managers turned to GaMEP for help.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter working through ideas with GaMEP\u2019s manufacturing experts, the team installed wireless condition monitoring sensors that provide continuous, real-time insights on their manufacturing assets\u2019 health. 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By analyzing the brain activity of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS), the researchers identified a unique pattern in brain activity that reflects the recovery process in patients with treatment-resistant depression. 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What we have developed and demonstrated will provide multiple layers of additional security to the existing electricity grid.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project focused on power system controllers, including sensors, actuators, and protection relays that are normally located in power substations distributed throughout a utility\u2019s service area. Malicious actors may attempt to alter the software controlling the devices to, for instance, turn off power or damage the equipment. The attacks could take place if technicians attempt to use corrupted software to make updates at utility substations or other facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EAuthentication Uses Semiconductor PUFs, Cryptography\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstalled as part of the substation equipment, GridTrust would verify the authenticity of the software before any updates were installed, and it would ensure that the software was being applied to the correct device \u2013 by a person authorized to do so. In addition to cryptographic technologies, the system uses a new form of security based on unique physically unclonable functions (PUFs) that exist in certain semiconductor chips. PUFs are a set of unique characteristics created by minor variations that occur during chip fabrication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe PUF relies on random behavior based on variations in the manufacturing process, and they cannot be changed after fabrication,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/vincent-j-mooney\u0022\u003EVincent Mooney\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cDuring an update, the GridTrust interfacing device first proves its identity using the PUF, then it verifies both utility and vendor signatures using their public RSA keys. Only if all these checks are passed will the firmware update be successfully installed. If the update isn\u2019t installed, the device will continue to operate with its previous firmware version, and the utility\u2019s network operations center will be notified to investigate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GridTrust technology can operate as a standalone device with existing utility equipment or be built into new devices. Utility sensors, actuators, relays and similar control devices are currently produced by multiple manufacturers, and the Georgia Tech researchers have been in contact with an existing supplier that is interested in incorporating the technology, Grijalva said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EGridTrust Evaluated in a Real Utility Substation\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInitial testing of the GridTrust system took place in Georgia Tech laboratories, then researchers worked with technical staff at the city of Marietta to evaluate the system in one of the utility\u2019s substations. Located northwest of Atlanta, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mariettaga.gov\/1503\/Power-Water\u0022\u003EMarietta\u2019s power\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E network serves approximately 42,000 customers, including several critical electrical loads. The testing was done in a substation circuit isolated from the grid to ensure that the research activity would not affect customers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen Georgia Tech approached us about participating in an operational technology security research project, we were excited to participate, especially considering that our mayor and city manager have always supported working with state and local universities to develop new programs and technologies to solve real-world challenges,\u201d said Ronald Barrett, Director of Information Technology for Marietta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EGTRI Cybersecurity \u201cRed Team\u201d Challenges the System\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the testing, Grijalva and Mooney involved \u201cred team\u201d cybersecurity researchers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Georgia Tech\u2019s applied research organization. GTRI researchers Trevor Lewis, David Huggins, Sam Litchfield, and Matt Guinn led an effort to challenge the GridTrust system with sophisticated attempts to install software that simulated the kind of potential malware that could affect utility equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey pretended to be black-hat hackers who wanted to compromise the system by pushing a malicious configuration file to one of the devices or initiating a firmware update without being authorized to do that,\u201d said Huggins, a GTRI senior research engineer. \u201cThey had several attack methods and strategies aimed at multiple components of the system \u2013 and were not successful.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESuch third-party validation is important to a broad range of systems, noted Lewis, a senior research engineer who participates in \u201cred team\u201d test scenarios for many critical systems. \u201cWe are routinely contracted to perform assessments on a variety of system architectures to emulate the actions of real cyber attackers, and to test and evaluate the security of all components within an architecture under test,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ENext Step: Implementation in Utility Industry\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile there are multiple manufacturers of equipment for the utility industry, the devices provide similar functions and have similar needs for periodic updating. The protection system developed by Georgia Tech should be broadly applicable to devices produced by different manufacturers, and could therefore have broad application to the utility industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is creating technology that makes energy delivery systems safer, and protecting that critical infrastructure is important for national security,\u201d Huggins said. \u201cReliable electrical power is critical to every aspect of our society today.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to ensuring the safety of device updates, the GridTrust system will also help utilities inventory the software operating on substation devices. Large utility companies can have hundreds or thousands of substations in their service areas, each with dozens of devices that may need periodic updates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year GridTrust project is now moving into the commercialization phase where it could be licensed to manufacturers or spun off into a start-up company, Grijalva said. For utilities like Marietta Power that want to be on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, that comes as welcome news.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe believe the work that Georgia Tech has done is critical to maintaining a safe and secure electrical grid,\u201d said Eric Patten, Marietta Power\u2019s electrical director. \u201cOur goal for this project was to see a system that added another layer of security from attacks, and from what we have seen, we believe this was a success.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWriter: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/a\u003E is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $800 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0027s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA new cybersecurity technology that relies on the unique digital fingerprint of individual semiconductor chips could help protect the equipment of electrical utilities from malicious attacks that use software updates on devices controlling the critical infrastructure.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GridTrust is a cybersecurity project that relies on the unique digital fingerprint of individual semiconductor chips and cryptographic technology to help protect the equipment of electrical utilities. 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Lithium-ion batteries widely used in today\u2019s EVs rely on liquid electrolytes, which are susceptible to thermal runaway and fire if they are damaged.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve shown that we can fabricate these hybrid, solid-state electrolytes and put them into coin cells to demonstrate high performance and high stability,\u201d said Ilan Stern, a principal research scientist who leads battery research at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Georgia Tech\u2019s applied research organization. \u201cWe\u2019ve laid the foundation to show that we can develop innovations in solid-state batteries based on these ceramic-polymer hybrids. Our next step is to integrate the technology into pouch cells, the type of batteries used in electric vehicles.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe GTRI researchers are working with colleagues from Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff\u0026nbsp;School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/a\u003E on research into an electrolyte known as lithium aluminum germanium phosphate (LAGP). A polymer component known as poly DOL surrounds the LAGP electrolyte, providing internal ionic conductivity that goes well beyond existing ceramic electrolytes \u2013 without the disadvantages of flammable liquids. The fabrication team and academic collaboration are led by Jinho Park, a GTRI research scientist. Synthesis of the LAGP ceramic is led by Jason Nadler, a GTRI principal research scientist.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvantages of Hybrid Ceramic-Polymer Materials\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStern describes traditional ceramic electrolytes as similar to hard candy \u2013 think M\u0026amp;Ms \u2013 poured into the space between the battery anode and cathode. The hard ceramics provide safety and energy storage advantages, but are limited in how much they contact the electrodes to transfer ionic charges. Adding the polymer dramatically improves the interfacial contact between the electrodes and electrolyte while maintaining most advantages of the ceramics.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe electrochemical stability, thermal stability and mechanical stability will be the main differences between the liquid electrolytes and these hybrids,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re really taking the best of both worlds. As solid-state batteries enable the use of a Li-metal anode, the ceiling for capacity is significantly higher, so we should ultimately see a dramatic increase in energy density compared to the conventional Li-ion batteries based on the liquid electrolytes.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe hybrid ceramic-polymer electrolyte looks like a hockey puck, but will be more resistant to damage than a pure ceramic. \u201cIt will certainly be much more forgiving than a ceramic,\u201d Stern said. \u201cEven if micro-cracks develop, the polymer will provide the scaffolding to ensure integrity, holding it together structurally.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMoving Ahead with Solid-State Batteries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESolid-state batteries are not yet in commercial use, but at least one EV manufacturer plans to put them into vehicles within the next few years as battery manufacturers continue to make improvements. But the technology is far less mature than existing liquid-electrolyte systems, inviting innovations such as the hybrid system the Georgia Tech researchers are working on.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe research is being supported, in part, by a $1.1 million, three-year independent research and development commitment from GTRI. \u201cWith the unprecedented federal and state investment made in Georgia for electric vehicles, battery manufacturing, and recycling, GTRI continues to build strong collaborations to help identify gaps and new business models \u2013 and to forecast the number and types of recycling plants necessary to respond to future market demands,\u201d Stern added.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBased on encouraging results with small, laboratory-scale batteries, the researchers plan to expand their work into batteries that could be fabricated by the hundreds or thousands for further development and testing \u2013 and, ultimately, large-scale manufacturing. \u201cAs we increase our efficiency with fabrication, manufacturing costs will come down, while supply chain integration and the sustainability goals of reusability and recycling will have a big impact,\u201d Stern said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModel-Based System Engineering Guides the Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBeyond demonstrating the potential for this technology, the research team also is modeling the operation of the cells to help guide future technology development and assessing the potential life cycle of the hybrid electrolyte solid-state batteries. Among the future goals are integrating the technology into supply chains that would not rely on materials sourced from conflict areas of the world, and evaluating new electrode materials such as lithium metal and silicon to replace standard graphite.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe objective of the model-based system engineering (MBSE) task is to model expert knowledge ranging from the fabrication level to the system integration to unveil opportunities for research as well as new business models,\u201d said Paula Gomez, a GTRI senior research engineer, and the modeling team lead.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe research team is developing models in three main areas: (1) fabrication and performance; (2) manufacturing process; and (3) reuse, refurbish, and recycling. Integrating these models involves evaluating battery efficiency and stability, cost of production, and energy consumption, as well as return on investment of recycling materials. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThough the advantages of solid-state electrolytes are very attractive, there are challenges ahead. A hybrid electrolyte system is more complicated to manufacture, and the electrical, mechanical, and chemical interactions between the materials must be thoroughly studied. \u201cThe more complexity you have, the more issues you have to understand,\u201d Stern said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMilitary and Economic Development Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGTRI is known for its support of national security through research sponsored by U.S. Department of Defense agencies. 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Our intent is to develop model-based RL algorithms that can explicitly describe why it is making its decisions, visualize or describe what it expects to happen, and provide counterfactual examples for why it chose not to make decisions.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat: Two-dimensional Nanopore Sensors for Real-time, Single Molecule Protein Sequencing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dr. Eric Vogel, Dr. Katherine Young, Noah Baughman\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnits: \u003C\/strong\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering; Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research Laboratory (CIPHER)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy It Matters: \u003C\/strong\u003EThere is a significant need to develop rapid protein sequencing technologies that can be used by the warfighter in the field to identify the impact of biological warfare agents or to provide physiological monitoring to enhance soldier performance. A technology to rapidly sequence the primary and secondary structure of proteins at the single-molecule level in real-time does not currently exist. The objective of this work is to develop a rapid protein sequencing prototype technology based on two-dimensional (e.g., graphene, MoS2) nanopore sensors that can be used by the warfighter in the field and enable future research programs which apply this prototype to perform full protein sequencing.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere is a significant need to develop rapid protein sequencing technologies that can be used to identify the impact of biological warfare agents or to provide physiological monitoring to enhance human performance,\u201d said Vogel and Young. \u201cThis fellowship will support the fundamental research necessary to develop nanopore electrochemical sensors based on two-dimensional materials to rapidly sequence the primary and secondary structure of proteins at the single-molecule level in real-time.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat: Generating Geopolitics: AI, Disinformation, and the Future of National Security\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dr. Jon Lindsay, Mr. Nicholas Nelson, Dennis Murphy\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnits: \u003C\/strong\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and School of Public Policy; Electronics, Optics, Systems Directorate (EOSD)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy It Matters:\u003C\/strong\u003E The use of Artificial Intelligence\/Machine Learning (AI\/ML) in national security has the potential to enhance our ability to protect national interests greatly. However, there are also potential challenges and risks associated with this technology, such as the potential for bias or misuse. This research will engage in a multidisciplinary study that will bridge the gap between disparate research fields and reintroduce relevant security-related concepts from the social sciences. This will result in the generation of scientifically-grounded potential use cases for the technology in the support and protection of national interests.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAs AI\/ML capabilities and use cases continue to evolve, it is critical for defense and national security actors to better innovate, scale, deploy, and integrate AI and autonomy-based technologies to form agile, system-wide solutions,\u201d Nelson and Lindsay said. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat: Unmasking the \u0022Status dilemma\/competition\u0022 of the triad powers (Russia, China, and United States) in offensive-defensive behavior\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho: \u003C\/strong\u003EDr. Adam Stulberg, Dr. Theresa Kessler, Megan Litz\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnits: \u003C\/strong\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs; Advanced Concepts Laboratory (ACL)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy it matters: \u003C\/strong\u003EUnveiling the misperceptions of offensive and defensive signaling is needed in a time when offensive and defensive capabilities are becoming ever more difficult to decipher as technology is evolving. The goal of this research is to shed light on how misinterpreting states\u2019 \u003Cem\u003Estatus\u003C\/em\u003E can lead to international conflict and expand the initial scholarship that is starting to gain traction within the political science and security studies communities. Understanding and attempting to codify intention would be of great interest to U.S. strategists and tactical planners and aid in answering vital questions of National Security regarding the status of triad powers. Information of this nature will benefit U.S. leadership, departments, and inter-agencies that navigate relations with Russia and China.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThis fellowship will support the codification of offensive and defensive signals between Russian, Chinese, and American powers using an open-source literature repository,\u201d said Kessler. \u201cThis will help unveil misperceptions and decipher intention.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriters: Georgia Parmelee, Tess Malone (Georgia Tech Research); Charles Domercant, Anna Akins (GTRI)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $800 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0027s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe GTRI Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program (GSFP) is a competitive program for high-caliber Georgia Tech graduate students. 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In 2024, 12 years after she stepped onto campus as a first-year Yellow Jacket fresh out of high school, Tucker will be returning as a faculty member with a Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETucker says the most important lesson she learned at Georgia Tech is something she hopes to impart to her own students: \u201cFocus on not just solving hard problems but on hard problems that matter. Make a difference in the real world. You should be passionate about what you\u2019re doing, and you should only do something if you feel strongly about it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETucker has always been fascinated by prosthetics and helping people with lower limb mobility. Her research centers around achieving stable and user-preferred locomotion on robotic assistive devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love the research world and the fact that you are challenged to solve open-ended problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve always loved the intersection of human subject testing, but also pursuing solutions that aren\u2019t necessarily clinically viable at the moment,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring her time as an eager undergraduate at Georgia Tech, Tucker says she met some of \u201cthe most amazing peers and mentors I could ever imagine.\u201d She points to their guidance for helping her \u201cget out\u201d in 2017. When Tucker walked across the stage at her Commencement ceremony and shook hands with then-Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, she had no idea that he would play another role in her trajectory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBud Peterson was basically a celebrity to me. So, you can imagine my surprise when he sat down to listen to my seminar during my faculty interview in 2022! Having him in the audience definitely made me slightly more nervous, but it was also an immense honor and felt like a milestone in my academic journey,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat journey will come full circle in January 2024 when Tucker returns to her Georgia Tech roots. But first, she\u2019ll graduate in May from Caltech with her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. In June she\u2019s getting married, and then she\u2019ll move across the country \u2014 back to Atlanta where it all began. Tucker will be an assistant professor in both the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI always had in the back of my head that coming back as faculty someday was always kind of a pipe dream,\u201d Tucker reminisced. 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With more electric vehicles purchased in 2022 than any year prior, consumers are beginning to follow their lead. Yet, while opportunity abounds, new challenges will require an innovative approach to ensure a sustainable and accessible electric future for all.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith historic investments from major players in the EV space, including\u0026nbsp;Rivian, Kia, and Hyundai, the state of Georgia is uniquely positioned to serve as a leader in this effort. As the state\u0027s leading research institute, Georgia Tech is on the cutting edge of the movement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe transportation sector is the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the U.S. at nearly 30%, with\u0026nbsp;passenger vehicles accounting for around 80% of the sector\u0027s total output1\u0026nbsp;as of 2019. Electric vehicles are widely regarded as a budding solution to reduce emissions, but even as both demand and production continue to increase, EVs currently account for around 1% of the cars on America\u0027s roadways.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the supply chain to the infrastructure needed to support alternative-fuel vehicles alongside consumer hesitancy, achieving the goals set by both the public and private sectors \u2014 including the Biden Administration\u0027s target of EVs making up at least 50% of new car sales by 2030 \u2014 will not be easy. Through research and development, policy, and collaboration, Tech experts are working toward finding solutions that will serve as catalysts during this transitionary period for the environment and the way Americans drive.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2023\/03\/driving-change\u0022\u003ECheck out the full story.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EElectric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, and with economic and environmental impacts colliding, Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in the development of next-generation solutions. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, and with economic and environmental impacts colliding, Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in the development of next-generation solutions.  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This report is intended to give you a glimpse into our accomplishments, research investments, and outreach programs that highlight our commitment to enhancing Georgia\u0026rsquo;s economic development, serving national security, improving the human condition, and educating future technology leaders. Those four mission areas represent GTRI\u0026rsquo;s mission and reason for existing and are core to who we are.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFY22 was another year of growth. Our workforce of more than 2,900 produced 15% higher revenue and many impactful deliverables. In FY23, we will focus on developing our portfolio tools and strengthening our partnerships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough this report, we invite you to review the many inspiring stories that showcase our organization\u0026rsquo;s dedication to providing innovative solutions for government and industry. We hope you will join us as we continue taking our capabilities to new heights.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/gtri-2022-annual-report\u0022\u003EVISIT THE GTRI 2022 ANNUAL REPORT DIGITAL SERIES\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/public\/prod\/2023-02\/2022_GTRI_Digital_Annual%20Report_gtri.gatech.edu_.pdf\u0022\u003EDOWNLOAD THE GTRI 2022 ANNUAL REPORT (PDF)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Digital Edition of GTRI\u0027s 2022 Annual Report provides an overview of our accomplishments, research investments and outreach programs. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESupply Chain and Logistics Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech has been providing research and training support to personnel at the base, which supports the USMC mission worldwide. Activities under the new contract will be managed through the Albany installation, which has approximately 3,000 civilian staff and slightly more than 400 military personnel, making it one of the largest employers in Southwest Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract (IAC MAC) was competitively awarded through the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center. In all, the task order contract specifies 22 areas where GTRI, Georgia Tech, and partner organizations can support the USMC, and is the largest contract ever awarded to GTRI from the USMC.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This award will continue the applied research efforts that support the analysis, assessment, and integration of technologies and methods to enhance the operations of the Marine Corps logistics, storage, and maintenance capabilities, while also providing potential support to the broader Marine Corps and DoD requirements,\u0026rdquo; said Larry Kimm, manager of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/location\/gtri-quantico\u0022\u003EGTRI\u0026rsquo;s Quantico Field Office\u003C\/a\u003E and project director for the new contract. \u0026ldquo;This contract builds upon a nearly five-year partnership between Georgia Tech and the U.S. Marine Corps to provide \u0026lsquo;white-hat\u0026rsquo; research and analysis support.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch projects conducted under earlier contracts have included the development and demonstration of robotic platform prototypes for improved ground vehicle autonomous inventory operations, and the development of a software tool that rapidly collates disparate inventory information to simplify tracking procedures. Additionally, ongoing workflow optimization modeling and simulation, and analytical studies of MARCORLOGCOM parts, repair, paint, and back-shop maintenance operations are supporting enhanced efficiency and mission readiness requirements.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute provides research and education in the application of scientific principles to optimize the design and integration of supply chain strategy, infrastructure, processes, and technology. It has taught courses to hundreds of civilian employees and military personnel at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, providing advanced training and certification in logistics operations and industrial engineering principles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute is pleased to continue engaging with GTRI on Marine Corps Logistics Command\u0026rsquo;s innovation and improvement needs,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/timothy-brown\u0022\u003ETimothy Brown\u003C\/a\u003E, managing director of the Institute. \u0026ldquo;We look to continue delivering professional education programs, applied research by our Industrial and Systems Engineering faculty and graduate students, and operations improvement efforts by our affiliate researchers.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGraduate and undergraduate programs at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) have been ranked first in the nation by \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Efor more than a quarter century. The school is the largest of its kind in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to its Georgia Tech collaborators, GTRI has also worked with multiple subcontractors to collaboratively conduct detailed business case analyses and change management support activities to optimize reorganization decisions and processes for MARCORLOGCOM. Georgia Tech has also involved interns from Albany Technical College and Albany State University in serving the organization\u0026rsquo;s needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to supporting MARCORLOGCOM in Albany, the task order contract will allow GTRI and Georgia Tech to serve the broader needs of the USMC in such areas as automation, airborne networks, command-and-control systems, communications, cybersecurity, data exchange standards, electronic combat, human systems integration, manufacturing optimization, modeling and simulation, secure information systems, software assurance, systems engineering, technology insertion, and technology analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI\u0026rsquo;s connection to Georgia Tech academic colleges and research institutes makes it attractive to organizations interested in promoting innovation and changing organizational approaches. \u0026ldquo;Agencies gain access to the world-class expertise we have at Georgia Tech, both within GTRI and on the academic side,\u0026rdquo; Kimm said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocated on Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, MARCORLOGCOM provides worldwide, integrated logistics, supply chain, and distribution management; depot-level maintenance management; and strategic pre-positioning capability in support of the operating forces and other supported USMC units to maximize their readiness and sustainability and to support enterprise and program-level total life cycle management.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe DoD IAC collects, analyzes, synthesizes, produces, and disseminates scientific and technical information (STI) to DoD and federal government users. IACs support The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (R\u0026amp;E) in carrying out the R\u0026amp;E community\u0026#39;s three strategic guiding imperatives: 1) mitigating new and emerging adversary threats that could degrade U.S. (and allied) capabilities; 2) enabling affordable new or extended capabilities in existing military systems; and 3) developing technology surprise through science and engineering applications to military problems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter: John Toon (john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A $51 million, five-year contract awarded from the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command will expand Georgia Tech\u2019s support to Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany in Southwest Georgia and open new opportunities for research."}],"uid":"35832","created_gmt":"2023-02-14 13:21:14","changed_gmt":"2023-02-14 13:21:14","author":"Michelle Gowdy","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665771":{"id":"665771","type":"image","title":"U.S. Marine Corps vehicles ","body":null,"created":"1676380659","gmt_created":"2023-02-14 13:17:39","changed":"1676380659","gmt_changed":"2023-02-14 13:17:39","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251775","name":"220824-M-JW968-2078.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/220824-M-JW968-2078.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/220824-M-JW968-2078.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":404177,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/220824-M-JW968-2078.jpeg?itok=C3qpkzbN"}}},"media_ids":["665771"],"groups":[{"id":"1276","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"166902","name":"science and technology"},{"id":"192126","name":"military marines"},{"id":"19141","name":"Marine Corps"},{"id":"192127","name":"MARCORLOGCOM"},{"id":"233","name":"Logistics"},{"id":"192128","name":"contract award"},{"id":"167214","name":"Supply Chain and Logistics Institute"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Over a 36-hour period, participants at this decoy hackathon developed a real-world solution that the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, can implement into its organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This collaboration between warfighters and innovators is invaluable,\u0026rdquo; said Andrew Chang, the lead GTRI planner and coordinator for the workshop. \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech and 3ID have been building a strong relationship since the signing of the Educational Partnership Agreement in 2021.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EThe Prompt and Resources\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDecoys could help shape the battlefield by influencing enemy troops\u0026rsquo; movements or drawing fire, revealing their positions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The goal of this event is to source real-world tactical problems facing our front-line warfighters with 3ID and work on those problems through a collaboration of talent from 3ID, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rotc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Army ROTC\u003C\/a\u003E, the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and GTRI,\u0026rdquo; said Chang.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom Jan. 5 \u0026ndash; 8, cadets and soldiers worked in teams to design and prototype an array of decoys: a visual, a thermal, and an electromagnetic decoy. The decoy also needed to be easily constructed using locally-sourced materials with minimal building experience.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;(This year\u0026rsquo;s) problem set let soldiers interact with students and Georgia Tech experts in their prospective field of study,\u0026rdquo; said Jose Blanco, one of the GTRI special advisors supporting the event. \u0026ldquo;This gave them access to a whole new base of knowledge that they don\u0026rsquo;t have on hand out at their units or the field.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECreating sustainable innovation means applying today\u0026rsquo;s technology to today\u0026rsquo;s problems. GTRI wanted to provide the space and tools needed to accelerate the decoy projects so the attendees had access to a wide array of meeting rooms, collaboration spaces, and workspaces. These resources are otherwise unavailable to 3ID.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, GTRI advisors were placed within each team to offer design thinking guidance and technical input.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ESpaces for Collaboration\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore launching into the official prompt for the weekend, the participants got to know one another and saw how their colleagues approached problems through an icebreaker at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventionstudio.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlowers Invention Studio\u003C\/a\u003E. The cutting-edge, state-of-the-art makerspace on Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s campus boasts almost 7,000 square feet and over 500 unique tools available for various tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDevesh Ranjan, school chair for Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, welcomed all the workshop participants prior to the icebreaker challenge \u0026ndash; to build to best catapult out of popsicle sticks, dowels, and rubber bands.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudent leaders and staff, including Jacob Blevins, Robert Caraway, Ashan Deen, Maxwell Gart, Isabelle Gustafson, and Anand Jha, facilitated the Design Thinking exercise and tours of the makerspace. The wide range of spaces and resources offered all weekend were critical so that participants didn\u0026rsquo;t pigeonhole their solution based on one specific manufacturing process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmit Jariwala, Director of Design \u0026amp; Innovation, explained that innovation requires iterations. The Flowers Invention Studio and IDEA lab in the Wepfer Design Commons was the perfect place for the soldiers to practice rapid prototyping and testing,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was incredible to both mentor and observe our ROTC students working alongside the 3rd Infantry Division soldiers as they tackled real technology challenges facing the Army,\u0026rdquo; said Mike Shannon, Georgia Tech Interim Executive Vice President for Administration \u0026amp; Finance and a retired Army officer. \u0026ldquo;This event truly showcases the best of the partnership Georgia Tech and 3rd Infantry Division have established.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the event pivoted to the main objective, participants also leveraged several other spaces across Georgia Tech and GTRI. The welcome and final presentations were held in the Coda Atrium, while the teams used GTRI conference rooms in Coda as collaborative workspaces. The groups also had access to some GTRI lab spaces in the Advanced Concepts Lab at 430N and the GTRI SEEDLab in the Baker Building to do actual prototyping.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EThe Outcome\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Through one very intense weekend, the workshop was able to get three prototypes produced, introduce the teams to design thinking, and get a lot of very smart and knowledgeable people working on real problems being faced by soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division,\u0026rdquo; said Chang.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach team was able to make significant progress in developing a decoy within their assigned domain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe visual team created a full-scale Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) decoy and demonstrated that it can be constructed by a team of untrained soldiers.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe thermal team developed a conceptual design on how thermal optics can be deceived by materials-layering and conventional heat sources as well as how it can be integrated with the visual decoy to improve the systems\u0026rsquo; overall effectiveness.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe EM team successfully created and validated a remote-controlled, self-contained decoy emitter that can replicate SC\/PT communications emissions with commercially available materials valuing under $50.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are many experienced soldiers in the division that can provide ground-up innovations in how the division operates,\u0026rdquo; said Danielle Shutt, a first lieutenant in 3ID who supported the visual and thermal decoy teams at the event. \u0026ldquo;These soldiers only require the necessary time and resources to actualize these innovations. Soldiers who take ownership of their work often understand the problems and potential solutions associated with their mission and they should be given opportunities like this hackathon and facilities like the Marne Innovation Center to contribute improvements to their division.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u0026rsquo;s especially exciting about this event is that the teams\u0026rsquo; work will continue to be developed for possible implementation. One of the prototypes will be taken to the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, to get tested in a simulated combat environment. Additionally, GTRI will continue to work with 3ID and other partners, such as the Georgia Tech campus, Army Research Lab, Rapid Capabilities, and Critical Technologies Program Office, to find potential pathways for some of the other ideas and prototypes that were a result of this weekend\u0026rsquo;s efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think events like this help foster a bridge of trust between Georgia Tech and the Army, said Blanco. \u0026ldquo;It gives soldiers a resource to use for problem sets they encounter out in the field or garrison.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI plans to bring back the Marne Innovation Workshop next year and hopes to expand participation to other schools in the area.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter: Katrina Heitz\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPhotographer: Sean McNeil\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr 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The new techniques are especially useful for integrating updated components into equipment that might otherwise require significant design changes.\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn high-powered millimeter wave and microwave radars and antennas, waveguides direct electromagnetic energy from one component to another inside the equipment. Until recently, the waveguides had been fabricated from extruded copper or aluminum tubing, but these traditional manufacturing techniques can\u0026rsquo;t always accommodate the complex configurations needed for optimal design with minimal energy transmission losses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To propagate electromagnetic waves efficiently, the waveguide must have a very precise internal geometry,\u0026rdquo; explained GTRI Senior Research Engineer Kyle Azevedo. \u0026ldquo;Yet, the waveguide must also be very smooth in terms of its internal surface finish. The cavity that transmits the energy has to be very well controlled to avoid significant losses. And the waveguides must also fit into confined spaces.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EAdditive Techniques Offer Specific RF Advantages\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo allow more complex designs, GTRI researchers are evaluating two alternative fabrication techniques: 3D-printed structures fabricated from metal and 3D-printed polymer components that are metal coated. Each has advantages and disadvantages and must be chosen for the specific application. The researchers are testing waveguides made using both techniques for mechanical performance in resisting fatigue damage, thermal performance in dissipating heat, electrical performance \u0026ndash; and their RF energy loss.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFlexibility afforded by additive techniques can help designers accommodate waveguides within a crowded design that includes many other components. In one current project, the researchers found that they needed to move a radar\u0026rsquo;s feed horn several inches to accommodate other design considerations. But that complicated the waveguide design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That was a really big challenge, because we had to change some of the existing waveguides, and we couldn\u0026rsquo;t do that with traditional tubing pieces that were available without coming up with a whole new design,\u0026rdquo; Azevedo said. \u0026ldquo;But by using additive processes that allow more customization, we were able to make things smaller and optimize the design in a single iteration.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn another project \u0026ndash; in consideration for use on Army counter-battery radar \u0026ndash; researchers at U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center used additive techniques to accommodate an updated component of a different size and shape than the original to improve RF performance. The researchers designed a 3D-printed waveguide that accommodated the existing connectors and integrated into its legacy systems, then worked with the Army\u0026rsquo;s Rock Island Arsenal to optimize fabrication and quality control. That new component was successfully tested at Tobyhanna Army Depot and Yuma Proving Ground, and is now being evaluated as an OEM alternative. This may allow additive manufacturing to augment the supply system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to facilitating designs that might otherwise have been more challenging, the GTRI researchers expect additive manufacturing will allow them to accelerate the iterative development of prototypes by moving some waveguide fabrication in-house.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EOvercoming Challenges with New Fabrication Methods\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor all-metal waveguides, additive manufacturing can have some disadvantages, but those may not be as significant as they might first appear. To limit transmission losses, inside surfaces of conventional waveguides are smooth, but because of the way metal 3D printing works, smooth internal surfaces can be difficult to fabricate. The design flexibility of additive processes can make up for that.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In one of our designs, we found that even though we might have some limitations on the roughness of the surface finish, we could gain back the transmission losses by optimizing the waveguide shape,\u0026rdquo; Azevedo explained. \u0026ldquo;The final design would not have been possible using traditional waveguide fabrication techniques.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough applying metal coatings to waveguides produced from polymers or resins can provide smoother surfaces, this process comes with its own set of challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One of the issues we are tackling now is that a lot of the resins and polymers that have desirable properties for plating contain silica,\u0026rdquo; said Max Tannenbaum, a GTRI research engineer. \u0026ldquo;They are ceramic-like when cured, but when you remove the resin, a lot of the conventional solvents don\u0026rsquo;t remove the silica, and you end up with a chalky powder on the surface. If you can\u0026rsquo;t remove that before you try to plate it, the plating won\u0026rsquo;t adhere.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EBuilding a Knowledge Base for RF Applications of Additive Processes\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo support expanded applications for waveguides fabricated using additive techniques, the researchers are using both simulation and experimentation to develop comprehensive design information.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The traditional method for making waveguides has been around since World War II, when the original systems got up and running, and those techniques have been refined over the decades since then,\u0026rdquo; said Azevedo. \u0026ldquo;As a result, there\u0026rsquo;s a wealth of detailed data on what works, including the metallurgic properties. We want to develop a comparable depth of understanding for the new additive manufacturing techniques that offer so many advantages.\u0026rdquo; By putting together what they have learned, the research team plans to share their knowledge with other RF engineers who may be interested in the additive approaches.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our effort is focusing on two parallel paths: looking at the mechanical constraints involved with fabrication and the RF limitations,\u0026rdquo; said GTRI Research Engineer Austin Forgey. \u0026ldquo;We are merging the new experimental data we\u0026rsquo;re getting with RF simulations, and combining that with testing mechanical properties. 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The 3D printing allows novel fluid flow in a single part, not possible with conventional fabrication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESimilarly, they are also looking at additive techniques to make shielding needed to protect components from electromagnetic interference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile they expect to expand their use of additive fabrication approaches to provide new design options for RF applications, the researchers don\u0026rsquo;t see additive manufacturing doing away with conventional fabrication techniques any time soon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My opinion is that there will certainly be a mix because additive manufacturing techniques aren\u0026rsquo;t the answer for everything,\u0026rdquo; said Tannenbaum. \u0026ldquo;But they are solutions to a lot of specific problems that we encounter, allowing us to build parts that are cheaper, lighter, and available more quickly.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csub\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout GTRI\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, the state, and industry. 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The output of STRIDE includes information on preferred S\u0026amp;T investment options and allows leadership to ask \u0026ldquo;what if\u0026rdquo; questions about potential alternatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The goal is to make better decisions by doing trade space studies to get the answers before any metal is bent,\u0026rdquo; said Brent Peavy, a GTRI principal research engineer who is also part of the research team. \u0026ldquo;We are developing STRIDE to support the goal of making decisions based on modeling done with real data.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system\u0026rsquo;s output can include a prioritized set of investment opportunities along with data on the cost of each, the projected benefits, the timeline required to mature the program, and the tradeoffs that should be considered. For inputs, the tool leverages digital models, including those done for engineering, cost, sustainment, and operational analysis. It also can leverage test data for model creation or validation, and consider a project\u0026rsquo;s effects on an organization\u0026rsquo;s other investment opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESTRIDE also considers issues that aren\u0026rsquo;t purely technical. For instance, research program managers must often determine what would happen if additional funding were added to a project, or if budgets were reduced. They also must often know the impacts of extending project deadlines \u0026ndash; or shortening them to meet urgent goals. STRIDE also can help assess the impact of changing performance goals such as an air vehicle\u0026rsquo;s range, top speed, or payload.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It makes recommendations based on multiple criteria, and a number of technical, cost, and schedule requirements,\u0026rdquo; said Smartt. \u0026ldquo;Slider bars associated with the relative importance of those parameters can be moved back and forth, and the recommendations will reflect those changes in priority.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor decisions such as making improvements to established systems or platforms, STRIDE can consider how implementing those enhancements may affect existing capabilities. Examples might include making a lighter-weight part to improve range, or altering a design to reduce manufacturing costs. Any undesirable consequences of the new capability or enhancement would be factored into the recommendations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We can provide a more structured way to select S\u0026amp;T projects by considering their impact on systems of interest that will have to be integrated with the new capability, and then the long-term consequences and tradeoffs in terms of issues such as performance and schedule,\u0026rdquo; Smartt said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe novel contribution of STRIDE, however, may be as a systems engineering model that holistically integrates data from all other models, he added. The digital engineering model uses advanced multi-attribute design and portfolio selection methodologies to arrive at recommendations for S\u0026amp;T options.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor hypersonic vehicles, for instance, decisions on how to get the most return on investment could start with decomposing the technology development goals into subsystems and then trying to understand what may be holding back progress on each subsystem. For example, there could be roadblocks affecting such areas as guidance and navigation, propulsion, sensing, thermal protection, or other technologies. STRIDE can help make decisions about where to invest to make the most progress toward overcoming those roadblocks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMany of the decision-making principles on which STRIDE is based grew from research in the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Aerospace Engineering. ASDL is a leader in the area of systems design, architecting, and optimization, and is the largest lab of its kind in the world. Two GTRI researchers who are graduates of ASDL, Senior Research Engineers Annie Jones-Wyatt and William Engler, identified the potential of STRIDE for making technology decisions for advanced DoD systems, such as hypersonics, and have prototyped the methodology to prove its applicability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESmartt and Peavy believe that investment priorities will increasingly be driven by structured approaches such as STRIDE and the data-driven principles behind them. They caution that the tool is itself a research project under development that will need refinement before it can be provided as a service or software product.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are figuring out how to do this as we go,\u0026rdquo; Peavy said. \u0026ldquo;We are trying to answer fundamental questions about how to use digital information to help make decisions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESTRIDE could support digital engineering goals that are becoming increasingly important to organizations that make large investments in new technology, including the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). But one of the challenges of using it can be providing the quantity of data on which the system depends to make its recommendations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Right now, STRIDE is ahead of where most organizations are in digital engineering, but we believe this decision analytics approach will ultimately be the way that key program choices are made, including in the DoD space,\u0026rdquo; Smartt said. \u0026ldquo;GTRI is the right organization to help mature this methodology and help organizations adopt it to meet their needs for guiding S\u0026amp;T investments.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter: John Toon (john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, the state, and industry. For more information, please visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing a set of tools and methodologies that could help organizations consider the costs and benefits across an entire system lifecycle."}],"uid":"35832","created_gmt":"2023-01-09 17:24:59","changed_gmt":"2023-01-09 17:24:59","author":"Michelle Gowdy","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"664508":{"id":"664508","type":"image","title":"STRIDE","body":null,"created":"1673284861","gmt_created":"2023-01-09 17:21:01","changed":"1673284861","gmt_changed":"2023-01-09 17:21:01","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251429","name":"STRIDE.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/STRIDE.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/STRIDE.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":609373,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/STRIDE.jpg?itok=aorHronP"}}},"media_ids":["664508"],"groups":[{"id":"1276","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"166902","name":"science and technology"},{"id":"174378","name":"STRIDE"},{"id":"191838","name":"Digital Engineering"},{"id":"191839","name":"Science and Technology Research and Investment for Digital Engineering"},{"id":"191840","name":"portfolio management"},{"id":"2499","name":"operations"},{"id":"191841","name":"S\u0026T investment"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E(Interim) Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichelle Gowdy\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichelle.Gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-407-8060\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"662637":{"#nid":"662637","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rebuilding After a Natural Disaster","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHurricane season may be coming to an end soon, but it\u0026rsquo;s not without significant impact and devastation. Two Georgia Tech experts offer their perspective on infrastructure and how to rebuild after severe weather events.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/hermann-m-fritz\u0022\u003EHermann Fritz\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026ldquo;There have been significant improvements in Florida and Gulf Coast building codes over the past three decades.\u0026nbsp;Hurricane\u0026nbsp;Ian\u0026rsquo;s impact was mostly storm surge and storm wave-driven, while the amount of wind damage was limited and highlights the success of advancing building codes since\u0026nbsp;Hurricane\u0026nbsp;Andrew.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/iris-tien\u0022\u003EIris Tien\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, points to hurricanes increasing in frequency and severity and says it\u0026rsquo;s not enough to build based solely on what\u0026rsquo;s happened in the past. \u0026ldquo;We need to transform our thinking from reacting to events to becoming anticipatory and forward-looking. We don\u0026rsquo;t want to build just to need to rebuild again when the next\u0026nbsp;hurricane\u0026nbsp;occurs. In creating resilient infrastructure, we need to anticipate what future events, loadings, shocks, and stressors our infrastructure is going to need to withstand, and build to those levels.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFritz shares other experts\u0026rsquo; belief that storms are likely to become more frequent, and potentially larger, with higher wind speeds, storm surge, and other hazards. Even in basins where storms have been rare, such as the Arabian Sea, there has been an increase in the frequency of storms, which may be linked to increasing sea surface temperature.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach city, state, and region has its own risk exposure, environmental conditions, and population characteristics. It is critical that builders, city planners, and infrastructure operators look to the future to anticipate what conditions are likely to look like and implement solutions that consider the range of possible storm impacts, as well as environment- and population-specific factors to create and tailor solutions for their specific community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Locations and types of infrastructure are both important to consider,\u0026rdquo; Tien said. \u0026ldquo;We need to invest in infrastructure that is adaptive to varying levels of demands anticipated for these systems. We also need to invest in infrastructure where success is evaluated by community and population impacts. This will ensure infrastructure that is resilient, sustainable, and equitable in serving communities moving into the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asce.org\/publications-and-news\/civil-engineering-source\/article\/2022\/06\/13\/investing-in-infrastructure-with-resilience-sustainability-and-equity-in-mind\u0022\u003Efuture\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech professors share their expertise on disaster recovery and smart infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech professors share their expertise on disaster recovery and smart infrastructure."}],"uid":"35798","created_gmt":"2022-10-27 14:32:01","changed_gmt":"2023-01-06 21:28:07","author":"Ayana Isles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"662636":{"id":"662636","type":"image","title":"Hurricane Damage","body":null,"created":"1666880902","gmt_created":"2022-10-27 14:28:22","changed":"1666880902","gmt_changed":"2022-10-27 14:28:22","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250916","name":"GettyImages-847369112.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-847369112.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-847369112.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":693942,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GettyImages-847369112.jpg?itok=AyTSox6Z"}}},"media_ids":["662636"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"191543","name":"hurricane relief"},{"id":"191544","name":"smart infrastructure"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aisles3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAyana Isles\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMedia Relations\u0026nbsp;Representative\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"663557":{"#nid":"663557","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTRI\u0027s GEM Fellowship Program Provides Emerging Leaders with STEM Experience, Mentorship ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarolina Col\u0026oacute;n was seven years old living in Puerto Rico when she stumbled across an old physics book in a trashcan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the time, Col\u0026oacute;n says she had no idea that her discovery would ultimately inspire her to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and to participate in the GEM Fellowship Program at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;My introduction to STEM was through that physics book,\u0026quot; Col\u0026oacute;n said. \u0026quot;I started doing experiments in the book and the first experiment that I vividly remember doing was a viscosity experiment, which astounded me. After that, I knew that I wanted to go into science.\u0026quot; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, GTRI hosts fellows who are a part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gemfellowship.org\/about-us\/\u0022\u003ENational GEM Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E. GEM is an organization that recruits underrepresented minority students who are looking to pursue master\u0026#39;s and doctoral degrees in engineering and science. Fellows have the opportunity to gain practical engineering summer work experience through an employer sponsor while earning a graduate degree at a GEM member university. The GEM Fellowship Program provides fellows with full tuition, fees, and an annual stipend through the sponsoring universities and employers. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECol\u0026oacute;n, who is currently earning her Ph.D. in bioengineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), interned during summer 2022 as a GEM fellow in GTRI\u0026#39;s Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory (EOSL). Col\u0026oacute;n holds a bachelor\u0026#39;s degree in aerospace engineering from Florida Institute of Technology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring her internship, Col\u0026oacute;n researched new ways to target bladder cancer, including evaluating a concept called Fullerene-Antibody Conjugate Energetic Nanoparticles (FACE-NP), which would allow surgeons to microscopically target and remove a patient\u0026#39;s malignant tumors without affecting neighboring healthy cells or tissue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECol\u0026oacute;n said her team at GTRI treated her as a peer rather than an intern, and trusted her to take the lead on several aspects of the project, including performing chemical reaction tests in the lab and developing the project\u0026#39;s final product.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Nobody ever doubted my abilities,\u0026quot; Col\u0026oacute;n said. \u0026quot;I wasn\u0026rsquo;t just a researcher helping everyone else on the project, but was up there with them as we determined project specifics and figured out which path to take next.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECol\u0026oacute;n said she is grateful to be a part of GEM, which has allowed her to meet other GEM fellows who share similar backgrounds and experiences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo apply for a GEM fellowship, candidates must be underrepresented members of groups in science and engineering as defied by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and must be in eligible career paths in engineering and science disciplines. They must then submit a statement of purpose, recommendations, transcripts, and a resume or curriculum vitae to GEM and also select their top three member universities and employers. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECandidates who select GTRI as one of their top choices complete interviews with the labs they are interested in working with. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMany candidates end up receiving multiple offers from different labs, said Mike Ruiz, a GTRI principal research engineer who serves as the associate chief of the Trusted Microelectronics Program Office within GTRI\u0026#39;s Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research (CIPHER) Laboratory. Ruiz is also CIPHER\u0026#39;s student initiatives lead.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERuiz said GTRI pays a $20,000 fee to GEM for each student that it sponsors and also pays those students an hourly salary during their internship.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;GTRI\u0026#39;s involvement with GEM is not an inconsequential commitment, but it\u0026#39;s also something that speaks to how much GTRI is willing to put forth to participate in this particular program,\u0026quot; Ruiz said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe added that the program gives fellows the opportunity to gain real-world STEM experience while creating a pipeline of young talent for the organization.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The idea is that when fellows graduate, if they\u0026#39;ve had a solid internship experience with their sponsor organization, the company would not only be interested in continuing to sponsor that student, but would also be interested in bringing on the student full-time,\u0026quot; Ruiz said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGEM fellows are paired with a GTRI employee who serves as their mentor throughout the internship by providing guidance and support.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMentors select the projects that GEM fellows work on and try to align those projects with the fellow\u0026#39;s background and career goals. GTRI funds the projects either internally or by assigning fellows to existing sponsored research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYatis Dodia, a GTRI senior research engineer who leads the Quantitative Methods Branch within CIPHER\u0026#39;s Assured Software and Information Division, has served as a GEM mentor for the past two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring summer 2022 and 2021, Dodia worked with the same GEM fellow, Enrique Najera, who is currently earning his master\u0026#39;s degree in electrical engineering at the University of Colorado. The pair worked on a project that involved researching emerging security practices for 5G telecommunications networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDodia guided Najera on the technical aspects of the project and said he was impressed by Najera\u0026#39;s knowledge of complex cyber concepts and eagerness to dig into the research.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Enrique was incredibly sharp and self-guided,\u0026quot; Dodia said. \u0026quot;I would guide him on technical, big-picture things and he would take those things and run with them.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDodia added that the technical report Najera produced by the end of his fellowship would guide others in exploring critical security concerns and approaches in 5G.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though Najera\u0026#39;s internship was held virtually both summers, Najera said he gained exposure to valuable skillsets, such as writing code in the popular programming language Python, which has helped him in graduate school. Najera also said his experience at GTRI has given him a clearer view of what career path he would like to pursue after graduate school. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I thoroughly enjoyed my time working at GTRI, despite having never set foot in Atlanta,\u0026quot; Najera said. \u0026quot;I found the guidance and mentoring I received every day during both summers to be invaluable, as it both helped me understand the work and shape my thoughts on where I might like to take my career.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about GEM and its participating universities and employers, please visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gemfellowship.org\/about-us\/\u0022\u003EAbout Us - GEM Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter: Anna Akins\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPhoto Credit: Carolina Col\u0026oacute;n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Carolina Col\u00f3n shares her story and experience participating in the 2022 GEM Fellowship Program at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). 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The patented technology led to the creation of a one-of-a-kind Bob Dylan record that recently brought $1.8 million at a \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.christies.com\/features\/an-ionic-original-recording-of-blowin-in-the-wind-12353-3.aspx\u0022\u003EChristie\u0026rsquo;s auction\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EA First for a New Generation of Discs\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe studio recording of Dylan\u0026rsquo;s 1963 classic \u0026ldquo;Blowin\u0026rsquo; in the Wind\u0026rdquo; is the first of a new generation of unique archival records with spectacular sound quality and the capacity for a thousand plays (or more) without deterioration. For musician and producer T Bone Burnett, the goal of the effort was to provide musical artists with a new medium \u0026ndash; and an opportunity to set the value of their work themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Recording artists have had the value of what we do determined for us under the shorter and shorter-term technologies of mass production and distribution by organizations, governments, distributors, streamers, and others, but we have not had a way to find the value of an individual work of art,\u0026rdquo; said Burnett, a long-time Dylan collaborator who played guitar on the recording. \u0026ldquo;If we are able to help establish a music space in the fine arts through the making of these archival discs, musicians will be able to find real value for their work.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ENanometer-Scale Coatings Improve Quality\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new record format, which Burnett has dubbed an \u0026ldquo;Ionic Original,\u0026rdquo; was made possible by a unique coating of sapphire and quartz applied to a layer of nitrocellulose on an aluminum disc. The coating was developed with help from GTRI materials scientists Jud Ready and Brent Wagner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We helped them develop a way to put a hard oxide coating on top of the nitrocellulose lacquer to protect it during play,\u0026rdquo; said Ready, a GTRI principal research engineer and deputy director of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/materials\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Institute for Materials\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;That includes silica (SiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E), better known as quartz, and alumina (Al\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003EO\u003Csub\u003E3\u003C\/sub\u003E), which is known as sapphire. With other ingredients and variables, it\u0026rsquo;s a gradient designed to produce the best sound quality and resist the wear that would otherwise happen to the nitrocellulose acetate.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA hard coating is needed because the stylus \u0026ldquo;needle\u0026rdquo; used to play the record on a conventional turntable can be made of diamond, which is even harder than quartz or sapphire. Playing a traditional vinyl record causes abrasion in the much softer grooves where the music is stored, causing wear that degrades the sound quality over time and also creates annoying pops and noise \u0026ndash; issues that led to adoption of compact discs which are played with a non-contact optical reader.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EThe Analog Advantage\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut digital formats \u0026ndash; CDs and streaming files \u0026ndash; provide listeners a digitally sampled version of the original analog sound rather than more fully reproducing what was created by the musicians. Though most consumers won\u0026rsquo;t notice, the difference can be heard \u0026ndash; which helps account for the renaissance of analog records.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Analog music travels in actual waves \u0026ndash; not sampled and simulated \u0026ndash; and sounds more resonant, deeper, and truer,\u0026rdquo; Burnett explained. \u0026ldquo;Analog records more atmosphere. It is closer to the human. An Ionic Original is the equivalent of a painting, hand-made and retouched by the artist. A digital stream is the equivalent of seeing a copy of a photograph of a painting.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ESubjecting the Research to the Turntable Test\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2013, Ready and Wagner worked with Burnett and recording engineer Barak Moffitt to develop the coating technique, which was patented. The patent is now owned by Ionic Recording Company LLC, which bought it from Georgia Tech. Separate from the original work that led to the patent, Ready more recently worked as a private consultant with Ionic to support refining the new process and identifying a company that could coat the record.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The issues were in the thin film coatings \u0026ndash; the time, the density of the coating, the ratio between the two elements \u0026ndash; and the pre-cleaning process before the coating was put down,\u0026rdquo; Ready explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAhead of the quartz-sapphire coating process, production of the record proceeded much like any other analog record. Dylan recorded the song in 2021; it was mixed in Los Angeles and Nashville, and finally mastered in Memphis by Jeff Powell, one of the world\u0026rsquo;s top vinyl cutting experts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When an artist like Bob Dylan, a producer like T Bone Burnett and a recording engineer like Mike Piersante went into a project like this, they knew the desired result was a pristine vinyl master lacquer that would go through the Ionic coating process and sound as good or better than any vinyl record ever made even after 1,000 plays,\u0026rdquo; said Powell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral 10-inch-diameter discs were made and compared by Piersante, who graded them all on a scale of zero to 10. The best one was sent to Virginia-based Blue Ridge Optics for application of the thin-film coating. After that, the disc flew by private jet to California, where it was analyzed acoustically and presented to the media. Finally, it went on to London for the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.christies.com\/features\/an-ionic-original-recording-of-blowin-in-the-wind-12353-3.aspx\u0022\u003EChristie\u0026rsquo;s auction\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EAn Eye-Opening Experience for a Materials Engineer\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReady\u0026rsquo;s bread-and-butter research involves thin-film coatings, but this is his first foray into the entertainment industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We would normally put these down for optical coatings and to protect microelectronic devices,\u0026rdquo; Ready explained. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a hundred nanometers or so of silica and alumina \u0026ndash; a nanometer is a billionth of a meter \u0026ndash; to create the scratch-resistant coating. At GTRI, we apply these coatings with a commercial-scale tool that is commonly used to put anti-reflective coatings on eyeglasses and on equipment used in space.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking as a consultant, Ready visited Burnett\u0026rsquo;s studio to compare the sound of the same song played from magnetic tape, vinyl, CD and finally, streaming files.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The amount of resolution that goes away is incredible,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Whole instruments disappear. You could hear the faintest of different sounds on the tape and vinyl \u0026ndash; but they were gone. There are ways that the CD recording is taking the sinusoidal analog waves and breaking them into lots of little rectangles. No matter how skinny you make the rectangle, you are always going to be losing some sound or adding noise.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u0026ldquo;Blowin\u0026rsquo; in the Wind\u0026rdquo; Could Make New Waves\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2021 Bob Dylan recording of \u0026ldquo;Blowin\u0026rsquo; in the Wind\u0026rdquo; was just the second ever to be made in the studio. Written by the artist in 1962 and released on \u003Cem\u003EThe Freewheelin\u0026rsquo; Bob Dylan\u003C\/em\u003E in 1963, it is a protest song that asks a series of questions about peace, war, and freedom. The song has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and, in 2004, was ranked 14th on \u003Cem\u003ERolling Stone\u003C\/em\u003E magazine\u0026#39;s list of the \u0026quot;500 Greatest Songs of All Time.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u0026rsquo;s next for the process? Burnett believes the technique may generate interest among music archivists who may want to store recordings protected from wear. He promises there will be more one-of-a-kind records, including \u0026ldquo;several\u0026rdquo; additional Dylan cuts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are speaking with interested people about private sales, and with other artists about making further Ionic discs,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Perhaps there will be other auctions. We remain open to seeing where this path leads.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csub\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout GTRI\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, the state, and industry. 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SCALE facilitates the training of highly skilled U.S. microelectronics engineers, hardware designers and manufacturing experts. SCALE brings together a public-private-academic partnership of 17 universities and 34 partners within the defense industry and government.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is an extremely exciting time in the country and at Tech for microchip design and manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; said Arijit Raychowdhury, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). \u0026ldquo;These newly announced funds for the SCALE program will help Georgia Tech recruit a new, diverse group of students ready to work in defense microelectronics. 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Yet, scientists and engineers have puzzled at ways to predict and alter turbulent fluid flows, and it has long remained one of the most challenging problems in science and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, physicists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated \u0026mdash; numerically and experimentally \u0026mdash; that turbulence can be understood and quantified with the help of a relatively small set of special solutions to the governing equations of fluid dynamics that can be precomputed for a particular geometry, once and for all.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For nearly a century, turbulence has been described statistically as a random process,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/roman-grigoriev\u0022\u003ERoman Grigoriev\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Our results provide the first experimental illustration that, on suitably short time scales, the dynamics of turbulence is deterministic \u0026mdash; and connects it to the underlying deterministic governing equations.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe findings were \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2120665119\u0022\u003Epublished\u003C\/a\u003E in \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences \u003C\/em\u003Eon August 19, 2022. The team of researchers was led by Grigoriev and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/michael-schatz\u0022\u003EMichael Schatz\u003C\/a\u003E, professors in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E who have collaborated on various research projects over the past two decades.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchatz and Grigoriev were joined in the study by School of Physics graduate students Chris Crowley, Joshua Pughe-Sanford, and Wesley Toler, along with Michael Krygier, a postdoctoral scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, who developed the study\u0026rsquo;s numerical solvers as a graduate student at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA New \u0026#39;Roadmap\u0026#39; for Turbulence Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQuantitatively predicting the evolution of turbulent flows \u0026mdash; and, in fact, almost any of their properties \u0026mdash; is rather difficult. \u0026ldquo;Numerical simulation is the only reliable existing prediction approach,\u0026rdquo; Grigoriev said. \u0026ldquo;But it can be awfully expensive. The goal of our research was to make prediction less costly.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers created a new \u0026ldquo;roadmap\u0026rdquo; of turbulence by looking at a weak turbulent flow that was confined between two independently rotating cylinders \u0026mdash; giving the team a unique way to compare experimental observations with numerically computed flows, due to the absence of \u0026ldquo;end effects\u0026rdquo; that are present in more familiar geometries, such as flow down a pipe.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Turbulence can be thought of as a car following a sequence of roads,\u0026rdquo; said Grigoriev. \u0026ldquo;Perhaps an even better analogy is a train, which not only follows a railway on a prescribed timetable but also has the same shape as the railway it is following.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe experiment featured transparent walls to allow full visual access, and it used a state-of-the-art flow visualization to allow the researchers to reconstruct the flow by tracking the motion of millions of suspended fluorescent particles. In parallel, advanced numerical methods were used to compute recurrent solutions of the partial differential equation (Navier-Stokes equation), governing fluid flows under conditions exactly matching experiment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is well-known that turbulent fluid flows exhibit a repertoire of patterns \u0026mdash; referred to as \u0026#39;coherent structures\u0026#39; in the field \u0026mdash; that have a well-defined spatial profile but appear and disappear in an apparently random manner. By analyzing their experimental and numerical data, the researchers discovered that these flow patterns and their evolution resemble those described by the special solutions they computed. These special solutions are both recurrent and unstable, meaning they describe repeating flow patterns over short intervals of time. Turbulence tracks one such solution after another, which explains what patterns can appear, and in what order.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecurrent Solutions, Two Frequencies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;All the recurrent solutions that we found in this geometry turned out to be quasi-periodic \u0026mdash; that is, characterized by two different frequencies,\u0026rdquo; said Grigoriev. One frequency described the overall rotation of the flow pattern around the axis of symmetry of the flow, while the other described the changes in the shape of the flow pattern in a reference frame co-rotating with the pattern. The corresponding flows repeat periodically in these co-rotating frames.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We then compared turbulent flows in experiment and direct numerical simulations with these recurrent solutions and found turbulence to closely follow (track) one recurrent solution after another, for as long as turbulent flow persisted,\u0026rdquo; Grigoriev said. \u0026ldquo;Such qualitative behaviors were predicted for low-dimensional chaotic systems, such as the famous Lorenz model, derived six decades ago as a greatly simplified model of the atmosphere.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work represents the first experimental observation of chaotic motion tracking recurrent solutions actually observed in turbulent flows. \u0026ldquo;The dynamics of turbulent flows are, of course, far more complicated due to the quasi-periodic nature of recurrent solutions,\u0026rdquo; Grigoriev added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Using this method, we conclusively showed that the organization of turbulence in both space and time is well captured by these structures,\u0026rdquo; the researchers said. \u0026ldquo;These results lay the foundation for representing turbulence in terms of coherent structures and leveraging their persistence in time to overcome the devastating effects of chaos on our ability to predict, control, and engineer fluid flows.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA New Dynamical Foundation for 3D Fluid Flows\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese findings most immediately impact the community of physicists, mathematicians, and engineers who are still trying to understand fluid turbulence, which remains \u0026ldquo;perhaps the greatest unsolved problem in all of science,\u0026rdquo; Grigoriev said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This work builds and expands on previous work on fluid turbulence by the same group, some of which was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/15\/butterflys-wing-tornado-predicting-turbulence\u0022\u003Ereported at Georgia Tech in 2017\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; he added. \u0026ldquo;Unlike the work discussed in that publication, which focused on idealized two-dimensional fluid flows, present research addresses the practically important and more complicated three-dimensional flows.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the team\u0026rsquo;s study lays a mathematical foundation for fluid turbulence which is dynamical, rather than statistical, in nature \u0026mdash; and hence has the capability to make quantitative predictions, which are crucial for a variety of applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It can give us the ability to dramatically improve the accuracy of weather forecasts and, most notably, enable prediction of extreme events such as hurricanes and tornadoes,\u0026rdquo; said Grigoriev. \u0026ldquo;Dynamical framework is also essential for our ability to engineer flows with desired properties, for instance, reduced drag around vehicles to improve fuel efficiency, or enhanced mass transport to help remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the emerging direct air capture industry.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFunding and acknowledgements:\u003C\/strong\u003E The researchers thank Marc Avila for sharing his Taylor\u0026ndash;Couette flow code, and gratefully acknowledge financial support by Army Research Office under Grants W911NF-15-1-0471 and W911NF-16-10281 and by NSF under Grant CMMI-1725587.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation and Video:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2120665119\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2120665119\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. 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The results have groundbreaking potential for high-power electronics, optoelectronics, and more.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the past 80 or so years, aluminum nitride (AlN) has been thought of as nothing but an electrical insulator. Because of its high electrical insulating and thermal conductivity properties, it is used frequently in electronic applications to dissipate heat quickly and maintain efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, led by professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/william-alan-doolittle\u0022\u003EAlan Doolittle\u003C\/a\u003E, are discovering that there is a lot more to AlN than meets the eye, and their promising research shows the material has the potential to transform the semiconductor industry. By leveraging the advantages of AlN, ultra-wide bandgap\u0026nbsp;(UWBG)\u0026nbsp;semiconductors\u0026nbsp;can\u0026nbsp;be used\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;high-power and high-temperature\u0026nbsp;levels\u0026nbsp;never seen before.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s rare to see such encouraging early results,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle, the\u0026nbsp;Joseph M. Pettit Professor in the School for Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). \u0026ldquo;To put things into perspective, AlN has the ability to handle over five times the voltage of other existing wide bandgap semiconductors. It really is the birth of a new semiconductor field.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor electrical devices, there are two types of semiconducting materials needed: one that carries positive charges (p-type) and one that carries negative charges (n-type). The Doolittle group was able to improve current conduction in p-type AlN by 30,000,000 times and n-type AlN by 6,000 times than prior best results.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe findings, recently published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adma.202104497\u0022\u003EAdvanced Materials\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/jap\/info\/focus\u0022\u003EJournal of Applied Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, received the Most Valuable Contribution\u0026nbsp;Award\u0026nbsp;at the 2022 Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials \u0026amp; Devices, a premier workshop in the U.S. on high performance electronic materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUltra-wide Bandgaps Equal Ultra-wide Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s AlN-based semiconductor findings\u0026nbsp;represent an emerging new area of interdisciplinary research covering materials, physics, and devices with promising applications for future generations of high-power electronics and optoelectronics, as well as quantum electronics and harsh-environment applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESemiconductors can both conduct and insulate electricity, meaning they are necessary for all electronic appliances to operate. Scientists make semiconductor materials by using pure elements (most frequently silicon) and adding intentional impurities to make crystals with the desired electrical, thermal, and optical prosperities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bandgap is one of the most important properties of a semiconductor, as it represents the minimum\u0026nbsp;energy required for electrical conduction. It is also the largest factor in determining the voltage at which a device fails (called breakdown), as well as represents the energy\/wavelength of light emanating from the semiconductor.\u0026nbsp;UWBG\u0026nbsp;semiconductors can operate at high temperatures, frequencies, and voltages, meaning less semiconductor devices are needed in high voltage circuits which increases performance and efficiency, while reducing costs. Doolittle\u0026rsquo;s AlN-based semiconductor has the highest bandgap ever demonstrated to have both p and n-type conduction needed for electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The new AlN-based semiconductor appears to have the ability to withstand voltages at incredibly high levels,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle. \u0026ldquo;Levels that can even withstand some sections of the national utility grid, something no other semiconductor can do.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the ability to withstand high voltage and high frequency, AlN-based semiconductors can be utilized in power electronic devices found in automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. The technology could also allow utility grids to more effectively control how much power to transmit and where, a growing demand as old systems integrate with other smart grid innovations and renewable energy sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team used a much lower temperature to grow the AlN crystals than what is normally utilized to create semiconductor materials. The low heat process allows for more precise control of the material\u0026rsquo;s surface chemistry during creation and is potentially a groundbreaking innovation in its own right.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That kind of out of the box solution caught a lot of people off guard,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle. \u0026ldquo;It was thought that you couldn\u0026rsquo;t grow good quality material at this low of temperature, but we\u0026rsquo;ve shown that it\u0026rsquo;s possible and has broad applicability.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlN\u0026rsquo;s Impressive Optical Properties\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike an incandescent light bulb where a filament is heated to glow and produce light, light-emitting diodes (LEDs)\u0026nbsp;emit light when an electric current flows through a layered semiconductor device. The wide bandgap semiconductor material gallium nitride\u0026nbsp;(GaN) was used to create the first LED blue light in the early 1990s by Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura (for which they won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics). Creating the high energy blue LED challenged scientist for decades, as it was the final piece needed to create white light and full-color LED displays that have now revolutionized lighting technology and is predicted to save nearly 20% in energy consumption in the U.S. when fully deployed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELike GaN, AlN\u0026rsquo;s wide bandgap means it has enormous light energy which results in the short light wavelengths needed to produce high energy deep ultra-violet (DUV) light beyond the ability of the eye to see. Because AlN has an even larger bandgap than GaN, it produces a DUV light with a wavelength of only 203 nanometers (compared to GaN\u0026rsquo;s ~365 nm) \u0026ndash; nearly twice the energy as light from GaN.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026#39;re really excited about the optical properties of this material,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle. \u0026ldquo;Researchers have been attempting to get LEDs under 270 nanometer wavelengths for a while now because it opens up an enormous range of applications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne such potential application for AlN-based LEDs is light disinfection, a growing focus in research and industry. Unlike current ultraviolet (UV) lights \u0026mdash; a light disinfectant plagued by power\/efficiency limitations \u0026mdash; DUV LEDs use higher energy electromagnetic radiation that is absorbed in the dead layers of human skin instead of being absorbed in live tissue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This light gives us a pathway to make light emitters that can kill viruses and bacteria with significantly less \u0026mdash; if any \u0026mdash; damage to human skin and eyes.\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime to Engineer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the team\u0026rsquo;s encouraging early studies showing AlN having the potential to be a revolutionary semiconductor material, they now turn to prototyping and optimization. While the new technology is a leap forward and largely solves the most difficult science problems that have roadblocked using AlN as a semiconductor, engineering challenges remain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince such a wide bandgap semiconductor has never been created, a solution to make good electrical contact to the material (for electrical current to be transported to devices) is essential. All known metals are poorly suited to contact AlN,\u0026nbsp;so metal alloys and exotic contacts will be needed, according to Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEarly prototypes have shown some resistance to current flow that must be improved if AlN is to reach the efficiencies it potentially can achieve. Likewise, thicker devices will need to be engineered to use in the high voltages needed to impact utility grids.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have ideas as to how to push this forward and view most of these issues as engineering challenges requiring only time and resources, not fundamental science limitations,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E***\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation I:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;H. Ahmad, J. Lindemuth, Z. Engel, C. M. Matthews, K. Motoki, W.\u0026nbsp;Alan\u0026nbsp;Doolittle, \u0026ldquo;Substantial P-type Conductivity of AlN Achieved via Beryllium Doping,\u0026rdquo; Advanced Materials 33 (42), 2104497, September 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDOI:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/adma.202104497\u0022\u003Edoi.org\/10.1002\/adma.202104497\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation II:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;H. Ahmad, Z. Engel,\u0026nbsp; C. M. Matthews, S. Lee, and\u0026nbsp; W.\u0026nbsp;Alan\u0026nbsp;Doolittle, \u0026ldquo;Realization of homojunction PN AlN diodes\u0026rdquo;, J. Appl. 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Until recently, however, an integrated measuring approach has been elusive.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn newly published research, Pawel Golyski and his Ph.D. advisor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/sawicki\u0022\u003EGregory Sawicki\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Emechanical engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ebiological sciences\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, investigate whether mechanical energy can be used as a \u0026ldquo;common currency\u0026rdquo; to measure how humans use lower limbs to stabilize during walking. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rsif.2022.0024\u0022\u003ETheir research\u003C\/a\u003E, published in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of the Royal Society Interface\u003C\/em\u003E, lays the groundwork for using mechanical energetics to understand the roles of joints and muscles during unsteady locomotion. The paper also contributed to Golyski\u0026rsquo;s selection as this year\u0026rsquo;s recipient of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asbweb.org\/\u0022\u003EAmerican Society of Biomechanics\u0026rsquo;\u003C\/a\u003E (ASB) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asbweb.org\/society-awards\/\u0022\u003EPre-Doctoral Achievement Award\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; a prestigious honor that considers a candidate\u0026rsquo;s entire portfolio of publications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGolyski, a graduating member of Sawicki\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/hpl\/\u0022\u003EPhysiology of Wearable Robotics (PoWeR) Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, previously worked as a research scientist with individuals with lower-limb amputation at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/walterreed.tricare.mil\/\u0022\u003EWalter Reed National Military Medical Center\u003C\/a\u003E. For his graduate work at Georgia Tech, his aim was to develop an understanding of how devices and the human body work together, specifically at the intersection of three elements: muscle mechanics, wearable exoskeletons, and stability during walking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach of the three elements relates to the others. Exoskeletons affect a person\u0026rsquo;s stability while also affecting how their muscles work, and vice versa. But to examine how muscles both interact with exoskeletons and affect stability makes for an interesting challenge, Golyski says. Because, while one can observe how muscle dynamics change with the use of an exoskeleton, how those changes relate to stability is not understood. To understand how all three pillars work together to help humans compensate during a fall, Golyski and Sawicki needed to come up with a new framework to measure stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnergy Accountants\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers knew that for a person walking at a steady speed on level ground, the net mechanical energy of the person and each leg over one stride \u0026mdash; from the heel strike of one leg to the next heel strike of that same leg \u0026mdash; is zero. They also knew that energy needed to be equal to mechanical energy at all levels of description of the leg, specifically the joints and muscles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The idea is that if we can relate stability to a demand in energy, then we can become accountants, and track how the energy \u0026mdash; our currency \u0026mdash; changes at the level of the person, muscle, and exoskeleton,\u0026quot; Golyski said. \u0026ldquo;That provides a really powerful framework to relate all three of those areas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGolyski and Sawicki designed an experiment with a person walking on a treadmill. Using a split-belt treadmill, they applied short, quick disturbances, known as perturbations, in the form of increases in belt speed to one leg during walking. The purpose was to inject or extract energy during a stride, so that they could then measure how the person\u0026rsquo;s leg and joint energies change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the experiment they used Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epic.gatech.edu\/facilities\/\u0022\u003ECAREN\u003C\/a\u003E (Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment) \u0026mdash; an integrated system used to study stability during movement. It features cameras mounted above a treadmill to track a person\u0026rsquo;s movement using motion capture markers attached to the person. Using an algorithm designed by Golyski, Sawicki, PoWeR lab Ph.D. student Jennifer Leestma, and a high school mentee, Esmeralda Vazquez, the CAREN can execute perturbations based on a person\u0026rsquo;s movements \u0026mdash; enabling the researchers to initiate perturbations at specific times in the gait cycle. By combining the force of the treadmill with the positional data collected by the CAREN, Golyski and Sawicki can calculate the changes in energy in a person\u0026rsquo;s individual joints.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir new framework could assist in determining which part of a person\u0026rsquo;s body manages responses to destabilizing energy, pointing to specific muscles or joints to target with rehabilitation therapy. It could also open doors to advanced exoskeletons and prostheses that target specific joints to restore stabilizing responses in individuals with impaired balance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The body of research that Pawel completed during his doctoral studies is nothing short of impressive. He broke new ground by developing new experimental techniques and a new hip exoskeleton assistive device, making first-of-a-kind muscle imaging measurements, and ultimately answering the question of how exoskeletons modify joint and muscle dynamics to influence human walking stability,\u0026rdquo; Sawicki said. \u0026ldquo;I was thrilled that Pawel\u0026rsquo;s outstanding contributions as a scientist-engineer were recognized by ASB, and I\u0026rsquo;m even more thrilled that he will return to Walter Reed \u0026mdash; his dream job \u0026mdash; to apply his new skillset to help people get from here to there.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis summer, as part of this recognition, Golyski will deliver a research talk during an awards session at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nacob.org\/\u0022\u003ENorth American Congress on Biomechanics\u003C\/a\u003E in Ottawa, Ontario. He will also be graduating from Georgia Tech and resuming his work with veterans and active service members at Walter Reed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation\u003C\/strong\u003E: Golyski, Pawel R. and Gregory S. Sawicki, \u0026ldquo;Which lower limb joints compensate for destabilizing energy during walking in humans?\u0026rdquo; Journal of the Royal Society Interface.192022002420220024 01 June 2022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDOI\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsif.2022.0024\u0022\u003Edoi.org\/10.1098\/rsif.2022.0024\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFunding\u003C\/strong\u003E: This research was supported by the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center (grant no. W911QY18C0140) to G.S.S. and the National Science Foundation (grant no. 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The use of SiGe helps support the high level of integration necessary for the miniaturization required by the module\u0026rsquo;s high-frequency operation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When it comes to millimeter wave frequencies, the AESA element lattice is less than one centimeter in size, and at 50 GHz, it\u0026rsquo;s three millimeters, which is very challenging to work with,\u0026rdquo; Jo noted. \u0026ldquo;That forces an extreme level of integration and miniaturization for this T\/R system, which we are addressing through design and fabrication of the small SiGe monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) die.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers recently completed the fabrication and packaging of a core channel T\/R module die, and are designing an evaluation board to demonstrate performance of the module. Also completed is the fabrication of a stand-alone radiator board for wideband and high-frequency applications; that evaluation board also is under test.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWideband AESAs are an enabling technology for current and future military radar and communications systems by providing rapid beam steering, graceful degradation, electronic production, and low probability of intercept. The atmospheric attenuation of radio-frequency (RF) signals at millimeter wave frequencies is much greater than at microwave frequencies. As a result, high-gain directional apertures such as AESAs are required to propagate energy over tactically relevant distances.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the high level of integration, the system presents technical challenges related to manufacturing, packaging, and thermal management. For packaging MAESTRO, the research team is evaluating a Flip-Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA) solution to reduce the signal path from the die to the printed circuit board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEarlier in the four-year project, the research team designed and fabricated single-channel and four-channel T\/R modules and measured the RF performance of a chip-on-board (CoB)-assembled single-channel T\/R module. The measured results confirmed that the designed digital control circuitry works for both Tx and Rx modes \u0026ndash; attenuation and true-time delay \u0026ndash; and that the time delay was consistent across the target bandwidth.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe MAESTRO program is a collaboration between GTRI and the research team of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/john-d-cressler\u0022\u003EJohn Cressler\u003C\/a\u003E, a Regents Professor at the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Cressler\u0026rsquo;s team specializes in SiGe for heterojunction bipolar devices designed to provide high-frequency performance in mixed-signal circuit and analog circuit ICs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Silicon is a standard technology that industry is using to integrate very complicated systems,\u0026rdquo; Jo noted. \u0026ldquo;Since we needed to integrate the whole T\/R module system into a very small lattice spacing, we decided to use SiGe to integrate all the discrete components.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring testing of the T\/R module, the researchers realized that the receive mode of their system could operate at even lower frequencies \u0026ndash; down to 5 GHz \u0026ndash; giving it an operating range of 5 GHz to 50 GHz. 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For the U.S. to effectively decrease carbon emissions to goals set at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the country\u0026rsquo;s electrical power grid will need substantial updating, which includes finding an alternative to SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E electrical equipment\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;High-voltage alternating current (AC) SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E-insulated circuit breakers can be found in most electrical substations in the U.S. and around the world. They are vital mechanisms for a reliable and resilient power grid,\u0026rdquo; said Lukas Graber, associate professor in the Georgia Tech School for Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u0026ldquo;But any leaks of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;are\u0026nbsp;extremely bad for the environment due to its greenhouse gas effect.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers from Georgia Tech, led by Graber and in collaboration with Mississippi State University, has recently been awarded nearly $4 million from the Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a three-phase SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E-free AC high-voltage circuit breaker. Fittingly, the proposed design is called TESLA (Tough and Ecological Supercritical Line Breaker for AC), acknowledging AC electricity pioneer Nikola Tesla.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Impact of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2008 to 2018, the annual emissions rate of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E rose from about 7,300 tons to approximately 9,040 tons, an increase of 24%, according to a 2020 study published by the European Geosciences Union. That\u202famount of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E equates to greenhouse gas emissions of approximately\u202f44 million passenger vehicles\u202fdriven for one year, or\u202f226 billion pounds of coal being burned.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to ARPA-E, equipment leaks are a major source of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E emissions from the electrical transport and distribution sector. This is particularly true for aging equipment which, due to natural deterioration, is more prone to gas leaks. Ironically, as the U.S. strives to supplant fossil fuel-derived electricity generation with cleaner wind and solar power, the power grid will become increasingly decentralized, which will require more SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E gas-insulated equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The electrical infrastructure in the US is in desperate need of upgrades to accommodate an increasing share of renewable energy, the electrification of the transportation sector, and improved resiliency against cyberattacks,\u0026rdquo; said Graber. \u0026ldquo;Existing electrical substations will require new equipment, and as part of these upgrades, a new eco-friendly generation of circuit breakers should be implemented.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking to Supercritical Fluids\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReplacing SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E is no easy task. While SF\u003Csub\u003E6 \u003C\/sub\u003Ehas exceedingly high global warming potential, the synthetic gas is an excellent electrical insulator \u0026mdash; a material in which electric current does not flow freely. The gas is known for its effectiveness, stability, and intrinsic non-toxic, non-corrosive, and non-flammable nature, and while non-SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E equipment has long been available for low to medium-voltage applications, there are no alternatives for high-voltage equipment ready for market.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0026rsquo;s research has shown that the key to success may be utilizing recent breakthroughs in the dielectric (or electrical insulating)\u0026nbsp;properties\u0026nbsp;of supercritical fluid. A supercritical fluid is a highly compressed fluid that combines the properties of gases and liquids, and is most frequently used for power generation. The team is currently experimenting with supercritical CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E, which has ecologically friendly attributes that could be utilized in high-voltage\u0026nbsp;equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our preliminary results show that the supercritical fluid is a better dielectric than SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E,\u0026rdquo; said Zhiyang Jin, research engineer in Graber\u0026rsquo;s Plasma and Dielectrics Lab at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;The breakdown voltage of supercritical CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E is at least three times that of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E, and since CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E is everywhere, so a man-made gas will no longer be needed.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E circuit breakers, the design pressure needed for supercritical fluid in TESLA is significant \u0026mdash; about ten times higher than SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E counterparts. Achieving this design means developing a different circuit breaker chamber to maintain structural integrity during and after the fault current interrupting event. Computational fluid dynamics models have already been developed to study the pressure and temperature changes, and the velocity distribution of supercritical fluids for designs of the chamber, nozzle, and contact system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the engineering challenge of connection compatibility with existing high-voltage electrical equipment\/infrastructure, and the subsequent workforce training that will entail, market adoption is critical hurdle to clear.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To replace existing circuit breakers, we cannot just show that TESLA passed all required tests,\u0026rdquo; said Jonathan Goldman, principal at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Venturelab. \u0026ldquo;Gaining trust from large utility companies is also one of our crucial tasks. We will seek opinions from experts from various backgrounds.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGoldman and electrical engineering professor Santiago Grijalva will work with several industry partners to guide the design process, explore additional application segments, and advise on the commercialization of TESLA.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGetting to Work\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe interdisciplinary team will design and build the proposed circuit breaker at a high voltage rating (245 kV, 4 kA) and validate the design and functionality using a synthetic test circuit. The testbed will be modular in design and enable both high-current and high-voltage testing without needing access to a high-power source or generator. According to Graber, the development of such experimental capability is not only important for the TESLA project, but also for the power and energy industry of the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year ARPA-E-funded project will culminate in the development of a TESLA\u0026nbsp;prototype tested at the Paul B. Jacob High Voltage Laboratory at Mississippi State University \u0026mdash; the largest university-operated high voltage facility in North America. 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Eyeglasses, telescopes, cameras, and microscopes have all literally and figuratively allowed us to see the world in a new light. Lenses are also a fundamental component of manufacturing nanoelectronics by the semiconductor industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the most impactful breakthroughs of lens technology in recent history has been the development of photonic metasurfaces \u0026mdash; artificially engineered nano-scale materials with remarkable optical properties. Georgia Tech researchers at the forefront of this technology have recently demonstrated the first-ever\u0026nbsp;electrically tunable\u0026nbsp;photonic metasurface platform in a recent study published by\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-29374-6\u0022\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Metasurfaces can make the optical systems very thin, and as they become easier to control and tune, you\u0026rsquo;ll soon find them in cell phone cameras and similar electronic imaging systems,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/ali-adibi\u0022\u003EAli Adibi\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe pronounced tuning measures achieved through the new platform represent a critical advancement towards the development of miniaturized reconfigurable metasurfaces. The results of the study have shown a record eleven-fold change in the reflective properties, a large range of spectral tuning for operation, and much faster tuning speed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHeating Up Metasurfaces\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMetasurfaces are a class of nanophotonic materials in which a large range of miniaturized elements are engineered to affect the transmission and reflection of light at different frequencies in a controlled way.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;When viewing under very strong microscopes, metasurfaces look like a periodic array of posts,\u0026rdquo; said Adibi. \u0026ldquo;The best analogy would be to think of a LEGO pattern formed by connecting many similar LEGO bricks next to each other.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince their inception, metasurfaces have been used to demonstrate that very thin optical devices can affect light propagation with metalenses (the formation of thin lenses) being the most developed application.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite impressive progress, most demonstrated metasurfaces are passive, meaning their performance cannot be changed (or tuned) after fabrication. The work presented by Adibi and his team, led by Ph.D. candidate Sajjad Abdollahramezani, applies electrical heat to a special class of nanophotonic materials to create a platform that can enable reconfigurable metasurfaces to be easily manufactured with high levels of optical modulation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPCMs Provide the Answer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA wide range of materials may be used to form metasurfaces including metals, oxides, and semiconductors, but Abdollahramezani and Adibi\u0026rsquo;s research focuses on phase-change materials (PCMs) because they can form the most effective structures with the smallest feature sizes. PCMs are substances that absorb and release heat during the process of heating and cooling. They are called \u0026ldquo;phase-change\u0026rdquo; materials because they go from one crystallization state to another during the thermal cycling process. Water changing from a liquid to a solid or gas is the most common example.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team\u0026rsquo;s experiments are substantially more complicated than heating and freezing water. Knowing that the optical properties of PCMs can be altered by local heating, they have harnessed the full potential of the PCM alloy Ge\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003ESb\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003ETe\u003Csub\u003E5\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GST), which is a compound of\u0026nbsp;germanium,\u0026nbsp;antimony, and\u0026nbsp;tellurium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy combining the optical design with a miniaturized electrical microheater underneath, the team can change the crystalline phase of the GST to make active tuning of the metasurface device possible.\u0026nbsp;The fabricated metasurfaces were developed at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/nano\u0022\u003EInstitute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(IEN) and tested in characterization labs by illuminating the reconfigurable metasurfaces with laser light at different frequencies and measuring the properties of the reflected light in real time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat Tunable Metasurfaces Mean for the Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDriven by device miniaturization and system integration, as well as their ability to selectively reflect different colors of light, metasurfaces are rapidly replacing bulky optical assemblies of the past. Immediate impact on technologies like LiDAR systems for autonomous cars,\u0026nbsp;imaging, spectroscopy, and sensing is expected.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith further development, more aggressive applications like computing, augmented reality, photonic chips for artificial intelligence, and biohazard detection can also be envisioned, according to Abdollahramezani and Adibi.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As the platform continues to develop, reconfigurable metasurfaces will be found everywhere,\u0026rdquo; said Adibi. \u0026ldquo;They will even empower smaller endoscopes to go deep inside the body for better imaging and help medical\u0026nbsp;sensors detect different biomarkers in blood.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Abdollahramezani, S., Hemmatyar, O., Taghinejad, M.\u0026nbsp;et al.\u0026nbsp;Electrically driven reprogrammable phase-change metasurface reaching 80% efficiency.\u0026nbsp;Nat Commun13,\u0026nbsp;1696 (2022). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-022-29374-6\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFunding:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 1837021. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The work was primarily funded by Office of Naval Research (ONR) (N00014-18-1-2055, Dr. B. Bennett) and by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (D19AC00001, Dr. R. Chandrasekar). W.C. acknowledges support from ONR (N00014-17-1-2555) and National Science Foundation (NSF) (DMR-2004749). A. Al\u0026ugrave; acknowledges support from Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Simons Foundation. M.W. acknowledges support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 917). M.E.S. acknowledges financial support of NSF-CHE (1608801). This work was performed in part at the Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN), a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), which is supported by NSF (ECCS1542174).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Harnessing the power of \u201cphase-change\u201d materials, Georgia Tech researchers have demonstrated how reconfigurable metasurfaces \u2014 artificial materials with extraordinary optical properties \u2014 are crucial to the future of nanotechnology.  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It\u0026#39;s getting late, and you realize you still need to make a trip across campus to pick up supplies from the school bookstore and find a bite to eat.\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat if there was a way for the school supplies and food to be delivered right to your dorm \u0026ndash; not by car or foot, but by drone?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne class that is part of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and Georgia Tech could soon turn that idea into a reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class, called Experimental Flights, is developing a drone delivery network that would allow students on Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s campus in Atlanta to place orders for items such as school supplies and food through a mobile app, and have a drone deliver those items to a secure locker station close to their dorm. The app would have a similar look and feel to the app used for popular ridesharing services and students could use it to view wait times for the next available drone, track their package, and receive a unique code to access their purchase.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael Mayo, a GTRI senior research engineer who is the lead instructor for the class, said his initial goal is to roll out the drone delivery network to students at Georgia Tech and then to consider other locations later on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;We\u0026rsquo;ve been working on this kind of network for a couple of years now and have leveraged knowledge from a lot of different disciplines at Tech \u0026ndash; including aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science,\u0026quot; Mayo said. \u0026quot;Success for this project would be for us to develop a fully-functional drone delivery network on Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s campus that would serve as a model for future drone delivery networks across the country and world.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVIP is an education program supported by Tech and GTRI that allows undergraduate and graduate students to earn academic credit for working with faculty on projects they don\u0026#39;t typically encounter in a classroom setting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudent teams work closely with faculty advisors and graduate student mentors. Classes are held once a week, though team members usually hold additional meetings outside of class. Prospective students who are interested in joining the program can apply to a team that interests them on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/vip-vertically-integrated-projects-program\u0022\u003ETech\u0026#39;s VIP website\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EDiversity of Thought\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Experimental Flights class attracts a diverse group of class years and majors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the spring 2022 semester, the course included 33 undergraduate students ranging from first years to fourth years with the following majors: aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science. 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Heaton said working with a diverse group of students has enabled her to apply the concepts she has learned from her major to solve real-world issues, while also gaining experience developing hardware systems that supports emerging technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I\u0026#39;m on our class\u0026#39; hardware team, so I help assemble all of the parts of the drone and also work a little bit with 3D software modeling,\u0026quot; Heaton said. \u0026quot;There\u0026#39;s a lot of new technologies coming out \u0026ndash; whether it\u0026#39;s drones, or other plane-related things \u0026ndash; and they all have so much potential.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother student, Tim Boyer, a third-year electrical engineering major who has also been a member of the class since fall 2020, said he most enjoys VIP\u0026#39;s interdisciplinary focus and getting the chance to tinker with drones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I really enjoy working with mechanical engineering and computer science majors to make a project come together,\u0026quot; Boyer said. \u0026quot;It\u0026#39;s also great because I have always been interested in drones, so this class is a great outlet to play around with that kind of hardware.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVIP Programs are now active in over 40 universities, with more than 4,500 students participating per term around the globe. The entire Georgia Tech VIP program currently serves 84 VIP teams involving more than 200 faculty and over 1,500 students. GTRI has 13 VIP teams that involve roughly 40 faculty members.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EPreparing for Launch\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMayo\u0026#39;s class has assembled a few drone prototypes with the help of drone assembly kits and 3D printing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe cost to create one drone is under $1,000, and each prototype can currently carry packages that weigh up to 2 pounds, according to Mayo.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The cost of drones, batteries and other associated components continue to decrease, which makes the economics of this type of delivery system more and more favorable,\u0026quot; Mayo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDrone delivery offers several benefits to traditional car-based services, including the potential for reduced greenhouse gas emissions as smaller and lighter packages are transported via drones instead of delivery trucks. This alternative delivery method could also reduce roadway congestion and lower the risk of car accidents. Drone delivery could also enable greater route flexibility, resulting in consumers receiving their packages sooner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond package delivery, drones are useful in disaster relief settings when organizations need to send goods to places with restricted access, and also in military settings to help ground troops collect key intelligence and not risking helicopter crews to deliver supplies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Experimental Flights class has successfully completed initial flight testing for their drones in a controlled environment that has been approved by the Georgia Tech Police Department and demonstrated the drones\u0026#39; ability to transport small packages. The class has also constructed a prototype package locker that can securely store multiple packages and that the drone can directly drop packages into.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class is currently designing the mobile app for end users and a flight control center to manage drone operation. The path the drone takes through campus for each delivery will be automatically generated using an algorithm designed by the class. The algorithm has been designed to optimize the drone\u0026#39;s flight path to ensure maximum safety by avoiding flight over people while also reducing delivery times when possible. Drones will fly themselves autonomously to their destination during normal operation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMayo noted a fully-operational drone would transmit real-time telemetry and live video streams to the flight control center at all times, and in the event of an emergency, a human operator would assume manual control of the drone. Packages will be secured with both an electromagnet and with the landing gear of the drone itself during transport to reduce the risk of a package becoming dislodged during flight. Rotor cowlings will be added to the drones to minimize the chance of human contact with the rotors \u0026ndash; or a fanlike component that drones rely on for propulsion and control \u0026ndash; during normal operation and in the event that a drone flies off its approved path.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore implementing a drone delivery network on campus, the class would need to gain approval from campus administrators and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Special preparation will also need to be made to get FAA approval to fly the drones beyond visual line of sight, which is a requirement for most drone operations,\u0026quot; Mayo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce the drone delivery system becomes fully operational, the only initial cost to students would be the items that they order, Mayo said. An additional delivery cost, similar to those for food delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, could be included later on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELooking ahead, the class aims to perform flight tests where the drone would pick up a sample package and deliver the item to a locker station in one trip.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EBeyond the Classroom\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMayo\u0026#39;s class is currently seeking corporate collaborations to apply their drone delivery concept to areas such as inventory management and more widespread package delivery. His class is currently collaborating with U.S. furniture company Steelcase to study the use of drones for indoor and outdoor inventory management.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMayo said he considers a collaboration between students and companies to be a win-win for both groups. 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The team, which also includes researchers from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nist.gov\u0022\u003ENational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/\u0022\u003EOak Ridge National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, has already demonstrated key elements of the system using a 10-qubit ion chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The implications of a quantum solution to this optimization challenge could be dramatic,\u0026rdquo; said Creston Herold, a GTRI senior research scientist who is principal investigator for the program, which is known as Optimization with Trapped Ion Qubits (OPTIQ). \u0026ldquo;Previously intractable problems could be solvable, and computation time could be reduced from days to hours or minutes. That could allow optimization to be applied to many more tasks, improving operational efficiency, and saving time, money, and energy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research is supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/\u0022\u003EDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)\u003C\/a\u003E as part of its Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Devices (ONISQ) program. Specifically, the GTRI-led team will use the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) to tackle a difficult optimization challenge known as Max-Cut and related optimization problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOptimization Key to Defense and Commercial Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOptimization is important to a broad range of defense and commercial challenges, including logistics management, security, reliability, sensing, communications, electronic design and manufacturing, and image segmentation. Package delivery services use optimization algorithms every day to determine the best delivery routes, but some optimization issues are so complex that they cannot be solved using existing approaches. For those, quantum approaches may provide the only solution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the quantum component of the project, the research team plans to leverage the massively parallel operations possible with trapped ions, performing many two-qubit gates simultaneously and scaling up to hundreds of qubits. The operations will be performed in two-dimensional ion crystals within Penning traps, devices that contain and control the ions using both a homogeneous axial magnetic field and an inhomogeneous quadrupole electric field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project will utilize a unique Penning trap configuration that uses powerful rare-earth permanent magnets instead of bulky, cryo-cooled superconducting magnets. GTRI Senior Research Scientist Brian Sawyer and Research Scientist Brian McMahon developed the trapping system, which was part of McMahon\u0026rsquo;s Ph.D. thesis at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHybrid Quantum and Classical Computing Approaches\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause quantum and classical computing rely on dramatically different techniques, they provide different strengths that the project can use in a complementary way, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/swati-gupta\u0022\u003ESwati Gupta\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering who studies complex optimization issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The building blocks are quite different for classical computing and quantum computing,\u0026rdquo; Gupta noted. \u0026ldquo;That is exciting and challenging to understand as we build a bridge between these two regimes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn some cases, only approximate solutions can now be produced by classical computing systems \u0026ndash; and even those may require long run times.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The speed of operations is very relevant these days because we need to make decisions every second and every minute,\u0026rdquo; Gupta said. \u0026ldquo;The dream is that by using a combination of classical and quantum machines, we will be able to significantly beat what can be done with just classical devices.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESecond Phase Builds on Initial 10-Qubit Work\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the first 18 months of the project, the researchers demonstrated that they can prepare their optimization machine using an ion chain composed of 10 qubits. In the second phase, they will tackle the challenge of scaling that up to the hundreds of qubits \u0026ndash; and perhaps as many as a thousand \u0026ndash; that will be necessary to run the optimization algorithm using controls developed with the 10-qubit system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One of the goals is to run this optimization algorithm with more qubits than has ever been demonstrated before,\u0026rdquo; Herold said. \u0026ldquo;On the way, we are also going to show control in a two-dimensional ion crystal in a Penning trap that has not been demonstrated before. That may lead to applications similar to QAOA, in which we can also add more degrees of freedom to analog simulations of quantum systems with trapped ions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the Penning trap, the ions in the crystal will affect one another, allowing interactions to be created throughout the system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In choosing an optimization problem that was most natural for trapped ions, we looked at the fact that a collection of ions in a crystal all \u0026lsquo;feel\u0026rsquo; one another,\u0026rdquo; Herold said. \u0026ldquo;There is a repulsion between them because they are all positively charged, and that leads to a pairwise interaction between each of the particles that can be created in a global way.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAddressing the Technical Challenges Ahead\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQuantum systems tend to be noisy, which can create a significant error rate. The research team includes scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who are using a supercomputer there to map the best pathway to minimizing noise in the quantum system as it is scaled up.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the technical challenges ahead will be maintaining a uniform magnetic field using permanent magnets instead of superconducting magnets, which are normally the size of a residential hot water heater.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We had the idea to make a small trap to get rid of the superconducting magnet,\u0026rdquo; said Sawyer. \u0026ldquo;But you have to play tricks to make sure the field is as uniform as possible because you want every ion spinning at the same rate regardless of where it is in the trap. That is tricky to do with small permanent magnets.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2D Ion Crystal Formed by Doppler-Laser Cooling\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers plan to use Doppler-laser cooling \u0026ndash; slowing the motion of the ions \u0026ndash; to create a crystalline structure in which the calcium ions are arranged in triangular arrays. Creating that stable structure is crucial to the ability to know the location of each ion so that their states can be individually flipped.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To run this algorithm, we need to be able to point to one ion and then another ion and know exactly where they are at all times to program the particular graphs we need to solve Max-Cut,\u0026rdquo; said Herold.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond demonstrating a quantum Max-Cut solver, the research could have implications for other optimization problems that are now considered especially difficult because their solution requires many qubits and a complex circuit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These optimization problems can often be translated into others, so if you can solve one of them really well, there\u0026rsquo;s a class of universal problems that can be addressed,\u0026rdquo; said Herold. \u0026ldquo;Solving one particular problem can provide the kernel for an optimizer.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under contract No. HR001120C0046. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed or implied, of DARPA or the U.S. government.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter: John Toon (John.Toon@gtri.gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A research team led by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is demonstrating a hybrid computing system that will combine the advantages of classical computing with those of quantum computing to tackle some of the most difficult optimization problems"}],"uid":"35832","created_gmt":"2022-04-27 12:35:11","changed_gmt":"2022-04-27 12:35:11","author":"Michelle Gowdy","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657646":{"id":"657646","type":"image","title":"Quantum-optimization-1","body":null,"created":"1651062115","gmt_created":"2022-04-27 12:21:55","changed":"1651062115","gmt_changed":"2022-04-27 12:21:55","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249258","name":"quantum-optimization-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/quantum-optimization-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/quantum-optimization-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":661726,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/quantum-optimization-1.jpg?itok=Q_t7e5bf"}},"657647":{"id":"657647","type":"image","title":"Quantum-optimization-14","body":null,"created":"1651062207","gmt_created":"2022-04-27 12:23:27","changed":"1651062207","gmt_changed":"2022-04-27 12:23:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249259","name":"quantum-optimization-14.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/quantum-optimization-14.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/quantum-optimization-14.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":417501,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/quantum-optimization-14.jpg?itok=EzjFO7jJ"}}},"media_ids":["657646","657647"],"groups":[{"id":"1276","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"190446","name":"Quantum optimization"},{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"166902","name":"science and technology"},{"id":"167755","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"},{"id":"108061","name":"Oak Ridge National Laboratory"},{"id":"10619","name":"National Institute of Standards and Technology"},{"id":"690","name":"darpa"},{"id":"190447","name":"hybrid computing system"},{"id":"924","name":"national defense"},{"id":"190448","name":"Penning trap"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"190449","name":"Doppler-Laser Cooling"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E(Interim) Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichelle Gowdy\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichelle.Gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-407-8060\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"657308":{"#nid":"657308","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New \u201cMicro-rocker\u201d Bots Are Powered by a Single Electromagnetic Coil","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have shown that robots about the size of a particle of dust are capable of precise bidirectional control. By harnessing the power of a magnetic field generated by only a single electromagnetic coil, the mobile micro-robots are the smallest of their type.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are swimmer micro-robots that move in a fluid with similar size, but these are the smallest \u0026lsquo;walking\u0026rsquo; robots that move on a solid surface,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/azadeh-ansari\u0022\u003EAzadeh Ansari\u003C\/a\u003E, the Sutterfield Family Early Career Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech study was recently published in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/epdf\/10.1007\/s12213-022-00149-y?sharing_token=6BaiN27mwVkc99vtLSaG3fe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY534Rn_nre52BTa_Z7xlrh6cyolUy9n466Ww7Qz2L30gRo5MLOf7TBMAB6zPtlJr0xHOf1Eu7bqaTbyxfNqz_VCR-ISucKah5fzGAh5bcWtDYPmB-Y66VctYdo7WQA39L4%3D\u0022\u003EJournal of Micro-Bio Robotics\u003C\/a\u003E. Currently, most magnetically-actuated micro-bot systems rely on adding multiple electromagnets to enable full control, resulting in higher power consumption and less flexible setups. Being able to demonstrate that a single coil setup is enough for precise bidirectional motion control is a significant hurdle to clear, according to Ansari. With the micro-bots now much easier to operate, the team has been able to demonstrate micromanipulation capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With what we\u0026rsquo;ve shown, we can already think of applying the micro-bots in a lab setting,\u0026rdquo; said Ansari. \u0026ldquo;You could have hundreds of robots on the same substrate working akin to ants in a colony.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Spring 2019, Ansari\u0026rsquo;s team showcased larger (two millimeters long)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/623453\/tiny-vibration-powered-robots-are-size-worlds-smallest-ant\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;micro-bristle-bots\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that could move by harnessing vibrations. Vibrations are no longer needed to move the micro-bots because of their updated \u0026ldquo;rocker\u0026rdquo; design \u0026mdash; hence micro-rocker bots. The new design allows the bots to move by performing a stick\u0026ndash;slip motion with an out-of-plane magnetic field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStick-slip motion basically refers to the two states of the robot; one when the robot is in a pinned\/stationary position on the surface and the other when the robot \u0026ldquo;slips\u0026rdquo; slightly in one direction and achieves net motion, according to Ph.D. student Tony Wang. When the magnetic field is turned on, the robot will essentially rise and then fall. This motion enables enough kinetic energy to allow the robot to move.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore Than a New Design\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEqually as important as the rocker design, the paper demonstrates the novel use of a waveform offset for biasing the direction of the robot\u0026#39;s trajectory. The sign of the magnetic field offset (positive or negative), as well as the rocker\u0026rsquo;s angle with the surface, is what determines the direction the micro-bots will travel. Combined, the rocker design and the magnetic offset make the micro-bots capable of well-controlled, and importantly selectable, movement. The acceleration and deceleration of the micro-rocker bots can further be controlled by changing the frequency of the magnetic field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 100-micrometre long micro-bots were 3D printed on to a glass substrate via two-photon lithography and subsequently deposited with a nickel thin film, which acts as a semi-hard magnet in response to external magnetic fields. For many lab applications the robots can be directly printed on the substrate that will go under the microscope, but they can also be printed and transported with a micropipette.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are lot of areas the micro-robots can be applied to within the current 2D, under-the-microscope process we\u0026rsquo;ve established so far,\u0026rdquo; said Ansari. \u0026ldquo;But there\u0026rsquo;s also a future where they can be injected into living organisms to deliver drugs or repair injuries.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team is currently working to equip a micro-bot with a tip that could potentially insert nanoparticles into biological tissue for drug delivery or DNA extraction. Their findings will be presented at the\u0026nbsp;Hilton Head Workshop 2022: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop this June.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E****\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ETony Wang, DeaGyu Kim, Yifan Shi, and Zhijian Hao, Azadeh Ansari \u0026ldquo;Bidirectional microscale rocker robots controlled via neutral position offset\u0026rdquo; (Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 2022).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12213-022-00149-y\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12213-022-00149-y\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFunding:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;This work is supported by Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE-1650044. The device fabrication was performed at the Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology clean room facilities, a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), which is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant ECCS-1542174).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Once the size of ants, these Georgia Tech 3D-printed micro-robots can now only be seen under a microscope."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-04-14 20:09:19","changed_gmt":"2022-04-19 13:17:07","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657353":{"id":"657353","type":"image","title":"Azadeh Ansari, Georgia Tech Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering","body":null,"created":"1650044663","gmt_created":"2022-04-15 17:44:23","changed":"1650044663","gmt_changed":"2022-04-15 17:44:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249154","name":"Azadeha.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Azadeha.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Azadeha.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":224467,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Azadeha.jpeg?itok=vAMYJ9os"}},"657355":{"id":"657355","type":"image","title":"Azadeh Ansari in the lab","body":null,"created":"1650045275","gmt_created":"2022-04-15 17:54:35","changed":"1650045275","gmt_changed":"2022-04-15 17:54:35","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249156","name":"19C10200-P46-010.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/19C10200-P46-010.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/19C10200-P46-010.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1654585,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/19C10200-P46-010.jpg?itok=CefnJ24z"}}},"media_ids":["657353","657355"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/azadeh-ansari","title":"Azadeh Ansari "},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"ECE"},{"url":"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/cJvPH","title":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics "},{"url":"https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/623453\/tiny-vibration-powered-robots-are-size-worlds-smallest-ant","title":"Micro-bristle-Bot, 2019"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175301","name":"Azadeh Ansari"},{"id":"190376","name":"micro-rocker bots"},{"id":"2435","name":"ECE"},{"id":"190377","name":"3D-printing"},{"id":"190378","name":"stick-slip motion"},{"id":"1163","name":"microsystems"},{"id":"190379","name":"electromagnetic coil"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"656785":{"#nid":"656785","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Future of 5G+ Infrastructure Could be Built Tile by Tile","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E5G+ (5G\/Beyond 5G) is the fastest-growing segment and the only significant opportunity for investment growth in the wireless network infrastructure market, according to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021-08-04-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-5g-network-infrastrucutre-revenue-to-grow-39pc-in-2021\u0022\u003Ethe latest forecast by Gartner, Inc.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;But currently 5G+ technologies rely on large antenna arrays that are typically bulky and come only in very limited sizes, making them difficult to transport and expensive to customize.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering have developed a novel and flexible solution to address the problem. Their additively manufactured tile-based approach can construct on-demand, massively scalable arrays of 5G+ (5G\/Beyond 5G)\u2010enabled smart skins with the potential to enable intelligence on nearly any surface or object. The study,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-022-06096-9\u0022\u003Erecently published in Scientific Reports\u003C\/a\u003E, describes the approach, which is not only much easier to scale and customize than current practices, but features no performance degradation whenever flexed or scaled to a very large number of tiles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Typically, there are a lot of smaller wireless network systems working together, but they are not scalable. With the current techniques, you can\u0026rsquo;t increase, decrease, or direct bandwidth, especially for very large areas,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003EManos\u0026nbsp;Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E, Ken Byers Professor in Flexible Electronics in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Being able to utilize and scale this novel tile-based approach makes this possible.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETentzeris says his team\u0026rsquo;s modular application equipped with 5G+ capability has the potential for immediate, large-scale impact as the telecommunications industry continues to rapidly transition to standards for faster, higher capacity, and lower latency communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBUILDING THE TILES\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s new approach, flexible and additively manufactured tiles are assembled onto a single, flexible underlying layer. This allows tile arrays to be attached to a multitude of surfaces. The architecture also allows for very large 5G+ phased\/electronically steerable antenna array networks to be installed on-the-fly. According to Tentzeris, attaching a tile array to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is even a possibility to surge broadband capacity in low coverage areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, the team fabricated a proof-of-concept, flexible 5\u0026times;5-centimeter tile array and wrapped it around a 3.5-centimeter radius curvature. Each tile includes an antenna subarray and an integrated, beamforming integrated circuit on an underlying tiling layer to create a smart skin that can seamlessly interconnect the tiles into very large antenna arrays and massive multiple-input multiple-outputs (MIMOs) \u0026mdash; the practice of housing two or more antennas within a single wireless device. Tile-based array architectures on rigid surfaces with single antenna elements have been researched before, but do not include the modularity, additive manufacturability, or flexible implementation of the Georgia Tech design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed modular tile approach means tiles of identical sizes can be manufactured in large quantities and are easily replaceable, reducing the cost of customization and repairs. Essentially, this approach combines removable elements, modularity, massive scalability, low cost, and flexibility into one system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E5G+ IS JUST THE BEGINNING\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the tiling architecture has demonstrated the ability to greatly enhance 5G+ technologies, its combination of flexible and conformal capabilities has the potential to be applied in numerous different environments, the Georgia Tech team says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The shape and features of each tile scale can be singular and can accommodate different frequency bands and power levels,\u0026rdquo; said Tentzeris. \u0026ldquo;One could have communications capabilities, another sensing capabilities, and another could be an energy harvester tile for solar, thermal, or ambient RF energy. The application of the tile framework is not limited to communications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInternet of Things, virtual reality, as well as smart manufacturing\/Industry 4.0 \u0026mdash; a technology-driven approach that utilizes internet-connected \u0026ldquo;intelligent\u0026rdquo; machinery to monitor and fully automate the production process \u0026mdash; are additional areas of application the team is excited to explore.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The tile-architecture\u0026rsquo;s mass scalability makes its applications particularly diverse and virtually ubiquitous. From structures the size of dams and buildings, to machinery or cars, down to individual health-monitoring wearables,\u0026rdquo; said Tentzeris. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re moving in a direction where everything will be covered in some type of a wireless conformal smart skin encompassing electronically steerable antenna arrays of widely diverse sizes that will allow for effective monitoring.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team now looks forward to testing the approach outside the lab on large, real-world structures. They are currently working on the fabrication of much larger, fully inkjet-printed tile arrays (256+ elements) that will be presented at the upcoming International Microwave Symposium (IEEE IMS 2022) \u0026ndash; the flagship IEEE conference in RF and microwave engineering. The IMS presentation will introduce a new tile-based large-area architecture version that will allow assembly of customizable tile arrays in a rapid and low-cost fashion for numerous conformal platforms and 5G+ enabled applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E****\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe authors declare no competing interests.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis work was supported in part by the\u0026nbsp;National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECITATIONS: He, X., Cui, Y. \u0026amp; Tentzeris, M.M. Tile-based massively scalable MIMO and phased arrays for 5G\/B5G-enabled smart skins and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. 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But during Women\u0026#39;s History Month this March, Clark has one message for aspiring female leaders across the globe: Be yourself.\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;One of the things I would tell young women is don\u0026#39;t just try to fit in \u0026ndash; be yourself,\u0026quot; said Clark. \u0026quot;Find the things that you\u0026#39;re good at, and that you want to do, and go out and do them.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClark serves as the chief scientist for the Air National Guard Program Office (ANGPO) of the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/laboratories\/electronic-systems-laboratory\u0022\u003EElectronic Systems Lab (ELSYS)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). In this role, Clark oversees the organization\u0026#39;s Independent Research and Development (IRAD) portfolio and develops strategies to promote and enhance the program office\u0026#39;s technical capabilities. Much of Clark\u0026#39;s work occurs at GTRI\u0026#39;s Tucson, Ariz., field office, which provides aircraft engineering and test support for the Air National Guard-Air Force Reserve Command Test Center and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, as well as support for various U.S. Department of Defense computer network defense efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I lead a lot of our independent R\u0026amp;D research, building out future capabilities, and making sure that we\u0026#39;re looking ahead for what our sponsors need, which is primarily Air National Guard flight tests,\u0026quot; Clark said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn particular, Clark has played an instrumental role in GTRI\u0026#39;s collaboration with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and the U.S. Air Force Logistics Directorate\u0026rsquo;s (HAF\/A4L) Tesseract Office of Innovation to help evaluate the applicability of commercial airline maintenance practices to military aircraft fleets. A study done to test the application of these best practices facilitated better aircraft utilization and more flight hours for a group of ten C-5M Super Galaxy transports, the largest aircraft in the Air Force\u0026rsquo;s fleet.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClark also currently teaches a course for undergraduate students in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. The class, called \u0026quot;Fundamentals of Digital Design,\u0026quot; examines how various electrical components \u0026ndash; such as switches and wires \u0026ndash; work together to support digital computing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EIn the Family\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClark attributes her initial interest in joining the military to her father, who was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force and served from 1956 to 1985.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrowing up a military brat, Clark relished in experiencing new sights and cultures as she frequently moved with her family to different locations across the country and world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I moved around a lot \u0026ndash; we bounced back and forth between California, Virginia, Georgia, and Italy,\u0026quot; Clark said. \u0026quot;I loved it.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduating from high school in Valdosta, Ga., \u0026ndash; home of Moody Air Force Base where her father retired \u0026ndash; Clark attended the United States Air Force Academy, which kickstarted a 30-year career in the Air Force. Clark retired from the Air Force in 2018 at the rank of colonel, which is the most senior field-grade military officer rank that is equivalent to a captain in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EFeminine Flair\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClark said her undergraduate experience underscored the importance of speaking up and proving that she and her female counterparts could compete in a challenging military environment. During those days, Clark looked to the female military \u0026#39;superstars\u0026#39; of the past for strength and guidance, though she noted that at the time, female role models were few and far between.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;When my class came to the Air Force Academy, women weren\u0026#39;t allowed to fight or do any kind of combat missions and really had not been fully adopted into the force,\u0026quot; Clark explained. \u0026quot;There were some superstars who had made it, but we really didn\u0026#39;t have the numbers to feel as if we were part and parcel of the military.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of those \u0026#39;superstars\u0026#39; that Clark received inspiration from was \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grace_Hopper\u0022\u003EGrace Hopper\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, an American computer scientist who coined the term \u0026#39;software bug\u0026#39; and served as rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. Hopper managed the development of one of the first compilers that led to the creation of COBOL, a high-level computer programming language that is still in use today. In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language, or the source language, into another language, called the target language, that facilitates the creation of an executable program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fact that Clark had relatively few female role models to rely on as a military officer actually enabled her and others to set a precedent for future female military leaders \u0026ndash; one in which women were able to embrace the qualities that made them unique instead of merely blending in with their male peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Women solve problems differently and approach things differently,\u0026quot; Clark said. \u0026quot;When I was a colonel in the Air Force, I could then look at other women being recognized as being very good at problem solving, building consensus opinions, and doing their homework ahead of time.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EFuture Focused\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClark praised GTRI for its dedication to celebrating women\u0026#39;s achievements. Specifically, Clark noted GTRI\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;entrepreneurial spirit\u0026#39; has provided a space for her and other women to lead teams, build their own programs, and contribute to the strategic direction of the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI offers six employee resource groups (ERGs) that drive opportunities for employee engagement, professional development, education, training, recruitment, retention, and community outreach. One of those is HER@GTRI, which exists for employees who identify as women.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClark encourages young women who are eager to become leaders in their own field \u0026ndash; whether at GTRI, Georgia Tech or elsewhere \u0026ndash; to embrace the qualities that make them unique, while remaining mindful of the female trailblazers who came before them and made it all possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;With that sense of obligation that my generation had to fit in and prove ourselves, I think we paid those dues and the gift to the next generation is take that, run with it, and grow,\u0026quot; Clark said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWriter: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:anna.akins@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAnna Akins\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPhotos: Christopher Moore\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Air Force veteran, chief scientist, and academic are just three of the many impressive titles included in GTRI Senior Research Engineer Anne Clark\u0027s curriculum vitae. 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We\u0026#39;ve been very careful to make sure all voices are heard,\u0026rdquo; said Inan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u0026ldquo;IV Infiltration Detection Technologies Research Team\u0026rdquo; is recognized for creating a new biomedical device that monitors for important safety issues that can occur during intravenous (IV) therapy \u0026ndash; the process of delivering liquids or medicines through a needle directly into a patient\u0026rsquo;s veins. The technology has the opportunity to be successfully commercialized for improving patient safety of those receiving IV therapy around the world, especially children\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s very exciting that\u0026nbsp;this\u0026nbsp;innovative, high-functioning\u0026nbsp;research team has been honored with the Georgia CTSA\u0026nbsp;Presidents\u0026rsquo; Award,\u0026rdquo; said Julia\u0026nbsp;Kubanek,\u0026nbsp;vice president for Interdisciplinary Research. \u0026ldquo;Because of this research collaboration between\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech, Emory, Children\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;and GCMI,\u0026nbsp;one of the biggest problems affecting patient safety in hospital settings might finally be solved. Georgia Tech is grateful to the Georgia CTSA to be part of this distinction and its help in accelerating the impact of our research\u0026nbsp;in Georgia and beyond.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInan, the ECE Linda J. and Mark C. 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Inan incorporated past research on wearable biomedical technology for monitoring things like knee and joint health throughout device development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team includes experts in sensing and machine learning for health, pediatric intensive care, vascular access and care, and medical device design and development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To address problems this big, you need a big team with more expertise than the narrow technology-focused faculty member and Ph.D. student may have within a given lab,\u0026rdquo; said Inan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the award-winning team include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESherry Farrugia, chief executive officer of the GCMI. Farrugia has cultivated the relationship between Georgia Tech and Children\u0026#39;s and provided immense support with legal agreements and visibility. She has worked with the team to ensure that regulatory and medical device translation elements are incorporated into the plans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMike Fisher, director for product development at GCMI. Fisher worked with Inan and Mabrouk to collaborate on the packaging and cleaning of the wearable prototype in preparation for use in the human subject study at Children\u0026#39;s.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKevin Maher, professor of pediatrics and pediatric cardiologist at Emory School of Medicine. Maher is the Co-PI and serves as the clinical lead for the overall effort.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESamer Mabrouk, research engineer at Georgia Tech ECE. Mabrouk was the lead Ph.D. student on the project from 2017-20 and has been the technical lead on the project as a postdoctoral researcher since 2020.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAmy Parker and Lynn Pogue, registered nurses at Children\u0026#39;s. Parker and Pogue were the caregivers that first brought the clinical problem to the attention of the Georgia Tech and Emory team. They have been involved from the start of the project and have provided support, clinical expertise, and user feedback throughout the design process.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EZahidee (Saidie) Rodriguez, pediatric intensivist at Children\u0026#39;s. Rodriguez is the key partner for the observational clinical study and facilitated and overseen the data collection and collaborated with the engineering team for data interpretation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELeanne West, chief engineer for pediatric technologies at Georgia Tech. West contributed intellectually to the project from the start and worked with Farrugia to support the collaborative interactions with the team.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch by the team began in 2014 when West surveyed doctors and nurses at Children\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;and learned IV infiltration was cited by many as a major challenge within the field. She reached out to Inan and Maher to form a team to collaborate on the formulation of an innovative, wearable sensing-based medical device for early detection of peripheral IV infiltration and extravasation (PIVIE) events. PIVIE events occur when a fluid leaks outside the vein into the surrounding tissue. Depending on the contents of the IV solution, the effects can range from swelling to blisters, severe tissue injury, or even necrosis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0026rsquo;s innovative multi-modal sensing design has been recently validated in preclinical and observational clinical studies. The team now plans to incorporate a detection alarm with wireless communications in the device to alert caregivers of a PIVIE event, conduct a clinical study to demonstrate safety and effectiveness of the device and algorithm, and submit paperwork for 510(k) clearance from the FDA towards commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the winner of the President\u0026rsquo;s Award of Distinction for Team Science, the team will receive $5,000 towards furthering their work. 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The team, led by Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/people\/marilyn-j-smith\u0022\u003EMarilyn Smith\u003C\/a\u003E, is one of six \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-awards-contracts-for-rotorcraft-vertical-lift-technology-services\/\u0022\u003Echosen by NASA\u003C\/a\u003E and the only higher education institution selected as a leader.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will provide resources and technical expertise to support the Rotorcraft Vertical Lift Technology Development through task orders in areas such as advanced rotorcraft technologies, testing, flight controls, and health management. Most of the work will be performed on campus, with some taking place at NASA\u0026rsquo;s Ames Research Center in California.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Rotorcraft Vertical Lift Technology Development (RVLTD) award is an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery\/Indefinite Quantity) contract with a total ceiling of $40 million. It allows Georgia Tech to propose, apply, and quickly learn if they\u0026rsquo;re selected for NASA research projects that could also include developing codes, accessing models for validation, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Instead of writing a 30-page research proposal and waiting up to year for a decision, this contract vehicle allows us to submit a brief statement of work in response to NASA\u0026rsquo;s requests for support. We will learn within a few weeks if NASA selects our team for each request,\u0026rdquo; said Smith, a faculty member in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering (AE School)\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a significant advantage that allows us to collaborate closer with NASA.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech group includes GTRI (Georgia Tech Research Institute) and the University of Texas at Arlington. It also includes a number of private companies around the country, with an emphasis on small businesses and organizations led by veterans and women. One of them is Laser Aviation in Duluth, Georgia, which specializes in 3D laser scanning and modeling.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOf the six submissions accepted, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s proposal was ranked first by the Source Evaluation Board (SEB).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AE School was one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s first helicopter rotorcraft research and educational institution. Montgomery Knight became the School\u0026rsquo;s first director in 1942 and developed one of the first jet-powered rotors for a helicopter. He was among the country\u0026rsquo;s earliest top researchers of helicopter design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough the decades, Georgia Tech has expanded its research to fit the current definition of rotorcraft, which also includes tilt rotors, unmanned air vehicles, and advanced urban air mobility. Georgia Tech has been a Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE) since 1982, conducting basic research focused on scientific barriers in technologies that support current and future vertical lift capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe RVLTD award is not restricted to AE researchers. Any Georgia Tech faculty member supporting vertical lift technology can ask to be on the list of faculty who will respond to each NASA request. Those interested should send their contact details and research areas of interest to Smith.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech faculty and students are contributing to rotorcraft technology research in a variety of ways,\u0026rdquo; said Smith, who serves as director of the VLRCOE, which receives funding from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and NASA. \u0026ldquo;This includes not only vehicle design and analysis in AE, but air traffic control, cyber-physical security, vertiport design, public policy, robotics and sustainability. We have the core faculty and students across the Institute to drive this field. 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He and his fellow laureates will be honored for their achievements during The Franklin Institute Awards Week, to be held May 2-5, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow in its 197th year, The Franklin Institute Awards Program pays tribute to its namesake and America\u0026rsquo;s first citizen scientist, Benjamin Franklin, by honoring 13 individuals for their extraordinary achievements in science, engineering, and business leadership. This awards program is the oldest comprehensive science and technology awards program in the United States and has recognized more than 2,000 of the most pioneering scientists, engineers, inventors, and innovators from across the globe.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDupuis is being honored for pioneering the technology known as MOCVD (metalorganic chemical vapor deposition). This technology provides the materials quality and ultra-precision required for many device components central to modern life, including LEDS, transistors, lasers, and high-performance solar cells.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis contributions to the development of MOCVD are among the most significant contributions made in the growth of semiconductor devices in the last 40 years. His work on the understanding and improvement of the MOCVD process was the key development that led to the demonstration of the first MOCVD-grown III-V compound semiconductor heterostructure solar cells, injection lasers, the first CW room-temperature quantum-well lasers grown by any materials technology, and the demonstration of high-reliability MOCVD lasers. 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Infrasound, which cannot be heard by humans, is produced by tornados, earthquakes, explosions, wind turbines, the motion of large vehicles, aircraft and many other natural and human-created sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInfrasound waves can travel long distances \u0026ndash; hundreds of miles \u0026ndash; and are largely unaffected by obstacles in their way. Generally defined as frequencies below 20 Hertz, infrasound has until now been detected and measured using arrays up to an acre in size that use hollow pipes or elements similar to garden soaker hoses to separate the sounds of interest from noise created by the wind.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI researchers have developed a novel infrasound analysis technique based on wavelet technology, a mathematical approach that represents a signal at different scales, using unique features at each scale. This technique, when applied to infrasound recordings, separates the wind noise from other signals of interest. That allows infrasound sensors to become small enough to be easily portable, permitting new types of measurements \u0026ndash; including tracking small and large aircraft and studying effects on humans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have been able to implement wavelet technology to get data more accurate than what has been possible using other methods of removing wind noise,\u0026rdquo; said Krishan Ahuja, Regents Professor and Researcher and head of GTRI\u0026rsquo;s Aerospace and Acoustics Technologies Division. \u0026ldquo;We have come up with a way to completely eliminate the hoses and reduce the size of the windscreen. This can all be done with signal processing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHydrodynamic noise produced by wind has frequencies comparable to those of infrasound, so wind noise must be suppressed to obtain useful measurements. The most common way to achieve this has been to use long pipe arrays or large arrays of soaker hoses to gather the sound. The arrays allow pressure variations to be averaged over the length of the structure, thereby reducing the impact of the turbulent wind field. Other approaches to reduce wind noise use large tents covering the infrasound sensors, which also limits where they can be used.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technique developed at GTRI uses smaller windscreens \u0026ndash; or no windscreens at all \u0026ndash; along with a wavelet denoising technique that breaks down the signal mathematically and then partitions out what is wind noise before reconstructing the remaining infrasound for analysis, explained Alessio Medda, a GTRI senior research engineer. The resulting reconstruction produces an infrasound signal in which the noise is greatly reduced.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI researchers compared infrasound signals gathered with a traditional 50-foot radius soaker hose array against the signals produced by the wavelet technology. Except at the very lowest frequencies, signals produced by the two techniques were in agreement, demonstrating that the wavelet denoising technique can be used on a signal measured \u0026ndash; even without the use of a windscreen.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GTRI research team has used infrasound to plot the flight path of a small aircraft, detect a building demolition explosion 25 miles away from their instrumentation site, and even to monitor the approach of tornados during severe storms. Beyond the location of the source, analysis of infrasound signals can determine if the source under observation has rotating equipment such as fans, uses machinery that produces continuous waves or produces explosions that create impulses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By using the right number of sensors in an array, you can pinpoint the source of the infrasound,\u0026rdquo; Ahuja said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to development of the wavelet technique, GTRI researchers have also expanded their infrasound research through new techniques and testing programs. These included:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDetection of small aircraft took place at a commercial airport in North Georgia, where the research used a six-element array consisting of two concentric isosceles triangles, one 50 meters high and the other 25 meters high. One triangle used soaker hoses for wind noise suppression, while the other used tents. The array demonstrated an ability to track a single-engine Cessna 182 aircraft as it flew patterns within a five-mile radius of the airport.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMeasurement of infrasound associated with severe storms was done as part of GTRI\u0026rsquo;s Severe Storms Research Center using the GTRI Atmospheric Infrasound Array (GAIA). A standardized set of ambient, environmental infrasound measurements have been made since 2018 to provide a long-term database of low-frequency sound. GAIA uses four sensors located under wind tents atop a GTRI building. In addition to severe storms, these sensors have detected earthquakes, trains, microbaroms (believed to be from the Atlantic Ocean) and rocket launches.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDetection and measurement of infrasound around military training ranges was conducted to evaluate potential effects on trainees and training instructors exposed to high acoustic and infrasound pressures. In collaboration with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, GTRI researchers used their wavelet-based denoising and analysis techniques to measure infrasound emitted by infantry weapons such as hand grenades, machine guns, grenade launchers and anti-tank weapons.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDevelopment of three sources for generating controlled infrasound for use in calibration and testing of infrasound sensors and arrays. These included (1) a very low frequency unit reactivated from an existing sonic boom simulator to produce sound in the 1 to 6 Hertz range, (2) Helmholtz resonators producing sound in the 6 to 10 Hertz range, and (3) an oscillating propane burner creating sound in the 0.1 to 0.4 Hertz range.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEvaluation of infrasound sensors and both in-house and externally-developed array processing algorithms and systems. This also included the development of a system for rapid infrasound array deployment with remote measurement capabilities with six infrasound sensors connected to a data logger, a weather station for monitoring meteorological conditions, and a solar panel to provide continuous power without the need to be connected to the power grid.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGoing forward, the researchers plan to collaborate with medical research teams to study the effects of infrasound on the human body. Cavities such as the heart, head, stomach and chest resonate at different frequencies, and can cause symptoms of illness when exposed to certain frequencies of infrasound.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Explosions that are not large enough to cause traumatic brain injury can still create symptoms, particularly during repeated exposures,\u0026rdquo; said Rob Funk, a GTRI principal research engineer. \u0026ldquo;Studying this may help improve the health of military personnel who may be exposed to infrasound.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWriter: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E****\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performs more than $600 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u202fLearn more at\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u202fand follow us on\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3557?trk=EML_cp-admin\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELinkedIn\u003C\/a\u003E,\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/GTRI\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E,\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GTRIFan\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/georgiatechresearchinstitute\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Phenomena that generate a type of low-frequency sound known as infrasound could become easier to detect and measure thanks to a new technique under development at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). 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The Institute, along with Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), leads in areas such as emerging materials\/devices, innovative circuit\/architectures, and advanced integration and packaging.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One thing I love about Georgia Tech is that you have expertise in every single aspect of electronics,\u0026rdquo; said Muhannad Bakir, Dan Fielder electrical engineering professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;If I have questions on materials, devices, architectures, circuits, or even software compilers, I don\u0026rsquo;t have to look far. I turn a corner and there is that expert for you.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMonolithic to Heterogeneous Electronics Integration \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBakir credited this breadth of knowledge at Georgia Tech with helping the Institute be a leader in shifting from monolithic microelectronics to \u0026ldquo;heterogeneous\u0026rdquo; integration. In this type of integration, separately manufactured components become part of a higher-level assembly that, in total, provides enhanced functionality and improved operating characteristics for applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have to look at a whole host of issues in order to continue to drive cost, performance and energy benefits going forward,\u0026rdquo; explained Bakir as to the reasons behind this development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis team is identifying and optimizing the processes and materials of different microelectronic components to get the most out of each one. They then are integrating the different pieces into a single, high-performing system.\u0026nbsp; Specifically, Bakir is developing new ways to glue or wire these interconnect technologies together in a way that maximizes their performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With most high-power applications, heat is a huge problem. As you build your stack by mounting \u0026nbsp;multiple chips on top of each other within a single semiconductor package, you really need to think about innovative cooling strategies,\u0026rdquo; said Bakir. \u0026ldquo;What you see today is a lot of mixing and matching of different technologies, each optimized for the function they\u0026rsquo;re performing\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo address this challenge, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bakirlab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIntegrated 3D systems (i3DS) Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, which Bakir directs, is working on novel chip-level microfluidic cooling techniques to enhance heat removal, an area in which Georgia Tech has unique expertise and capabilities. Georgia Tech engineering faculty have won multiple large-scale funded research grants in embedded microfluidic cooling for electronic applications, including 3D chip stacking. The teams demonstrated Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s ability to drive advanced cooling technology solutions from fundamental design to manufacturing and integration on leading-edge electronic silicon-testbeds using in-house Georgia Tech facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBakir\u0026rsquo;s lab is also working on novel \u0026ldquo;stitch-chips\u0026rdquo; that provide a high-speed connection between neighboring chips in a package by avoiding the traditional slow interconnection through a package with high electrical losses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBakir considers GTRI \u0026ldquo;an incredible asset to what we do.\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;They have some unique design and fabrication capabilities. Equally important is the fact that GTRI is well known internationally for being able to deliver technologies that are truly differentiated and based on unique designs and processes that we develop inhouse,\u0026rdquo; Bakir said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHigh-Assurance Tools to Assess Chip Vulnerabilities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of those partners includes Lee Lerner, chief scientist of GTRI\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/laboratories\/cybersecurity-information-protection-and-hardware-evaluation-research\u0022\u003ECybersecurity, Information Protection and Hardware Evaluation Research (CIPHER) Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Lerner\u0026rsquo;s Lab develops third-party tools to conduct high-assurance microelectronics inspections for global customers like Intel and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the defense side. His team focuses on high-assurance inspection through testing technologies that provide \u0026ldquo;assurance of trust,\u0026rdquo; or peace of mind that these systems perform as expected.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We can tell you that the tools and devices are actually doing what they\u0026#39;re supposed to do and nothing more,\u0026rdquo; Lerner said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn additional challenge in this space is that the current chip shortage creates more demand on older chip technologies, which have less security features or more known vulnerabilities than modern devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI develops some of the most advanced IP and electronic security protections and features in existence. Because of this work, researchers understand which security features work and which are insufficient given the growing complexity and types of attacks at the hardware level.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Lerner, GTRI is making big investments over the next 10 years in building security and trust for microelectronics. In fact, the Institute\u0026rsquo;s strategic roadmap includes trusted microelectronics as a key pillar.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIncreased Cybersecurity Focus\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is also making big investments, such as establishing the new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E, and hiring expert faculty such as Daniel Genkin, associate professor, who officially reported on Meltdown and Spectre, two of the most widely publicized vulnerabilities in the last decade involving chips in popular devices. In addition to Lerner and Genkin, Alenka Zaji\u0107, Ken Byers Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has pioneered novel inspection techniques of microelectronics.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Having a good understanding of the true state of the art of security and trust features, as well as bleeding-edge vulnerabilities, help inform future generations of security protections that need to be incorporated into more devices generally, including approaches to design, so that we don\u0026#39;t encounter those types of vulnerabilities,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELee says more customers are paying attention to the importance of security flaws in designs and potential vulnerabilities. \u0026ldquo;They\u0026#39;re increasingly investing more, but there still are competing factors of designing for security versus designing for performance,\u0026rdquo; he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe emphasized that microelectronics is fundamentally hardware, which is very expensive to change once it\u0026rsquo;s fabricated and manufactured. \u0026ldquo;If big flaws or security exploits are discovered, it\u0026#39;s not easy to go back and distribute patches to those systems. Those flaws live on in the microelectronics\u0026hellip; sometimes for decades in even critical systems,\u0026rdquo; Lee noted. That\u0026rsquo;s where Georgia Tech and GTRI can be a valuable partner, by contributing security and design for trust \u0026ldquo;very early on in either materials or architectures that improve trust and reliability of devices.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the chip innovation side, Georgia Tech faculty are leveraging the institute\u0026rsquo;s multidisciplinary strengths and semiconductor facilities to solve semiconductor development bottlenecks and improve the performance of chip technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDriving In-Memory Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne such innovator is Shimeng Yu, associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, whose work on \u0026ldquo;in-memory compute\u0026rdquo; could solve the hardware bottleneck in today\u0026rsquo;s data-intensive applications that increasingly rely on machine learning and artificial intelligence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Data storage is becoming more important these days. There\u0026rsquo;s so much data and information from sensors and cameras, we want to do the computation locally using the data within the memory to save on data transfer energy and bandwidth,\u0026rdquo; Yu explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The memory market today focuses exclusively on data storage, and memory is expensive, accounting for nearly a third of the cost of a chip,\u0026rdquo; said Yu. His pioneering work merging the compute function with data storage is 10 times more energy-efficient than conventional approaches where data is fetched from a centralized data processor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo realize this new computing paradigm, Yu and his team are working with the Packaging Research Center (PRC) to package their solution into a prototype and ultimately, a complete system. Their work depends on the ability to innovate at the material\/device level and translate those innovations into circuits for prototype demonstrations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The capability to facilitate this kind of lab-to-fab tech transfer is critical,\u0026rdquo; said Yu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile his team can explore new materials and standalone device structures in the Georgia Tech cleanroom, \u0026ldquo;we need a prototyping facility to enable large-scale, array-level demonstration for new memory technologies,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;The PRC is going to help us get there, packaging our prototype into a complete system.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The PRC enables the heterogeneous integration of our new device technologies with commercial off-the-shelf silicon chips from commercial foundries,\u0026rdquo; he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYu said his in-memory compute breakthrough is creating excitement among both traditional chip makers and non-traditional companies looking to build their own silicon chips such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Tesla.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E***\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. 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The trend toward more flexible substrates has led to fabrication of numerous devices, from light-emitting diodes to solar cells and transistors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have created a 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. The researchers say the soft flexible photodetectors could enhance the utility of medical wearable sensors and implantable devices, among other applications. The research will be published on Dec. 15 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers from both mechanical and computing engineering labs collaborated over three years to demonstrate a new level of stretchability for a photodetector, a device made from a synthetic polymer and an elastomer that absorbs light to produce an electrical current.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPhotodetectors today are used as wearables for health monitoring, such as rigid fingertip pulse oximeter reading devices. They convert light signals into electrical ones and are commonly used on wearable electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStretchable like a Rubber Band\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGiven that conventional flexible semiconductors break under a few percentages of strain, the Georgia Tech findings are \u0026ldquo;an order-of-magnitude improvement,\u0026rdquo; said Olivier Pierron, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022about:blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, whose lab measures the mechanical properties and reliability of flexible electronics under extreme conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Think of a rubber band or something that\u0026#39;s soft and stretchable like human skin yet has similar electrical semiconducting properties of solid or rigid semiconductors,\u0026rdquo; said Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, a co-PI formerly in the \u003Ca href=\u0022about:blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\u003C\/a\u003E and now an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve shown that you can build stretchability into semiconductors that retains the electrical performance needed to detect light levels that are around hundred million times fainter than produced by a light bulb used for indoor illumination,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExtraordinary Tenacity and Teamwork \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBernard Kippelen, vice provost for International Initiatives and an ECE professor, oversaw the work of Youngrak Park, the study\u0026rsquo;s first author and a Ph.D. candidate in ECE. \u0026nbsp;Following two-and-a-half years of research, Park uncovered the right combination of chemical compounds that produced a super-soft material with the ability to generate and conduct electricity when exposed to light. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPark found the perfect ratio for all parts of the semiconductor layer to maintain high performance in the photodetector. But it was painstaking work to prove the materials\u0026rsquo; stretchability, especially given that a single layer was 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPark relied on Kyungjin Kim, then a Georgia Tech Ph.D. mechanical engineering student, to test the material\u0026rsquo;s reliability. He continued to provide Kim with larger, thicker samples until one with a thickness of 500 nanometers worked.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was still super thin. Under dry conditions, it would just crumble. We had to use a water reservoir to keep its shape,\u0026rdquo; recalled Kim, now an assistant professor in the University of Connecticut\u0026rsquo;s Department of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElaborating on how difficult it was to measure pure mechanical properties of a photoactive layer, Pierron noted, \u0026ldquo;Electronic devices are very brittle typically, which is okay with conventional devices fabricated on rigid substrates. But as soon as you use soft substrates that becomes an issue.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe water acted like plastic wrap keeping the thin films in place without crumbling or losing shape, enabling the researchers to stretch the material and measure its mechanical properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo test for electrical signals coming out of the device under illumination, electronic terminals had to be embedded on it. Yet, those terminals had to be deformable, too, or the entire device would become rigid.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Fabricating stretchable electronic terminals was a major challenge in and of itself,\u0026rdquo; said ECE PhD graduate Felipe Andres Larrain, who worked closely with Park and focused on the embedded components. \u0026nbsp;He is now an assistant professor at Adolfo Ib\u0026aacute;\u0026ntilde;ez University in Chile.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile this breakthrough material has been initially integrated into a photodetector and tested for electrical functionality, more testing and optimization is needed to show the materials\u0026rsquo; stretchability\u0026nbsp; under multimodal loads and its shelf stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What\u0026#39;s exciting is what these materials and the devices will enable us to develop\u2015namely, the concept of intelligence systems. You have functional surfaces that combine sensors that monitor all kinds of physical properties,\u0026rdquo; said Graham, former chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and now Dean of Engineering at the University of Maryland.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a very good example of interdisciplinary research \u0026mdash; none of this work would have been possible without the collaboration between electrical and mechanical engineers,\u0026rdquo; Kippelen said. \u0026ldquo;In the lab we didn\u0026rsquo;t have any prior experience with stretchable materials. Figuring out how to measure this took a lot of perseverance, creativity and hard work.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew Smart Applications Possible\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers are most excited about the potential of the material to enhance medical wearables. Typically, wristwatches that use rigid biosensors have limitations since flexing the wrist can completely change the sensor\u0026rsquo;s measurements. They are subject to \u0026ldquo;motion artifact,\u0026rdquo; or degraded image quality, caused when a person moves.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Moving around can drastically affect the usability of collected data but being able to reposition devices on the body to minimize or eliminate motion artifact is a big deal,\u0026rdquo; noted Gabriel Cahn, a project manager for Huxley Medical, a biosensor startup in Atlanta, who recently graduated from Georgia Tech with a doctorate in flexible electronics.\u0026nbsp; \u0026ldquo;Having electronics that can flex, twist, bend and conform to non-flat surfaces and move with your body will allow you to place these sensors in more advantageous places to collect biometric data. It will be infinitely more useful in helping diagnose or monitor existing medical illnesses.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team foresees rich applications for the soft and stretchable polymer blend beyond wearables for health monitoring. \u0026ldquo;The soft device also could be attractive for implantable electronics for bio-electronic applications since the interfaces comply with the dynamic motion of the soft biological tissues, reducing the foreign body reaction,\u0026rdquo; said Kim.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The potential is fantastic,\u0026rdquo; added Larrain. \u0026ldquo;In the long-term, you could develop sensors that could enhance or even replace the human eye or be applied to robotic eyes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFuentes sees the material working in smart agriculture applications, where farmers could attach light sensors into fruits or other produce to monitor growth, disease and to better time harvesting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKippelen believes the rubber-like photodiodes that detect ultralow light levels could find applications in detecting, identifying, and characterizing ionizing radiation for nuclear fuel cycle monitoring.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EY. Park, et. all, \u0026ldquo;Skin-like Low-noise Elastomeric Organic Photodiodes.\u0026rdquo; (Science Advances, 2021) \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.abj6565\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.abj6565\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E***\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 44,000 students representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Flexible electronics breakthrough could enhance biosensor technology, from wearables to soft-robotic implantable systems  "}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"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. 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Election to NAI\u0026rsquo;s fellowship program is the highest professional distinction for academic inventors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-names-raghupathy-siva-sivakumar-vice-president-commercialization\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efirst vice president of commercialization and chief commercialization officer\u003C\/a\u003E, is being recognized for having demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society. He is a co-inventor on 22 issued patents, with 15 of them licensed to industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar holds the Wayne J. 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This includes the advancement of novel strategies that enable processing and design of soft electronic materials (such as organic semiconductors and inorganic\/organic hybrid materials) with unique functional properties and the creation of innovative device architectures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStingelin holds a joint appointment\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. She is an internationally recognized authority in the polymer field and serves as the director of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cope.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics\u003C\/a\u003E. Stingelin is also an initiative lead for\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/materials\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Institute of Materials\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar and Stingelin are among\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academyofinventors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fellows-List-2021.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E164 honorees from more than 100 research universities and governmental and non-profit institutions worldwide\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Siva Sivakumar and Natalie Stingelin receive highest professional distinction for academic inventors"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESiva Sivakumar\u0026nbsp;and Natalie Stingelin\u0026nbsp;receive highest professional distinction for academic inventors\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Siva Sivakumar and Natalie Stingelin receive highest professional distinction for academic inventors"}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2021-12-13 22:32:47","changed_gmt":"2021-12-13 22:32:47","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"653667":{"id":"653667","type":"image","title":"Natalie and Siva","body":null,"created":"1639434373","gmt_created":"2021-12-13 22:26:13","changed":"1639434373","gmt_changed":"2021-12-13 22:26:13","alt":"Raghupathy \u201cSiva\u201d Sivakumar and Natalie Stingelin ","file":{"fid":"247944","name":"Screen Shot 2021-12-13 at 11.58.55 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2011.58.55%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2011.58.55%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":545476,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2011.58.55%20AM.png?itok=q-4Nn6Vb"}}},"media_ids":["653667"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/news\/653575\/sivakumar-named-nai-fellow","title":"Read More about Siva Sivakumar"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/natalie-stingelin-named-fellow-national-academy-inventors","title":"Read more about Natalie Stingelin"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"653247":{"#nid":"653247","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NASA Juno Mission Paper Featured in Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaul Steffes, a professor emeritus in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his colleagues with the NASA Juno Mission published a paper that is the cover feature of the November 19, 2021 issue of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E. This paper is\u0026nbsp;entitled \u0026ldquo;Microwave observations reveal the deep extent and structure of Jupiter\u0026rsquo;s atmospheric vortices.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJupiter\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;atmosphere has a system of zones and belts punctuated by small and large vortices, the largest being the Great Red Spot. How these features change with depth is unknown, with theories of their structure ranging from shallow meteorological features to surface expressions of deep-seated convection. Steffes and his colleagues present observations of atmospheric vortices using the Juno spacecraft\u0026rsquo;s Microwave Radiometer. They found vortex roots that extend deeper than the altitude at which water is expected to condense, and they identified density inversion layers. Their results constrain the three-dimensional structure of Jupiter\u0026rsquo;s vortices and their extension below the clouds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJuno began its five-year-long journey to Jupiter when it launched from Kennedy Space Center on August 5, 2011. It has been circling Jupiter since entering its orbit on July 4, 2016. Slated to continue through September 2025 or through the end of the spacecraft\u0026rsquo;s life\u0026ndash;whichever comes first, the mission will not only continue key observations of Jupiter, but also will expand its investigations to the larger Jovian system including Jupiter\u0026#39;s rings and large moons, with targeted observations and close flybys planned of the moons Ganymede, Europa, and Io.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abf1015\u0022\u003ETo learn more, read the paper on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Emeritus\u0026nbsp;Paul Steffes and his colleagues with the NASA Juno Mission published a paper that is the cover feature of the November 19, 2021 issue of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professor Emeritus\u00a0Paul Steffes and his colleagues with the NASA Juno Mission published a paper that is the cover feature of the November 19, 2021 issue of\u00a0Science."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2021-11-30 18:05:39","changed_gmt":"2021-12-03 02:30:10","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"653362":{"id":"653362","type":"image","title":"Science Cover featuring Juno Mission","body":null,"created":"1638498557","gmt_created":"2021-12-03 02:29:17","changed":"1638498557","gmt_changed":"2021-12-03 02:29:17","alt":"graphic of Science Cover featuring Juno Mission","file":{"fid":"247812","name":"cropped - November 19, 2021- Print Pages.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cropped%20-%20November%2019%2C%202021-%20Print%20Pages.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cropped%20-%20November%2019%2C%202021-%20Print%20Pages.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":136833,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cropped%20-%20November%2019%2C%202021-%20Print%20Pages.jpg?itok=E_KhS-zD"}},"634669":{"id":"634669","type":"image","title":"Paul Steffes","body":null,"created":"1587599637","gmt_created":"2020-04-22 23:53:57","changed":"1587599637","gmt_changed":"2020-04-22 23:53:57","alt":"Paul Steffes in lab. 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Several new things are happening above the Earth\u0026rsquo;s atmosphere. Tourists can now pay private companies for a short trip to space, private industry is developing spacecraft for NASA missions, and a robotic helicopter is currently exploring Mars.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENASA and private companies also have their sights set on the moon. NASA\u0026rsquo;s Artemis program has a goal of landing humans on the moon in 2025 to begin building a base camp. This long-term human presence on the lunar surface will help NASA prepare for human space exploration missions of greater distance and duration, including an eventual crewed flight to Mars.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAcademic research institutions are also playing a role in lunar exploration. Georgia Tech students and faculty are building \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/search-lunar-ice\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELunar Flashlight\u003C\/a\u003E, a small satellite that will orbit the moon and search for lunar ice. The joint effort in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering (AE School)\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is expected to launch in 2022.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAE School assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/people\/koki-ho\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKoki Ho \u003C\/a\u003Eworks on the development of mathematical theories and their application to space mission analysis, design, and optimization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One of the big questions currently being investigated is how humans may be able to use resources from the moon in future missions,\u0026rdquo; said Ho. \u0026ldquo;For instance, can lunar ice be converted to drinking water or to make rocket fuel? If so, new processes such as these will play a role in the design of future space missions and spacecraft. They would allow humans to pick up resources from the moon on the way to Mars.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to utilizing lunar resources, there are other challenges to overcome if people will someday have extended stays on the moon. For more than 20 years, NASA has had a safe, continuous human presence 240 miles above Earth on the International Space Station. The moon, however, is 244,000 miles away from the planet. If an emergency occurred on the moon and astronauts needed to abort a mission, it would take them at least 3 days to return home, as compared to the few hours it currently takes to travel between the ISS and Earth.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The role of autonomy is going to be really important, and the spacecraft and life support systems will have to manage themselves at a greater level than what we have now,\u0026rdquo; said former NASA astronaut \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/sandra-magnus\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESandy Magnus\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of the practice at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;Currently an army of folks in mission control on Earth track a host of system functions. But if you can build good autonomous systems, they will track themselves.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMagnus explains that these challenges and new technologies facing NASA will require multidisciplinary expertise.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s not just you have an avionics problem, or a thermal problem, or a materials problem,\u0026rdquo; said Magnus, who received her Ph.D. from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E in 1996. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s normally much more complex than that. Therefore, I think one of the strengths that Georgia Tech brings to the whole enterprise is the fact that its campus has a lot of cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary research.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHo agrees, noting that the collaborative nature on campus that brings together a multitude of expertise areas creates expanded opportunities for faculty and student collaboration.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is what makes Georgia Tech unique,\u0026rdquo; said Ho. \u0026ldquo;This is the most collaborative environment that I\u0026rsquo;ve been a part of in my research career. And with this collaboration, a team of research labs can develop something more ambitious than what one professor can achieve.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce they graduate, many aerospace students find their first jobs at\u0026nbsp;NASA, SpaceX, or companies contracted to build spacecraft, such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/people\/stephen-m-ruffin\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStephen Ruffin\u003C\/a\u003E, associate chair for undergraduate programs in the AE School, says the School\u0026rsquo;s academic program prepares students well. Another key part of their success is what the students do outside of the traditional classroom in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s makerspaces.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Many of our students are involved in design-build-fly activities such as design competitions where they analyze and build various aerospace systems, then compete against teams at other universities,\u0026rdquo; said Ruffin. \u0026ldquo;Our students are graduating with an understanding of the science associated with these technologies, while also getting a real hands-on understanding of how you actually manufacture these systems and how you ensure robustness in these systems.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs engineers develop and test new strategies that could bring Americans back to the moon and beyond, researchers in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E are wondering about potential life elsewhere in the solar system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Discovering life beyond Earth would fundamentally change humanity\u0026rsquo;s perspective on our place in the universe,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/glass-dr-jennifer\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Integrating astrobiology \u0026ndash; the search of life in the universe \u0026ndash; into space missions in order to know if and when we detect life on other planetary bodies, including exoplanets, is an exciting challenge currently underway.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERuffin adds that continuing to push the boundaries beyond Earth will spur new technologies and industries that will benefit society, while helping the U.S. maintain its lead in the space arena.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Going to the moon and Mars will allow for amazing science to be conducted,\u0026rdquo; said Ruffin. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ll be able to learn more about the history of our solar system, understand what\u0026rsquo;s happening to our planets, and create a better world for us here on Earth.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech points to what\u2019s next, and how the Institute will contribute"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech points to what\u0026rsquo;s next, and how the Institute will contribute. \u0026ldquo;Discovering life beyond Earth would fundamentally change humanity\u0026rsquo;s perspective on our place in the universe,\u0026rdquo; says Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0026#39; Jennifer Glass. \u0026ldquo;Integrating astrobiology \u0026ndash; the search of life in the universe \u0026ndash; into space missions in order to know if and when we detect life on other planetary bodies, including exoplanets, is an exciting challenge currently underway.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech points to what\u2019s next, and how the Institute will contribute. \u201cDiscovering life beyond Earth would fundamentally change humanity\u2019s perspective on our place in the universe,\u201d says Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0027 Jennifer Glass."}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2021-11-23 18:14:54","changed_gmt":"2021-11-30 21:00:19","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"653117":{"id":"653117","type":"image","title":"The Future of Space Exploration","body":null,"created":"1637695488","gmt_created":"2021-11-23 19:24:48","changed":"1637695488","gmt_changed":"2021-11-23 19:24:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247733","name":"header.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/header.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/header.png","mime":"image\/png","size":349681,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/header.png?itok=BYWXimwl"}},"653118":{"id":"653118","type":"image","title":"The Space Launch System (SLS), will send people to the moon. 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At least you\u0026rsquo;ll be above the clouds\u0026hellip;.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELike many Americans growing up in his era, Marshall Bronston was awed and inspired by the Apollo 11 space mission, culminating in the first man walking on the moon. A young Bronston didn\u0026rsquo;t set a life goal of becoming an astronaut. Still, the lunar mission did figuratively carry him on a professional and personal ascent that continues to reach new heights to this day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;m actually a failure ... never got to be an astronaut,\u0026rdquo; Bronston jokingly quipped. \u0026ldquo;But I hope that I\u0026#39;ve done some good things.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Some\u0026rdquo; good things is an understatement. Throughout his life, Bronston, a principal\u0026nbsp;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.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAchieving ESEP Certification\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an engineer, Bronston recently reached one of the highest heights possible. He earned the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.incose.org\/systems-engineering-certification\/Certification-Levels\u0022\u003EExpert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification through the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)\u003C\/a\u003E. In doing so, he became one of only slightly more than 300 systems engineers worldwide to attain that level of confirmation of their systems engineering competency, demonstrated knowledge, education, and experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EESEP certification is for those system engineers who have distinguished themselves by demonstrating substantial experience and technical leadership. The ESEP has a broader and deeper experience in performing and leading systems engineering than the Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), which is a prerequisite for ESEP certification. According to INCOSE, in order to achieve ESEP certification, applicants must have at least twenty years of systems engineering experience and be \u0026ldquo;the person others seek with specific, challenging, technical questions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ESEP certification serves as a mile marker for Bronston\u0026rsquo;s long and still-ascending career.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnacting GTRI\u0026rsquo;s Mission Through Research and Education\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBronston joined GTRI in August 2009. Working under the auspices of the Systems Engineering Research Division of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/laboratories\/electronic-systems-laboratory\u0022\u003EElectronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS)\u003C\/a\u003E, he developed concepts, programs, and systems to increase combat force effectiveness and survivability. Bronston\u0026rsquo;s work at GTRI includes leading multiple engineering teams to improve the cybersecurity of military networks, test and evaluation of a variety of aircraft platform and tactics-related improvements, and new test and evaluation methods and processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was the lead systems engineer for the Computer Adaptive Network Defense-in-Depth Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, resulting in the Virtual Secure Enclaves security upgrade to U.S. Navy and Joint computer networks. Also, Bronston was co-project director for a team of 30 electronic warfare (EW) subject matter experts that developed a 14-month resident curriculum for EW reprogramming and multiple other short course variants of the knowledge generated by the team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, he is the lead instructor for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s signature course in graduate-level systems engineering and the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Test and Evaluation short course, offered through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Professional Education.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBronston is an in-person example of several facets of GTRI\u0026rsquo;s mission, such as to:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EServe National Security.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EImprove the human condition.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEducate future technology leaders.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe latter point is one Bronston continually stresses. His ascent to ESEP certification demonstrates his commitment to personal educational growth. GTRI\u0026rsquo;s emphasis on continuing education is something that attracted this career warfighter to the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We value curiosity, and GTRI is a place where the learning never stops. Since coming to GTRI, I took advantage of the [Professional Master\u0026#39;s in Applied Systems Engineering] PMASE program to deep-dive into topics that were inspiring to me,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;And, as a result, I learned about things like artificial intelligence, neural networks, modeling, and simulation systems thinking.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;And what is it I like about GTRI? We value curiosity, and investing in each of us is a cultural norm that I very much embrace.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELearning From Others\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBronston claims he learns from his colleagues at GTRI and humbly name-dropped them throughout the interview.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;m absolutely stunned by the impressive people around me: leaders like [ELSYS Research Engineers] Jason Stroup, Mike Shearin, Jeremy Doerr, Debra Jones, Ph.D., [and] Santiago Balestrini, Ph.D. They\u0026#39;re just a few of the \u0026lsquo;all-stars\u0026rsquo; that I get to learn from on a daily basis.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;m a curious guy, and everybody around me in GTRI is teaching me something, whether or not they know it, or I reveal that to them. I\u0026#39;m taking notes on all these people that are \u003Cem\u003Eway\u003C\/em\u003E smarter than I am. It\u0026#39;s like a continuous learning opportunity for me. I get motivated by people who make continuous learning a way of life; people like [ELSYS Principal Research Engineer] Andy Register, Ph.D.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBronston enthusiastically recommends continuous learning and professional development and notes one needn\u0026rsquo;t follow the same \u0026ldquo;flight path\u0026rdquo; he took as he moved throughout his career.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;GTRI is one of those places that puts a value on and invests in each person,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s a great match for anybody that would like to continually grow.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I would recommend each person continue their own path to improvement: that might be a short course, a habit of hitting the CRC [Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Campus Recreation Center] at 6 a.m., or it might be pursuing the dream of an advanced degree or a certification like \u003Cem\u003ECSEP\u003C\/em\u003E [\u003Cem\u003ECertified\u003C\/em\u003E Systems Engineering Professional] or ESEP.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERemaining humble, Bronston said that his ultimate goal to cap off his career is \u0026ldquo;I want to leave behind successful teams that don\u0026#39;t need me anymore.\u0026rdquo; He said he acquired that goal from the examples of others who came before him.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;m standing on the shoulders of giants--people like [former GTRI Director] Steve Cross, Ph.D., [GTRI Washington field office manager] Bob Beasley, and [executive director, Professional Master\u0026#39;s Degree in Applied Systems Engineering] Carlee Bishop, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;d like to set a good example to help us (GTRI) grow those that are going to lead us into the future.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E*****\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performs more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.\u202fLearn more at\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u202fand follow us on\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3557?trk=EML_cp-admin\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELinkedIn\u003C\/a\u003E,\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/GTRI\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E,\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GTRIFan\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/georgiatechresearchinstitute\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWriter: Christopher Weems\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhotographer: Lt. 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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. Most of these exosuits have a so-called passive design, assisting the wearer with unpowered elements like springs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EActive exosuits that incorporate electronics and powered motors are yet to be broadly applied. They tend to be big and heavy, and rely on rigid exoskeletons to transfer weight from body to ground. Exoskeletons add a great deal of stiffness, as well, Young said. Putting on most active exosuits is a little like becoming one with a forklift, restricting a wearer to lifting weights in a vertical plane.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor all these reasons, Young\u0026rsquo;s Asymmetric Back eXosuit (ABX) described in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9559874\u0022\u003EOctober 5 issue of IEEE Transactions on Robotics\u003C\/a\u003E is highly non-standard. There\u0026rsquo;s no exoskeleton, no rigid structure, nothing that makes contact with the floor. If the wearer is just standing there, it does nothing except for adding 14 pounds to their legs. But if they raise their body from a leaning over position, it makes a somewhat frantic noise: that is the sound of the ABX helping them rotate their torso, helping them twist.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough most active exosuits support vertical lifts, rotating and twisting movements are also ubiquitous, especially in certain fields of manual labor like garbage collection and baggage handling. In many cases, these motions can be awkward and strenuous, leading to work-related injuries as well as back pain, according to Young. Back pain, in turn, is directly correlated with the strength of compressive forces and shear forces that are applied to the spine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn designing their exosuit, the researchers sought a way to reduce these loads on the spinal joints. Putting it on looks a little like donning a futuristic backpack. Two motors are first strapped onto the back of each upper thigh. These motors are then connected to the back of the opposite shoulders, each with their own cable, making for two cables that diagonally overlap. The exosuit provides assistance by applying tension to the cables when it detects a wearer rise from a bending posture.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s definitely a different sensation than a sort of standard exoskeleton. It\u0026#39;s not your standard design,\u0026rdquo; said Young.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause the diagonal cables have a component of motion that is horizontal, they exert a pull on the torso that can aid in twisting it from side to side. In tests, the researchers showed that when a wearer of the ABX swung a weight from the ground to one side, the exosuit reduced their back muscle activations by an average of 16%, as measured by electromyography (EMG) sensors. The exosuit also provided a 37% reduction in back muscle exertion when a wearer lifted weights symmetrically, straight off the ground \u0026ndash; an assistance level comparable to more rigid designs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;People definitely felt like the technology is assisting them, which is great. And we did see the concurrent EMG reduction,\u0026rdquo; said Young. \u0026ldquo;I think it\u0026rsquo;s a great first step.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a sense, wearing the exosuit is almost like strapping two additional muscles onto the body \u0026ndash; unconventional muscles, which run directly from back to leg. Interestingly, it is the positioning of these muscles rather than their brute strength that makes them functional, said Young.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe motors pull the cables with much less power than the muscles in the body. However, the cables are positioned much further away from the joints. Through this positioning, the cables obtain greater leverage and mechanical advantage, allowing the wearer to reduce their overall muscular output and hence the load that they place on their spine. (Spinal loading was not directly measured in the study.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAside from its overall performance, it is the flexible, asymmetric nature of the suit that really makes it unique, Young said. There are currently no other active exosuits that provide assistance for twisting and rotating through a comparable range of motion. While other exosuits also use cables, none have arranged them along diagonal lines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYoung is currently seeking collaborations with industry partners to further develop the exosuit. In future work, he sees its control system as a point to improve. Currently, when a person raises their torso from a lowered position, the cables simply pull with constant tension. But it should be possible to make the system detect different actions of the wearer and adjust its pull in response.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReferences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJ. M. Li, D. D. Molinaro, A. S. King, A. Mazumdar and A. J. Young, \u0026quot;Design and Validation of a Cable-Driven Asymmetric Back Exosuit,\u0026quot; in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, doi: 10.1109\/TRO.2021.3112280.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 40,000 students representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. 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Each will be outfitted with state-of-the-art instruments for characterizing the properties of aerosols. These sites will form what is officially called the Atmospheric Science and mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EData from ASCENT will allow researchers to address a variety of questions about how the composition and abundance of aerosols are changing, such as how the modernization of electrical production (coal to natural gas to renewable) and transportation (gasoline to electric vehicles) affect air pollution and climate-relevant variables.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is an incredibly exciting opportunity,\u0026rdquo; said Ng, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering \u003C\/a\u003Eand \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;ASCENT represents a key advancement in atmospheric measurement infrastructure in the U.S. For the first time, we will be able to acquire comprehensive, high time-resolution, long-term characterization of aerosols over a wide range of geographical regions. ASCENT will provide the critical, fundamental knowledge for informing science-based decisions on climate change, air quality, and minimizing inequalities in air pollution exposure.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EASCENT will also advance understanding of the adverse health impacts of PM\u003Csub\u003E2.5\u003C\/sub\u003E (particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 micrometers). Exposure to PM\u003Csub\u003E2.5\u003C\/sub\u003E has been associated with cardiopulmonary diseases and millions of deaths per year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;ASCENT\u0026#39;s long-term, advanced chemical composition and particle size measurements will facilitate transformative studies to unravel specific aerosol types and properties responsible for their adverse health effects,\u0026rdquo; Ng said. \u0026ldquo;This will contribute to building a foundation to define future regulations in the U.S. for protecting public health, as aerosol sources and properties continue to evolve in a changing world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAerosols impact climate by changing the Earth\u0026rsquo;s energy balance via direct absorption or scattering of solar radiation and altering the albedo (surface reflection), formation of clouds, and precipitation. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment established that the aerosol effects represent the single largest source of uncertainty in understanding climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to NSF, ASCENT will also allow U.S. researchers to remain competitive in a global research environment. The 2016 National Academies report on \u003Cem\u003EThe Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research\u003C\/em\u003E emphasized the critical need for long-term atmospheric chemistry measurements, recommending that the NSF take the lead to establish synergies with existing sites.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, several aerosol monitoring networks exist in the United States, but none have the capability of measuring aerosol chemical and physical properties at high time-resolution (highly regular intervals of measurement, in the order of minutes).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ASCENT network\u0026rsquo;s 12 sites across the United States are strategically located in rural, urban, and remote sites that have pre-existing infrastructure for atmospheric monitoring. Five ASCENT sites are in the National Core Network (NCore), which is a subset of the Chemical Speciation Network (CSN). Four rural sites are in the Interagency Monitoring of PROtected Visual Environment (IMPROVE) network. Other ASCENT sites are located in NSF\u0026rsquo;s National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) in California, and the Houston Network of Environmental Towers (HNET) in Texas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach site will be equipped with four advanced instruments: an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM, non-refractory aerosols), Xact (trace metals), Aethalometer (black\/brown carbon), and Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS, aerosol number size distribution and concentration).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe sites include: Delta Junction, Alaska; Cheeka Peak\/Makah, Washington; Los Angeles\/Pico Rivera, California; Rubidoux, California; Joshua Tree National Park, California; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; and Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the education and outreach side of the project, ASCENT has specific recruitment, mentoring, training, and career development plans for graduate and undergraduate students, with an emphasis on underrepresented groups. One of the ASCENT locations is on tribal land and the project will train tribal air quality staff and perform outreach to interested tribal members. ASCENT will also provide training and educational opportunities for the state agency and National Park Service site operators.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn collaboration with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a comprehensive database and web interface will be developed to provide research communities, educators, policy makers, the public, etc. with free and open access to all ASCENT data.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to lead principal investigator (PI) Ng, co-PIs on the ASCENT project include Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/411\/overview\u0022\u003EArmistead Russell\u003C\/a\u003E of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor Roya Bahreini of the University of California-Riverside, and Professor Ann Dillner of the University of California-Davis, with Senior Research Scientist Christina Higgins of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E serving as project manager.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther ASCENT partner institutions and academics include the University of Alaska Fairbanks (Professor Jingqiu Mao), University of Washington (Professor Joel Thornton), California Institute of Technology (Professor John Seinfeld), Harvey Mudd College (Professor Lelia Hawkins), University of Wyoming (Professor Shane Murphy), University of Colorado Boulder (Professor Jose Jimenez), Roger Williams University (Professor Robert Griffin), University of Houston (Professor James Flynn), Carnegie Mellon University (Professors Allen Robinson and Albert Presto), Yale University (Professor Drew Gentner), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Professor Jason Surratt), and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (Jeff de La Beaujardiere and Eric Nienhouse).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENg said: \u0026ldquo;I look 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Emissions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA $1 million award from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-awards-georgia-tech-over-1-million-research-help-communities-reduce-their-exposure\u0022\u003EU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\u003C\/a\u003E will help researchers in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering develop tactics to protect children from harmful emissions from controlled wildland burns. The initiative will provide equipment and new communications approaches in middle and high schools in Albany and Columbus, Ga., and Phenix City, Ala. Georgia Tech is focusing on the three cities because of their proximity to regular controlled burns, in addition to the communities\u0026rsquo; lower socioeconomic statuses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the next year, the researchers will deliver daily fire impact forecasts to each school, while also installing air purifiers and low-cost air quality monitors. Data from those monitors will be broadcast in real-time inside and outside classrooms. The Georgia Tech team will also create new curricula for teachers and students that increase understanding of air pollutants, their sources, and mitigation measures.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team consists of members in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE)\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Serve-Learn-Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Air pollution leads to more premature deaths than virtually all other environmental exposures. In the Southeast, prescribed burning is a major source of air pollution: it releases more particulate matter into the air than cars, trucks, factories, and power plants,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said Armistead (Ted) Russell, the Howard T. Tellepsen Chair and Regents\u0026rsquo;\u0026nbsp;Professor\u0026nbsp;in CEE. \u0026ldquo;Children in areas that experience prescribed burning smoke are uniquely vulnerable.\u0026nbsp;We are excited to work with schools to identify effective measures that can be used to help protect schoolchildren.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERussell and his colleagues have decades of experience studying emissions. His previous studies found that prescribed burns led to highly elevated emissions in southern Georgia, especially during the peak burn period from January to April. The research showed that the highest levels of unhealthy emissions \u0026mdash; primary and secondary particulate matter \u0026mdash; occur during school hours when burns are most active. However, Russell also found that elevated levels linger into the evening, long after the fires are extinguished.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERussell also found a communications gap that helped him create the new initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Schools are very good at providing information to parents about health-related interventions. Families serve as important communication channels,\u0026rdquo; Russell said. \u0026ldquo;However, schools are infrequently used to disseminate information about fire emissions. Incorporating teachers and students into a communications strategy has the potential to reduce exposure to children and the school\u0026rsquo;s broader community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award will allow Russell and CEE Principal Research Engineer Talat Odman to expand Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sipc.ce.gatech.edu\/SIPFIS\/map\/index.php\u0022\u003ESouthern Integrated Prescribed Fire Information System (SIPFIS)\u003C\/a\u003E, which they helped create in 2015. The tool merges prescribed fire and air quality data into a common analysis framework, providing a unified prescribed fire database for the southern U.S. That data is primarily used by forest and air quality managers. SIPFIS will now be tweaked to also provide daily forecasts to the schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EForecast and information products and lessons learned from the one-year project will be shared with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its health partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe initiative will be coupled with outcomes from a $2.3 million Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program project that is currently being led by Odman. His team is measuring and modeling air quality impacts from prescribed burning at Fort Benning, which is adjacent to Columbus and across the border from Phenix City.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By focusing on both the source of smoke, such as burns at Ft. Benning, and the effects on nearby schools, we can have a more complete understanding of the air quality impacts of prescribed fires,\u0026rdquo; said Odman. \u0026ldquo;This will allow us to develop strategies to minimize exposure to smoke, while also helping to protect the health of people and forests.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe EPA and DoD projects will further a third project: Russell\u0026rsquo;s NASA-funded work that is utilizing satellite products in SIPFIS for predicting smoke impacts on air quality and health.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChBE and EAS Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/nga-lee-sally-ng\u0022\u003ESally Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, who researches airborne particles, is also on the Georgia Tech team and will lead the deployment of the low-cost sensors at the schools. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/rebecca-watts-hull\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERebecca Watts Hull\u003C\/a\u003E, a community engagement specialist with the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain, is the fourth member of the team. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As wildfires become more frequent and severe, we are working to effectively communicate the risks of smoke exposure to impacted communities,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said Wayne Cascio, acting principal deputy assistant administrator for science in EPA\u0026rsquo;s Office of Research and Development.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;We are seeing an increase in prescribed fires to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires; however, these are also a source of smoke exposure. The research we are funding will help develop strategies to prevent and reduce the health impacts of smoke from wildfires and prescribed fires.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project will begin in October.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"EPA awards Georgia Tech $1M to help students and communities in southern GA and AL"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA $1 million award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help researchers develop tactics to protect children from harmful emissions from controlled wildland burns. The initiative will provide equipment and new communications approaches in middle and high schools in Albany and Columbus, Ga., and Phenix City, Ala.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new grant will allow Georgia Tech researchers to create strategies to protect schoolchildren from harmful wildland fire emissions"}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2021-09-22 13:25:28","changed_gmt":"2021-09-24 19:43:24","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650989":{"id":"650989","type":"image","title":"Controlled Wildland Burn","body":null,"created":"1632316203","gmt_created":"2021-09-22 13:10:03","changed":"1632316203","gmt_changed":"2021-09-22 13:10:03","alt":"Controlled burn in woods","file":{"fid":"247007","name":"iStock-182147547.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iStock-182147547.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iStock-182147547.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2262466,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/iStock-182147547.jpg?itok=i2lcqCVd"}},"650991":{"id":"650991","type":"image","title":"Map of GA ALA","body":null,"created":"1632316950","gmt_created":"2021-09-22 13:22:30","changed":"1632316950","gmt_changed":"2021-09-22 13:22:30","alt":"graphic of Georgia and Alabama map","file":{"fid":"247009","name":"map of GA ALA.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/map%20of%20GA%20ALA.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/map%20of%20GA%20ALA.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":71468,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/map%20of%20GA%20ALA.jpg?itok=KaUmsO3C"}},"650990":{"id":"650990","type":"image","title":"Ted Russell","body":null,"created":"1632316292","gmt_created":"2021-09-22 13:11:32","changed":"1632316292","gmt_changed":"2021-09-22 13:11:32","alt":"Ted Russell","file":{"fid":"247008","name":"ted final.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ted%20final.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ted%20final.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2288610,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ted%20final.png?itok=WWduWXw8"}}},"media_ids":["650989","650991","650990"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"},{"id":"1253","name":"School of Civil and Envrionmental Engineering"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"147191","name":"wildfires"},{"id":"2262","name":"climate"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"},{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"651074":{"#nid":"651074","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wireless E-Tattoo for Pneumonia Aims to Transform Patient Monitoring","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPneumonia has emerged as a life-threatening complication of COVID-19, accounting for nearly half of all patients who have died from the novel coronavirus in the U.S. since the beginning of the pandemic. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, pneumonia was responsible for more than 43,000 deaths in 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMonitoring pneumonia remains a challenge because it manifests itself differently in almost every patient and can develop in any patient infected by coronavirus. The Georgia Institute of Technology is part of a team of engineers, data scientists, and medical clinicians led by the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin that has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation\u0026#39;s ASCENT program. The purpose of this project is to develop a wearable device for patients with pneumonia, allowing medical personnel to track their progress remotely and use data to predict how their condition may change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis project combines state-of-the-art technology across wearable devices, integrated circuits and machine learning. And the larger goal is to develop ways to safely monitor patients remotely and maintain high-quality care, wherever they are.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;We hope to solve this global challenge of achieving pervasive surveillance of patients, whether they\u0026#39;re in the hospital, out in the world or quarantining at home in the midst of a pandemic,\u0026quot; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.utexas.edu\/nanshulu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENanshu Lu\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG), who is leading the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team was awarded $1.5 million over four years for the project, and the primary researchers include engineers, medical doctors, data scientists and more. They hope this interdisciplinary team will help knock down walls between specialties that keep medicine from advancing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will make a hair-thin, skin-soft wireless wearable sensor, known as an electronic tattoo or \u0026ldquo;e-tattoo.\u0026quot; This part of the project is led by Lu, who has been developing her e-tattoo technology for a decade at UT Austin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn integrated system-on-chip will read out sensor signals and perform signal processing with ultra-low power consumption to ensure that patients can wear the device without interruption for at least a week on a single charge.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/shaolan-li\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EShaolan Li\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026#39;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. graduate from the Cockrell School, is handling this aspect of the project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi noted that he and his team at Georgia Tech have previously developed a few sensor interface integrated circuits that are designed to read biomedical signals like ECG or EEG with record-setting energy efficiency. He also added that he wants to leverage this knowledge to expand all of the capabilities of this new wearable device, aiming to profoundly\u0026nbsp;advance the engagement of wearable electronics in clinical medicine. \u0026ldquo;Through this project, we really hope to showcase that the circuit technology innovation developed in our lab can truly address the most pressing problems that are facing humanity,\u0026rdquo; said Li.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA deep learning framework will be tailored to analyze all the data coming from the e-tattoo and predict how clinical condition progresses with evolution of the disease. Hongyu Miao, associate professor\u0026nbsp;in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is leading the data science work and developing the deep learning tool.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd all this information will be managed through\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/michealthcare.com\/sickbay\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESickbay\u003C\/a\u003E, an FDA-approved virtual patient monitoring platform.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bcm.edu\/people-search\/craig-rusin-29803\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECraig Rusin\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and head of the Predictive Analytics Lab at\u0026nbsp;Texas Children\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;Hospital, developed Sickbay. The program is used by hospitals across the country, including Texas Children\u0026rsquo;s, and he started the company\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/michealthcare.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMedical Informatics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to commercialize it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bcm.edu\/people-search\/parag-jain-23550\u0022\u003EParag Jain\u003C\/a\u003E, a pediatric critical care physician at Texas Children\u0026rsquo;s Hospital and assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, will lead a clinical trial of the device. Using deep machine learning techniques, he will develop algorithms that can predict the progression of pneumonia using historical data. \u0026nbsp;Once a prototype device is ready, likely in two to three years, the team will test it on 20 patients at Texas Children\u0026rsquo;s Hospital, aged 13 to 18 years, with progressive pneumonia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers targeted pneumonia for this project because it is a common illness, one that can be very dangerous, regardless of age or health status. As a side effect of not just COVID-19, but other respiratory viruses and bacteria, it is also quite prevalent. It also requires individualized care because each patient progresses differently.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe multi-faceted nature of the team illustrates the complexity of the problem they are trying to tackle. They are aiming to solve a challenging engineering problem as well as real-world issues with patient care.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite tremendous advances in medical technology, tools to continuously track and analyze all the data patients generate remain lacking. That often means that clinicians are only getting small snapshots of patients\u0026#39; condition, not the full picture.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis continuous monitoring and data analysis will allow medical personnel to use their time more wisely, to check in on patients at the most important moments. In critical cases of pneumonia, timing is everything, and the right treatment at the right time can make the difference between life and death.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The pandemic really exposed gaps in care that patients with severe disease have to be treated using bulky, constrained, conventional monitors,\u0026quot; Lu said. \u0026quot;We need sensors with \u0026lsquo;brains\u0026rsquo; that can tell doctors when the time is right for that critical intervention, whether the patient is in a hospital bed just a few steps away or in their own home.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech ECE Assistant Professor Shaolan Li\u0026nbsp;is part of a team of engineers, data scientists, and medical clinicians led by the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin that has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation\u0026#39;s ASCENT program. 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The study, a collaboration with National Grid, used large-scale data analytics to look at nine years of power failure data to gain insight on how quickly energy grids come back online for customers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study found that 90 percent of customers experience 10 percent of a disruptive event\u0026rsquo;s total downtime during moderate to extreme storms. However, recovery degrades with the severity of the disruptions. Large failures that cannot recover rapidly increase by 30% from the moderate to extreme events, while prolonged small failures dominate entire recovery processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering looked at 169 weather-induced power failures at two service regions in the states of New York and Massachusetts. The failures were induced by a wide range of disruptive events from hurricanes, nor\u0026rsquo;easters, and thunder and winter storms from 2011-2019, affecting nearly 12 million people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA feature article, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cell.com\/joule\/fulltext\/S2542-4351(21)00344-5\u0022\u003ELarge-scale data analytics for resilient recovery services from power failures\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; is published in Joule: Cell Press.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our goal was to use large-scale data from the operational energy grid to better understand resiliency,\u0026rdquo; said lead author Amir Hossein Afsharinejad, a Ph.D. student in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EElectrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ECE). \u0026ldquo;By using such a large dataset that covers nearly a decade, we sought to learn how recoveries respond to the severity of a wide range of weather-induced failure events.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech analysis finds that the behavior of restoration services follows a \u0026ldquo;recovery scaling law.\u0026rdquo; This law restores service for the majority of affected customers at the cost of a small fraction of the total interruption time. This prioritization policy, however, becomes less efficient, shown by large power failures that can\u0026rsquo;t be prioritized. This results in customer interruption times that are 47 times longer from moderate to extreme failure events.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study found that the prioritization recovery doesn\u0026rsquo;t optimize restoration of small failures, which dominate delayed recovery during an entire evolution of an extreme event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These findings tell us that the typical services governed by the prioritized recovery policy is at the cost of the disparity, and the cost is significant when failure events become severe and extreme,\u0026rdquo; said study co-author Chuanyi Ji, a Georgia Tech ECE associate professor and Afsharinejad\u0026rsquo;s thesis advisor. \u0026ldquo;Our analysis shows both the capability and fundamental limitation of recovery under the prioritization policy, where rapid restoration does not sustain to severe and extreme failure events.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team also explored if other approaches would be more beneficial to speed up recovery from failures. One included distributed generation and storage. Their initial study found the approach scales well, as expediting restoration of a small fraction of the large failures in the non-prioritized category can reverse the degraded recovery from the moderate to extreme events.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe data used in the study are commonly available to most distribution grid operators in the U.S. and other parts of the world. The researchers hope their work, which took more than four years to analyze, demonstrates that energy service providers have the ability to adopt data science and turn their own data into new knowledge to improve both recovery and infrastructure enhancement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are moving in a direction where severe storms are becoming more costly,\u0026rdquo; said Robert Wilcox, a principal engineer from National Grid who co-authored the paper. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team is enthusiastic about the future direction. \u0026ldquo;This is also an historic time as more consumers need data and machine learning to help enhance energy services and smart infrastructure,\u0026rdquo; Wilcox added. \u0026ldquo;Hopefully our study will motivate the industry to use data to better understand the problems we face today and in the decades to come.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 40,000 students, representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New study examines nearly a decade of data to find trends within energy grid"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe study found that 90 percent of customers experience 10 percent of a disruptive event\u0026rsquo;s total downtime during moderate to extreme storms. However, recovery degrades with the severity of the disruptions. 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"}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2021-09-22 13:45:50","changed_gmt":"2021-09-23 13:20:43","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650994":{"id":"650994","type":"image","title":"Power lines","body":null,"created":"1632317466","gmt_created":"2021-09-22 13:31:06","changed":"1632317466","gmt_changed":"2021-09-22 13:31:06","alt":"Power lines","file":{"fid":"247010","name":"iStock-522394296.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iStock-522394296.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iStock-522394296.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":865905,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/iStock-522394296.jpg?itok=Xp7opKrI"}},"650995":{"id":"650995","type":"image","title":"Amir Hossein Afsharinejad and Chuanyi Ji ","body":null,"created":"1632318186","gmt_created":"2021-09-22 13:43:06","changed":"1632318186","gmt_changed":"2021-09-22 13:43:06","alt":"photograph of Amir Hossein Afsharinejad and Chuanyi Ji","file":{"fid":"247011","name":"Lab_pic.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lab_pic.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lab_pic.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":650685,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Lab_pic.JPG?itok=y6I-LUu0"}}},"media_ids":["650994","650995"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/533911\/large-scale-data-study-super-storm-sandy-utility-damage-shows-small-failures-big-impact","title":"https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/533911\/large-scale-data-study-super-storm-sandy-utility-damage-shows-small-failures-big-impact"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"2262","name":"climate"},{"id":"188896","name":"energy grid"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"649866":{"#nid":"649866","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Helps to Lead Global Effort to Reinvent the Toilet","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA reinvented toilet without inlet water or output sewer lines may seem like an obscure concept; however, the need for such modernization is overwhelming. Billions of people globally \u0026mdash; close to half of the world\u0026rsquo;s population \u0026mdash; lack access to improved sanitation. But a global research team, led by Georgia Tech Associate Professor Shannon Yee, Ph.D., has been developing a portfolio of reinvented toilets that bring together the best concepts from the last decade of the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation-led\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2djGA861KP4\u0022\u003EReinvent the Toilet Challenge\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the most recent phase of this effort, the Gates Foundation selected\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/yee\u0022\u003EYee\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to assemble the best of the ideas from the challenge and develop a new, affordable toilet \u0026mdash; the Generation 2 Reinvented Toilet (G2RT) \u0026mdash; as a solution to the world\u0026rsquo;s sanitation problem. The G2RT team includes 70 engineers, scientists, and industrial designers from universities and corporations around the world.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGlobal inequity in access to toilets has led to the death of more than 500,000 children by preventable diarrheal disease each year. While it is primarily the world\u0026rsquo;s poorest communities that are most affected by the lack of safe sanitation, the crisis in areas of developed countries shouldn\u0026rsquo;t be overlooked. In rural parts of America, there are currently hundreds of thousands of people without steady access to clean water and proper sanitation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe G2RT aims to drastically shift human waste away from traditional sewage treatment infrastructure to a system that processes waste onsite in household bathrooms.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s no longer about running pipes to a central treatment plant,\u0026rdquo; explains Yee. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s about using new technology to reinvent a product that can be mass produced and accessible to the entire world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHow will this project affect the way people use the bathroom? While using the G2RT won\u0026rsquo;t differ from current toilet designs, how the toilet processes waste will be drastically different. Instead of relying on a network of pipes and millions of gallons of water, G2RT will treat human waste within the toilet appliance itself. Urine will go through a filtration process that produces clean water, and fecal matter will be reduced to pathogen-free solids and clean water.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Yee and his team are nearing the end of the development phase and will begin field testing it in South Africa, India, and China as well as at laboratory sites on Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s campus and in laboratories in Switzerland starting in 2022. The G2RT is now ready for demonstration, and the team will continue to the next phase in their journey to showcase the technology to potential commercial manufacturers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe G2RT is about the size of a washing machine but can be refined to be smaller, more durable, and easier to maintain. The target price for an individual reinvented toilet is $450.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It needs to be affordable to be accessible to the entire world,\u0026rdquo; Yee says. \u0026ldquo;Collaboration with government agencies and the private sector is going to be critical in moving toward the adoption of this new sanitation solution.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYee is passionate and confident that the G2RT has the potential to make a positive impact on the billions of people in need of improved sanitation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information on this project can be found here:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gatesnotes.com%2FDevelopment%2F10-years-of-reinventing-the-toilet\u0026amp;data=04%7C01%7CAllison.Davis%40gatesfoundation.org%7Cb36a44c8bc9245afb57d08d955f45d6b%7C296b38384bd5496cbd4bf456ea743b74%7C0%7C0%7C637635330460417785%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000\u0026amp;sdata=boEo0LcRGkpcSmQ5jHrnH3UiW7uUa%2BoKNcaVw1Z4phs%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/Development\/10-years-of-reinventing-the-toilet\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gatesnotes.com%2FDevelopment%2FHeroes-in-the-field-Dr-Shannon-Yee\u0026amp;data=04%7C01%7CAllison.Davis%40gatesfoundation.org%7Cb36a44c8bc9245afb57d08d955f45d6b%7C296b38384bd5496cbd4bf456ea743b74%7C0%7C0%7C637635330460407793%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000\u0026amp;sdata=sJmy6uj%2FOXg05gwquG4Grw2dXK4C5DtImnYcBBwxKjo%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/Development\/Heroes-in-the-field-Dr-Shannon-Yee\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The G2RT aims to drastically shift human waste away from traditional sewage treatment infrastructure to a system that processes waste onsite in household bathrooms. "}],"uid":"35798","created_gmt":"2021-08-19 13:23:52","changed_gmt":"2021-09-23 12:44:29","author":"Ayana Isles","boilerplate_text":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute\nof Technology is one of the world\u0027s premier research universities.\nRanked\nseventh among\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E top public\nuniversities and the eighth\u0026nbsp;best engineering and information technology\nuniversity in the world by Shanghai\nJiao Tong University\u0027s Academic Ranking of World Universities, Georgia\nTech\u2019s more\nthan 20,000 students are enrolled in its Colleges of Architecture,\nComputing,\nEngineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech is among the\nnation\u0027s\ntop producers of women and minority engineers.\u0026nbsp;The Institute offers\nresearch opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and\nis home\nto more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research\nInstitute.\u003C\/p\u003E","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"649869":{"id":"649869","type":"image","title":"Generation 2 Reinvented Toilet (G2RT)","body":null,"created":"1629380063","gmt_created":"2021-08-19 13:34:23","changed":"1629380063","gmt_changed":"2021-08-19 13:34:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"246667","name":"g2rt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/g2rt_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/g2rt_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2099287,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/g2rt_0.jpg?itok=ELkF9J7D"}}},"media_ids":["649869"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188670","name":"G2RT"},{"id":"188671","name":"Generation 2 Reinvented Toilet"},{"id":"181825","name":"toilet"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"33051","name":"Bill \u0026 Melinda Gates Foundation"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAyana Isles\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\naisles3@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["aisles3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"650541":{"#nid":"650541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Efficiency Leap in Separating Para-xylene Using New Carbon Membranes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe petrol industry recognizes the importance of para-xylene, given its many uses in everyday products, from plastic soda bottles to polyester fiber.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge is that xylenes travel in threes and are virtually identical, making it extremely difficult to efficiently separate and purify para-xylene from its less used siblings such as ortho-xylene. These molecules\u0026rsquo; size differs by one-tenth of a nanometer. However, membranes with tiny pores engineered to differentiate these molecules can potentially enable this important separation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBuilding on long-term research with ExxonMobil, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have uncovered new insights into the fabrication of carbon membranes that have the potential to drive significant cost savings once the solution for xylene isolation separation is scaled for industrial use.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/37\/e2022202118\u0022\u003Efindings\u003C\/a\u003E were reported in the September 6, 2021 issue of the \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work focuses on \u0026ldquo;carbon-based molecular sieves,\u0026rdquo; made by heating thin layers of materials in such a way as to drive off all the atoms other than carbon, resulting in a charcoal-like substance that has molecule-sized holes. In 2016 researchers at Georgia Tech and Exxon Mobil \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/08\/17\/carbon-molecular-sieve-membranes-cut-energy-use-hydrocarbon-separations\u0022\u003Efirst demonstrated\u003C\/a\u003E that a new carbon-based molecular sieve membrane could successfully separate xylene molecules and extract the super-useful para-xylene from the pack. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, Georgia Tech has advanced this work, devising improved carbon barriers that allows the skinnier p-xylene to slip through more rapidly, while rejecting the wider molecules. Importantly, the team discovered a powerful relationship between the bonding chemistry of the carbons and the mobility of xylenes through the carbon membranes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe performance of the carbon membranes \u0026mdash; if realized at industrial scales \u0026mdash; could significantly lower energy costs compared with refining processes such as the standard crystallization method or adsorption-based method. The former approach involves freezing the xylene molecules in which only the para-xylene forms crystals, making it easy to isolate, but requiring substantial energy investment. The latter approach reduces energy consumption compared to crystallization but requires expensive and complex equipment to operate. The issue with membranes, according to Georgia Tech researchers, is the approach has only worked well in the lab environment, not in an industrial setting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have made more stable materials by changing the polymer precursor we use. Then by changing how we transform the polymer into the carbon, we\u0026rsquo;ve made the membranes more productive,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/ryan-p-lively\u0022\u003ERyan Lively\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the paper\u0026rsquo;s corresponding author.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJust how much more productive? The team has shown the new materials can lead to purification systems that are estimated to be \u0026ldquo;three to six times lower cost than other state-of-the-art methods,\u0026rdquo; Lively said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELively estimates that separation and purification account for around half the energy consumed in producing commodity chemicals and fuels. Globally, the amount of energy used in conventional separation processes for aromatics, for example, benzene toluene, is equal to that produced by about 20 average-sized power plants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis advancement could have a big impact on petrol chemical energy consumption. The research was funded by ExxonMobil and builds on more than 15 years of collaborative research effort between Georgia Tech and the global oil and gas leader.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Through collaboration with strong academic institutions like Georgia Tech, we are constantly exploring new, more efficient ways to produce the energy, chemicals, and other products consumers around the world rely on every day,\u0026quot; said Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and development at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers also uncovered new insights regarding the carbon structure itself. The team observed that subtle changes in the ratio of three dimensional to two-dimensional carbon centers in the membrane led to impressively large changes in the mobility of xylene isotherms within that material. They observed that a change in this ratio (the sp3\/sp2 carbon ratio) from 0.2 to 0.7 led to a factor of 1000 increase in the productivity of the membrane. Surprisingly, the membrane largely maintained its selectivity, or its ability to do the xylene isomer separation, despite these changes in carbon structure. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The more three-dimensional carbons are in there, the higher the productivity,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/Finn\/M.G.\u0022\u003EM.G. Finn\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EChemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E and co-corresponding author on the article. \u0026ldquo;The more you crank up productivity, while maintaining the same selectivity, the less membrane you need to handle the same amount of xylene feed. From a design perspective, it shows that you have this enormous control over how the membrane works by making very small changes in the carbon chemistry,\u0026rdquo; Finn concluded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EExxonMobil Research \u0026amp; Engineering funded this research.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECitation: Yao Ma,\u0026nbsp;Nicholas C. Bruno, Fengyi Zhang, M. G. Finn, and\u0026nbsp;Ryan P. Lively. \u0026ldquo;Zeolite-like performance for xylene isomer purification using polymer-derived carbon membranes.\u0026rdquo; PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2022202118\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2022202118\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers at Georgia Tech have uncovered new insights into the fabrication of carbon membranes that have the potential to drive significant cost savings once the solution for xylene isolation separation is scaled for industrial use."}],"uid":"34602","created_gmt":"2021-09-08 00:30:24","changed_gmt":"2021-09-08 16:01:34","author":"Georgia Parmelee","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650538":{"id":"650538","type":"image","title":"Carbon Membrane Materials","body":null,"created":"1631060668","gmt_created":"2021-09-08 00:24:28","changed":"1631060668","gmt_changed":"2021-09-08 00:24:28","alt":"carbon membrane materials ","file":{"fid":"246870","name":"Image One_thumbnail[32].jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Image%20One_thumbnail%5B32%5D.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Image%20One_thumbnail%5B32%5D.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":514599,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Image%20One_thumbnail%5B32%5D.jpeg?itok=dS8CLQ0-"}},"650539":{"id":"650539","type":"image","title":"Lively high res","body":null,"created":"1631060709","gmt_created":"2021-09-08 00:25:09","changed":"1631060709","gmt_changed":"2021-09-08 00:25:09","alt":"ryan lively in lab","file":{"fid":"246871","name":"Image Two_Ryan Liveley_Lab[59].jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Image%20Two_Ryan%20Liveley_Lab%5B59%5D.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Image%20Two_Ryan%20Liveley_Lab%5B59%5D.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":351432,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Image%20Two_Ryan%20Liveley_Lab%5B59%5D.jpeg?itok=Onu4YsWo"}},"650540":{"id":"650540","type":"image","title":"Carbon Fibers","body":null,"created":"1631060753","gmt_created":"2021-09-08 00:25:53","changed":"1631060753","gmt_changed":"2021-09-08 00:25:53","alt":"carbon fibers","file":{"fid":"246872","name":"Image Three[57].jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Image%20Three%5B57%5D.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Image%20Three%5B57%5D.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":302035,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Image%20Three%5B57%5D.jpeg?itok=LVBl9tO6"}}},"media_ids":["650538","650539","650540"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"},{"id":"186870","name":"go-imat"},{"id":"188020","name":"go-rbi"},{"id":"187023","name":"go-data"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnne Wainscott-Sargent\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["asargent7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"650214":{"#nid":"650214","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Mechanics of Pellet-Carrying Honey Bees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research led by Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering finds that honey bees have developed a way to transform pollen particles into a viscoelastic pellet, allowing them to transport pollen efficiently, quickly, and reliably to their hive.\u0026nbsp;The study also suggests the insects remove pollen from their bodies at speeds 2-10 times slower than their typical grooming speeds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo collect and transport pollen, honey bees mix pollen particles with regurgitated nectar and form it into a pellet, which clings to each of their hind legs. The honey bees then deposit the pellets into a cell within the hive by carefully scraping them off using their other legs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study, from the lab of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, sought to better understand the mechanics of this process which could inspire new ways to manufacture and manipulate soft materials. Hu holds a joint appointment in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1098\/rsif.2021.0549?af=R\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBiomechanics of Pollen Removal By the Honey Bee\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; is published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;We measured the viscoelastic material properties of a pollen pellet,\u0026rdquo; said Marguerite Matherne, a recent Georgia Tech mechanical engineering Ph.D. graduate who now teaches at Northeastern University. \u0026ldquo;We found that the pellets have a really long relaxation time, which means they remain mostly in a solid form during the transport process. This is good because it keeps the pellet from melting or falling apart from vibration during flight.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMatherne and the Georgia Tech research team also tried to replicate how honey bees remove the pellets from their hind legs in the lab. They built a device that scraped adhered pollen pellets from bee legs. The invention produced two discoveries. The first was that the honey bees were much more efficient in removing the pellet than the scraping device they built (the device left much more pollen residue on the leg). They also found that slower removal speeds reduce the force and work required to remove pellets under shear stress.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If you remove it slowly, you can avoid applying the excessive force required to remove it quickly,\u0026rdquo; said Hu, Matherne\u0026rsquo;s former Georgia Tech advisor. \u0026ldquo;Removing a pollen pellet is like the opposite of ripping off a Band-Aid.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMatherne said that there are two key components to the efficiency of the honey bees transporting these pellets. First, the pellets are gooey, allowing them to stick to the hind legs. But, she said, the bees also have a special structure on their legs called the corbicula. It\u0026rsquo;s fringed with long, curved hairs and becomes embedded into the pellet, allowing for adhesion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, honey bees can collect pollen particles in various shapes and sizes, while also developing a way to transport them. This is different from other species of bees, which only collect and carry specific types of pollen that are similar in size. They also use different transport techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Honey bees collect from flowers miles and miles away,\u0026rdquo; said Hu. \u0026ldquo;The pollen can change in size by a factor of 10. They must collect all these individual particles and bring it back to one place. And they must do a dozen foraging trips each day, all while keeping their bodies clean. They solve it all by this special method they created to exploit the pellet\u0026rsquo;s soft material properties.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team believes further studies could lead to new developments in medical patches or fastener applications for soft materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s kind of like smart gooey Velcro for soft materials,\u0026rdquo; said Hu. \u0026ldquo;It could be a fastener and it knows when you\u0026rsquo;re trying to remove it so that you don\u0026rsquo;t have to use an excessive amount of force.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMatherne suggests that it\u0026rsquo;s also important to understand the pollinating process since 35% of the world\u0026rsquo;s crop production depends on pollinators.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Honey bees are really important pollinators,\u0026rdquo; said Matherne. \u0026ldquo;If we want to create a world where we can keep up our pollinators, I think it\u0026rsquo;s important to understand exactly what they\u0026rsquo;re doing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECITATION: Matherne, M., et.al., \u0026quot;Biomechanics of pollen pellet removal by the honey bee.\u0026quot; (Journal of the Royal Society Interface)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsif.2021.0549\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsif.2021.0549\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Understanding how honey bees transport pollen pellets to their hive may inspire new ways to manufacture and manipulate soft materials"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research led by Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering finds that honey bees have developed a way to transform pollen particles into a viscoelastic pellet, allowing them to transport pollen efficiently, quickly, and reliably to their hive.\u0026nbsp;The study also suggests the insects remove pollen from their bodies at speeds 2-10 times slower than their typical grooming speeds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Honey bees have developed a way to transform pollen particles into a viscoelastic pellet."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2021-08-30 16:17:02","changed_gmt":"2021-08-31 02:47:05","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650215":{"id":"650215","type":"image","title":"Honey Bee Pollen Pellet","body":null,"created":"1630340340","gmt_created":"2021-08-30 16:19:00","changed":"1630340340","gmt_changed":"2021-08-30 16:19:00","alt":"Honey bee on flower","file":{"fid":"246793","name":"1024px-Godvor.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1024px-Godvor.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1024px-Godvor.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":164785,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/1024px-Godvor.jpeg?itok=aQh8ZqdY"}}},"media_ids":["650215"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/28\/hair-spacing-keeps-honeybees-clean-during-pollination","title":"Hair Spacing Keeps Honeybees Clean During Pollination"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167936","name":"Soft materials"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"20121","name":"biologically inspired design"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECandler Hobbs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Enigneering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncandler.hobbs@coe.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["candler.hobbs@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"650136":{"#nid":"650136","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shreyes Melkote Appointed Novelis Innovation Hub Executive Director at Georgia Tech ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology and Novelis, Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced that Shreyes Melkote will serve as the new executive director of the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Melkote assumes his appointment, Georgia Tech commends George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Regents Professor Surya Kalidindi\u0026rsquo;s service as the inaugural interim executive director during the Novelis Innovation Hub\u0026rsquo;s first two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its establishment in 2019, the Novelis Innovation Hub has set a bold vision to foster world-class partnerships and collaborated with the Institute on battery research, electronics, robotics, high-throughput research, and additive manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvancing Mobility and Sustainability Goals\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith additional investment and a permanent leadership appointment to guide the Innovation Hub, Novelis hopes to further advance its position in the aluminum industry through innovation in new technology and application domains, including sustainable mobility, electronics, advanced manufacturing, and supply chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Sustainability is an important element of what Novelis wants to accomplish,\u0026rdquo; said Melkote, noting Novelis\u0026rsquo;s target to reduce its carbon footprint by 30% by 2026 and to be net carbon neutral by 2050. \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech is focused on a lot of basic science, technologies, and business practices relevant to enabling a more sustainable enterprise.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMelkote is uniquely qualified for the role, having led the Georgia Tech-Boeing Strategic University Partnership for the last eight years while serving as associate director of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)\u003C\/a\u003E. He facilitated the establishment of the Boeing Manufacturing Development Center, an on-campus lab where students and faculty regularly collaborate with a resident Boeing engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I see this as an opportunity to leverage my experience and knowledge from the Boeing partnership and to expand it. Novelis is engaged in the entire lifecycle of innovation, from early-stage basic research, to applied research and commercialization that will impact society at large,\u0026rdquo; said Melkote, who also holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He will work closely with Dr. Raj Gopalaswamy, Novelis\u0026rsquo; global technology director for new domains, who will lead Novelis\u0026rsquo; engagement with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To keep advancing the aluminum industry toward the circular economy, we must increase the pace of innovation and develop new solutions that demonstrate aluminum\u0026rsquo;s superior sustainability benefits,\u0026rdquo; said Gopalaswamy. \u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Through research partnerships with world-leading institutions like Georgia Tech, we can fulfill the growing needs for aluminum applications that help our customers meet their sustainability goals faster and more efficiently.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMelkote agreed, adding, \u0026ldquo;What\u0026rsquo;s exciting is that \u0026nbsp;Novelis wants to look at the cutting edge of research and see how they can leverage that knowledge to innovate and develop new products.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re thrilled to have Professor Melkote take on this leadership position in our growing collaboration with Novelis,\u0026rdquo; said Julia Kubanek, vice president for Interdisciplinary Research at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;He brings substantial experience to this new role, having built Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s partnership with Boeing and served as associate director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute for several years.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKubanek added that Melkote is well positioned to help Novelis broaden its relationship with Georgia Tech faculty and students, while engaging in key research areas to accelerate Novelis\u0026rsquo;s product innovation. Additionally, the Innovation Hub intends to not only fund research, but also establish a Scholars Program to fund research fellowships for Georgia Tech graduate and undergraduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Novelis\u0026rsquo;s philanthropy commitment allows us to innovate on the educational front, where we can make investments that benefit both Georgia Tech and our educational mission,\u0026rdquo; said Melkote. \u0026ldquo;In doing so, we help train the next generation of engineers who will go on to work for companies like Novelis that are committed to sustainability.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E***\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 40,000 students representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Melkote to help Novelis achieve sustainability, mobility, and future workforce goals "}],"uid":"34602","created_gmt":"2021-08-26 18:14:15","changed_gmt":"2021-08-26 18:14:15","author":"Georgia Parmelee","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650134":{"id":"650134","type":"image","title":"Melkote headshot","body":null,"created":"1630001280","gmt_created":"2021-08-26 18:08:00","changed":"1630001280","gmt_changed":"2021-08-26 18:08:00","alt":"Shreyes Melkote headshot","file":{"fid":"246762","name":"Screen Shot 2021-08-26 at 2.07.22 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-26%20at%202.07.22%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-26%20at%202.07.22%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5592309,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-26%20at%202.07.22%20PM.png?itok=Mc-JqwyY"}}},"media_ids":["650134"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Anne Wainscott-Sargent\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["asargent7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"649133":{"#nid":"649133","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Joins the U.S. National Science Foundation to Advance AI Research and Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor decades, the Georgia Institute of Technology has focused on advancing artificial intelligence through interdisciplinary research and education designed to produce leading-edge technologies. Over the next five years, Georgia Tech will make a substantial investment in AI that includes hiring an additional 100 researchers in the field, further solidifying its standing as a leader in the teaching and discovery of machine learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, Georgia Tech received two National Science Foundation (NSF) Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards, totaling $40 million. A third award for $20 million was granted to the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), with Georgia Tech serving as one of the leading academic institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is essential that we bring together our best minds to ensure that AI delivers on its promise to create a more prosperous, sustainable, safe, and fair future for everyone,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u0026Aacute;ngel Cabrera, president of Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;These NSF awards recognize Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s vast expertise in machine learning and AI and will help us further develop our resources and amplify our impact in these crucial fields.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChaouki T. Abdallah, executive vice president for Research at Georgia Tech, concurred, citing major efforts under development to help create a more robust and inclusive future of AI, both on campus and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are incredibly grateful to the NSF for their investment and excited for the opportunities made possible because of this research,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;At Tech, our mission is to advance technology and improve the human condition, catalyzing research that matters. We invested in a unified approach to interdisciplinary research aligned with industry relevance and societal impact, and these awards demonstrate a clear return on that strategy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollectively, NSF made a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303176\u0022\u003E$220 million investment in 11 new NSF-led Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am delighted to announce the establishment of new NSF National AI Research Institutes as we look to expand into all 50 states,\u0026rdquo; said National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan. \u0026ldquo;These Institutes are hubs for academia, industry, and government to accelerate discovery and innovation in AI. Inspiring talent and ideas everywhere in this important area will lead to new capabilities that improve our lives, from medicine to entertainment to transportation and cybersecurity, and position us in the vanguard of competitiveness and prosperity.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELed by NSF, and in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u0026rsquo;s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Google, Amazon, Intel, and Accenture, the National AI Research Institutes will act as connections in a broader nationwide network to pursue transformational advances in a range of economic sectors, and science and engineering fields \u0026mdash; from food system security to next-generation edge networks. In addition to Georgia Tech and GRA, the University of California San Diego, Duke University, Iowa State University, North Carolina State University, The Ohio State University, and University of Washington are the lead universities included in the 11 AI Institutes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe AI Institutes at Georgia Tech \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three newly established Institutes will address societal challenges, including home care for aging adults; energy, logistics, and supply chains; sustainability; the widening gap in job opportunities; and changing needs in workforce development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/649114\/new-ai-institute-builds-tech-support-aging\u0022\u003ENSF AI Institute for Collaborative Assistance and Responsive Interaction for Networked Groups (AI-CARING)\u003C\/a\u003E will seek to create a vibrant discipline focused on personalized, collaborative AI systems that will improve quality of care for the aging. The systems will learn individual models of human behavior and how they change over time and use that knowledge to better collaborate and communicate in caregiving environments. Led by Sonia Chernova, associate professor of interactive computing at Georgia Tech, the AI systems will help a growing population of older adults sustain independence, improve quality of life, and increase effectiveness of care coordination across the care network.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The AI-CARING Institute builds on our existing strengths in AI and in technology for aging. It will create not only novel solutions, but a new generation of researchers focused on the interaction between the two,\u0026rdquo; said Charles Isbell, dean and John P. Imlay Jr. Chair in the College of Computing. \u0026ldquo;Our aim is to build cutting-edge technologies that improve the lives of everyone, and I can\u0026rsquo;t think of a better example than AI-CARING.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/team-led-isyes-pascal-van-hentenryck-awarded-20m-nsf-grant-fund-center-study-ai-and\u0022\u003ENSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4Opt)\u003C\/a\u003E will revolutionize decision-making on a large scale \u0026ndash; fusing AI and mathematical optimization into intelligent systems that will achieve breakthroughs that neither field can achieve independently. Additionally, it will create pathways from high school to undergraduate and graduate education and workforce development training for AI in engineering that will empower a generation of underrepresented students and teachers to join the AI revolution. Led by Pascal Van Hentenryck, A. Russell Chandler III chair and professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, AI4Opt will tackle use cases in energy, resilience and sustainability, supply chains, and circuit design and control.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;AI4Opt, with its focus on AI and optimization, will create new pathways for novel tools that allow better engineering applications to benefit society,\u0026rdquo; said Raheem Beyah, dean of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair. \u0026ldquo;This will allow engineers to build\u0026nbsp;higher quality\u0026nbsp;materials, more efficient renewable resources, new computing systems, and more, while also reinforcing the field as a career path for diverse students.\u0026nbsp;The new institute complements the College\u0026rsquo;s commitment to the integration of AI in engineering disciplines.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/news\/649137\/georgia-tech-will-help-bring-critical-advancements-online-learning-part-multimillion\u0022\u003ENSF AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (ALOE)\u003C\/a\u003E will lead the country and the world in the development of novel AI theories and techniques for enhancing the quality of adult online education, making this mode of learning comparable to that of in-person education in STEM disciplines. Together with partners in the technical college systems and educational technology sector, ALOE will advance online learning using virtual assistants to make education more available, affordable, achievable, and ultimately more equitable. This Institute is led by the GRA, with support from Georgia Tech and the University System of Georgia (USG). Ashok Goel, professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, will serve as executive director. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Online education for adults has enormous implications for tomorrow\u0026rsquo;s workforce,\u0026rdquo; said Myk Garn, a GRA senior advisor, assistant vice chancellor for New Models of Learning at the USG, and ALOE\u0026rsquo;s principal investigator. \u0026ldquo;Yet, serious questions remain about the quality of online learning and how best to teach adults online. Artificial intelligence offers a powerful technology for dramatically improving the quality of online learning and adult education.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Future of AI at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is poised to strategically reimagine the future of AI. Currently, 66% of Georgia Tech undergraduate computer science students have an academic concentration in Intelligence, focusing on the top-to-bottom computational models of intelligence. The College of Computing\u0026rsquo;s recently launched Ph.D. program in machine learning pulls from faculty in all six colleges across the Institute, and many new courses are being developed that teach AI as a tool for science and engineering. Georgia Tech is exploring the potential creation of a school or college of AI within the next five years, further building on its expansive AI and machine learning footprint. The NSF AI Institutes awards will enable all AI-related academic programs to scale and further differentiate Georgia Tech as a leader in AI education.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, the awards will expand and complement ongoing AI research efforts at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). In the last fiscal year, GTRI received millions of dollars in research awards from the Department of Defense and other sponsors for AI-affiliated research, and currently, many GTRI researchers are focused on AI-affiliated projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As part of Georgia Tech, GTRI will greatly benefit from the advances in AI that will be achieved as a result of these NSF-funded Institutes, helping us further excel in our aim to deliver leading-edge AI research that benefits national security,\u0026rdquo; said Mark Whorton, GTRI\u0026rsquo;s chief technology officer. \u0026ldquo;GTRI is one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s leading institutes of applied research for national security specifically because of our deep engagement and close affiliation with the academic units of Georgia Tech. AI is a tool we use in conducting larger research objectives, and we believe strongly that these AI Institutes will enable GTRI to put more research into practice.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech has for decades now been pursuing new AI technologies, and now leads the way in AI that is responsible to the needs of the humans who use it,\u0026rdquo; Isbell said. \u0026ldquo;We have also worked hard to expand access to AI, especially for underrepresented groups. These Institutes will build on that history, expanding both our ability to create new technologies and to train the next generation of innovators. I look forward to watching them grow and develop.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 40,000 students, representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning.\u0026nbsp;As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the National Science Foundation \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. National Science Foundation propels the nation forward by advancing fundamental research in all fields of science and engineering. NSF supports research and people by providing facilities, instruments, and funding to support their ingenuity and sustain the U.S. as a global leader in research and innovation. With a fiscal year 2021 budget of $8.5 billion, NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities, and institutions. Each year, NSF receives more than 40,000 competitive proposals and makes about 11,000 new awards. Those awards include support for cooperative research with industry, Arctic and Antarctic research and operations, and U.S. participation in international scientific efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Research Alliance\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) helps Georgia\u0026rsquo;s university scientists do more research and start more companies. By expanding research and entrepreneurship capacity at public and private universities, GRA grows the Georgia economy by driving more investment in the state, developing a high-tech workforce, and strengthening Georgia\u0026rsquo;s reputation for innovation.\u0026nbsp;For 30 years, GRA has worked in partnership with the University System of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Economic Development to create the companies and jobs of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s future. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gra.org\/\u0022\u003EGRA.org\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContact: Georgia Parmelee | \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:georgia.parmelee@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egeorgia.parmelee@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E | 404.281.7818\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech received two National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards, totaling $40 million. Over the next five years, Georgia Tech will make a substantial investment in AI that includes hiring an additional 100 researchers in the field, further solidifying its standing as a leader in the teaching and discovery of machine learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Today, Georgia Tech received two National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards, totaling $40 million."}],"uid":"34602","created_gmt":"2021-07-29 15:00:39","changed_gmt":"2021-08-06 16:23:40","author":"Georgia Parmelee","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"649130":{"id":"649130","type":"image","title":"AI map","body":null,"created":"1627568719","gmt_created":"2021-07-29 14:25:19","changed":"1627568719","gmt_changed":"2021-07-29 14:25:19","alt":"map of AI institutes in US","file":{"fid":"246448","name":"AI_map.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AI_map.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AI_map.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":422470,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/AI_map.jpg?itok=II3NIxrq"}},"649128":{"id":"649128","type":"image","title":"PIs for AI Institues","body":null,"created":"1627568604","gmt_created":"2021-07-29 14:23:24","changed":"1627576219","gmt_changed":"2021-07-29 16:30:19","alt":"Pascal Van Hentenryck and Sonia Chernova","file":{"fid":"246446","name":"nsf graphic-740px[52].jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nsf%20graphic-740px%5B52%5D.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nsf%20graphic-740px%5B52%5D.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":120078,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nsf%20graphic-740px%5B52%5D.jpg?itok=SRcHWBKu"}},"649129":{"id":"649129","type":"image","title":"Ashok headshot","body":null,"created":"1627568645","gmt_created":"2021-07-29 14:24:05","changed":"1627572766","gmt_changed":"2021-07-29 15:32:46","alt":"Ashok Goel headshot","file":{"fid":"246447","name":"ashok headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ashok%20headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ashok%20headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36870,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ashok%20headshot.jpg?itok=CxJx9XbO"}}},"media_ids":["649130","649128","649129"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1276","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187023","name":"go-data"},{"id":"188087","name":"go-irim"},{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"},{"id":"173894","name":"ML@GT"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Parmelee\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ngeorgia.parmelee@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["georgia.parmelee@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"648771":{"#nid":"648771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Study Shows that Electronic Air Cleaning Technology Can Generate Unintended Pollutants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the Covid-19 pandemic raged, news reports show that sales of electronic air cleaners have surged due to concerns about airborne disease transmission. But a research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has found that the benefits to indoor air quality of one type of purifying system can be offset by the generation of other pollutants that are harmful to health.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELed by Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/nga-lee-sally-ng\u0022\u003ENga Lee \u0026ldquo;Sally\u0026rdquo; Ng\u003C\/a\u003E in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the team evaluated the effect of a hydroxyl radical generator in an office setting. Hydroxyl radicals react with odors and pollutants, decomposing them, and hydroxyl radical generators have been marketed to inactivate pathogens such as coronaviruses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, Ng\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.1c00416\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E found that in the process of cleaning the air, the hydroxyl radicals generated by the device reacted with volatile organic compounds present in the indoor space. This led to chemical reactions that quickly formed organic acids and secondary organic aerosols that can cause health problems. Secondary organic aerosols is a major component of PM\u003Csub\u003E2.5\u003C\/sub\u003E (particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 mm), and exposure to PM\u003Csub\u003E2.5\u003C\/sub\u003E has been associated with cardiopulmonary diseases and millions of deaths per year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, \u0026ldquo;Formation of oxidized gases and secondary organic aerosol from a commercial oxidant-generating electronic air cleaner,\u0026rdquo; is published in the journal \u003Cem\u003EEnvironmental Science and Technology Letters\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the pandemic has made various types of electronic cleaners increasingly popular, Ng explained that consumers are probably not aware of the secondary chemistry taking place in the air, with the pollutants generated not being directly emitted by the cleaning device itself.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are increasing concerns regarding the use of electronic air cleaners as these devices can potentially generate unintended byproducts via oxidation chemistry similar to that in the atmosphere,\u0026rdquo; Ng said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo types of air cleaning technologies are commonly used to remove indoor pollutants such as particles or volatile organic compounds and to inactivate pathogens: mechanical filtration and electronic air cleaners that generate ions, reactive species, or other chemical products such as photocatalytic oxidation, plasma, and oxidant-generating equipment (e.g., ozone, hydroxyl radical), among others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENg\u0026rsquo;s team selected a hydroxyl generator for the study to measure the oxygenated volatile organic compounds and the chemical composition of particles generated by the device in an office on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile previous research reported pollutant formation from various electronic air cleaners (ionizers, plasma systems, photocatalytic systems with ultraviolet lamps, etc.), Ng believes that her team\u0026rsquo;s study is the first to monitor the chemical composition of secondary pollutants in both gas and particle phases during the operation of an electronic device that dissipates oxidants in a real-world setting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdvanced instrumentation made Ng\u0026rsquo;s study possible. Gas-phase organic compounds were measured using a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer, purchased through a National Science Foundation major instrumentation grant. The study received support from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Covid-19 Rapid Response fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENg noted that future studies on air cleaning technology should not be limited to inactivation of viruses or reduction of volatile organic compounds, but should also evaluate potential oxidation chemistry and the formation of unintended harmful gaseous and particulate chemicals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;More studies need to be conducted on the effects of these devices in a variety of environments,\u0026rdquo; Ng said. \u0026ldquo;Electronic air cleaners greatly rose in prominence because of the pandemic, and now there are a lot of these devices out there. Millions of dollars are being spent on these devices by businesses and schools. The market is huge.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our results show that care must be taken when choosing an adequate and appropriate air cleaning technology for a particular environment and task,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENg stressed the importance of future studies concerning the unintended effects of electronic purifiers, as these devices are not currently well regulated and do not have testing standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;There needs to be more peer-reviewed scientific data on electronic air cleaners,\u0026rdquo; Ng said. \u0026ldquo;We hope that additional studies will lead to more government guidelines and regulation.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECITATION: Joo et al., \u0026ldquo;\u003C\/em\u003EFormation of oxidized gases and secondary organic aerosol from a commercial oxidant-generating electronic air cleaner\u003Cem\u003E.\u0026rdquo; (Environmental Science \u0026amp; Technology Letters)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.1c00416\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.1c00416\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 40,000 students representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Jason Maderer (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jmaderer3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejmaderer3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Brad Dixon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Brad Dixon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The benefits to indoor air quality of one type of purifying system can be offset by the generation of other pollutants "}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2021-07-14 22:20:10","changed_gmt":"2021-07-16 13:57:48","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648741":{"id":"648741","type":"image","title":"Air Quality Study: Aerosols","body":null,"created":"1626271821","gmt_created":"2021-07-14 14:10:21","changed":"1626271821","gmt_changed":"2021-07-14 14:10:21","alt":"a research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has found that the benefits to indoor air quality of one type of purifying system can be offset by the generation of other pollutants that are harmful to health.","file":{"fid":"246254","name":"aerosol.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aerosol.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aerosol.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":141733,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/aerosol.jpg?itok=Kd0te2uR"}},"648772":{"id":"648772","type":"image","title":"Nga Lee \u0022Sally\u0022 Ng","body":null,"created":"1626303622","gmt_created":"2021-07-14 23:00:22","changed":"1626303622","gmt_changed":"2021-07-14 23:00:22","alt":"Dr. Nga Lee \u0022Sally\u0022 Ng","file":{"fid":"246264","name":"ng2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ng2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ng2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":110365,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ng2.jpg?itok=Jp3hnBO7"}}},"media_ids":["648741","648772"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"745","name":"air quality"},{"id":"185727","name":"air purifiers"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"11381","name":"pollutants"},{"id":"746","name":"pollution"},{"id":"113111","name":"aerosols"},{"id":"188260","name":"hydorxiyl racials"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"178819","name":"newsroom"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jmaderer3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejmaderer3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jmaderer3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"648738":{"#nid":"648738","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Larry Heck Appointed as Georgia Tech\u2019s Rhesa \u201cRay\u201d S. 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When he arrives at Georgia Tech this summer, he will collaborate with researchers across myriad disciplines, including the Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech is delighted to have Larry Heck return to campus in a role that will impact various fields in an entirely new way,\u0026rdquo; said Raheem Beyah, dean of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair. \u0026ldquo;His graduate and doctoral study here became the foundation of a storied career in artificial intelligence, speech and language processing, online algorithms and other areas. He will now advance those fields by expanding his exploration and by preparing the next generation of leaders.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve been fortunate to have seen the evolution of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering over the years and am thrilled to be joining the school in this new capacity,\u0026rdquo; Heck said. \u0026ldquo;ECE and the College of Engineering have profound strengths in academics and research. I look forward to building on ECE\u0026rsquo;s success in a fast-changing field of engineering, as well as participating in the larger innovation and startup ecosystem in Atlanta and Georgia.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHeck\u0026rsquo;s influence on shaping speech and language technologies is widely felt, particularly with AI virtual assistants. He founded the Cortana\u0026trade; virtual assistant at Microsoft, led Samsung\u0026rsquo;s virtual assistant Bixby\u0026trade; in North America, served as a technical advisor to Yap Inc. (acquired by Amazon to initiate the Alexa\u0026trade; virtual assistant), \u0026nbsp;and founded Google\u0026rsquo;s Deep Dialogue group, a research effort behind the Google Assistant\u0026trade;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Recruiting engineers and scientists of Larry\u0026rsquo;s caliber to Georgia is how we continue to elevate our state\u0026rsquo;s profile as a leading center of university research and entrepreneurship,\u0026rdquo; said GRA President Susan Shows. \u0026ldquo;Larry has been a true trailblazer in deep learning technology for speech processing and in several other areas. He will be an outstanding addition to the Academy of GRA Eminent Scholars, who are major drivers of research funding to Georgia\u0026rsquo;s universities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1992, Heck began his career at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in acoustics research and later in speech with the Speech Technology and Research (STAR) Laboratory. He founded the SRI Speaker Recognition Group in the STAR Lab, where he created speaker verification\/voice biometric technology that he eventually transferred and developed into the award-winning Nuance Verifier\u0026trade; product. While at SRI, Heck worked with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and MIT Lincoln Labs to establish the NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluations (SRE), an international competition to encourage fundamental research and foster collaboration among speaker recognition researchers. The NIST SRE has been held every year over the past 25 years and has had a profound influence on the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHeck joined Nuance Communications in 1998, eventually serving as its Vice President for R\u0026amp;D where he led the research, advanced development, and deployment of its engines for speech recognition, voice-biometrics, spoken natural language processing, and text-to-speech. In 1999, he led one of the world\u0026rsquo;s earliest deployments of a major industrial application of deep learning with the Home Shopping Network. The Nuance speech recognition engine Nuance Recognizer\u0026trade; was recognized with numerous awards, including being named as the industry\u0026rsquo;s most accurate speech recognition engine for telephony in 2004. In that same year, he was named among the \u0026ldquo;Top 10 Leaders in Speech Industry\u0026rdquo; at SpeechTek \u0026rsquo;04.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2005, Heck moved to Yahoo!, where he served as its Vice President for Search and Advertising Sciences. His highly multidisciplinary team was responsible for the scientific development, analysis, and deployment of the Yahoo! web search, search monetization, content match advertising, and display advertising products. He was the co-founder of Yahoo! Labs and was the co-creator and program chair for the first Yahoo! Tech Pulse Conference, a company-wide internal technical conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHeck joined Microsoft in 2009, eventually becoming its Chief Scientist of Speech Products and Distinguished Engineer where he founded the Cortana\u0026trade; AI virtual assistant. He joined Google Research in 2014 to continue his work on AI virtual assistant technology. Since 2017, he has been with Samsung Electronics where he created 3 world-class AI research centers (Silicon Valley, Toronto and Montreal), served as the President and CEO of Viv Labs, and led the company\u0026rsquo;s North America product teams around the AI virtual assistant Bixby.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Heck remains active on Advisory boards for several conversational AI startups, including Symbl.ai, XdMind and Otter.ai.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdding to his impressive list of industry leadership positions, Heck has over 125 journal and conference publications and over 50 patents in the areas of AI and speech recognition. Heck is an IEEE Fellow \u0026ldquo;for leadership in application of machine learning to spoken and text language processing.\u0026rdquo; In 2017, he received the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering and the Texas Tech University Whitacre College of Engineering Distinguished Engineer Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHeck received his master of science degree in electrical engineering and Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 1989 and 1991, respectively, and his bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. 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The findings were reported earlier this month in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Electronics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETraditionally, mmWave communications, called the extremely high frequency band, is considered \u0026ldquo;the last mile\u0026rdquo; for broadband, with directive point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless links. This spectrum band offers many advantages, including wide available GHz bandwidth, which enables very large communication rates, and the ability to implement electrically large antenna arrays, enabling on-demand beamforming capabilities. However, such mmWave systems depend on high-cost components and systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Struggle for Simplicity Versus Cost\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Typically, it was simplicity against cost. You could either do very simple things with one transistor or you need multiple transistors for more complex features, which made these systems very expensive,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003EEmmanouil (Manos) Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E, Ken Byers Professor in Flexible Electronics in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026quot;Now we\u0026rsquo;ve enhanced the complexity, making it very powerful but very low cost, so we\u0026rsquo;re getting the best of both worlds.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our breakthrough is being able to communicate over 5G\/millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies without actually having a full mmWave radio transmitter \u0026ndash; only a single mmWave transistor is needed along much lower frequency electronics, such as the ones found in cell phones or WiFi devices. Lower operating frequency keeps the electronics\u0026rsquo; power consumption and silicon cost low,\u0026rdquo; added first author Ioannis (John) Kimionis, a Georgia Tech Ph.D. graduate now a member of technical staff at Nokia Bell Labs. \u0026ldquo;Our work is scalable for any type of digital modulation and can be applied to any fixed or mobile device.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers are the first to use a backscatter radio for gigabit-data rate mmWave communications, while minimizing the front-end complexity to a single high-frequency transistor. Their breakthrough included the modulation as well as adding more intelligence to the signal that is driving the device.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We kept the same RF front-end for scaling up the data rate without adding more transistors to our modulator, which makes it a scalable communicator,\u0026rdquo; Kimionis said, adding that their demonstration showed how a single mmWave transistor can support a wide range of modulation formats.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPowering a Host of \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026lsquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESmart\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026rsquo; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIoT Sensors\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technology opens up a host of IoT 5G applications, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/645735\/leveraging-5g-network-wirelessly-power-iot-devices\u0022\u003Eenergy harvesting\u003C\/a\u003E, which Georgia Tech researchers recently demonstrated using a specialized Rotman lens that collects 5G electromagnetic energy from all directions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETentzeris said additional applications for the backscatter technology could include \u0026ldquo;rugged\u0026rdquo; high-speed personal area networks with zero-power wearable\/implantable sensors for monitoring oxygen or glucose levels in the blood or cardiac\/EEG functions; smart home sensors that monitor temperature, chemicals, gases, and humidity; and smart agricultural applications for detecting frost on crops, analyzing soil nutrients, or even livestock tracking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers developed an early proof of concept of this backscatter modulation, which won third prize at the 2016 Nokia Bell Labs Prize. At the time, Kimionis was a Georgia Tech ECE doctoral researcher working with Tentzeris in the ATHENA lab, which advances novel technologies for electromagnetic, wireless, RF, millimeter-wave, and sub-terahertz applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKey Enabler of Low Cost: Additive Manufacturing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Kimionis, the backscatter technology breakthrough reflects his goal to \u0026ldquo;democratize communications.\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;Throughout my career I\u0026rsquo;ve looked for ways to make all types of communication more cost-efficient and more energy-efficient. Now, because the whole front end of our solution was created at such low complexity, it is compatible with printed electronics. We can literally print a mmWave antenna array that can support a low-power, low-complexity, and low-cost transmitter.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETentzeris considers affordable printing crucial to making their backscattering technology market viable. Georgia Tech is a pioneer in inkjet printing on virtually every material (paper, plastics, glass, flexible\/organic substrates) and was one of the first research institutes to use 3D printing up to millimeter-frequency ranges back in 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther researchers who collaborated on this work included Apostolos Georgiadis and Spyridon Nektarios Daskalakis, both former visiting professors at Georgia Tech now on the faculty of Herriot-Watt University\u0026rsquo;s School of Engineering and Physical Sciences in Edinburgh.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation-EFRI, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and by the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie grant agreement no. 661621.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: J. 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A boom in telemedicine was borne out of necessity as healthcare workers, administrators, and scientists creatively advanced technologies to fill a void in care.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring this time, Georgia Institute of Technology professor Jun Ueda and Ph.D. student Waiman Meinhold, along with their collaborators at NITI-ON Co. and Tohoku University in Japan, began to explore how they might contribute. By employing their previously engineered \u0026ldquo;smart\u0026rdquo; tendon hammer and developing a mobile app to accompany it, Meinhold, Ueda, and their collaborators devised a system that enables the deep tendon reflex exam to be performed remotely, filling a gap in neurological healthcare delivery.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe deep tendon reflex exam is both a basic and crucial part of neurological assessment and is often the first step in identifying neurological illnesses. The traditional exam consists of two main parts. First, using a silicone hammer, a physician taps on a patient\u0026rsquo;s tendon to trigger a reflex response. Next, the physician grades the reflex on a numerical scale. To characterize the reflex, a trained physician relies primarily on previous experience, visual cues, and the \u0026ldquo;feel\u0026rdquo; of the hammer rebounding in their hand. Until now, the physical act of reflex elicitation has been completely out of reach for telemedicine. Hitting the correct spot on the tendon is crucial and is necessary in order to elicit a proper reflex response.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Meinhold and Ueda\u0026rsquo;s research, a patient\u0026rsquo;s caretaker or family member may be able to easily step in to assist with this critical component of the neurological exam. They will simply need to obtain the smart tendon hammer and download the accompanying mobile application for data analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo make this advance possible, Meinhold and Ueda modified a standard commercially available reflex hammer by furnishing it with a small wireless Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) capable of measuring and streaming the hammer\u0026rsquo;s acceleration data. In the course of their research, Meinhold and Ueda proved that by taking the hammer\u0026rsquo;s acceleration measurements from on-tendon and off-tendon locations and running them through a classification algorithm, they can reliably distinguish whether or not the hammer has hit the correct spot.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHow would this remote exam work, exactly? Equipped with the smart hammer, the lay person uses the app to select which tendon they will test (bicep, Achilles, patellar, etc.), which calls up the pre-programmed \u0026ldquo;classifier\u0026rdquo; for that particular tendon. These \u0026ldquo;classifiers\u0026rdquo; are basic forms of artificial intelligence that use aggregated acceleration data collected from experiments to categorize each tap into one of two categories: correct or incorrect. The lay person then uses the smart tendon hammer to administer a tap on the patient\u0026rsquo;s tendon. As contact is made, the hammer streams acceleration data via Bluetooth to the app, which interprets the data and gives instant feedback to the user about whether they have tapped the correct location. In addition, colored LEDs on the hammer indicate a tap\u0026rsquo;s success, with a green light indicating a correct tap and a red light indicating an incorrect tap. The user is prompted to keep tapping until they log several correct taps.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECrucially, Meinhold and Ueda showed that lay people can adequately perform tendon tapping. Their research appeared in the peer-reviewed journal\u003Cem\u003E Frontiers in Robotics and AI\u003C\/em\u003E on March 16, 2021. There, moving their smart hammer closer to clinical implementation, Meinhold and Ueda directly compared the manual tapping variability between a novice and a trained clinician. The results were reassuring. The team found that while novices had more variability in their tapping than clinicians, their skill level was adequate. They reliably elicited tendon reflexes. Their research demonstrates that a tool is within reach to allow for remote implementation of deep tendon reflex exam.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut could lay users also aid in grading reflexes? The work by Meinhold and Ueda suggests that non-experts may be able to help. To investigate this, they tested a simple training scheme. They provided participants and physicians with a training video on how to grade reflexes, and then assigned unlabeled videos for them to score. They found that while novices were able to grade reflexes with relatively low error rates, expert physicians outperformed them. Physicians excelled at grading from video, making no errors. To access this expert grading, Meinhold and Ueda envision that through the app, lay users could upload videos of the tendon tapping and reflex response. Physicians could then easily grade the patient\u0026rsquo;s reflexes from their office.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy revolutionizing a traditional neurological assessment procedure, the smart hammer system developed at Georgia Tech is poised to kick-start a new wave in telemedicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EText - Catherine Barzler\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nImages \u0026ndash; Christa Ernst\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frobt.2021.618656\/full\u0022\u003EA Smart Tendon Hammer System for Remote Neurological Examination\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nW. Meinhold, Y.Yamakawa, H. Honda, T. Mori, S. 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Such was the case with the planning for the Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB) \u0026ndash; currently under construction on 10th Street \u0026ndash; a project that in turn led to the development of the 2013 Stormwater Master Plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe concept of stormwater management at Georgia Tech was envisioned as the \u0026ldquo;Eco-Commons\u0026rdquo; as part of the 2004 Campus Master Plan Update and 2006 Landscape Master Plan, and further refined during the 2011 Landscape Master Plan Update.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Jason Gregory, educational facilities planner with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.space.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECapital Planning and Space Management\u003C\/a\u003E, the Eco-Commons is a series of campus green spaces that follow the historic alignment of now buried streams, which also follow the alignment of the combined sanitary sewer lines. Restoring the historic streams would be costly and impractical; however, creating spaces that replicate the function of the streams is possible. This includes rain gardens, infiltration cells, bio retention areas, interconnected cisterns, and an increase in tree canopy coverage to mitigate stormwater runoff.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A significant component of the Eco-Commons plan and Stormwater Master Plan is the large retention pond that is proposed near the EBB site,\u0026rdquo; said Gregory. \u0026ldquo;When planning for the EBB project, we quickly realized we needed to know exactly how large to make the pond and therefore needed to know how much water the system would generate and be captured. This is what prompted us to begin development of the plan.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWhy the Plan Matters\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Stormwater Master Plan supports Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s sustainability mission and conserves water while protecting our primary drinking water source, the Chattahoochee River,\u0026rdquo; said Howard Wertheimer, director of Capital Planning and Space Management. \u0026ldquo;By developing the Stormwater Master Plan, we can provide additional educational and research opportunities with measurable results and performance metrics, as well as provide a recreational amenity for our campus community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWertheimer said that in addition to setting the example for how to deal with stormwater at a regional level, the plan will provide a roadmap for the Eco-Commons infrastructure, allowing the Institute to reduce potable water use, reduce combined sewer overflows, and exceed the city\u0026rsquo;s stormwater regulations in a meaningful way.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EEducational Opportunities\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA unique aspect of the Stormwater Master Plan is the incorporation of an \u0026ldquo;educational overlay,\u0026rdquo; which provides an opportunity to update and enhance the current curriculum and stormwater-related course offerings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the Urban Stormwater Planning course taught by Professor Tom Debo (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.planning.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECity and Regional Planning\u003C\/a\u003E) served as part of the team that studied and validated the findings of the Stormwater Master Plan. Debo\u0026rsquo;s curriculum focuses on stormwater management, and the development of the stormwater model at Tech has provided a tool to measure the effectiveness of stormwater systems and test different alternatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We also engaged [Research Engineer] Ramachandra Sivakumar in the College of Architecture\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cgis.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Geographic Information Systems\u003C\/a\u003E to incorporate the stormwater model in the campus GIS data,\u0026rdquo; said Gregory. \u0026ldquo;And we had assistance from Ching-Hua Huang in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cee.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)\u003C\/a\u003E in studying the quality of the water in the various cisterns on campus. We are optimistic that there are many other opportunities to engage CEE and other colleges and schools to take advantage of Georgia Tech as a living learning laboratory.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026mdash;written by Dan Treadaway, Institute Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConstruction of the Engineered Biosystems Building prompted development of a campus Stormwater Master Plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Construction of the Engineered Biosystems Building prompted development of a campus Stormwater Master Plan."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2014-04-29 12:58:09","changed_gmt":"2021-04-22 13:16:40","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"293101":{"id":"293101","type":"image","title":"Eco-Commons Pond","body":null,"created":"1449244313","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:53","changed":"1475894991","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:51","alt":"Eco-Commons Pond","file":{"fid":"199296","name":"cross_pondl.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cross_pondl_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cross_pondl_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":413053,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cross_pondl_0.jpg?itok=hTFlA4pP"}},"293081":{"id":"293081","type":"image","title":"Imagining the Eco-Commons","body":null,"created":"1449244313","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:53","changed":"1475894991","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:51","alt":"Imagining the Eco-Commons","file":{"fid":"199294","name":"ecocommons_update.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ecocommons_update_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ecocommons_update_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":725552,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ecocommons_update_0.jpg?itok=6NQ_Tqdq"}}},"media_ids":["293101","293081"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.space.gatech.edu\/landscape-master-plan","title":"Georgia Tech Landscape Master Plan"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jason.gregory@space.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJason Gregory\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCapital Planning and Space Management\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"645171":{"#nid":"645171","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Awarded Total of $4.35 Million in 2020 for Direct Air Capture Projects","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) are principal investigators on six new projects that have been awarded a total of $4.35 million for studies related to direct air capture science and technology. Direct Air Capture (DAC) is a technology that removes carbon dioxide (CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E) directly from ambient air for use as a feedstock for chemical processes or transformed into a durable substance so that it can be sequestered. Some of the proposed chemical transformations that are possible with this technology include liquid fuels that could serve as \u0026ldquo;drop-in\u0026rdquo; replacements for the petroleum-based fuels we use for transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith these recent awards, Georgia Tech researchers, with the support of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), have launched the Direct Air Capture Center (DirACC) under the guidance of Christopher Jones, Professor and William R. McLain Chair, and Matthew Realff, Professor and David Wang Sr. Fellow. DirACC will create a forum for collaborative research on NETs and DAC, bringing together researchers from across the Institute working in energy, sustainability, policy, and related fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more than a decade, Georgia Tech researchers have worked to develop materials and processes that extract carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and transform it into something more durable or useful. In 2008, Jones began collaborating with the founders of a startup company, Global Thermostat, to develop materials and processes for DAC. His group first disclosed the use of hybrid silica\/organic amine materials for CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E capture from ambient air in 2009 at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Global Thermostat\u0026rsquo;s core technology marries the CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E-sorbing materials developed by Jones\u0026rsquo; group with a low energy process for ensuring good air contact with those materials. In 2015, Global Thermostat built their initial R\u0026amp;D facility in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the nation\u0026rsquo;s oldest technology incubator. Global Thermostat operated its ATDC facility through the end of 2020, while building technology demonstration projects in Huntsville, Alabama, in 2019 and opening a new R\u0026amp;D facility in Denver, Colorado, in 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, David Sholl, John F. Brock III School Chair, collaborated with Jones on what is believed to be the first federally funded DAC research project sponsored by the Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s National Energy Technology Laboratory. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation played an early role in sponsoring DAC research at Georgia Tech as well. The foundation has recently produced a short film, featuring Jones, on the concept of DAC in its Chemistry Shorts film series, which is aimed at attracting young people to careers in STEM (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistryshorts.org\/\u0022\u003Echemistryshorts.org\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2017-18, Jones co-led a study on DAC technology for inclusion in the U.S. National Academies consensus study on \u003Cem\u003ENegative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda\u003C\/em\u003E. This study adapted a technoeconomic analysis developed by Realff and former Georgia Tech Professor Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Nagoya University). The report explored all the terrestrial ways that CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E could be removed from the atmosphere, including DAC with geologic sequestration, bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS), carbon mineralization, and coastal, forest, and soil management practices. (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/read\/25259\/chapter\/1\u0022\u003Enap.edu\/read\/25259\/chapter\/1\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn parallel, researchers at Tech have engaged in related technology developments in carbon capture, with large, established technology firms. Examples include projects with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company led by Associate Professor Ryan Lively, along with M.G. Finn, professor and chair of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the James A. Carlos Family for Pediatric Technology; William Koros, professor and Roberto C. Goizueta Chair for Excellence in Chemical Engineering; and Realff, focusing on a range of CO2 capture problems. ExxonMobil has supported R\u0026amp;D efforts in CO2 capture at Georgia Tech dating back to 2005. To date, the GT-ExxonMobil relationship has resulted in the graduation of 10 Ph.D. students, the support of five postdoctoral researchers, and has resulted in more than 45 papers and 25 US patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the fundamental science and engineering of DAC, other research efforts at Georgia Tech are modeling the implications of large-scale deployment of negative emissions technologies. Alice Favero, an environmental economist in the School of Public Policy, develops economic models to study how NETs can be balanced with the optimal use of land and other climate mitigation policies. Recently, she has collaborated with Lively and Realff on assessing the global potential for DAC. In this work, the concept of using sustainable Bio-Energy for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) processes coupled with DAC technology allows for significantly greater atmospheric CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E removal and avoids the complexity of connecting the biomass energy facility to the grid. In particular, Favero demonstrated that this technology can work in combination with ecological afforestation efforts that maintain or enhance the natural ecosystem services and avoid converting forested lands into plantations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is also conducting research on DAC methods that leverage the photosynthesis of plants other than trees to capture CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E from the atmosphere to produce chemicals and fuels. Valerie Thomas, the Anderson-Interface Professor of Natural Systems in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has worked with biofuels companies Algenol and LanzaTech to perform life cycle assessments to determine the potential for their technologies to contribute to carbon sequestration. Using life cycle assessment to study biofuel production also reveals the possibility of unexpected impacts and suggests ways that negative consequences can be averted or mitigated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClimate models now show that reduction of current and future emissions alone will not limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5-2 \u0026deg;C, the level suggested that may allow society to stave off the worst impacts of global climate change. These models suggest that negative emissions technologies, such as direct air capture, will need to be developed and deployed at a large scale to stabilize the climate. Georgia Tech researchers have done pioneering work in this area and are poised to continue advancing the state of the art.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu) or Anne Wainscott-Sargent (404-435-5784) (asargent7@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Brent Verrill\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With these recent awards, Georgia Tech researchers, with the support of Georgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), have launched the Direct Air Capture Center (DirACC)."}],"uid":"27561","created_gmt":"2021-03-09 21:39:44","changed_gmt":"2021-03-25 15:58:09","author":"Angela Ayers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"645173":{"id":"645173","type":"image","title":"Direct Air Capture Installation from Global Thermostat ","body":null,"created":"1615326218","gmt_created":"2021-03-09 21:43:38","changed":"1615326218","gmt_changed":"2021-03-09 21:43:38","alt":"Global Theromostat\u2019s direct air capture installation in Huntsville, Alabama","file":{"fid":"244952","name":"Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":109977,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg?itok=MJSXPV07"}}},"media_ids":["645173"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187252","name":"Direct air capture"},{"id":"1700","name":"Chris Jones"},{"id":"176639","name":"Matthew Realff"},{"id":"170046","name":"David Wang"},{"id":"7508","name":"carbon dioxide"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrent Verrill\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brent.verrill@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"641829":{"#nid":"641829","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shuttering Fossil Fuel Power Plants May Cost Less Than Expected","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDecarbonizing U.S. electricity production will require both construction of renewable energy sources and retirement of power plants now operated by fossil fuels. A generator-level model described in the Dec. 4 issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E suggests that most fossil fuel power plants could complete normal lifespans and still close by 2035 because so many facilities are nearing the end of their operational lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeeting a 2035 deadline for decarbonizing U.S. electricity production, as proposed by the incoming U.S. presidential administration, would eliminate just 15% of the capacity-years left in plants powered by fossil fuels, says the article by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cee.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/7658\/overview\u0022\u003EEmily Grubert\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Institute of Technology researcher. Plant retirements are already underway, with 126 gigawatts of fossil generator capacity taken out of production between 2009 and 2018, including 33 gigawatts in 2017 and 2018 alone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Creating an electricity system that does not contribute to climate change is actually two processes \u0026mdash; building carbon-free infrastructure like solar plants, and closing carbon-based infrastructure like coal plants,\u0026rdquo; said Grubert, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cee.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;My work shows that because a lot of U.S. fossil fuel plants are already pretty old, the target of decarbonization by 2035 would not require us to shut most of these plants down earlier than their typical lifespans.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOf U.S. fossil fuel-fired generation capacity, 73% (630 out of 840 gigawatts) will reach the end of its typical lifespan by 2035; that percentage would reach 96% by 2050, she says in the Policy Forum article published in Science. About 13% of U.S. fossil fuel-fired generation capacity (110 gigawatts) operating in 2018 had already exceeded its typical lifespan.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause typical lifespans are averages, some generators operate for longer than expected. Allowing facilities to run until they retire is thus likely insufficient for a 2035 decarbonization deadline, the article notes. Closure deadlines that strand assets relative to reasonable lifespan expectations, however, could create financial liability for debts and other costs. The research found that a 2035 deadline for completely retiring fossil fuel-based electricity generators would only strand about 15% (1,700 gigawatt-years) of capacity life, along with about 20% (380,000 job-years) of direct power plant and fuel extraction jobs that existed in 2018.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2018, fossil fuel facilities operated in 1,248 of 3,141 counties, directly employing about 157,000 people at generators and fuel extraction facilities. Plant closure deadlines can improve outcomes for workers and host communities \u0026mdash; providing additional certainty, for example, by enabling specific advance planning for things like remediation, retraining for displaced workers, and revenue replacements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Closing large industrial facilities like power plants can be really disruptive for the people who work there and live in the surrounding communities,\u0026rdquo; Grubert said. \u0026ldquo;We don\u0026#39;t want to repeat the damage we saw with the collapse of the steel industry in the 1970s and \u0026rsquo;80s, where people lost jobs, pensions, and stability without warning. We already know where the plants are, and who might be affected. Using the 2035 decarbonization deadline to guide explicit, community grounded planning for what to do next can help, even without a lot of financial support.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlanning ahead will also help avoid creating new capital investment that may not be needed long-term. \u0026ldquo;We shouldn\u0026#39;t build new fossil fuel power plants that would still be young in 2035, and we need to have explicit plans for closures both to ensure the system keeps working and to limit disruption for host communities,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnderlying policies governing the retirement of fossil fuel-powered facilities is the concept of a \u0026ldquo;just transition\u0026rdquo; that ensures material well-being and distributional justice for individuals and communities affected by a transition from fossil to non-fossil electricity systems. Determining which assets are \u0026ldquo;stranded,\u0026rdquo; or required to close earlier than expected, is vital for managing compensation for remaining debt or lost revenue, Grubert said in the article.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Emily Grubert, \u0026ldquo;Fossil electricity retirement deadlines for a just transition\u0026rdquo; (Science, 2020).\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/370\/6521\/1171\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/370\/6521\/1171\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDecarbonizing U.S. electricity production will require both construction of renewable energy sources and retirement of power plants now operated by fossil fuels. A generator-level model described in the Dec. 4 issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E suggests that most fossil fuel power plants could complete normal lifespans and still close by 2035 because so many facilities are nearing the end of their operational lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A generator-level model suggests that most fossil fuel power plants could complete normal lifespans and still close by 2035."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-12-03 16:05:37","changed_gmt":"2021-01-27 15:28:02","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"641827":{"id":"641827","type":"image","title":"Gibson Generating Station","body":null,"created":"1607010798","gmt_created":"2020-12-03 15:53:18","changed":"1607010798","gmt_changed":"2020-12-03 15:53:18","alt":"The Gibson Generating Station","file":{"fid":"243859","name":"gibson-plant.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gibson-plant.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gibson-plant.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":658085,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gibson-plant.jpg?itok=Pv2OCGMH"}},"641828":{"id":"641828","type":"image","title":"Projected Power Plant Lifespans Beyond 2035","body":null,"created":"1607010922","gmt_created":"2020-12-03 15:55:22","changed":"1607010922","gmt_changed":"2020-12-03 15:55:22","alt":"Map showing power plants with lifespans beyond 2035","file":{"fid":"243860","name":"lifespan-map-2035.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lifespan-map-2035.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lifespan-map-2035.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":624863,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lifespan-map-2035.jpg?itok=ZjibTkpC"}}},"media_ids":["641827","641828"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"185904","name":"SEI Energy News"},{"id":"6446","name":"energy policy"},{"id":"185458","name":"energy markets"},{"id":"186372","name":"fossil fuel"},{"id":"186373","name":"decarbonizing"},{"id":"9136","name":"power plant"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"7508","name":"carbon dioxide"},{"id":"436","name":"electricity"},{"id":"186374","name":"Emily Grubert"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"642825":{"#nid":"642825","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Instrument Will Uncover Structure and Chemical Composition on Sub-Cell Scale","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new imaging instrument able to simultaneously study both the surface of a biological sample and its chemical composition is the goal of a three-year, $1.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) research award. Combining information from analysis of the chemical composition and physical structure of the surface of cells, tissues and even individual biomolecules inside the cells could provide a new way to study tumor growth, disease progression, cell function, and other key issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technology being developed, termed Beam Enabled Accurate Mapping \u0026amp; Molecular Analyte Profiling (BeamMap), combines data from scanning electron microscopy and a new mode of desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) to simultaneously determine surface topology and chemical makeup. BeamMap uses an electron beam and a focused nanospray of electrified liquid to gather the two types of information, which is correlated with help of image processing software. The research is funded by the National Institute of Health\u0026rsquo;s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To make this breakthrough tool, we need to be able to provide both topological and chemical information at resolutions on the scale of micrometers and sub-micrometers to be able to discover molecular makeup and biological function at a sub-cellular level,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/fedorov\u0022\u003EAndrei Fedorov\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor and Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. 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BeamMap should be useful in fundamental and clinical biology, medicine, analytical chemistry, and bioengineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Processes that are currently invisible to us could actually be seen using BeamMap, so we will have evidence for things we can only speculate about now,\u0026rdquo; Fedorov said. \u0026ldquo;Being able to see what is happening at the subcellular level will allow us to get a better understanding of how biological systems behave. That will allow us to create hypotheses for how cells and tissues interact with the environment, potentially leading to a whole host of new therapeutic applications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the major challenges that require an innovative research approach are the creation of soft ionization and highly local sample extraction necessary for keeping the biomolecules intact and the ability to effectively deliver the charged molecules to the vacuum environment of the mass spectrometer, he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We will need to fine-tune the energy of the beam that sprays on the substrate to provide the resolution we need,\u0026rdquo; Fedorov said. \u0026ldquo;We need to extract live biomolecules and ionize them without disrupting their structure. To do this, we will have to use the softest possible ionization.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe instrument will use the electrospray technique to create charged molecules of solvent focused in a beam about 100 nanometers in diameter. As the beam of charged solvent molecules hits the surface of the biological sample, it will ablate molecules from sample\u0026rsquo;s surface and move them into the surrounding vacuum environment of the SEM imaging chamber. The molecules will be charged and volatilized by the impinging nano-electrospray at a precisely tuned energy input, and then be extracted for immediate analysis in the mass spectrometer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn parallel, an electron beam that can be focused down to 10 nanometers will be scanning and profiling the structures and features of the surfaces from which the molecules are being extracted by the electrospray. Correlating data from the two beams will provide information about the chemical makeup of the cell surface, the organelles and intracellular structures being imaged topologically.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing multiple passes of the two beams will allow removal of layers from the samples, allowing internal structures to be mapped. Fedorov said producing each image will require several minutes, the timing limited by the speed at which the samples can be moved into the mass spectrometer and analyzed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe characterization will be done in an electron microscope vacuum chamber, with the samples on a stage that can be moved in three dimensions. The stage will also provide cooling and hydration for the living samples during the imaging process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe idea for the instrument came from a discussion with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/andres-garcia\u0022\u003EAndr\u0026eacute;s Garc\u0026iacute;a\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u0026#39; Professor in the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and executive director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E. Garc\u0026iacute;a studies pancreatic cells as part of research into diabetes, and plans to use information from the new technique to develop a better understanding of the disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;BeamMap is an exciting technological advance that will provide unparalleled biological and chemical information with high spatial resolution to analyze complex biological processes,\u0026rdquo; Garc\u0026iacute;a said. \u0026ldquo;We are very much looking forward to applying it to understand diabetes disease progression.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by Award 1R01GM138802-01 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIH.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new imaging instrument able to simultaneously study both the surface of a biological sample and its chemical composition is the goal of a three-year, $1.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) research award. 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Vogel\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, as the new executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/materials.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Materials (IMat)\u003C\/a\u003E. Vogel, who specializes in electronic materials and nano-materials, has also been serving as associate director of IMat and deputy director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ien.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/a\u003E (IEN).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The reach and impact of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s materials research program is broad, from fundamental physics, chemistry and biology to simulation, synthesis, processing, and characterization to properties impacting structural, chemical, biomedical, electronic, optical, magnetic, thermal, and energy applications,\u0026rdquo; said Vogel. \u0026ldquo;I am humbled by the opportunity to serve Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s internationally recognized materials research enterprise.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs one of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 11 interdisciplinary research institutes, IMat brings together more than 100 principal investigators, providing leadership in discovery and development of materials that address 21st century grand challenges in areas such as energy, mobility, infrastructure, computing, communications, security, and health.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Materials provide the foundation for innovation in broad areas of science and technology that will help solve the challenges of tomorrow,\u0026rdquo; said Raheem Beyah, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s vice president for interdisciplinary research. \u0026ldquo;Eric Vogel\u0026rsquo;s broad expertise and interdisciplinary research experience make him an ideal leader for this important research area.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVogel succeeds David L. McDowell, Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor and Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing, who has served as executive director of IMat since its founding in 2012. McDowell is a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs associate director of IMat since 2012, Vogel founded and leads Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Materials Characterization Facility. He has also been deputy director of IEN since 2015, and was responsible for catalyzing large-scale, interdisciplinary research activities in the area of micro- and nano-electronics and photonics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining Georgia Tech, he was associate professor of materials science and engineering and electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Prior to joining UTD, he was a research group leader and founded the Nanofab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, for which he received a Department of Commerce Silver Medal.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVogel received the Ph.D. degree in 1998 in electrical engineering with a minor in physics from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and was recently honored with induction into NCSU\u0026rsquo;s Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame. He has authored more than 210 peer-reviewed publications that have been cited a total of 11,000 times.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has named Eric M. Vogel, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, as the new executive director of the Institute for Materials (IMat). 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As the U.S. Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s (DOE\u0026rsquo;s) Environmental Management Laboratory, SRNL provides strategic scientific and technological support for the nation\u0026rsquo;s $6 billion per year waste clean-up program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the BRSA, Georgia Tech will help manage the SRNL and guide the future growth of the lab\u0026rsquo;s core competencies while expanding collaboration with Tech\u0026rsquo;s $1 billion-per-year research program. The laboratory is located near Aiken, S.C., across the Savannah River from Augusta and Richmond County.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are pleased to support the national interests of the Department of Energy and the impact that the SRNL has on the Augusta area,\u0026rdquo; said \u0026Aacute;ngel Cabrera, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s president. \u0026ldquo;We look forward to expanding our collaborations with the Savannah River National Laboratory, other members of the Battelle Savannah River Alliance, and the Department of Energy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBSRA is led by and wholly owned by Battelle, one of DOE\u0026rsquo;s leading laboratory management contractors. The BSRA Team includes five universities from the region\u0026mdash;Clemson University, Georgia Institute of Technology, South Carolina State University, University of Georgia, and University of South Carolina\u0026mdash;as well as small business partners, Longenecker \u0026amp; Associates and TechSource.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our collaboration with the Battelle Savannah River Alliance and the Savannah River National Laboratory will provide new opportunities for our faculty and students in unique areas of research and education,\u0026rdquo; said Chaouki Abdallah, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s executive vice president for research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe contract includes a five-year base with five one-year options. The estimated value of the contract is $3.8 billion over the course of 10 years if all options are exercised.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are honored by DOE\u0026rsquo;s decision to award the Savannah River National Laboratory management and operations contract to our team,\u0026rdquo; said Battelle President and CEO Lou Von Thaer. \u0026ldquo;We have the lab management experience to make a difference and we\u0026rsquo;re committed to ensuring the success of this important national resource.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re honored and excited to have this opportunity,\u0026rdquo; said Ron Townsend, Battelle\u0026rsquo;s Executive Vice President for Global Laboratory Operations. \u0026ldquo;BSRA\u0026rsquo;s approach will ensure the delivery of high-impact science, technology and engineering solutions into the future through a significant expansion of SRNL\u0026rsquo;s core competencies. Our team offers an exciting, compelling vision for the future of SRNL and provides DOE a leadership team that will deliver with excellence.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBattelle currently has a management role at seven DOE national labs including Pacific Northwest National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, National Renewable Energy Lab, Idaho National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab and Lawrence Livermore National Lab. It also operates the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center for the Department of Homeland Security.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BRSA) \u0026ndash; which includes Georgia Tech \u0026ndash; has been selected by the Department of Energy to manage one of the country\u0026rsquo;s premier environmental, energy, and national security research facilities\u0026mdash;the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is part of a team that has been selected to manage the DOE\u0027s Savannah River National Laboratory"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-12-28 17:09:21","changed_gmt":"2020-12-28 17:21:22","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-12-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-12-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642334":{"id":"642334","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech and SRNL","body":null,"created":"1609176014","gmt_created":"2020-12-28 17:20:14","changed":"1609176014","gmt_changed":"2020-12-28 17:20:14","alt":"Georgia Tech tower","file":{"fid":"244002","name":"10P1000-P22-008.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10P1000-P22-008.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10P1000-P22-008.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":631337,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10P1000-P22-008.jpg?itok=olyKNG6d"}}},"media_ids":["642334","642334"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186512","name":"Savannah River National Laboratory"},{"id":"186513","name":"SRNL"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"3441","name":"DOE"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"641702":{"#nid":"641702","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Coronavirus Vaccine Approval Will Launch Unprecedented Public Health Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen one or more coronavirus vaccines receives FDA emergency use authorization, it will launch a public health and logistics initiative unlike any in U.S. history.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHundreds of millions of doses will have to distributed nationwide and kept cold until healthcare professionals can administer not one, but two doses to each person. And enough skeptical members of the population will have to be persuaded to receive the vaccine to slow virus transmission.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond those challenges, the distribution effort will have to adapt to unexpected and uneven demand; accommodate recipients who may not return on time for a second dose; train hundreds of thousands of staff from clinics, pharmacies, doctor\u0026rsquo;s offices, and hospitals; prioritize serving high-risk groups first while encouraging others to wait \u0026mdash; all while under tremendous pressure to get the much-anticipated vaccines into use as case counts and the death toll continue rising.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Time is of the essence because the virus is already so widespread,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/pinar-keskinocak\u0022\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/a\u003E, the William W. George Chair and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ISyE) and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chhs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Health and Humanitarian Systems\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0026ldquo;With the pressure on our timeline, knowledge of how quickly the disease is spreading, and the broad U.S. and global need, I can\u0026rsquo;t think of a comparable public health initiative that has ever been undertaken.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShipping and Keeping Hundreds of Millions of Doses Cold\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThree vaccines, produced by Moderna, Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, and Oxford-AstraZeneca, are expected to be available first. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will need to be kept ultra-cold \u0026mdash; minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit \u0026mdash; on its journey to individual Americans. The Moderna drug won\u0026rsquo;t have such demanding conditions, but both it and the Pfizer vaccine will tax the existing \u0026ldquo;cold chain\u0026rdquo; that keeps vaccines and other temperature-sensitive products in a narrow range of conditions during transport and storage.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will have much less stringent requirements and faster ramp-up in capacity, though early testing suggests its efficacy may be lower than the others. That will create tradeoffs between efficacy versus access and speed in distribution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlans already exist to get the vaccines from manufacturers to the states, each of which has developed its own distribution plan. Keskinocak worries mostly about \u0026ldquo;last mile\u0026rdquo; plans \u0026mdash; getting the vaccines to where they will be injected \u0026mdash; and getting individuals to those locations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Access is going to be a challenge,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;You may be able to get it to locations where it can be distributed, but you have to make sure the people who really need the vaccine can easily access those locations.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECold chain transportation, tracking, tracing, and storage already exist in most areas, but refrigeration could be challenging for rural areas that may be at the end of the chain, especially for the vaccine requiring very cold temperatures beyond the capability of freezers found in most doctor\u0026rsquo;s offices and clinics. And cold can sometimes be too cold, Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We often think about keeping it cold, but sometimes it may be too cold, which is not good. It\u0026rsquo;s not just whether the temperature exceeded the required level, but also whether it went below that. It is important to keep the vaccine exactly at the required temperature level.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPfizer has developed a shipping container that includes a temperature tracking device \u0026mdash; and 50 pounds of dry ice to maintain the right temperature during transit. Because it is contained in small vials and the liquid vaccine is diluted for use, the overall volume being shipped will be relatively small, limiting the number of packages that will be moved and stored, Keskinocak noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the cold chain may play a significant role in vaccine effectiveness. Currently, the vaccines being produced by Pfizer\/BioNTech and Moderna are reported to have a higher efficacy than the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine \u0026mdash; but only if they can be maintained at the proper temperatures. The timing, magnitude, and duration of temperature fluctuations during transport and before administration could affect that in ways that may be difficult to assess.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our current modeling shows that a vaccine that is less effective but that can be distributed more quickly and more widely might work better in some settings than a more effective vaccine, thereby reducing the total number of infections in the population,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf You Build It, Will They Come?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExpectations are that the nation is hungry for a vaccine to escape the horrors of Covid-19. But a recent Gallup survey shows that only 58% of respondents said they planned to receive the vaccine when it becomes available. Boosting that percentage will require a massive communications effort to overcome vaccine reluctance and concerns fueled by the uneven nature of the U.S. pandemic response.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If we can get the vaccine to locations where people can access it, and we have the necessary syringes, supplies, and PPE, as well as the healthcare staff to administer the injections, it\u0026rsquo;s not clear that people will come to receive it in large enough numbers,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s one major component missing from a lot of the plans that I see at the state level.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe communications program will have to run in parallel to the vaccine distribution, and they have to be coordinated so that supply meets demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Public health communication and dissemination of information at the right time and in the right language is going to be at least as important and challenging as the logistics of distributing the vaccine,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said. \u0026ldquo;Communication is going to shape demand to a large extent. If one is more effective than the other, we will have a mismatch between demand and supply.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDifferent demographic populations have different levels of trust for medicine in general and vaccines in particular, she said, so communications campaigns will have to focus on issues of concern to those groups. Unexpected variations in vaccine demand caused by these concerns could also create logistical uncertainties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We can try to forecast demand, and ship supplies to those locations,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;But historically, we have seen that demand can exceed supply in one location while inventory builds up in another location. We need to avoid this situation of unmet demand and unused vaccine.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother issue will be the two doses necessary for the vaccine. The second dose must be received within a narrow range of time for the two-dose vaccine to be effective. Should a second dose be reserved for every person receiving a first dose, or should the goal be to get as many doses out as possible?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Some people may never show up to be vaccinated, while others will receive the first dose, but may not come back for the second dose,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGetting the Program Started\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first available doses will likely go to healthcare workers and first responders who are on the front lines of battling Covid-19. That is expected to be the easier part of vaccination logistics, and the lessons learned there should help with the much more massive vaccination campaign for high-risk individuals and the general public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs vaccine production and distribution capacity ramp up, other groups will be next in line. While distributing small batches as manufacturers produce it can create some supply challenges, that also allows the system to more easily adjust to unexpected demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though distributing and administering vaccines is something the U.S. healthcare system does routinely, the size and timeline of this project are unprecedented, Keskinocak noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the logistical and communications needs, the vaccination program will also have a strong information technology component. Administration will likely be by appointment, and each injection will have to be reported to a vaccine registry to provide a record of which vaccines people have received and when.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVaccinating People Who May Already Be Immune\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s estimated that the number of reported Covid-19 cases may be just 10% of the actual number of infections in the U.S. Assuming recovery from the virus confers immunity for some period of time means there may be quite a few people who don\u0026rsquo;t actually need the vaccine right away to be protected. But there are currently no plans to determine whether recipients are already immune before they receive the vaccine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are a lot of people out there who have some level of immunity to the coronavirus,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said. \u0026ldquo;The plans I\u0026rsquo;ve seen don\u0026rsquo;t include the serological testing that would be needed to identify people with some level of immunity, which could be around 30% of the population by the time the vaccine gets out to the general public.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETesting for immune antibodies could be done ahead of the vaccination program, but that would create an extra step in a process that is already quite complicated. Healthcare systems such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or certain private insurance plans could include that step, especially if vaccine supplies lag behind demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The big complexity is timing,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;Once vaccines become available, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to deliver them as quickly as possible to as many people as possible in a very short time frame.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnnual vaccination campaigns for the seasonal flu set ambitious goals for the population levels they want to reach, but the time challenges will be much greater for the coronavirus vaccine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The seasonal flu vaccine becomes available months before the virus spreads broadly, so we have quite a bit of time to administer it before we get into the peak of the flu season,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;We have been in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic for several months now. We are really late in the game, so we don\u0026rsquo;t have the luxury of time.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKeskinocak is cautiously optimistic that the challenges will ultimately be addressed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are certainly still lots of unknowns,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;But the state plans I have seen look reasonable from a supply chain standpoint. Some of the decisions will be made once the states receive the vaccine, and exactly how they do it will be somewhat up to the local jurisdictions. There are still many things that need to be decided to make this unprecedented initiative live up to its goals.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen one or more coronavirus vaccines receives FDA emergency use authorization, it will launch a public health and logistics initiative unlike any in U.S. history.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"When one or more coronavirus vaccines receives FDA emergency use authorization, it will launch a major public health and logistics initiative."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-11-30 18:22:51","changed_gmt":"2020-11-30 18:27:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"641699":{"id":"641699","type":"image","title":"Vaccine Vials Logistics","body":null,"created":"1606759751","gmt_created":"2020-11-30 18:09:11","changed":"1606759751","gmt_changed":"2020-11-30 18:09:11","alt":"Vaccine vials","file":{"fid":"243825","name":"GettyImages-154920441-lg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-154920441-lg.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-154920441-lg.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":129795,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GettyImages-154920441-lg.jpg?itok=ILEK3GkP"}},"641700":{"id":"641700","type":"image","title":"Vaccine Administration","body":null,"created":"1606759836","gmt_created":"2020-11-30 18:10:36","changed":"1606759836","gmt_changed":"2020-11-30 18:10:36","alt":"Healthcare worker with vaccine syringe","file":{"fid":"243826","name":"GettyImages-1249961285-md.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-1249961285-md.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-1249961285-md.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":90945,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GettyImages-1249961285-md.jpg?itok=uloBAUNy"}},"641701":{"id":"641701","type":"image","title":"Researcher Pinar Keskinocak","body":null,"created":"1606759995","gmt_created":"2020-11-30 18:13:15","changed":"1606759995","gmt_changed":"2020-11-30 18:13:15","alt":"Pinar Keskinocak","file":{"fid":"243827","name":"pinar-003.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pinar-003.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pinar-003.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":297230,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pinar-003.jpg?itok=crRLvV8c"}}},"media_ids":["641699","641700","641701"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"183843","name":"coronavirus"},{"id":"763","name":"vaccine"},{"id":"12731","name":"cold chain"},{"id":"233","name":"Logistics"},{"id":"755","name":"public health"},{"id":"3748","name":"communication"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404-894-6986)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"641165":{"#nid":"641165","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Machine Learning Advances Materials for Separations, Adsorption, and Catalysis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn artificial intelligence technique \u0026mdash; machine learning \u0026mdash; is helping accelerate the development of highly tunable materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that have important applications in chemical separations, adsorption, catalysis, and sensing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUtilizing data about the properties of more than 200 existing MOFs, the machine learning platform was trained to help guide the development of new materials by predicting an often-essential property: water stability. Using guidance from the model, researchers can avoid the time-consuming task of synthesizing and then experimentally testing new candidate MOFs for their aqueous stability. Already, researchers are expanding the model to predict other important MOF properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESupported by the Office of Science\u0026rsquo;s Basic Energy Sciences program within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the research was reported Nov. 9 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Machine Intelligence\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was conducted in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/efrc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy\u003C\/a\u003E (UNCAGE-ME), a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center located at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The issue of water stability with MOFs has existed in this field for a long time, with no easy way to predict it,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/krista-s-walton\u0022\u003EKrista Walton\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Robert \u0026quot;Bud\u0026quot; Moeller faculty fellow in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Rather than having to do the synthesis and experimentation to figure this out for each candidate MOF, this machine learning model now provides a way to predict water stability given a set of desired features. This will really speed up the process of identifying new materials for specific applications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMOFs are a class of porous and crystalline materials that are synthesized from inorganic metal ions or clusters connected to organic ligands. They are known for their easily tunable components that can be customized for specific applications, but the large number of potential combinations makes it difficult to choose MOFs with the desired properties. That\u0026rsquo;s where artificial intelligence can help.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMachine learning is playing an increasingly important role in materials science, said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/rampi-ramprasad\u0022\u003ERampi Ramprasad\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Michael E. Tennenbaum Family Chair in the Georgia Tech School of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMaterials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gra.org\u0022\u003EGeorgia Research Alliance\u003C\/a\u003E Eminent Scholar in Energy Sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When materials scientists plan the next set of experiments, we use the intuition and insights that we have accumulated from the past,\u0026rdquo; Ramprasad said. \u0026ldquo;Machine learning allows us to fully tap into this past knowledge in the most efficient and effective manner. If 200 experiments have already been done, machine learning allows us to exploit all that has been learned from them as we plan the 201st experiment.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond experimental data, machine learning can also use the results of physics-based simulations. And unlike simulations, the results from machine learning models can be instantaneous. The machine learning algorithm improves as it receives more information, he noted, and both negative and positive results are useful.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Great discoveries are as important as not-so-exciting discoveries \u0026mdash; failed experiments \u0026mdash; because machine learning uses both ends of the spectrum to get better at what it does,\u0026rdquo; Ramprasad said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe machine learning model used information Walton and her research team had gathered on hundreds of existing MOF materials, both from compounds developed in her own lab and those reported by other researchers. To prepare the information for the model to learn from, she categorized each MOF according to four measures of water stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The couple hundred data points used to build the model represented years of experiments,\u0026rdquo; Walton said. \u0026ldquo;I spent basically the first half of my career working to understand this water stability problem with MOFs, so it\u0026rsquo;s something we have studied extensively.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing the model, researchers who are developing new adsorbents and other porous materials for specific applications can now check their proposed formulas to determine the likelihood that a new MOF would be stable in the presence of water. That could be particularly helpful for researchers who don\u0026rsquo;t have this particular expertise or who don\u0026rsquo;t have easy access to experimental methods for examining stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The MOF community is diverse, with a variety of subfields. Not everyone has the chemical intuition about which materials\u0026rsquo; features lead to good framework stability, and experimental evaluation often requires specialty equipment that many labs may not have or wouldn\u0026rsquo;t otherwise need for their specific subfield. However, with good predictive models, they wouldn\u0026rsquo;t necessarily need to develop it to choose a material for a specific application,\u0026rdquo; Walton said. \u0026ldquo;This capability potentially opens up this field to a broader group of researchers that could accelerate application development.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile screening for water stability is important, Ramprasad says it\u0026rsquo;s just the beginning of the potential benefits from the project. The machine learning model can be trained to predict other properties as long as a sufficient amount of data exists. For instance, the team is already teaching their model about factors affecting methane absorption under varying levels of pressure. In that case, simulations will provide much of the data from which the model will learn.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We will have a very strong predictor that will tell us if a new MOF would be stable under aqueous conditions and a good candidate for methane uptake,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;What we are doing is creating a universal and scalable machine learning platform that can be trained on new properties. As long as the data is available, the model can learn from it, and make predictions for new cases.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, recent Georgia Tech postdoctoral fellow Rohit Batra and Georgia Tech graduate students Carmen Chen and Tania G. Evans were also coauthors on the \u003Cem\u003ENature Machine Intelligence\u003C\/em\u003E paper.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERamprasad has experience with machine learning techniques applied to other materials and application spaces, and recently coauthored a review article, \u0026ldquo;Emerging materials intelligence ecosystems propelled by machine learning,\u0026rdquo; about a range of artificial intelligence applications in materials science and engineering. Intended to demystify machine learning and to review success stories in the materials development space, it was published, also on Nov. 9, 2020, in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Reviews Materials\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Ramprasad, coauthors on the \u003Cem\u003ENature Review Materials\u003C\/em\u003E paper included Batra and Le Song, associate professor in the Georgia Tech College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis work was supported as part of the Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences under award no. DE-SC0012577.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rohit Batra, Carmen Chen, Tania G. Evans, Krista S. 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The organic devices provide performance comparable to that of rigid silicon photodiodes in the visible light spectrum \u0026mdash; except in response time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What we have achieved is the first demonstration that these devices, produced from solution at low temperatures, can detect as little as a few hundred thousand photons of visible light every second, similar to the magnitude of light reaching our eye from a single star in a dark sky,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/canek-fuentes-hernandez\u0022\u003ECanek Fuentes-Hernandez\u003C\/a\u003E, principal research scientist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0026ldquo;The ability to coat these materials onto large-area substrates with arbitrary shapes means that flexible organic photodiodes now offer some clear advantages over state-of-the-art silicon photodiodes in applications requiring response times in the range of tens of microseconds.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe development and performance of large-area, low-noise organic photodiodes are described in the Nov. 6 issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by multiple organizations, including the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the U.S. Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s National Nuclear Security Administration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrganic electronic devices are based on materials fabricated from carbon-based molecules or polymers instead of conventional inorganic semiconductors such as silicon. The devices can be made using simple solution and inkjet printing techniques instead of the expensive and complex processes involved in the manufacturing of conventional electronics. The technology is now widely used in displays, solar cells, and other devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe organic photodiodes use polyethylenimine, an amine-containing polymer surface modifier found to produce air-stable, low work-function electrodes in photovoltaic devices developed in the laboratory of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/bernard-j-kippelen\u0022\u003EBernard Kippelen\u003C\/a\u003E, Joseph M. Pettit Professor at Georgia Tech. The use of polyethylenimine was also shown to produce photovoltaic devices with low levels of dark current \u0026mdash; the electrical current that flows through a device even in the dark. This meant the materials could be useful in photodetectors for capturing faint signals of visible light.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Over the years, the dark current levels were reduced so much that measurement equipment had to be redesigned to detect an electronic noise corresponding to a fluctuation of one electron in one millionth of a second,\u0026rdquo; Fuentes-Hernandez, the paper\u0026rsquo;s first author, said. \u0026ldquo;This work reflects sustained team efforts made in the Kippelen group over more than six years and encompasses part of the Ph.D. work of recent graduates Talha Kahn and Wen-Fang Chou. These collective efforts produced the scientific insights needed to demonstrate organic photodiodes with this level of performance.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne application for the new devices is in pulse oximeters now placed on fingers to measure heart rate and blood oxygen levels. Organic photodiodes may allow multiple devices to be placed on the body and operate with 10 times less light than conventional devices. This could enable wearable health monitors to produce improved physiological information and continuous monitoring without frequent battery changes. Other potential applications include human-computer interfaces such as touchless gesture recognition and controls.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA future application is detection of ionizing radiation by scintillation \u0026mdash; a flash of light emitted by a phosphor when struck by a high energy particle. Lowering the level of light that can be detected would improve the sensitivity of the device, allowing it to detect lower levels of radiation. Detecting radiation emitted from vehicles or cargo containers requires a large detector area, which would be easier to make from organic photodiodes than from arrays of silicon photodiodes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrganic photodiodes could have similar advantages in X-ray equipment, where doctors want to use the smallest level of radiation possible to minimize the dose delivered to the patient. Here again, sensitivity, large area, and flexible form factor should give organic photodiodes an advantage over silicon-based arrays.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are working on improving the response time of the photodetector because producing fast photodetectors would enable many additional important applications,\u0026rdquo; Fuentes-Hernandez said. \u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s a real need to develop photodetector technologies that are more scalable, and one of the motivations of this work is to advance organic technology that we know is cost effective for scaling.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe organic photodiodes can show electronic noise current values in the tens of femtoampere range and noise equivalent power values of a couple of hundreds of femtowatt. Key performance factors of the organic photodiodes compare well with silicon except in the area of response time, where researchers are working on a hundred-fold improvement to enable future applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Because we use materials that are processed from inks using printing techniques, they are not as ordered as crystalline materials,\u0026rdquo; Kippelen said. \u0026ldquo;As a result, the carrier mobility and the velocity of the carriers that can move through these materials are lower, so you can\u0026rsquo;t get the same fast signals you get with silicon. But for many applications you don\u0026rsquo;t need picosecond or nanosecond response time.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Kippelen, the photodiode work shows the results of a 25-year effort to improve the performance of organic electronic materials. That work, part of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cope.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Organic Photonics and Electronics\u003C\/a\u003E, has involved extensive device modeling to understand the basic science, and research to continuously boost performance of the materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Organic thin films absorb light more efficiently than silicon, so the overall thickness you need to absorb that light is very small,\u0026rdquo; Kippelen said. \u0026ldquo;Even if you scale their area up, the overall volume of your detector remains small with organics. If you increase the area of a silicon detector, you have a larger volume of materials that at room temperature will generate a lot of electronic noise.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe photodiodes made in Kippelen\u0026rsquo;s lab use an active layer just 500 nanometers thick. A gram of the material, roughly the size of a fingertip, could coat the surface of an office desk.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKippelen hopes the \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E paper will help open new doors for organic semiconductors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Advances like this will allow us to change the conventional wisdom that switching to organic materials that can lead to scalable devices would mean giving up performance,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;We can\u0026rsquo;t anticipate all the new applications that could be enabled by this advance.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the research team included Larissa Diniz, Julia Lukens, Felipe A. Larrain, and Victor A. Rodriguez-Toro, all associated with Kippelen\u0026rsquo;s lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research Awards N00014-15 14-1-0580 and N00014-16-1-2520; through the MURI Center for Advanced Organic Photovoltaics (CAOP); by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Award No. FA9550-16-1-0168, the Department of Energy \/ National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awards DE-NA0002576 through the Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC), and award DE-NA0003921 through the Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation. Support also came from the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research through the Doctoral Fellowship program \u0026lsquo;\u0026lsquo;Becas Chile,\u0026rsquo;\u0026rsquo; Grant 72150387; from the Colombian Administrative Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation through the program Fulbright-Colciencias; from the National Science Foundation through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program; and from the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program through an Academic Training Opportunities grant.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, et al., \u0026ldquo;Large-area low-noise flexible organic photodiodes for detecting faint visible light.\u0026rdquo; (\u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E 2020).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr 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Based on decades of experience with filtration and textile materials, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have designed a new mask intended to do just that \u0026mdash; and are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/rapid-response\/formfitting\/\u0022\u003Eproviding the plans\u003C\/a\u003E so individuals and manufacturers can make it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe modular Georgia Tech mask combines a barrier filtration material with a stretchable fabric to hold it in place. Prototypes made for testing use hook and eye fasteners on the back of the head to keep the masks on, and include a pocket for an optional filter to increase protection. After 20 washings, the prototypes have not shrunk or lost their shape.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If we want to reopen the economy and ask people to go back to work, we need a mask that is both comfortable and effective,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/sundaresan-jayaraman\u0022\u003ESundaresan Jayaraman\u003C\/a\u003E, the Kolon Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We have taken a science-based approach to designing a better mask, and we are very passionate about getting this out so people can use it to help protect themselves and others from harm.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fundamental flaw in existing reusable cloth masks is that they \u0026mdash; unlike N95 respirators, which are fitted for individual users \u0026mdash; leak air around the edges, bypassing their filtration mechanism. That potentially allows virus particles, both large droplets and smaller aerosols, to enter the air breathed in by users, and allows particles from infected persons to exit the mask.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe leakage problem shows up in complaints about eyeglasses fogging up as exhaled breath leaks around the nose, making people less likely to wear them. The fit problem can also be seen in constant adjustments made by wearers, who could potentially contaminate themselves whenever they touch the masks after touching other surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo address the leakage challenge, Jayaraman and principal research scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/sungmee-park\u0022\u003ESungmee Park\u003C\/a\u003E created a two-part mask that fastens behind the head like many N95 respirators. The front part \u0026mdash; the barrier component \u0026mdash; contains the filtration material and is contoured to fit tightly while allowing space ahead of the nose and mouth to avoid breathing restrictions and permit unrestricted speech. Made from the kind of moisture-wicking material used in athletic clothing, it includes a pocket into which a filter can be inserted to increase the filtration efficiency and thereby increase protection. The washable fabric filter is made of a blend of Spandex and polyester.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second part of the mask is fashioned from stretchable material. The stretchable part, which has holes for the ears to help position the mask, holds the front portion in place and fastens with conventional hook and eyelet hardware, a mechanism that has been used in clothing for centuries.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We want people to be able to get the mask in the right place every time,\u0026rdquo; Jayaraman said. \u0026ldquo;If you don\u0026rsquo;t position it correctly and easily, you are going to have to keep fiddling with it. We see that all the time on television with people adjusting their masks and letting them drop below their noses.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond controlling air leakage, designing a better mask involves a tradeoff between filtration effectiveness and how well users can breathe. If a mask makes breathing too difficult, users will simply not use it, reducing compliance with masking requirements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMany existing mask designs attempt to increase filtration effectiveness by boosting the number of layers, but that may not be as helpful as it might seem, Park said. \u0026ldquo;We tested 16 layers of handkerchief material, and as we increased the layers, we measured increased breathing resistance,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;While the breathing resistance went up, the filtration did not improve as much as we would have expected.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Good filtration efficiency is not enough by itself,\u0026rdquo; said Jayaraman. \u0026ldquo;The combination of fit, filtration efficiency, and staying in the right place make for a good mask.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe stretchable part of the mask is made from knitted fabric \u0026mdash; a Spandex\/Lyocell blend \u0026mdash; to allow for stretching around the head and under the chin. The researchers used a woven elastic band sewn with pleats to cover the top of the nose.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers\u0026nbsp;made their mask prototypes from synthetic materials instead of cotton. Though cotton is a natural material, it absorbs moisture and holds it on the face, reducing breathability, and potentially creating a \u0026ldquo;petri dish\u0026rdquo; for the growth of microbes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Masks have become an essential accessory in our wardrobe and add a social dimension to how we feel about wearing them,\u0026rdquo; Park said. So, the materials chosen for the mask come in a variety of colors and designs. \u0026ldquo;Integrating form and function is key to having a mask that protects individuals while making them look good and feel less self-conscious,\u0026rdquo; Jayaraman said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work of Jayaraman and Park didn\u0026rsquo;t begin with the Covid-19 pandemic. They received funding 10 years ago from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study face masks during the avian influenza outbreak. Since then Jayaraman has been part of several National Academy of Medicine initiatives to develop recommendations for improved respiratory protection.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECovid-19 dramatically increased the importance of using face masks because of the role played by asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic exposure from persons who don\u0026rsquo;t know they are infected, Jayaraman said. 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The untethered magnetic actuation separates the power source and controller out of the system, allowing scalable applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers foresee that this actuation solution can be applied locally and remotely on complex origami assemblies. The actuation strategy enables a myriad of new applications, ranging from morphing robotics and satellites to biomedical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By distributively integrating the programmed magnetic soft materials into the bi-stable origami assembly, the magnetic actuation provides independent control of the folding and unfolding of each unit cell with instantaneous shape locking, which enables various robotic motion for functions such as tunable physical properties and configurable electronics for digital computing,\u0026rdquo; said principal investigator Ruike (Renee) Zhao, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, \u0026quot;Untethered control of functional origami microrobots with distributed actuation,\u0026quot; was reported Sept. 14 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E. The work was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have explored for decades how to leverage origami folding techniques in advanced engineering applications, such as morphing structures and devices. However, most actuation methods require physical bonds to external stimuli and lead to excessive wiring to provide the driving force for origami folding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new, untethered system is free from those rigid and often relatively bulky power sources, allowing faster speed and distributed actuation of the multifunctional structure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo demonstrate this, researchers constructed a system of magnetic-responsive materials in a cylindrical origami pattern that consists of identical triangular panels known as a Kresling pattern. This pattern allows the cylinder\u0026rsquo;s walls to buckle under axial or torsional load.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Kresling pattern offers a very rich design space, which was crucial in coupling its mechanical response with magnetically responsive materials to achieve on-demand, untethered actuation, including our multifunctional origami for digital computing,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cee.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/6709\/overview\u0022\u003EGlaucio Paulino\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Raymond Allen Jones Chair in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cee.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy controlling the magnetic field, researchers were able to control the direction, intensity, and speed of the material\u0026rsquo;s folding and deployment. In the tests, researchers achieved untethered actuation as fast as one tenth of a second with instantaneous shape locking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENext, researchers attached a magnetized plate to each of the Kresling unit cells. This allowed them to utilize a two-dimensional magnetic field to actuate the unit cells simultaneously or independently by using different magnetic torques of the plates and distinct geometric-mechanical properties of each unit cell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The multi-unit Kresling assembly is an origami robot in which the bi-stable folding and unfolding create robotic motion. It can passively sense and actively respond to the external environment. By integrating electronic circuits into the origami robot, it further enables intelligent autonomous robots with integrated actuation, sensing, and decision making,\u0026rdquo; Zhao said. \u0026ldquo;For example, the external pressure or forces that act on the robot will trigger the passive folding of the robot, indicating the presence of an obstacle. The robot can then actively unfold itself and decide the next move.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe untethered magnetic control pushes the boundary of the application of origami systems, which could lead to solutions of next-generation biomimetic soft robots and robotic systems for advanced engineering applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We anticipate that the reported magnetic origami system is applicable beyond the bounds of this work, including future origami-inspired robots, morphing mechanisms, biomedical devices, and outer space structures,\u0026rdquo; Paulino said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis research was supported by Prof. Zhao\u0026rsquo;s two recent NSF Awards from the Mechanics of Materials and Structures program (NSF Award #1943070, #1939543) and Ohio State\u0026rsquo;s Institute of Material Research. The authors at Georgia Tech acknowledge NSF (Award #1538830) and the Raymond Allen Jones Chair. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- Written by The Ohio State University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers from The Ohio State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has extended the possibility of origami, the ancient art of paper folding, for modern engineering applications such as untethered robotics and morphing devices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers have extended the possibility of origami for modern engineering applications such as untethered robotics and morphing devices.\u00a0"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-09-21 13:30:20","changed_gmt":"2020-09-21 13:42:01","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"639320":{"id":"639320","type":"image","title":"Extending Origami","body":null,"created":"1600694572","gmt_created":"2020-09-21 13:22:52","changed":"1600694572","gmt_changed":"2020-09-21 13:22:52","alt":"Origami-based robots","file":{"fid":"243076","name":"origami-robot2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/origami-robot2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/origami-robot2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":574413,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/origami-robot2.jpg?itok=1-jxI6GC"}},"639321":{"id":"639321","type":"image","title":"Extending Origami - 2","body":null,"created":"1600694640","gmt_created":"2020-09-21 13:24:00","changed":"1600694640","gmt_changed":"2020-09-21 13:24:00","alt":"Origami robot","file":{"fid":"243077","name":"origami-robot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/origami-robot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/origami-robot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":675793,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/origami-robot.jpg?itok=DNuG9NCr"}}},"media_ids":["639320","639321"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4332","name":"origami"},{"id":"185892","name":"origami robotics"},{"id":"185893","name":"morphing devices"},{"id":"185894","name":"magnetically responsive"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"639185":{"#nid":"639185","#data":{"type":"news","title":"E-Beam Atomic-scale 3-D \u2018Sculpting\u2019 Could Enable New Quantum Nanodevices","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy varying the energy and dose of tightly focused electron beams, researchers have demonstrated the ability to both etch away and deposit high-resolution nanoscale patterns on two-dimensional layers of graphene oxide. The 3D additive\/subtractive \u0026ldquo;sculpting\u0026rdquo; can be done without changing the chemistry of the electron beam deposition chamber, providing the foundation for building a new generation of nanoscale structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on focused electron beam-induced processing (FEBID) techniques, the work could allow production of 2D\/3D complex nanostructures and functional nanodevices useful in quantum communications, sensing, and other applications. For oxygen-containing materials such as graphene oxide, etching can be done without introducing outside materials, using oxygen from the substrate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By timing and tuning the energy of the electron beam, we can activate interaction of the beam with oxygen in the graphene oxide to do etching, or interaction with hydrocarbons on the surface to create carbon deposition,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/fedorov\u0022\u003EAndrei Fedorov\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0026ldquo;With atomic-scale control, we can produce complicated patterns using direct write-remove processes. Quantum systems require precise control on an atomic scale, and this could enable a host of potential applications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technique was described August 7 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EACS Applied Materials \u0026amp; Interfaces\u003C\/em\u003E. The work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences. Coauthors included researchers from Pusan National University in South Korea.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECreation of nanoscale structures is traditionally done using a multistep process of photoresist coating and patterning by photo- or electron beam lithography, followed by bulk dry\/wet etching or deposition. Use of this process limits the range of functionalities and structural topologies that can be achieved, increases the complexity and cost, and risks contamination from the multiple chemical steps, creating barriers to fabrication of new types of devices from sensitive 2D materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFEBIP enables a material chemistry\/site-specific, high-resolution multimode atomic scale processing and provides unprecedented opportunities for \u0026ldquo;direct-write,\u0026rdquo; single-step surface patterning of 2D nanomaterials with an in-situ imaging capability. It allows for realizing a rapid multiscale\/multimode \u0026ldquo;top-down and bottom-up\u0026rdquo; approach, ranging from an atomic scale manipulation to a large-area surface modification on nano- and microscales.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By tuning the time and the energy of the electrons, you can either remove material or add material,\u0026rdquo; Fedorov said. \u0026ldquo;We did not expect that upon electron exposure of graphene oxide we would start etching patterns.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith graphene oxide, the electron beam introduces atomic scale perturbations into the 2D-arranged carbon atoms and uses embedded oxygen as an etchant to remove carbon atoms in precise patterns without introduction of a material into the reaction chamber. Fedorov said any oxygen-containing material might produce the same effect. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s like the graphene oxide carries its own etchant,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;All we need to activate it is to \u0026lsquo;seed\u0026rsquo; the reaction with electrons of appropriate energy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor adding carbon, keeping the electron beam focused on the same spot for a longer time generates an excess of lower-energy electrons by interactions of the beam with the substrate to decompose the hydrocarbon molecules onto the surface of the graphene oxide. In that case, the electrons interact with the hydrocarbons rather than the graphene and oxygen atoms, leaving behind liberated carbon atoms as a 3D deposit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Depending on how many electrons you bring to it, you can grow structures of different heights away from the etched grooves or from the two-dimensional plane,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;You can think of it almost like holographic writing with excited electrons, substrate and adsorbed molecules combined at the right time and the right place.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe process should be suitable for depositing materials such as metals and semiconductors, though precursors would need to be added to the chamber for their creation. The 3D structures, just nanometers high, could serve as spacers between layers of graphene or as active sensing elements or other devices on the layers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If you want to use graphene or graphene oxide for quantum mechanical devices, you should be able to position layers of material with a separation on the scale of individual carbon atoms,\u0026rdquo; Fedorov said. \u0026ldquo;The process could also be used with other materials.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing the technique, high-energy electron beams can produce feature sizes just a few nanometers wide. Trenches etched in surfaces could be filled with metals by introducing metal atoms containing precursors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond simple patterns, the process could also be used to grow complex structures. \u0026ldquo;In principle, you could grow a structure like a nanoscale Eiffel Tower with all the intricate details,\u0026rdquo; Fedorov said. \u0026ldquo;It would take a long time, but this is the level of control that is possible with electron beam writing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough systems have been built to use multiple electron beams in parallel, Fedorov doesn\u0026rsquo;t see them being used in high-volume applications. More likely, he said, is laboratory use to fabricate unique structures useful for research purposes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are demonstrating structures that would otherwise be impossible to produce,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;We want to enable the exploitation of new capabilities in areas such as quantum devices. This technique could be an imagination enabler for interesting new physics coming our way with graphene and other interesting materials.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Fedorov, the research team included Songkil Kim, SungYeb Jung, Jaekwang Lee, and Seokjun Kim from Pusan National University in South Korea.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, under award no. DE-SC0010729, and by the National Research Foundation of Korea grant MSIT no. 2019R1C1C1010556 funded by the Korean government. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Songkil Kim, et al., \u0026ldquo;High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Sculpting of Two-Dimensional Graphene Oxide by E\u2011Beam Direct Write.\u0026rdquo; (\u003Cem\u003EACS Applied Materials \u0026amp; Interface\u003C\/em\u003E, 2020.) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsami.0c11053\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsami.0c11053\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy varying the energy and dose of tightly focused electron beams, researchers have demonstrated the ability to both etch away and deposit high-resolution nanoscale patterns on two-dimensional layers of graphene oxide. The 3D additive\/subtractive \u0026ldquo;sculpting\u0026rdquo; can be done without changing the chemistry of the electron beam deposition chamber, providing the foundation for building a new generation of nanoscale structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"By varyingResearchers have demonstrated the ability to both etch away and deposit high-resolution nanoscale patterns on two-dimensional layers of graphene oxide."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-09-17 00:21:47","changed_gmt":"2020-09-17 00:24:19","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"639182":{"id":"639182","type":"image","title":"Etching graphene flakes","body":null,"created":"1600301427","gmt_created":"2020-09-17 00:10:27","changed":"1600301427","gmt_changed":"2020-09-17 00:10:27","alt":"Microscope image of etched pattern","file":{"fid":"243031","name":"etching-3a.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/etching-3a.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/etching-3a.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":375298,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/etching-3a.jpg?itok=AfOWKPY3"}},"639183":{"id":"639183","type":"image","title":"Deposition of carbon on graphene","body":null,"created":"1600301531","gmt_created":"2020-09-17 00:12:11","changed":"1600301564","gmt_changed":"2020-09-17 00:12:44","alt":"Microscope image shows carbon deposition","file":{"fid":"243032","name":"deposition-3b.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/deposition-3b.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/deposition-3b.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":409504,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/deposition-3b.jpg?itok=EG-eum9r"}},"639184":{"id":"639184","type":"image","title":"Etching and deposition technique","body":null,"created":"1600301653","gmt_created":"2020-09-17 00:14:13","changed":"1600301653","gmt_changed":"2020-09-17 00:14:13","alt":"Figure showing etching and deposition on graphene oxide","file":{"fid":"243033","name":"etching-and-deposition.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/etching-and-deposition.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/etching-and-deposition.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":606583,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/etching-and-deposition.jpg?itok=lZerIXqH"}}},"media_ids":["639182","639183","639184"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"143091","name":"electron beam"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"431","name":"nanoscale"},{"id":"34221","name":"graphene oxide"},{"id":"1744","name":"quantum"},{"id":"185865","name":"quantum nanodevices"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"637315":{"#nid":"637315","#data":{"type":"news","title":"1.8 Million Face Shields Delivered to Protect Medical Workers from Covid-19","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPersonal initiatives by a pediatrician and by researchers to make face shields for medical workers have transformed into an industry collaboration that by June had delivered 1.8 million shields to hospitals and other organizations around the country with plans to produce 2.5 million all total. A $2 million donation from Aflac Incorporated for personal protective equipment (PPE) financed the bulk of the shields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo make it happen, a team of researchers and industry partners convened at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcmiatl.com\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Center for Medical Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E (GCMI), a Georgia Tech-affiliated nonprofit that guides new experimental medical solutions to market. The group combined the physician\u0026rsquo;s vision with the researchers\u0026rsquo; original designs, adjusted them to pass FDA emergency guidelines, and then coordinated mass production and distribution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA physician\u0026rsquo;s wisdom\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project grew wings in mid-March, after Dr. Joanna Newton became concerned that the nationwide shortage of PPE was leaving healthcare workers across the country vulnerable. Newton is a physician specializing in improving healthcare safety through technology at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.choa.org\/\u0022\u003EChildren\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, and she was already collaborating with Georgia Tech on other projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe grabbed the phone to leverage the connection.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I called Sherry Farrugia to tell her about my idea to 3D-print PPE. We needed to quickly find a solution for the PPE shortage around the country, and I knew we had the right team here in Atlanta to help,\u0026rdquo; said Newton, a pediatric hematologist\/oncologist at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children\u0026rsquo;s.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The situation was urgent, and I knew who would have the right expertise to get this done,\u0026rdquo; said Farrugia, chief operating officer and strategy officer of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ptc.gatech.edu\/childrens-healthcare-atlanta-pediatric-technology-center\u0022\u003EChildren\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center\u003C\/a\u003E, which is part of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFarrugia had Newton present her idea at GCMI to researchers, advisors, and industry partners who immediately put together a team to address the need for face shields to protect healthcare workers from droplets containing the coronavirus.\u0026nbsp;She also discussed the need with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/ranjan\u0022\u003EDevesh Ranjan\u003C\/a\u003E, associate chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, who suggested connecting the effort to a parallel initiative\u0026nbsp;in that school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBringing in engineers\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time, along with Ranjan,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/s_graham\u0022\u003ESam Graham\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Susan-Margulies\u0022\u003ESusan Margulies\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, were coordinating efforts across campus to develop various medical devices in response to the pandemic. Graham, Margulies, and Ranjan quickly connected GCMI with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/saldana\u0022\u003EChristopher Saldana\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/saad-bhamla\u0022\u003ESaad Bhamla\u003C\/a\u003E, faculty members in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering, who were leading an simultaneous effort to address the face shield problem with their students using rapid fabrication techniques like 3-D printing, laser cutting, and waterjet cutting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Georgia Tech mechanical engineering team used rapid fabrication equipment and quickly produced multiple face shield designs that could be manufactured in high volumes for the rapid response environment that Covid-19 required,\u0026rdquo; Saldana said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMaking a few thousand shields in a lab had likely already saved lives, but the Georgia Tech researchers and GCMI put their designs on the internet, where they have been downloaded thousands of times by organizations manufacturing them around the world. And the manufacturing partners they engaged have been turning out hundreds of thousands of shields to save many more lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;You may need 45 minutes for a headband with a 3D printer, but manufacturers turn out six of them every 19 seconds. Then making a million face shields becomes a real possibility,\u0026rdquo; said Mike Fisher, who leads product development at GCMI.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGCMI opened a GoFundMe page, which brought in $20,000, and then engaged their first manufacturing partner, Delta Air Lines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA manufacturing explosion\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Delta converted one of their groups from manufacturing airplane interiors to doing the face shields. They started off by manufacturing 6,000 shields, and that got the momentum going,\u0026rdquo; Leiter said. \u0026ldquo;Two thousand shields went to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York; 2,000 went to Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta; and 2,000 went to Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThings began to snowball.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGraham engaged Siemens Industries to fulfill a face shield order from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) for distribution in Georgia. Partners from ExxonMobil began looking for more potential manufacturers. And Aflac contacted Children\u0026rsquo;s looking for worthy Covid-19 related efforts to support.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We asked for a donation of $500,000 for manufacturers to retool their operations. Aflac made a gift of $2 million to GCMI to promote the production of PPE,\u0026rdquo; Farrugia said. \u0026ldquo;We were able to buy tooling for an automotive plastics manufacturer called Quality Model in South Carolina, and they have made over 750,000 face shields so far.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGCMI won a bid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for 1,141,600 face shields, which are being made by Quality Model, where ExxonMobil helped rearrange production lines for shields.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESiemens made an additional 100,000 shields from Aflac\u0026rsquo;s gift, which is also being used to purchase existing PPE to donate to healthcare workers. Kia Motors quickly produced an initial 15,000 shields, which the company financed itself.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Kia got the open source design from the Georgia Tech website and ran with it on their own,\u0026rdquo; Saldana said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese partners are delivering the following number of shields: Quality Model, 1,251,600; Kia Motors, 300,000; Siemens Industries, 205,000; Delta Air Lines, 106,100; Georgia Tech, 20,000; and EIS, 15,000. And more are still to come.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe shields went across the country, from hospitals in New York City to Prisma Health in South Carolina, to nursing homes in the Pensacola area, and to rural Louisiana and Mississippi, Leiter said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThanks in large part to Aflac\u0026rsquo;s gift, GCMI and Farrugia are coordinating with partners, including Georgia Tech engineers, to produce N95 masks, hospital gowns, and hand sanitizer, all redesigned for the Covid-19 age.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Assistance\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: 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research from an interdisciplinary team, including Northwestern University\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mccormick.northwestern.edu\/research-faculty\/directory\/profiles\/espinosa-horacio.html\u0022\u003EHoracio Espinosa\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mccormick.northwestern.edu\/research-faculty\/directory\/profiles\/krishnaswamy-sridhar.html\u0022\u003ESridhar Krishnaswamy\u003C\/a\u003E and the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cee.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/6709\/overview\u0022\u003EGlaucio Paulino\u003C\/a\u003E, aims to advance the creation and understanding of such folded structures for applications ranging from soft robotics to medical devices to energy harvesters.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInspired by origami, mechanical metamaterials \u0026mdash; artificial structures with mechanical properties defined by their structure rather than their composition \u0026mdash; have gained considerable 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Though some 3D origami structures have been produced through additive manufacturing, achieving the folding properties displayed in ideal paper origami remained a challenge.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing nanoscale effects for an origami design, the team of researchers from Northwestern\u0026rsquo;s McCormick School of Engineering and Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering sought to answer that question. They produced small, 3D, origami-built metamaterials, successfully retaining the best properties without resorting to artifacts to enable folding.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The created structures constitute the smallest fabricated origami architected metamaterials exhibiting an unprecedented combination of mechanical properties,\u0026rdquo; said Espinosa, the James and Nancy J. Farley Professor of Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship and professor of mechanical engineering and (by courtesy) biomedical engineering and civil and environmental engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our work demonstrated that rational design of metamaterials, with a large degree of shape recoverability and direction-dependent stiffness and deformation, is possible using origami designs, and that origami foldability enables a state where the material initially expands and subsequently contracts laterally (reversible auxeticity),\u0026rdquo; added Espinosa, who serves as director of Northwestern\u0026rsquo;s theoretical and applied mechanics graduate program. \u0026ldquo;Such properties promise to influence a number of applications across a wide range of fields encompassing the nano-, micro-, and macro-scales, leveraging the intrinsic scalability of origami assemblies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Guided by geometry, the scaling and miniaturization of the origami metamaterial are exciting in itself and by the unprecedented multifunctionality that it naturally enables,\u0026rdquo; said Paulino, the Raymond Allen Jones Chair in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Only an interdisciplinary effort combining origami design, 3D laser printing with nanoscale resolution, and in situ electron microscopy mechanical testing could reveal the unprecedented combination of properties our work demonstrated and their potential impact on future applications,\u0026rdquo; added Paulino, who contributed to establishing the National Science Foundation Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation program named ODISSEI (Origami Design for Integration of Self-assembling Systems for Engineering Innovation).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Just like nature has architected a wide range of structures using just a few material systems, origami allows us to engineer resilient structural components with distinct physical properties along different directions,\u0026rdquo; said Krishnaswamy, professor of mechanical engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We can envision origami-based soft microrobots that are stiff along some directions to carry payloads while maintaining other degrees of flexibility for motion. Origami-metamaterials that exploit reversible auxeticity and large deformation can lead to multifunctional applications ranging from deployable microsurgical instruments and medical devices to energy steering and harvesting,\u0026rdquo; added Krishnaswamy, the director of Northwestern\u0026rsquo;s Center for Smart Structures and Materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1002\/smll.202002229\u0022\u003EThe study\u003C\/a\u003E presents new avenues to be explored long term, Espinosa said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are a number of possibilities,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;One is the fabrication of origami structures with ceramic and metallic materials, while preserving nanoscale dimensions, to exploit size effects in the mechanical response of the structures leading to superior energy dissipation per unit volume and mass. Another is the use of piezoelectric polymers, which can result in energy harvesters that can drive sensing modalities or power microsurgical tools.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1002\/smll.202002229\u0022\u003EFolding at the Microscale: Enabling Multifunctional 3D Origami-Architected Metamaterials\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; was published in the journal \u003Cem\u003ESmall\u003C\/em\u003E on July 27. Along with Espinosa, Krishnaswamy, and Paulino, coauthors include Northwestern\u0026rsquo;s Nicolas A. Alderete, Zhaowen Lin, and Heming Wei, and Larissa S. Novelino from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe research was supported by the Army Research Office (award W911NF1220022), a Multi-University Research Initiative through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR-FA9550-15-1-0009), the Office of Naval Research (grants N00014-15-1-2935 and N00014-16-1-3021), and the National Science Foundation (grant No. 1538830). Nicolas Alderete received a fellowship from the Argentinian Roberto Rocca Education Program and Larisa Novelino from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (project 235104\/2014-0).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Brian Sandalow, Northwestern University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Northwestern Engineering expands the understanding of origami structures, opening possibilities for mechanical metamaterials to be used in soft robotics and medical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New research expands the understanding of origami structures, opening possibilities for mechanical metamaterials to be used in soft robotics and medical devices."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-07-27 20:52:22","changed_gmt":"2020-07-28 12:22:30","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"637305":{"id":"637305","type":"image","title":"Origami zipper tubes","body":null,"created":"1595882559","gmt_created":"2020-07-27 20:42:39","changed":"1595882559","gmt_changed":"2020-07-27 20:42:39","alt":"Examples of origami zipper structures","file":{"fid":"242433","name":"20C10200-P43-017-horiz.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20C10200-P43-017-horiz.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20C10200-P43-017-horiz.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":368855,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20C10200-P43-017-horiz.jpg?itok=pJ3EK7ff"}},"637306":{"id":"637306","type":"image","title":"Origami metamaterial prototypes","body":null,"created":"1595882672","gmt_created":"2020-07-27 20:44:32","changed":"1595882672","gmt_changed":"2020-07-27 20:44:32","alt":"Origami metamaterial prototypes","file":{"fid":"242434","name":"20C10200-P43-015.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20C10200-P43-015.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20C10200-P43-015.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":616366,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20C10200-P43-015.jpg?itok=0ggtNmGJ"}},"637307":{"id":"637307","type":"image","title":"Origami zipper tubes - vertical","body":null,"created":"1595882779","gmt_created":"2020-07-27 20:46:19","changed":"1595882779","gmt_changed":"2020-07-27 20:46:19","alt":"Origami zipper tubes - vertical format","file":{"fid":"242435","name":"20C10200-P43-017.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20C10200-P43-017.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20C10200-P43-017.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":327236,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20C10200-P43-017.jpg?itok=0Kju23A1"}}},"media_ids":["637305","637306","637307"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"179356","name":"Industrial Design"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4332","name":"origami"},{"id":"128991","name":"metamaterial"},{"id":"185393","name":"origami metamaterial"},{"id":"185394","name":"auxeticity"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"636291":{"#nid":"636291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018SlothBot in the Garden\u2019 Demonstrates Hyper-Efficient Conservation Robot","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the next several months, visitors to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantabg.org\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Botanical Garden\u003C\/a\u003E will be able to observe the testing of a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world\u0026rsquo;s most endangered species. SlothBot, a slow-moving and energy-efficient robot that can linger in the trees to monitor animals, plants, and the environment below, will be tested near the Garden\u0026rsquo;s popular Canopy Walk.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBuilt by robotics engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology to take advantage of the low-energy lifestyle of real sloths, SlothBot demonstrates how being slow can be ideal for certain applications. Powered by solar panels and using innovative power management technology, SlothBot moves along a cable strung between two large trees as it monitors temperature, weather, carbon dioxide levels, and other information in the Garden\u0026rsquo;s 30-acre midtown Atlanta forest.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;SlothBot embraces slowness as a design principle,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/magnus-egerstedt-0\u0022\u003EMagnus Egerstedt\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Steve W. 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After testing in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the researchers hope to move SlothBot to South America to observe orchid pollination or the lives of endangered frogs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team, which includes Ph.D students Gennaro Notomista and Yousef Emam, undergraduate student Amy Yao, and postdoctoral researcher Sean Wilson, considered multiple locomotion techniques for the SlothBot. Wheeled robots are common, but in the natural world they can easily be defeated by obstacles like rocks or mud. Flying robots require too much energy to linger for long. 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That robot was a much smaller laboratory prototype.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond their conservation goals, the researchers hope SlothBot will provide a new way to stimulate interest in conservation from the Garden\u0026rsquo;s visitors. \u0026ldquo;This will help us tell the story of the merger between technology and conservation,\u0026rdquo; Coffey said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a unique way to engage the public and bring forward a new way to tell our story.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd that should be especially interesting to children visiting the Garden.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This new way of thinking about robots should trigger curiosity among the kids who will walk by it,\u0026rdquo; said Egerstedt. \u0026ldquo;Thanks to SlothBot, I\u0026rsquo;m hoping we will get an entirely new generation interested in what robotics can do to make the world better.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research through Grant N00014-15-2115 and by the National Science Foundation through Grant 1531195. 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The reversibly hollowing structures could allow lithium ion batteries to hold more energy and therefore provide more power between charges.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFlow of lithium ions into and out of alloy battery anodes has long been a limiting factor in how much energy batteries could hold using conventional materials. Too much ion flow causes anode materials to swell and then shrink during charge-discharge cycles, causing mechanical degradation that shortens battery life. To address that issue, researchers have previously developed hollow \u0026ldquo;yolk-shell\u0026rdquo; nanoparticles that accommodate the volume change caused by ion flow, but fabricating them has been complex and costly.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, a research team has discovered that particles a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair spontaneously form hollow structures during the charge-discharge cycle without changing size, allowing more ion flow without damaging the anodes. 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Our discovery could offer an easier, streamlined process that could lead to improved performance in a way that is similar to the intentionally engineered hollow structures.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers made their discovery using a high-resolution electron microscope that allowed them to directly visualize battery reactions as they occur at the nanoscale. \u0026ldquo;This is a tricky type of experiment, but if you are patient and do the experiments right, you can learn really important things about how the materials behave in batteries,\u0026rdquo; McDowell said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team, which included researchers from ETH Z\u0026uuml;rich and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, also used modeling to create a theoretical framework for understanding why the nanoparticles spontaneously hollow \u0026mdash; instead of shrinking \u0026mdash; during removal of lithium from the battery.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ability to form and reversibly fill hollow particles during battery cycling occurs only in oxide-coated antimony nanocrystals that are less than approximately 30 nanometers in diameter. The research team found that the behavior arises from a resilient native oxide layer that allows for initial expansion during lithiation \u0026mdash; flow of ions into the anode \u0026mdash; but mechanically prevents shrinkage as antimony forms voids during the removal of ions, a process known as delithiation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe finding was a bit of a surprise because earlier work on related materials had been performed on larger particles, which expand and shrink instead of forming hollow structures. \u0026ldquo;When we first observed the distinctive hollowing behavior, it was very exciting and we immediately knew this could have important implications for battery performance,\u0026rdquo; McDowell said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAntimony is relatively expensive and not currently used in commercial battery electrodes. But McDowell believes the spontaneous hollowing may also occur in less costly related materials such as tin. Next steps would include testing other materials and mapping a pathway to commercial scale-up.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It would be interesting to test other materials to see if they transform according to a similar hollowing mechanism,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;This could expand the range of materials available for use in batteries. The small test batteries we fabricated showed promising charge-discharge performance, so we would like to evaluate the materials in larger batteries.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough they may be costly, the self-hollowing antimony nanocrystals have another interesting property: they could also be used in sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries, emerging systems for which much more research must be done.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This work advances our understanding of how this type of material evolves inside batteries,\u0026rdquo; McDowell said. \u0026ldquo;This information will be critical for implementing the material or related materials in the next generation of lithium-ion batteries, which will be able to store more energy and be just as durable as the batteries we have today.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to McDowell, the paper\u0026rsquo;s authors include Matthew Boebinger from Georgia Tech; Olesya Yarema, Maksym Yarema, and Vanessa Wood from the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Z\u0026uuml;rich , and Kinga Unocic and Raymond Unocic from the Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was performed at the Georgia Tech Materials Characterization Facility and the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, which is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant ECCS-1542174). Support also came from the Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program for research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A portion of this research was conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Support was also provided by a Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and by the Swiss National Science foundation via an Ambizione Fellowship (no. 161249). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsoring organizations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Matthew G. 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If you catch it too late, the costs can rise as high as $200,000.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Lymphedema is under-researched, so we don\u0026rsquo;t know directly how it may lead to deadly health conditions, but there are more cases than AIDS, Parkinson\u0026rsquo;s disease, and Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s disease combined, and it diminishes patients\u0026rsquo; health,\u0026rdquo; Dixon said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers published the detector\u0026rsquo;s test results\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ptj\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/ptj\/pzz175\/5733067?searchresult=1\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPhysical Therapy\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in February\u0026nbsp;2019\u003C\/a\u003E. Dixon and Georgia Tech graduates founded LymphaTech through the initiative\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/tiger\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETI:GER, Technology Innovation: Generating Economic Results\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Scheller College of Business. The startup received early funding from the Georgia Research Alliance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENo cure\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELymphedema can strike breast cancer survivors if surgery includes the removal of a lymph node, slowing the flow of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lymph\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Elymph\u003C\/a\u003E. The liquid waste can congest the arm, at first subtly but later so drastically that patients may no longer fit into their clothing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It makes the stigma of cancer stick out,\u0026rdquo; Dixon said. \u0026ldquo;And it is a very underappreciated disorder in medical treatment, so patients can feel stuck with it with no way out.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA German device called a perometer accurately detects arm swelling caused by lymphedema, but perometers are seldom available in the U.S. The research team could find only one in metropolitan Atlanta to benchmark the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lymphatechnology.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELymphaTech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;system against. It was located at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/myturningpoint.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation\u003C\/a\u003E, a non-profit center that co-led the new study in collaboration with Dixon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe advantages of the new technology over\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pero-system.de\/en\/funktionsprinzip-von-perometern\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eperometers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are cost and convenience. Perimeters are bulky, costly machines, while the LymphaTech system runs on iPhone or iPad and requires only a $400 camera attachment and a paid smartphone app. Both perometers and the app technology\u0026nbsp;simply determine total volume of the arm for swelling diagnosis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new app system performed comparably in its accuracy to the perometer in the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csup\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[Ready for graduate school?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/apply-now\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E]\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAwareness barriers\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloping LymphaTech has faced a more challenging component \u0026ndash; spreading lymphedema awareness \u0026ndash; and a less challenging component \u0026ndash; arriving at the technology to make the app measurements work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the past 20 years, depth-sensor cameras have become significantly cheaper and better. Video games, self-driving cars, robotics \u0026ndash; they have all required better depth sensors, and we took advantage of that by using a commercially available lens attachment,\u0026rdquo; Dixon said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe camera attachment creates point clouds, 3D representations of objects, in this case of human arms, which the app uses to calculate the total arm volume. Usually, only one arm is afflicted with lymphedema, allowing clinicians to compare it with the unaffected arm for easier gauging of disease severity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs with perometers, the LymphaTech technology avoids human error that creeps in when recording arm volume with a tape measure, a currently common method to assess lymphedema.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The real battle has been to convince a medical market that has not much cared about lymphedema in the past or sought solutions to care,\u0026rdquo; Dixon said. \u0026ldquo;Hopefully, the high accessibility of our solution will make it easier to care.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a separate study involving the LymphaTech system, a research team traveled to Sri Lanka to measure lymphedema in legs, Dixon said. And in Germany, the technology is catching on with medical garment manufacturers to help them custom-fit compression sleeves to treat lymphedema.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso read: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/632029\/flickering-light-mobilizes-brain-chemistry-may-fight-alzheimers\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EExperimental flickering light device to treat Alzheimer\u0026#39;s triggers special brain chemistry\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/subscribe\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esubscribe to our free science and technology\u0026nbsp;newsletter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThese researchers and clinicians co-authored the study: Jill Binkley and Lauren Bober from TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation, and LymphaTech\u0026rsquo;s Michael Weiler and Nathan Frank, both of whom graduated from Georgia Tech. Paul Stratford from McMaster University also co-authored the study.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDisclosures: B. Dixon owns equity in LymphaTech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eand may benefit financially from the technology. J.B. Dixon is\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eaffiliated with LymphaTech Inc and serves as a scientific advisor.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology has licensed to LymphaTech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Etechnology that is related to this study and that is covered by patent applications for which J.B. Dixon is an inventor. In addition,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJ.B. Dixon is eligible to receive royalties under the license\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eagreement for LymphaTech.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis content is a public domain news release and may also be republished without charge.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Media Representative\u003C\/strong\u003E: Ben Brumfield (404-272-2780), email:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMany breast cancer survivors suffer from lymph collection known as lymphedema. It causes arms to swell, and sufferers often become severely depressed. 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In two new studies, these were common biases human participants held toward\u0026nbsp;robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe studies were originally intended to test for gender bias, that is, if people thought a robot believed to be female may be less competent at some jobs than a robot believed to be male and vice versa. The studies\u0026#39; titles even included the words \u0026quot;gender,\u0026quot; \u0026quot;stereotypes,\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;preference,\u0026quot; but researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered no significant sexism against the machines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This did surprise us. There was only a very slight difference in a couple of jobs but not significant. There was, for example, a small preference for a male robot over a female robot as a package deliverer,\u0026rdquo; said Ayanna Howard, the principal investigator in both studies. Howard is a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/people\/ayanna-howard\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eprofessor in and the chair of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough robots are not sentient, as people increasingly interface with them, we begin to humanize the machines. Howard studies what goes right as we integrate robots into society and what goes wrong, and much of both has to do with how the humans feel around robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EI hate robots\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Surveillance robots are not socially engaging, but when we see them, we still may act like we would when we see a police officer, maybe not jaywalking and being very conscientious of our behavior,\u0026rdquo; said Howard, who is also\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/ayanna-maccalla-howard\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELinda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair and Professor in Bioengineering in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Then there are emotionally engaging robots designed to tap into our feelings and work with our behavior. If you look at these examples, they lead us to treat these robots as if they were fellow intelligent beings.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a good thing robots don\u0026rsquo;t have feelings because what study participants lacked in gender bias they more than made up for in judgments against the humanoid robots\u0026#39; competence. That predisposition was so strong that Howard wondered if it may have overridden any potential gender biases against robots \u0026ndash; after all, social science studies have shown that gender biases are still prevalent with respect to human jobs, even if implicit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn questionnaires, humanoid robots introduced themselves via video to randomly recruited online survey respondents, who ranged in age from their twenties to their seventies and were mostly college-educated. The humans ranked robots\u0026rsquo; career competencies compared to human abilities, only trusting the machines to competently perform a handful of simple jobs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPass the scalpel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The results baffled us because the things that people thought robots were less able to do were things that they do well. One was the profession of surgeon. There are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.davincisurgery.com\/procedures\/gynecology-surgery\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDa Vinci robots that are pervasive in surgical suites\u003C\/a\u003E, but respondents didn\u0026rsquo;t think robots were competent enough,\u0026rdquo; Howard said. \u0026ldquo;Security guard \u0026ndash; people didn\u0026rsquo;t think robots were competent at that, and there are companies that specialize in great robot security.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECumulatively, the 200 participants across the two studies thought robots would also fail as nannies, therapists, nurses, firefighters, and totally bomb as comedians. But they felt confident bots would make fantastic package deliverers and receptionists, pretty good servers, and solid tour guides.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers could not say where the competence biases originate. Howard could only speculate that some of the bad rap may have come from media stories of robots doing things like falling into swimming pools or injuring people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a boy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite the lack of gender bias, participants readily assigned genders to the humanoid robots. For example, people accepted gender prompts by robots introducing themselves in videos.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf a robot said, \u0026ldquo;Hi, my name is James,\u0026rdquo; in a male-sounding voice, people mostly identified the robot as male. If it said, \u0026ldquo;Hi, my name is Mary,\u0026rdquo; in a female voice, people mostly said it was female.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome robots greeted people by saying \u0026ldquo;Hi\u0026rdquo; in a neutral sounding voice, and still, most participants assigned the robot a gender. The most common choice was male followed by neutral then by female. For Howard, this was an important takeaway from the study for robot developers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Developers should not force gender on robots. People are going to gender according to their own experiences. Give the user that right. Don\u0026rsquo;t reinforce gender stereotypes,\u0026rdquo; Howard said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESocial is good\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome in the\u0026nbsp;field advocate for not building robots in humanoid form at all in order to discourage any kind of\u0026nbsp;humanization, but the Georgia Tech team takes a less stringent approach.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;There is no single one-size-fits-all answer on whether it is appropriate to design robots to look like human beings.\u0026nbsp; It depends on a variety of ethical considerations and other factors, including whether people might trust a robot too much\u0026nbsp;if it has a human-like appearance,\u0026quot; said Jason Borenstein, a co-principal investigator on one of the papers and an ethics\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/jason-borenstein\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eresearcher in Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Robots can be good for social interaction. They could be very helpful in elder care facilities to keep people company. They might also make better nannies than letting the TV babysit the kids,\u0026rdquo; said Howard, who also defended robots\u0026rsquo; comedic talent, provided they are programmed for that.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If you ever go to an amusement park, there are animatronics that tell really good jokes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the studies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two studies were submitted to conferences that were canceled due to COVID-19.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy Should We Gender? The Effect of Robot Gendering and Occupational Stereotypes on Human Trust and Perceived Competency was published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3319502.3374778\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProceedings of 2020 ACM Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI\u0026rsquo;20)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which appeared in March 2020. Robot Gendering: Influences on Trust, Occupational Competency, and Preference of Robot Over Human appeared in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECHI 2020 Extended Abstracts\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E(computer-human interaction, DOI: 10.1145\/3334480.3382930).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research was funded by the National Science Foundation and by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe papers\u0026rsquo; coauthors were De\u0026rsquo;Aira Bryant, Kantwon Rogers, and Jason Borenstein from Georgia Tech. The National Science foundation funded via grant 1849101. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded via grant G-2019-11435. 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Among the riskiest moments are inserting and removing breathing tubes, procedures that create a spray of respiratory droplets.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, two Atlanta universities have created barrier protection devices designed to contain that droplet spray and aerosol with a goal of reducing the risk of disease transmission.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMade of clear polycarbonate material, the four-sided box is placed on a bed over the patient\u0026rsquo;s head and shoulders. Protected hand openings allow physicians or other health care personnel to reach into the box to perform procedures such as intubating a patient who needs to be placed on a ventilator.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Intubation and extubation require a physician to work in extremely close proximity to a patient while simultaneously performing procedures known to generate a large amount of potentially infectious droplets,\u0026rdquo; said Cinnamon Sullivan, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine and the director of Global Health Anesthesiology at Emory University Hospital. \u0026ldquo;The goal of this box is to block, to a large extent, the amount of droplets being aerosolized and serve as one more layer of protection in addition to our personal protective equipment (PPE).\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor more coverage of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s response to the coronavirus\u0026nbsp;pandemic, please visit our\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/helpingstories.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EResponding to COVID-19\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;page.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent weeks, a cross-disciplinary team that included anesthesiologists and other physician specialists from Emory University and engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology has worked quickly prototyping several devices, which were adapted from a basic design distributed widely throughout the medical community as the COVID-19 outbreak grew.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo primary designs emerged from the effort. One of these devices is a fold-flat box, and the other device is a C-shaped frame. Both provide similar functionalities and are designed for dynamic hospital environments, such as in the emergency department.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe box that can be folded flat when not in use also has a handle to enable easier transportation and includes more safety measures designed to protect clinicians from aerosols escaping through the access holes. These new features were critical to achieving a box that could be used without taking up as much space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The medical team that performs intubations moves from unit to unit where we\u0026rsquo;re needed, so the portability of this design is essential to making it work in actual patient care situations,\u0026rdquo; said Jeremy Collins, MBChB, FRCA, associate professor of anesthesiology and executive vice chair of anesthesia at Emory. \u0026ldquo;As well as protecting the anesthesia team, containment of aerosol and droplets generated can minimize contamination to the whole operating room and surrounding corridors.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe overall goal of the project is to improve protection for medical staff as they work closely with COVID-19 patients, explained Christopher Saldana, associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;The goal is to shroud the patient and allow the clinicians to do the necessary procedures while adding an additional barrier from potential exposure,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe box also helps shield personal protective equipment (PPE) from contamination, potentially helping to maintain supplies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A need for such a box was identified during daily meetings with leaders of Emory departments responding to the COVID-19 emergency,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Susan-Margulies\u0022\u003ESusan Margulies\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E that is shared by Georgia Tech and Emory. From the meeting, Margulies identified problems that might be addressed by Georgia Tech researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My role is to think about how the expertise at Georgia Tech can be brought to bear on the needs of the medical community,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;As a department truly embedded on both campuses, this collaboration gives us the opportunity to create a direct relationship between the problems and the solutions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMargulies brought the aerosol containment issue to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/s_graham\u0022\u003ESam Graham\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and Saldana, whose research focuses on manufacturing and materials. Saldana listened to the problem and worked with Margulies to quickly develop a concept that could be evaluated, based on a design used in Asia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on the initial concept, Saldana and graduate student Kentez Craig quickly built two prototypes and sent them to Emory for Sullivan, Collins and others to inspect and check whether the size of the box would work in an operating room environment. \u0026ldquo;Emory told us they really needed them,\u0026rdquo; Saldana said. \u0026ldquo;They showed us how this design would be used in practice and we talked about iterations.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESullivan and Collins immediately identified the need to make the devices more portable, as well as address how the access holes could be better closed off to prevent aerosols from escaping during use.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince these developments, a team of graduate students, including Jaime Berez and Maxwell Praniewicz, quickly designed the final prototypes of the fold-flat box and the C-shaped frame. Review and testing of the C-shaped frame was completed with Russell Gore, M.D., an adjunct associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Adam Klein, M.D., a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Emory University and David Wright, M.D., a professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. To produce these designs, Siemens Corporation joined the team to lead the production of prototypes; Barry Powell and James Washburn at Siemens implemented an industrial manual assembly process with additional support from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Montgomery Machining Mall and the Georgia Tech Research Institute\u0026rsquo;s Machine Services.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe boxes and frames are made from polycarbonate, a clear rigid material. The material was cut in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Flowers Invention Studio with a water-jet machine. A laser device was used to cut the hand holes. \u0026ldquo;You might need some specialized equipment, but most people could use general shop equipment to produce these,\u0026rdquo; Saldana said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople who\u0026rsquo;ve worked in a research laboratory will recognize the concept behind the devices. \u0026ldquo;This is a lot like a glovebox that is used in many laboratories to separate laboratory technician from hazardous materials or environments inside the box or frame,\u0026rdquo; Saldana said. \u0026ldquo;The technician places their hands and arms into the gloves, allowing them to work separate from what\u0026rsquo;s inside.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike the face shields and respirators that are in such high demand, the barrier protection devices will be needed only in small quantities to shield clinicians during the specific procedure. 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Shrivastava and School of Physics Ph.D. candidate Andras Karsai began with the gaits explored by the NASA RP15 robot, and were able to experiment with locomotion schemes that could not have been tested on a full-size rover.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also tested their experimental gaits on slopes designed to simulate planetary and lunar hills using a fluidized bed system known as SCATTER (Systematic Creation of Arbitrary Terrain and Testing of Exploratory Robots) that could be tilted to evaluate the role of controlling the granular substrate. Karsai and Shrivastava collaborated with Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, a postdoctoral research fellow in Goldman\u0026rsquo;s lab, to study the rover motion in the SCATTER test facility.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By creating a small robot with capabilities similar to the RP15 rover, we could test the principles of locomoting with various gaits in a controlled laboratory environment,\u0026rdquo; Karsai said. \u0026ldquo;In our tests, we primarily varied the gait, the locomotion medium, and the slope the robot had to climb. We quickly iterated over many gait strategies and terrain conditions to examine the phenomena that emerged.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the paper, the authors describe a gait that allowed the rover to climb a steep slope with the front wheels stirring up the granular material \u0026ndash; poppy seeds for the lab testing \u0026ndash; and pushing them back toward the rear wheels. The rear wheels wiggled from side-to-side, lifting and spinning to create a motion that resembles paddling in water. The material pushed to the back wheels effectively changed the slope the rear wheels had to climb, allowing the rover to make steady progress up a hill that might have stopped a simple wheeled robot.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe experiments provided a variation on earlier robophysics work in Goldman\u0026rsquo;s group that involved moving with legs or flippers, which had emphasized disturbing the granular surfaces as little as possible to avoid getting the robot stuck.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In our previous studies of pure legged robots, modeled on animals, we had kind of figured out that the secret was to not make a mess,\u0026rdquo; said Goldman. \u0026ldquo;If you end up making too much of a mess with most robots, you end up just paddling and digging into the granular material. If you want fast locomotion, we found that you should try to keep the material as solid as possible by tweaking the parameters of motion.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut simple motions had proved problematic for Mars rovers, which got stuck in granular materials. Goldman says the gait discovered by Shrivastava, Karsai and Ozkan-Aydin might be able to help future rovers avoid that fate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This combination of lifting and wheeling and paddling, if used properly, provides the ability to maintain some forward progress even if it is slow,\u0026rdquo; Goldman said. \u0026ldquo;Through our laboratory experiments, we have shown principles that could lead to improved robustness in planetary exploration \u0026ndash; and even in challenging surfaces on our own planet.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers hope next to scale up the unusual gaits to larger robots, and to explore the idea of studying robots and their localized environments together. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;d like to think about the locomotor and its environment as a single entity,\u0026rdquo; Goldman said. \u0026ldquo;There are certainly some interesting granular and soft matter physics issues to explore.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough the Mini Rover was designed to study lunar and planetary exploration, the lessons learned could also be applicable to terrestrial locomotion \u0026ndash; an area of interest to the Army Research Laboratory, one of the project\u0026rsquo;s sponsors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This basic research is revealing exciting new approaches for locomotion in complex terrain,\u0026quot; said Dr. Samuel Stanton, program manager, Army Research Office, an element of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command\u0026#39;s Army Research Laboratory. \u0026quot;This could lead to platforms capable of intelligently transitioning between wheeled and legged modes of movement to maintain high operational tempo.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond those already mentioned, the researchers worked with Robert Ambrose and William Bluethmann at NASA, and traveled to NASA JSC to study the full-size NASA RP15 rover.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by the Army Research Office (W911NF-18-1-0120) and the NASA National Robotics Initiative (NNX15AR21G). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring agencies.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Siddharth Shrivastava, Andras Karsai, Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, Ross Pettinger, William Bluethmann, Robert O. Ambrose, Daniel I. Goldman, \u0026ldquo;Material remodeling on granular terrain yields robustness benefits for a robophysical rover.\u0026rdquo; (Science Robotics, May 2020)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBuilt with wheeled appendages that can be lifted and wheels able to wiggle, a new robot known as the \u0026ldquo;Mini Rover\u0026rdquo; has developed and tested complex locomotion techniques robust enough to help it climb hills covered with granular material \u0026ndash; and avoid the risk of getting ignominiously stuck on some remote planet or moon.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Using the Mini Rover, researchers have studied locomotion techniques that could help future rovers work on granular lunar and planetary surfaces."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-05-13 14:22:47","changed_gmt":"2020-05-13 17:50:59","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635320":{"id":"635320","type":"image","title":"Mini Rover moving on sand","body":null,"created":"1589378228","gmt_created":"2020-05-13 13:57:08","changed":"1589378228","gmt_changed":"2020-05-13 13:57:08","alt":"Mini Rover in sand","file":{"fid":"241746","name":"mini-rover-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mini-rover-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mini-rover-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":502031,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mini-rover-1.jpg?itok=BpVZnDah"}},"635321":{"id":"635321","type":"image","title":"Mini Rover moving on sand - 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But this pandemic makes it hard to predict what that reality will be.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We know pandemics can disrupt supply chains, because we\u0026rsquo;ve had the SARS experience, but this is something very different,\u0026rdquo; said Singhal, the Charles W. Brady Chair Professor of Operations Management at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EScheller College of Business\u003C\/a\u003E, recalling the SARS viral pandemic of 2002 to 2003. But that event did not have nearly the deadly, worldwide reach of COVID-19.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There is really nothing to compare this pandemic to,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;And predicting or estimating stock prices is simply impossible, unlike supply chain disruptions caused by a company\u0026rsquo;s own fault, or a natural disaster, like the earthquake in Japan.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor more coverage of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s response to the coronavirus\u0026nbsp;pandemic, please visit our \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/helpingstories.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EResponding to COVID-19\u003C\/a\u003E page.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe earthquake that shook northeastern Japan in March 2011 unleashed a devastating and deadly tsunami that caused a meltdown at a nuclear power plant, and also rocked the world economy. It was called the most significant disruption ever of global supply chains. Singhal co-authored a study on the aftereffects, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubsonline.informs.org\/doi\/10.1287\/msom.2019.0777\u0022\u003EStock Market Reaction to Supply Chain Disruptions from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;published online in August 2019 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EManufacturing \u0026amp; Service Operations Management\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut COVID-19 represents a new kind of mystery when it comes to something as complex and critical to the world\u0026rsquo;s economy as the global supply chain, for a number of reasons that Singhal highlighted:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe global spread of the virus and duration of the pandemic\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We have no idea when it will be under control and whether it will resurface,\u0026rdquo; Singhal said. \u0026ldquo;With a natural disaster you can kind of predict that if we put in some effort, within a few months we can get back to normal. But here there is a lot of uncertainty.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBoth the demand and supply side of the global supply chain are disrupted\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re not only seeing a lot of factories shutting down, which affects the supply side, but there are restrictions on demand, too, because you can\u0026rsquo;t just go out and shop like you used to, at least for the time being,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;And all this is taking place in an environment where supply chains are fairly complex \u0026ndash; intricate, interconnected, interdependent, and global.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELonger lead times\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We get close to a trillion dollars of products annually from Asian countries, about $500 billion from China,\u0026rdquo; Singhal said. \u0026ldquo;Most are shipped by sea which requires a four-to-six-week lead time. The fact that logistics and distribution has been disrupted and needs to ramp up again will increase lead time. So, it will take time to fill up the pipeline, and that is going to be an issue.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESupply chains have little slack, and little spare inventory\u003C\/strong\u003E. While manufacturing giants such as Apple, Boeing, and General Motors have more financial slack to carry them through a massive economic belt tightening, their suppliers, spread out across the globe, come in different sizes, different tiers, \u0026ldquo;and these smaller companies don\u0026rsquo;t have much financial slack,\u0026rdquo; said Singhal, pointing to a report of small and medium sized companies in China, \u0026ldquo;which have less than three months of cash. They\u0026rsquo;ve already been shut down for two months, and cash tends to go away quickly.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Many of these companies may go bankrupt,\u0026rdquo; he added. \u0026ldquo;So we need to figure out how to reduce the number of bankruptcies. Government is going to play an important role in this, and the stimulus package the U.S. has approved will be helpful.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETrying to get a handle on how stock markets are responding to all that has happened is like trying to take aim at a moving target during a stiff wind. Volatility has increased significantly since February 13, when the Dow Jones index reached an all-time high of about 29,500.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s because we did not expect the pandemic to spread and disruptions initially were low because of pipeline inventory,\u0026rdquo; Singhal said, noting that since then the Index dropped sharply, to 18,500 on March 23 (a decline of nearly 38 percent), it picked up and was back to 22,000 by March 30. \u0026ldquo;The same is true of other stock markets. The Chinese stock market was down 13 percent, but they seem to have the pandemic under control.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile COVID-19 is making it difficult to predict what the market will look like, Singhal has some ideas of which industries will be most affected.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Travel, tourism, entertainment, restaurants \u0026ndash; businesses that rely on people going out\u0026mdash;will take a long time to recover, in terms of profitability and stock price, even once the pandemic is contained,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;People are going to be hesitant to travel after all this. Tourism will take a hit.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEssentials like groceries are surging as people stock up in reaction to being shut in, but this isn\u0026rsquo;t a long-term trend. Singhal doesn\u0026rsquo;t expect this trend to continue as shopping habits and store shelves eventually normalize.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECompanies that sell basics, with a strong online presence, will do well, \u0026ldquo;but industries like automobiles and electronics, which have global supply chains and have a hard time replacing specialized, high-tech components will be affected,\u0026rdquo; said Singhal, who also has suggestions on the most important issues to address and how to help speed up the recovery and bring supply chains back to normal (or whatever normal looks like after this):\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe ability to bring capacity online, especially for small and medium-sized companies\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Facilities and equipment may need some time to restart,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Staffing is a big issue. How quickly can you get people back to work? Also, can you get the raw materials and build up the inventory to support production? That may be tough when pent up demand is being released and everybody is competing for limited supplies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDistribution\u003C\/strong\u003E. Lead times already are long, he notes, and a sudden increase in demand for logistics and distribution services as everybody ramps up again could extend lead times.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrevent bankruptcies\u003C\/strong\u003E. Government programs need to be established (like the U.S. stimulus package) to keep small- and medium-sized firms in business. This concern extends to second- and third-tier suppliers, and large firms like Apple or Boeing or GM, should do the same for their most critical suppliers.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuild slack\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Preserve cash, get new lines of credit or draw down lines of credit, maybe cut dividends or stock repurchases,\u0026rdquo; Singhal said. \u0026ldquo;And build inventories of critical components.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESinghal also stresses the need for transparency, up and down the supply chain: \u0026ldquo;What that means is, companies need to have a good understanding of what is happening to their customers and suppliers, but not just their immediate, first tier customers and suppliers, but also their customers and suppliers, and so on up and down the line.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt will be very important going forward for the next several months to monitor the health of the supply chain from both the customer perspective and a supplier perspective, because this is a new world, says Singhal, who adds an optimistic postscript, \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a crisis situation now, but I think we can put it back together.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp; 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Because it could; its toes stick to about anything. Engineers can already emulate\u0026nbsp;the secrets of gecko stickiness to make\u0026nbsp;strips of rubbery materials that can pick\u0026nbsp;up and release\u0026nbsp;objects, but simple mass production for everyday use has been out of reach until now.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsami.0c01812\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein a new study\u003C\/a\u003E, a method of making gecko-inspired adhesive materials that is much more cost-effective than current methods. It could enable mass production and the spread of the versatile gripping strips to manufacturing and homes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPolymers with \u0026ldquo;gecko adhesion\u0026rdquo; surfaces could be used to make extremely versatile grippers to pick up very different objects even on the same assembly line. They could make picture hanging easy by adhering to both the picture and the wall at the same time. Vacuum cleaner robots with gecko adhesion could someday scoot up tall buildings to clean facades.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With the exception of things like Teflon, it will adhere to anything. This is a clear advantage in manufacturing because we don\u0026rsquo;t have to prepare the gripper for specific surfaces we want to lift. Gecko-inspired adhesives can lift flat objects like boxes then turn around and lift curved objects like eggs and vegetables,\u0026rdquo; said Michael Varenberg, the study\u0026rsquo;s principal investigator and an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/varenberg\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eassistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent grippers on assembly lines, such as clamps, magnets, and suction cups, can each lift limited ranges of objects. Grippers based on gecko-inspired surfaces, which are dry and contain no glue or goo, could replace many grippers or just fill in capability gaps left by other gripping mechanisms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDrawing out razors\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe adhesion comes from protrusions a few hundred microns in size that often look like sections of short, floppy walls running parallel to each other across the material\u0026rsquo;s surface. How they work by mimicking geckos\u0026rsquo; feet is explained below.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUp to now, molding has produced these mesoscale walls by pouring ingredients onto a template, letting the mixture react and set to a flexible polymer then removing it from the mold. But the method is inconvenient.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Molding techniques are expensive and time-consuming processes. And there are issues with getting the gecko-like material to release from the template, which can disturb the quality of the attachment surface,\u0026rdquo; Varenberg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers\u0026rsquo; new method formed those walls by pouring ingredients onto a smooth surface instead of a mold, letting the polymer partially set then dipping rows of laboratory razor blades into it. The material set a little more around the blades, which were then drawn out, leaving behind micron-scale indentations surrounded by the desired walls.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVarenberg and first author Jae-Kang Kim published details of their new method\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsami.0c01812\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EACS Applied Materials \u0026amp; Interfaces\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on April 6, 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EForget about perfection\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough the new method is easier than molding, developing it took a year of dipping, drawing, and readjusting while surveying finicky details under an electron microscope.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are many parameters to control: Viscosity and temperature of the liquid; timing, speed, and distance of withdrawing the blades. We needed enough plasticity of the setting polymer to the blades to stretch the walls up, and not so much rigidity that would lead the walls to rip up,\u0026rdquo; Varenberg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGecko-inspired surfaces have a fine topography on a micron-scale and sometimes even on a nanoscale, and surfaces made via molding are usually the most precise. But such perfection is unnecessary; the materials made with the new method did the job well and were also markedly robust.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Many researchers demonstrating gecko adhesion have to do it in a cleanroom in clean gear. Our system just plain works in normal settings. It is robust and simple, and I think it has good potential for use in industry and homes,\u0026rdquo; said Varenberg, who studies surfaces in nature to mimic their advantageous qualities in human-made materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csup\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[Ready for graduate school with social distancing?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/apply-now\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E]\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGecko foot fluff\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBehold the gecko\u0026rsquo;s foot. It has ridges on its toes, and this has led some in the past to think their feet stick by suction or some kind of clutching by the skin.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut electron microscopes reveal a deeper structure \u0026ndash; spatula-shaped bristly fibrils protrude a few dozen microns long off those ridges. The fibrils make such thorough contact with surfaces down to the nanoscale that weak attractions between atoms on both sides appear to add up enormously to create overall strong adhesion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn place of fluff, engineers have developed rows of shapes covering materials that produce the effect. A common shape makes a material\u0026rsquo;s surface look like a field of mushrooms that are a few hundred microns in size; another is rows of short walls like those in this study.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The mushroom patterns touch a surface, and they are attached straightaway, but detaching requires applying forces that can be disadvantageous. The wall-shaped projections require minor shear force like a tug or a gentle grab to generate adherence, but that is easy, and letting go of the object is uncomplicated, too,\u0026rdquo; Varenberg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVarenberg\u0026rsquo;s research team used the drawing method to make walls with U-shaped spaces in between them and walls with V-shaped spaces in between. They worked with polyvinylsiloxane (PVS) and polyurethane (PU). The V-shape made in PVS worked best, but polyurethane is the better material for industry, so Vanenberg\u0026rsquo;s group will now work toward achieving the V-shape gecko gripping pattern in PU for the best possible combination.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso read: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/634434\/lung-heart-super-sensor-chip-tinier-ladybug\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELung-heart super sensor on a chi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/634434\/lung-heart-super-sensor-chip-tinier-ladybug\u0022\u003Ep tinier than a ladybug\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/subscribe\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esubscribe to our free science and technology email\u0026nbsp;newsletter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter 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They are also being assisted by Kyle French and Biye Wang at the Electronics Shop in the School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I cannot thank our team enough for transforming an idea into reality in just 3 weeks,\u0026rdquo; Ranjan said. \u0026ldquo;This project has been made possible by the dedication and long hours of hard work shown by students and staff at Georgia Tech while still maintaining social distancing,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Assistance\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John 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This initiative will infuse funding into early, innovative technologies to speed development of rapid and widely accessible COVID-19 testing with a mandate that tests be deployed to Americans this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nibib.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)\u003C\/a\u003E is urging all scientists and inventors with a rapid testing technology to compete in a national COVID-19 testing challenge for a share of up to $500 million over all phases of development that will assist the public\u0026rsquo;s safe return to normal activities,\u0026rdquo; said Wilbur Lam, M.D., Ph.D., pediatric hematologist and oncologist at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.choa.org\/medical-services\/cancer-and-blood-disorders\/aflac-cancer-and-blood-disorder-center\u0022\u003EAflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/a\u003E and principal investigator of ACME POCT.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs one of only five NIH-funded point-of-care technology centers in the nation within the Point-of-Care Technologies Research Network (POCTRN), ACME POCT will receive a $10 million to $20 million supplement to work closely with relevant technology developers and the medical diagnostics industry across the country to meet the deadline. The technologies will be put through a highly competitive, rapid three-phase selection process to identify the best candidates for at-home or point-of-care tests for COVID-19. The goal is to make millions of accurate and easy-to-use tests per week available to all Americans by the end of summer 2020 and in time for the flu season.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center will operate on the frontlines assessing, validating and conducting clinical trials as well as advising in manufacturing and scale-up of relevant COVID-19 tests. They expect hundreds of technology developers and companies to apply for the RADx program and will be involved in clinical validation and shepherding successful projects to meet this national need, making Children\u0026rsquo;s, Emory and Georgia Tech frontline warriors in this effort.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EACME POCT fosters the development and commercialization of microsystems (microchip-enabled, biosensor-based, microfluidic) diagnostic tests that can be used outside the traditional hospital setting, in places such as the home, community or doctor\u0026rsquo;s office. Lam and his team will evaluate the tests for the NIBIB as they urgently solicit proposals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELam is the principal investigator of ACME POCT and also serves as associate professor of the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E. Greg Martin, M.D., is co-principal investigator along with Oliver Brand, Ph.D., executive director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology and a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Together the team makes up the only point-of-care center in the nation dedicated to developing microsystems with sensors, smart phones and wearable technologies. Dr. Martin is also a professor with the Emory University School of Medicine and Chair of Critical Care for Grady Health System.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EAs the only freestanding pediatric healthcare system in Georgia, Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta is the trusted leader in caring for kids. The not-for-profit organization\u0026rsquo;s mission is to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow through more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs, top healthcare professionals, and leading research and technology. Children\u0026rsquo;s is one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country, managing more than one million patient visits annually at three hospitals, Marcus Autism Center, the Center for Advanced Pediatrics and 20 neighborhood locations. Consistently ranked among the top children\u0026rsquo;s hospitals by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta has impacted the lives of kids in Georgia, across the United States and around the world for more than 100 years thanks to generous support from the community. Visit www.choa.org for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Emory University School of Medicine:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EEmory University School of Medicine is a leading institution with the highest standards in education, biomedical research and patient care, with a commitment to recruiting and developing a diverse group of students and innovative leaders. Emory School of Medicine has more than 2,800 full- and part-time faculty, 556 medical students, 530 allied health students, 1,311 residents and fellows in 106 accredited programs, and 93 MD\/PhD students in one of 48 NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Programs. Medical school faculty received $456.3 million in external research funding in fiscal year 2018. The school is best known for its research and treatment in infectious disease, neurosciences, heart disease, cancer, transplantation, orthopaedics, pediatrics, renal disease, ophthalmology and geriatrics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Institute of Technology:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s leading research universities \u0026mdash; a university that embraces change while continually Creating the Next. The next generation of leaders. The next breakthrough startup company. The next lifesaving medical treatment. Georgia Tech provides a focused, technologically based education to more than 36,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The Institute has many nationally recognized programs, all top-ranked by peers and publications alike, and is ranked among the nation\u0026rsquo;s top five public universities by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. It offers degrees through the Colleges of Computing, Design, Engineering, Sciences, the Scheller College of Business, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech has more than 100 centers focused on interdisciplinary research that consistently contribute vital research and innovation to American government, industry, and business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the National Institutes of Health (NIH)\u003C\/strong\u003E: NIH, the nation\u0026#39;s medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. 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The area is key to Thwaites Glacier\u0026rsquo;s potential to become more dangerous, and in the coming months, the research team hopes to give the world a clearer picture of its condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe images, taken by a robotic underwater vehicle, were part of a broad set of data collected in a variety of experiments by an international team. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thwaitesglacier.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInternational Thwaites Glacier Collaboration\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ITGC)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thwaitesglacier.org\/news\/scientists-drill-first-time-remote-antarctic-glacier\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eannounced the completion of this first-ever major research venture\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on the glacier coincident with the 200-year anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica in 1820.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlready, Thwaites accounts for about four percent of global sea-level rise. Researchers have had concerns that a tipping point in the stability at its foundations could result in a run-away collapse of the glacier and boost sea levels by as much as 25 inches. By studying multiple aspects of Thwaites, the ITGC wants to understand more about the likelihood that the glacier the size of Florida may reach such instability in the coming decades.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELine of concern\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe area of concern that the underwater vehicle visited is called the grounding line, and it is important to the stability of Thwaites Glacier\u0026rsquo;s footing. It is the line between where the glacier rests on the ocean bed and where it floats over water. The farther back the grounding line recedes, the faster the ice can flow into the sea, pushing up sea-level.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Visiting the grounding line is one of the reasons work like this is important because we can drive right up to it and actually measure where it is,\u0026rdquo; said Britney Schmidt, an ITGC co-investigator from the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s the first time anyone has done that or has ever even seen the grounding zone of a major glacier under the water, and that\u0026rsquo;s the place where the greatest degree of melting and destabilization can occur.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe underwater robot,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/schmidt.eas.gatech.edu\/icefin\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIcefin, was engineered by Schmidt\u0026rsquo;s Georgia Tech lab\u003C\/a\u003E. The Georgia Tech team was part of a greater collaboration between researchers from the U.S. and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), who lived and worked on Thwaites in December and January. A BAS hot water drill melted a hole 590 meters deep (1,935 feet) to access the ocean cavity for Icefin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Icefin swam over 15 km (9.3 miles) round trip during five missions.\u0026nbsp;This included two passes up to the grounding zone, including one where we got as close as we physically could to the place where the seafloor meets the ice,\u0026rdquo; said Schmidt, who is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/schmidt.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ean associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We saw amazing ice interactions driven by sediments at the line and from the rapid melting from warm ocean water.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csup\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[Ready for graduate school?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/apply-now\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E]\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHistoric research venture\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the coming months and years, the ITGC team made up of researchers from multiple universities and research institutions in the U.S. and the UK will publish studies with thorough findings based on the unprecedented data collected during the field campaign.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe array of research the scientists carried out research included seismic and radar measurements and using hot water drills to make holes between 300 and 700 meters (985 and 2,300 feet) deep down to the ocean and glacier bed below Thwaites\u0026rsquo; ice. Researchers also took cores of sediment from the seafloor and under parts of the glacier grounded on the bed to examine the quality of the foothold that it offers Thwaites.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We know that warmer ocean waters are eroding many of West Antarctica\u0026rsquo;s glaciers, but we\u0026rsquo;re particularly concerned about Thwaites. This new data will provide a new perspective of the processes taking place, so we can predict future change with more certainty,\u0026rdquo; said Keith Nicholls, an oceanographer from the British Antarctic Survey.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENicholls is a co-principal investigator on the project that involved Schmidt along with David Holland of New York University. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the UK Natural Environment Research Council, the U.S. Antarctic Program, and the British Antarctic Survey.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAntarctica sea-level background\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the past 30 years, the amount of ice flowing to the sea from Thwaites and its neighboring glaciers has nearly doubled.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;While Greenland\u0026#39;s contribution to sea level has already reached an alarming rate, Antarctica is just now picking up its contributions to sea level,\u0026rdquo; Schmidt said. \u0026ldquo;It has the largest body of ice on Earth and will contribute more and more of sea-level rise over the next 100 years and beyond. It\u0026rsquo;s a massive source of uncertainty in the climate system.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWatch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f0AWsJ0cmLE\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBBC News report on this research\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExternal News Coverage:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBBC News-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-51097309?ocid=socialflow_twitter\u0022\u003EAntarctica melting: Climate change and the journey to the \u0026#39;doomsday glacier\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlantic- \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2020\/01\/watch-video-one-worlds-most-important-places\/605731\/?utm_content=edit-promo\u0026amp;utm_source=twitter\u0026amp;utm_campaign=the-atlantic\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\u0026amp;utm_term=2020-01-30T14%3A00%3A33\u0022\u003EThe New Video of One of the Scariest Places on Earth\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Washington Post-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2020\/01\/30\/unprecedented-data-confirm-that-antarcticas-most-dangerous-glacier-is-melting-below\/\u0022\u003EUnprecedented data confirms that Antarctica\u0026rsquo;s most dangerous glacier is melting from below\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBBC Newsround-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/51268527\u0022\u003EClimate change: Scientists concerned about future of Antarctic glacier\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDaily Mail Online-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-7938183\/Scientists-drilled-Antarcticas-doomsday-Thwaites-glacier.html\u0022\u003EScientists drill into Antarctica\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;doomsday\u0026#39; Thwaites glacier for the first time in a bid to stop dramatic sea level rise as the ice shelf the size of BRITAIN melts at an alarming rate\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYahoo News-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/thwaites-glacier-antarctica-185028043.html?guccounter=1\u0026amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL3RyYW5zaXRpb24ubWVsdHdhdGVyLmNvbS9yZWRpcmVjdD91cmw9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ1ay5uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbSUyRnRod2FpdGVzLWdsYWNpZXItYW50YXJjdGljYS0xODUwMjgwNDMuaHRtbCZ0cmFuc2l0aW9uVG9rZW49ZXlKMGVYQWlPaUpLVjFRaUxDSmhiR2NpT2lKSVV6VXhNaUo5LmV5Sm9iM04wYm1GdFpTSTZJblZyTG01bGQzTXVlV0ZvYjI4dVkyOXRJbjAuTkJQT2J3U3VMcFNUNEVUa180ak1yQTI4eUl4QXRiWjJvbUtUS0FhdWk1akJmMFlDbU1nZGZUZGttWHU1UTRWc2lRZXBjWlB5dnRKVWVFeVlpX0dpUVE\u0026amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIRM-4giOYbmjW1hRxQ4iZ-18X61yqEBJCY4ITCFbBFdWvtWtBSNEfakpuj_hrNCwh3OrXO-FRFuyJabFIBmLQhdjng1A9-dgzaxtFWIJnMz5tZGzEv5kS-aEHKOwZ4vESHlK501McjqvhE70gDBlzsMnwR5R20orgdJK9UMYLqI\u0022\u003EScientists drill into \u0026lsquo;doomsday glacier\u0026rsquo; 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Its\u0026nbsp;grounding line is integral to Thwaites\u0026#39; fate and that of the world\u0026#39;s coastlines, and an underwater vehicle from the Georgia Institute of Technology has made the\u0026nbsp;first-ever visit to it as a part of the historic International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"These are the first-ever images taken at the foundations of the glacier that inspires more fear of sea-level rise than any other - Thwaites Glacier."}],"uid":"31759","created_gmt":"2020-01-29 14:13:46","changed_gmt":"2020-04-24 15:59:46","author":"Ben Brumfield","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"623047":{"id":"623047","type":"image","title":"Thwaites Glacier\u0027s outer edge","body":null,"created":"1562610337","gmt_created":"2019-07-08 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becomes a slight bit shallower, and a monitor in her clothing alerts her to get a telemedicine check-up.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41746-020-0225-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EA new study\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;details how a sensor chip smaller than a ladybug records multiple lung and heart signals along with body movements and could enable such a future socially distanced health monitor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe core mechanism of the chip developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology involves two finely manufactured layers of silicon, which overlay each other separated by the space of 270 nanometers \u0026ndash; about 0.000001 inches. They carry a minute voltage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVibrations from bodily motions and sounds put part of the chip in very slight motion, making the voltage flux, thus creating readable electronic outputs. In human testing, the chip has recorded a variety of signals from the mechanical workings of the lungs and the heart with clarity, signals that often escape meaningful detection by current medical technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Right now, medicine looks to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/heart-disease\/electrocardiogram-ekgs\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEKGs (electrocardiograms\u003C\/a\u003E) for information on the heart, but EKGs only measure electrical impulses. The heart is a mechanical system with muscles pumping and valves opening and shutting, and it sends out a signature of sounds and motions, which an EKG does not detect. EKGs also say nothing about lung function,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/farrokh-ayazi\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFarrokh Ayazi, Ken Byers Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStethoscope-accelerometer combo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe chip, which acts as an advanced\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4496820\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eelectronic stethoscope\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and accelerometer in one, is aptly called an accelerometer contact microphone. It detects vibrations that enter the chip from inside the body while keeping out distracting noise from outside the body\u0026#39;s core like airborne sounds\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If it rubs on my skin or shirt, it doesn\u0026rsquo;t hear the friction, but the device is very sensitive to sounds coming at it from inside the body, so it picks up useful vibrations even through clothing,\u0026rdquo; Ayazi said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe detection bandwidth is enormous -\u0026nbsp;from broad, sweeping motions to inaudibly high-pitched tones. Thus, the sensor chip records all at once fine details of the heartbeat, waves the heart sends through the body, and respiration rates and lung sounds. It even tracks the wearer\u0026rsquo;s physical activities such as walking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe signals are recorded in sync, potentially offering the big picture of a patient\u0026rsquo;s heart and lung health. For the study, the researchers successfully recorded a \u0026ldquo;gallop,\u0026rdquo; a faint third sound after the \u0026ldquo;lub-dub\u0026rdquo; of the heartbeat. Gallops are normally elusive clues of heart failure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers published their results\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41746-020-0225-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Enpj Digital Medicine\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on February 12, 2020. The research was funded by the Georgia Research Alliance, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. Study coauthor Divya Gupta, M.D., a cardiologist at Emory University, collaborated in testing the chip on human participants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHermetically sealed vacuum\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMedical research has tried to make better use of the body\u0026rsquo;s mechanical signals for decades but recording some \u0026ndash; like waves traversing multiple tissues \u0026ndash; has proven inconsistent, while others \u0026ndash; like gallops \u0026ndash; have relied upon clinician skills influenced by human error. The new chip produces high-resolution, quantified data that future research could match to pathologies in order to identify them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are working already to collect significantly more data matched with pathologies. We envision algorithms in the future that may enable a broad array of clinical readings,\u0026rdquo; Ayazi said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough the chip\u0026rsquo;s main engineering principle is simple, making it work and then manufacturable took Ayazi\u0026rsquo;s lab ten years, mainly because of the Lilliputian scale of the gap between the silicon layers, i.e. electrodes. If the 2-millimeter by 2-millimeter sensor chip were expanded to the size of a football field, that air gap would be about an inch wide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That very thin gap separating the two electrodes cannot have any contact, not even by forces in the air in between the layers, so the whole sensor is hermetically sealed inside a vacuum cavity,\u0026rdquo; Ayazi said. \u0026ldquo;This makes for that ultralow signal noise and breadth of bandwidth that are unique.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDetects through clothing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used a manufacturing process developed in Ayazi\u0026rsquo;s lab called the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8373389\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHARPSS+ platform (High Aspect Ratio Poly and Single Crystalline Silicon)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for mass production, running off hand-sized sheets that were then cut into the tiny sensor chips. HARPSS+ is the first reported mass manufacturing process that achieves such consistently thin gaps, and it has enabled high-throughput manufacturing of many such advanced MEMS, or microelectromechanical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe experimental device is currently battery-powered and uses a second chip called a signal-conditioning circuit to translate the sensor chip\u0026rsquo;s signals into patterned read-outs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThree sensors or more could be inserted into a chest band that would triangulate health signals to locate their sources. Someday a device may pinpoint an emerging heart valve flaw by turbulence it produces in the bloodstream or identify a cancerous lesion by faint crackling sounds in a lung.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/subscribe\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esubscribe to our free science and technology\u0026nbsp;newsletter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso read: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/634299\/digital-tool-helps-hospital-make-important-coronavirus-retest-decisions\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDigital tool helps with tough COVID19 decision\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThese researchers co-authored the study: Pranav Gupta (first author), Mohammad Moghimi, Yaesuk Jeong and Omer Inan from Georgia Tech. The research was funded by the Georgia Research Alliance, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Technology Office\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Inertial Micro Sensors program (contract # N66001-16-1-4064), and by the National Science Foundation\/National Institutes of Health Smart and Connected Health Program (grant # R01 EB023808). The team\u0026rsquo;s work with human subjects was approved by Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology Institutional Review Boards (IRB# H18248). Any findings, conclusions or recommendations are those of the authors and not necessarily of the sponsors.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Media Representative\u003C\/strong\u003E: Ben Brumfield (404-272-2780), email:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe future of socially distanced lung and heart health monitoring could lie in this\u0026nbsp;inconspicuous\u0026nbsp;yet incredibly sensitive chip. 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Fuel Battle Against COVID-19","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a race against time that some participants liken to Apollo 13, the stricken NASA spacecraft for which engineers improvised an air purification system from available parts to get three astronauts back from the moon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case, however, the race is to improvise ventilators, face shields, respirators, surgical gowns, disinfectant wipes, and other healthcare gear to help the hundreds of thousands of people expected to swamp hospitals with waves of critical COVID-19 illness over the next several weeks. The demand for ventilators alone could be four times more than already overwhelmed hospitals can provide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing 3D-printed parts, plastic-lined tablecloths intended for birthday parties, laser-cut gears, and similar substitutions, a research team from universities on two continents is racing to develop \u0026ldquo;do-it-yourself\u0026rdquo; healthcare gear that can be assembled where it\u0026rsquo;s needed from components available locally. Team members figure they have about two weeks to get the designs right and share them with anyone who can help with the needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re trying to figure out how to get these things to scale in the time we have,\u0026rdquo; said Shannon Yee, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering who\u0026rsquo;s working on the ventilator issue with a half-dozen colleagues at Georgia Tech and other universities. \u0026ldquo;We are looking at producing things very quickly and this is where having contacts with mature manufacturing sources is going to help.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech has established a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rapid-response\u0022\u003ERapid Response\u0026nbsp;website\u003C\/a\u003E to identify needs for personal protective\u0026nbsp;equipment and potential collaborations.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESupplying Face Shields to the Medical Community\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech serves as a bridge between healthcare needs and the broad technical know-how at Georgia Tech, and Georgia Tech researchers are talking regularly with hospital systems to discuss their needs. So far, hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, face shields, respirator masks, and ventilators have been identified as critical needs. Using resources of the Flowers Invention Studio \u0026ndash; such as 3D printing \u0026ndash; the group has already produced 1,000 face shields and is preparing to fabricate thousands more in the form of kits that\u0026nbsp;hospitals can assemble.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;With the significant challenges on our supply chain, we need strategies to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare staff,\u0026quot; said Dr. Charles Brown, CEO of Physician Enterprise at Piedmont Healthcare. \u0026quot;We have mechanisms in place to develop ideas and are working with Georgia Tech and the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) to advance them to what we can use.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech faculty members, students and GCMI\u0026nbsp;worked\u0026nbsp;on multiple face shield designs, talking with clinicians at Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory Healthcare and Piedmont\u0026nbsp;to evaluate and iterate. The result was two different designs intended for specific uses in hospital facilities, where face shields protect clinicians from splashes and help extend the life of soft respirators intended to filter out virus particles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The team has worked hard to identify materials suppliers and define simple and scalable solutions to meet this challenge,\u0026rdquo; said Sam Graham, chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. \u0026ldquo;We are fortunate to have partners ready to team up with us to help address some of the shortfalls in medical equipment that hospitals are experiencing.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo scale up fabrication beyond the Georgia Tech campus, the team focused on\u0026nbsp;simple designs that could be shared with and produced\u0026nbsp;by individuals with access to a makerspace \u0026ndash; and major manufacturers with injection molding capabilities. The team plans to make the designs available for anyone with laser cutting or 3D printing capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Initially we were just thinking about meeting the needs of Atlanta, but cities everywhere need them,\u0026rdquo; said Saad Bhamla, an assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering who specializes in \u0026ldquo;frugal science\u0026rdquo; \u0026ndash; creating inexpensive lab devices. \u0026ldquo;We have created great models that can be used to create a pipeline of instructions that others can use. The face shields will set the stage for other device models as they become available.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe group is leveraging Georgia Tech contacts with companies to identify suppliers for alternative materials that can go into their \u0026ldquo;Apollo 13\u0026rdquo; devices. Team members, including Christopher Saldana, an associate professor in the Woodruff School, are working with GCMI on those issues, using equipment in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s maker spaces and elsewhere.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The Georgia Tech mechanical engineering team is working to modify open source face shield designs so they can be manufactured in high volumes for the rapid response environment that COVID-19 requires,\u0026rdquo; said Christopher Saldana, an associate professor in the Woodruff School. \u0026ldquo;Our team has modified these designs using a range of product and process optimization methods, including removing certain features and standardizing tool use. By working on cross-functional and cross-disciplinary teams and directly involving healthcare practitioners and high-volume manufacturers, we will be able to respond to this effort at the scale and speed required.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBringing Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s expertise together to address the challenges \u0026ndash; and develop collaborations \u0026ndash; has been done behind the scenes by people like Sherry Farrugia, chief operating and strategy officer for the Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Serving as kind of a chief strategy officer, my work is to help bridge the gaps, focus the teams, rally the troops, and make critical connections,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;Doing this requires a deep knowledge of who\u0026rsquo;s doing what on campus, as well as a strong network in the private sector.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Supply Chain Challenge\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team is\u0026nbsp;launching\u0026nbsp;a website (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rapid-response\u0022\u003Ewww.research.gatech.edu\/rapid-response\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;to both quantify the needs for face shields and solicit supplies of materials. Because the world\u0026rsquo;s supply chains are unable to ship conventional PPE components, they are looking for alternatives that may not now be part of that production.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge is that everyone is scrambling to find equipment and materials in an international supply chain that has already been depleted by months-long demands from countries that dealt with the virus earlier: China, Italy and South Korea. As the healthcare demands ramp up in the United States, hospitals will have to be more creative in meeting the needs that their traditional sources may not be able to supply.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Countries on the trailing end of the pandemic are facing supply chain issues that countries with earlier pandemics didn\u0026#39;t have to face,\u0026quot; said Michael O\u0026#39;Toole, Executive Director of Quality Improvement at Piedmont and a Georgia Tech engineering graduate. \u0026quot;We\u0026#39;ve got to get these supplies, and its a critical need already. If we can\u0026#39;t get them from commercial or government sources, we\u0026#39;re going to have to make them ourselves.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith significant efforts going into design of locally sourced equipment, expertise on medical device prototyping and approval is needed. That is coming from a network of alumni and local companies and GCMI, a Georgia Tech-affiliated organization that works with device manufacturers around the world to translate designs into devices that can be manufactured quickly and cost effectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The goal right now is to develop solutions that can be sourced locally and that we can produce now,\u0026rdquo; said Tiffany Wilson, GCMI\u0026rsquo;s CEO. \u0026ldquo;We are working with Georgia Tech and others on how we can suggest modifying the designs to optimize them for the current environment. We are helping make sure designs are clinically validated with an eye toward scalability.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond its experience with medical devices, GCMI is also helping source materials and components, and working with regulators at the FDA to help reduce risks in the responses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There have been changes in some of the standards and new guidance from the FDA to enable faster production to open up the supply chain to get more masks and respirators into the market,\u0026rdquo; Wilson said. \u0026ldquo;There are still levels of control and risk mitigations strategies that we need to focus on. We\u0026rsquo;re staying on top of those changes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch on Possible Solutions for Other Shortages\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the face shield is the most mature project the team is developing, researchers are also looking at other needs of the medical community. Among them are ventilators, disinfecting wipes, and respirators.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn example of an Apollo 13 project may be ventilators that are used to help critically ill patients breathe. Traditional equipment makers are working as fast as they can, but that may not be fast enough. To achieve a globally scalable makeshift ventilator will require minimizing the number of parts and thinking about mechanical simplicity, Yee said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeon Williams, head of the Centre for Competitive Creative Design at Cranfield University, is working with Georgia Tech researchers to create a makeshift ventilator based on the bag-valve-mask (BVM) \u0026ndash; also known as an Ambu bag \u0026ndash; a hand-held mechanical resuscitation device already available at hospitals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough a system of laser-cut gears and other components, the preliminary concept would use a simple three-volt motor to compress the bag and push air into the lungs of a critically ill patient. Among the challenges is extending the lifetime of the bags, which are not designed for long-term use.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We need to understand everything about the ventilators that are already in use,\u0026rdquo; said Susan Margulies, chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u0026ldquo;By understanding how everything works, we can modify the design to use the components we can get.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs with face shields, the group expects to make its plans widely available for other groups to iterate and produce. \u0026ldquo;There is a lot of activity here that is going to move this forward,\u0026rdquo; said Devesh Ranjan, associate chair for research in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, who is coordinating several of the Georgia Tech Rapid-Response projects on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother identified need is for disinfecting wipes, which seem like a simple enough product: a nonwoven material and a solution based on either alcohol or bleach. The material and solutions seem to be available; the problem is locating the industrial-sized containers to hold them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve been looking for containers for the wipes commercially,\u0026rdquo; said Graham. \u0026ldquo;What we are finding is that the issue is the containers, but we are looking at other solutions.\u0026rdquo; He\u0026rsquo;s working with David Sholl, chair of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, to identify potential suppliers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERespirators, Swabs and Gowns\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProtecting healthcare workers from the coronavirus requires a special type of respirator, soft face masks that remove virus particles from the air. Because the virus particles are so small, hundreds of nanometers in diameter, that protection requires high-efficiency filtration materials that until recently were mostly manufactured in China.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The filters are not being produced at the rates that are needed, so we have been thinking about what we can put together that approximates an N95 filter that\u0026rsquo;s needed to protect healthcare workers,\u0026rdquo; said Ryan Lively, an associate professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. \u0026ldquo;We need to make something that can be produced out of homemade goods, then verify that it can do the filtering needed.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELively has been experimenting with alternatives, such as high-efficiency filtration materials manufactured for HVAC systems that could be sewn inside a fabric pouch. \u0026ldquo;There are journal papers out there showing filtration materials that are not as good as N95 are still effective at increasing rejection of the virus particles,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf these work as needed, Lively could produce limited numbers in his lab. \u0026ldquo;We have estimated that we can produce 700 masks per week using the pilot line that we have for research and repurposing it for cranking out hydrophobic fiber media,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;That won\u0026rsquo;t solve the problem, but it will help meet a very critical need.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe swabs used for COVID-19 testing are also in short supply, as are gowns designed to protect healthcare workers. Carson Meredith, director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute, is tracking down alternative sources from among the many manufacturers who are members of the Georgia Tech interdisciplinary research institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The idea is to take a basic material intended for a different function and transform it into the products that we need,\u0026rdquo; he said. One example is a material manufactured for party tablecloths - plastic on one side to prevent spills from going through, and paper on the other for festive designs. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re looking at whether the machinery that produces those can be rapidly turned into making a temporary gown.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team meets by phone daily to update each other on what\u0026rsquo;s been done and to share ideas. They follow international Slack channels to know what other similar groups are doing across the U.S. and the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey know their prototype production equipment can\u0026rsquo;t meet the world\u0026rsquo;s needs, so they\u0026rsquo;re sharing plans with others who may have capabilities. Ultimately, major manufacturers will catch up, but that could take months \u0026ndash; perhaps too long for the expected COVID-19 infection curve.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The best thing we can do is share that information broadly to try to come up with solutions that use parts that can be sourced locally,\u0026rdquo; Yee said, referring to the ventilator project. \u0026ldquo;Simple solutions using motors that people can get anywhere, structures that can be 3D-printed and materials that can be hand-cut with saws may get us through this.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EArticle updated March 26, 2020\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu) or Ben Brumfield (404-272-2780) (ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech community is working together to help meet the needs for personal protection equipment for health care workers. 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For years, she has studied how societies manage pandemics, and how outbreaks\u0026nbsp;overtax\u0026nbsp;the health care system\u0026nbsp;and wrack\u0026nbsp;supply chains to\u0026nbsp;worsen\u0026nbsp;pandemics. Here she shares her insights.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEmpty classrooms and supermarket shelves marked the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Keskinocak expects more signs of the times to come \u0026ndash; such as pop-up pandemic clinics and the shortage and rationing of medical supplies beyond masks and ventilators.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKeskinocak is the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/pinar-keskinocak\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edirector of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, which studies how government and private sectors can cooperate to handle\u0026nbsp;health and humanitarian crises. And she is William W. George Chair and Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn previous research, Keskinocak\u0026rsquo;s team created a model that accurately ran the course of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, and when COVID-19 struck, her team was already in the middle of modeling how special clinics could significantly slow a pandemic. In the meantime, temporary clinics in Wuhan, China, appear to have validated her model.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHealthcare expansion now\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe surge of COVID-19 patients pushed Italy\u0026rsquo;s health care system into a very ugly\u0026nbsp;crisis, and the U.S. needs to take measures now to handle similar patient surges. Pandemics often strike in two waves or more, and the second is usually the worst, so measures need to be lasting, Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEven without COVID-19, the U.S. healthcare system has been under strain. Emergency rooms are often overcrowded; it takes a long time to schedule an appointment, and there is a chronic shortage of nursing staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/opinion\/ny-oped-coronavirus-capacity-gut-check-20200323-vdw2nsude5ehfkj3e3xavjhk54-story.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead Keskinocak\u0026#39;s guest op-ed in the New York Daily News: COVID clinics now\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We need to expand capacity and unleash creative flexibility in our healthcare systems. We should use more telemedicine and create self-service stations for testing. I would particularly like to see specialized COVID-19 clinics established now,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Special clinics could be separate spaces in existing facilities or standalone facilities. As COVID-19 spreads, we expect a lot more people with cold- and flu-like symptoms to seek testing and care. The healthcare capacities are just not there for a business as usual approach, and taking it could harm patients by delaying care and increasing risk of infection.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGathering COVID-19 patients in tight spaces like waiting rooms with other patients would increase the coronavirus\u0026rsquo; spread, and patients with preexisting conditions could face mortal threat. Contagion could also spread into hospitals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Dedicated pandemic clinics could implement targeted hygiene, air filtration, and specialized protective equipment beyond masks and gloves for healthcare workers. They can tailor workflows to test and care for patients quickly and effectively and keep them away from other patients and staff,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPayment needs to be easy, too, including financing the uninsured. In the middle of a public health emergency, it is vital to not get bogged down by restrictions meant for normal times.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPotentially dangerous shortages\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToilet paper will make a comeback in supermarkets, but in its place, life-saving medications could become perilously scarce. Countries need to act now to prevent this from compounding the COVID-19 crisis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Dwindling availability of hospital beds, ventilators, and personal protective equipment like masks and gloves during a patient surge \u0026ndash; those are the obvious things. But we could also see shortages of items like asthma medication or antidepressants. Worst case, even food supplies could run low,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/488296-in-coronapocalypse-the-worst-shortages-could-be-deadly\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead Keskinocak\u0026#39;s guest op-ed in The Hill: medical supply chain dangers\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026rsquo;s how shortages work and can lead to price gouging and also rationing. The latter can have good effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Shortages are the result of supply-demand imbalance caused by either an unexpected increase in demand or unexpected decrease in supply or both. Shortages are common in crises such as natural disasters or health emergencies. But given the worldwide slowdown of economic activity in pandemics, disruptions could get much worse this time,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Supply chains are actually intricate webs of multiple parts that span the globe. Pandemics damage many of those parts, and it can take time to recover. This creates a more serious and worrisome imbalance between supply and demand.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToilet paper will return because people fear-hoard it in a panic but consume it at normal rates. When the panic runs its course, demand slows back down to the actual rate of consumption and its normal supply chain, which is relatively simple, catches up.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With medicine and healthcare services and supplies, the increase in demand is typically already in line with consumption, so a shortage in supply or increase in demand can create a supply-demand gap that continues for a long time,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said. \u0026ldquo;Medical supply chains are also very complex and fragile.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFuture vaccine distribution\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn normal times, most supply chains work\u0026nbsp;at a plodding pace, and when crisis strikes, it is tough to ramp them up due to expensive equipment, complex logistics, and strict regulations, particularly in health care.\u0026nbsp;Even temporary shortages of medicines and medical devices can have consequences for patients who need them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If shortages become serious, rationing \u0026ndash; with a priority allocation to those most in need \u0026ndash; can help balance demand and supply for critical items like medications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce created and approved, the production of vaccines or antivirals for COVID-19 will\u0026nbsp;ramp up slowly and could be in short supply at first. Decision-makers need plan investments now in the supply chains necessary for their effective distribution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis will include painful, necessary decisions like prioritizing first doses for healthcare workers, people with pre-existing conditions, and the elderly. The current system of restocking vaccines in the U.S. after initial distribution \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/616037\/flu-vaccine-supply-gaps-can-intensify-flu-seasons-make-pandemics-deadlier\u0022\u003Ealso has serious gaps that need fixing\u003C\/a\u003E to save many more lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the meantime, social distancing is one of the best ways to protect everyone and reduce the patient surge into clinics. 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The technique could have applications for wireless transmitters, radars, satellite equipment, and other high-power and high-frequency electronic devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technique, called surface-activated bonding, uses an ion source in a high-vacuum environment to first clean the surfaces of the GaN and diamond, which activates the surfaces by creating dangling bonds. Introducing small amounts of silicon into the ion beams facilitates forming strong atomic bonds at room temperature, allowing the direct bonding of the GaN and single-crystal diamond to fabricate high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe resulting interface layer from GaN to single-crystal diamond is just four nanometers thick, allowing heat dissipation up to two times more efficient than in the state-of-the-art GaN-on-diamond HEMTs by eliminating the low-quality diamond left over from nanocrystalline diamond growth. Diamond is currently integrated with GaN using crystalline growth techniques that produce a thicker interface layer and low-quality nanocrystalline diamond near the interface. Additionally, the new process can be done at room temperature using surface-activated bonding techniques, reducing the thermal stress applied to the devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This technique allows us to place high thermal conductivity materials much closer to the active device regions in gallium nitride,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/s_graham\u0022\u003ESamuel Graham\u003C\/a\u003E, the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. School Chair and professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;The performance allows us to maximize the performance for gallium nitride on diamond systems. This will allow engineers to custom design future semiconductors for better multifunctional operation.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, conducted in collaboration with scientists from Meisei University and Waseda University in Japan, was reported February 19 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EACS Applied Materials and Interfaces\u003C\/em\u003E. The work was supported by a multidisciplinary university research initiative (MURI) project from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor high-power electronic applications using materials such as GaN in miniaturized devices, heat dissipation can be a limiting factor in power densities imposed on the devices. By adding a layer of diamond, which conducts heat five times better than copper, engineers have tried to spread and dissipate the thermal energy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, when diamond films are grown on GaN, they must be seeded with nanocrystalline particles around 30 nanometers in diameter, and this layer of nanocrystalline diamond has low thermal conductivity \u0026ndash; which adds resistance to the flow of heat into the bulk diamond film. In addition, the growth takes place at high temperatures, which can create stress-producing cracks in the resulting transistors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the currently used growth technique, you don\u0026rsquo;t really reach the high thermal conductivity properties of the microcrystalline diamond layer until you are a few microns away from the interface,\u0026rdquo; Graham said. \u0026ldquo;The materials near the interface just don\u0026rsquo;t have good thermal properties. This bonding technique allows us to start with ultra-high thermal conductivity diamond right at the interface.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy creating a thinner interface, the surface-activated bonding technique moves the thermal dissipation closer to the GaN heat source.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our bonding technique brings high thermal conductivity single crystal diamond closer to the hotspots in the GaN devices, which has the potential to reshape the way these devices are cooled,\u0026rdquo; said Zhe Cheng, a recent Georgia Tech Ph.D. graduate who is the paper\u0026rsquo;s first author. \u0026ldquo;And because the bonding takes place near room temperature, we can avoid thermal stresses that can damage the devices.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat reduction in thermal stress can be significant, going from as much as 900 megapascals (MPa) to less than 100 MPa with the room temperature technique. \u0026ldquo;This low stress bonding allows for thick layers of diamond to be integrated with the GaN and provides a method for diamond integration with other semiconductor materials,\u0026rdquo; Graham said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the GaN and diamond, the technique can be used with other semiconductors, such as gallium oxide, and other thermal conductors, such as silicon carbide. Graham said the technique has broad applications to bond electronic materials where thin interfacial layers are advantageous.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This new pathway gives us the ability to mix and match materials,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;This can provide us with great electrical properties, but the clear advantage is a vastly superior thermal interface. We believe this will prove to be the best technology available so far for integrating wide bandgap materials with thermally conducting substrates.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn future work, the researchers plan to study other ion sources and evaluate other materials that could be integrated using the technique.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have the ability to choose processing conditions as well as the substrate and semiconductor material to engineer heterogenous substrates for wide bandgap devices,\u0026rdquo; Graham said. \u0026ldquo;That allows us to choose the materials and integrate them to maximize electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the researchers already mentioned, the paper included co-corresponding author Fengwen Mu from Meisei University and Waseda University in Japan, Luke Yates from Georgia Tech, and Tadatomo Suga from Meisei University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) through MURI Grant No. N00014-18-1-2429. Any findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Office of Naval Research.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Zhe Cheng, Fengwen Mu, Luke Yates, Tadatomo Suga and Samuel Graham, \u0026ldquo;Interfacial Thermal Conductance across Room-Temperature-Bonded GaN\/Diamond Interfaces for GaN-on-Diamond Devices\u0026rdquo; (\u003Cem\u003EACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces\u003C\/em\u003E, 2020, 12, 8376?8384). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsami.9b16959\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsami.9b16959\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA room-temperature bonding technique for integrating wide bandgap materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) with thermally conducting materials such as diamond could boost the cooling effect on GaN devices and facilitate better performance through higher power levels, longer device lifetime, improved reliability, and reduced manufacturing costs. 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That\u0026rsquo;s no problem for most of us, who will simply walk to the table, grab the glass, and enjoy the milk. Triggering all of that limb movement is a complex set of coordinated neuromuscular commands and actions, which are not so simple for that segment of the population with, say, cerebral palsy or spinal cord injury.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo help young people struggling with those conditions \u0026ndash; or orthopedic problems like clubfoot, scoliosis, and osteogenesis imperfecta, among other things \u0026ndash; Shriners Hospitals for Children\u0026reg; and the Georgia Institute of Technology have launched an ambitious collaborative research effort to address these conditions, including the development of devices to facilitate limb movement and function.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new research affiliation brings together the clinical, surgical, and scientific expertise of Shriners Hospitals for Children physicians and researchers with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s cutting-edge expertise in biomedical engineering, robotics, and device development. The coordinated effort also will leverage the two organizations\u0026rsquo; proficiency in big data and artificial intelligence tools for personalized medicine, according to Marc Lalande, Ph.D., vice president of research programs for Shriners Hospitals for Children.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our joint goals, through genetic and genomic data gathered by Shriners Hospitals for Children, are to improve patient therapeutic responses by optimizing individualized treatment regimens and reducing adverse events,\u0026rdquo; Lalande said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral joint projects already are underway.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Jaydev-Desai\u0022\u003EJaydev Desai\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (BME) at Georgia Tech and Emory University, is working with Scott Kozin, M.D., chief of staff and hand surgeon at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Philadelphia, on a wearable customized robotic exoskeleton with voice recognition for children with cervical spine injury.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a patient specific system for kids with spinal cord injury,\u0026rdquo; explained Desai, who is director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medicalrobotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Center for Medical Robotics\u003C\/a\u003E and associate director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;The system is designed to translate voice commands into actions, meaning the exoskeleton will conform to the proper shape and posture of the fingers, so to speak, depending on the task. The idea is to enhance the child\u0026rsquo;s ability to perform the activities of daily living.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKozin expects his patients with spinal cord injuries will benefit from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s innovative pediatric prosthesis development \u0026ndash; its utility, actuation, and dexterity. \u0026ldquo;Alternative pathways for the recovery of sensation will enhance their function and independence. We are excited about this new collaboration combining institutions with similar missions and visions devoted to improving the lives of children,\u0026rdquo; said Kozin, who also is collaborating with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Frank-L.-Hammond%20III\u0022\u003EFrank Hammond\u003C\/a\u003E (assistant professor in BME and mechanical engineering) on wearable sensory transfer devices for patients with diminished peripheral sensation or amputations, improving their ability to use intuitively powered prostheses and orthoses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/young\u0022\u003EAaron Young\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, is working with David Westberry, M.D., pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Greenville, on a smart robotic exoskeleton designed to address excessive knee flexion (crouch gait), a condition common in patients with cerebral palsy. The condition can lead to permanent joint deformity if untreated, as well as reduced independence and locomotion capability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The device is basically a lightweight, wearable robot designed to assist physical therapists working on pediatric mobility \u0026ndash; the idea is to essentially retrain the child\u0026rsquo;s neuroplasticity,\u0026rdquo; said Young, who is testing the device with Westberry at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Greenville in South Carolina. \u0026ldquo;The exciting thing about Shriners Hospitals for Children-Greenville is that it has an advanced motion analysis center where Shriners\u0026rsquo; physicians and researchers are looking at not just the child\u0026rsquo;s gait, but also at the internal mechanics. It\u0026rsquo;s very rewarding to collaborate with the Shriners team \u0026ndash; they are very quantitative in their approach to treatment.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat quantitative approach includes the integration of biomedical informatics, data science, and artificial intelligence into the clinical research programs of the Shriners Hospitals for Children network of 14 pediatric motion analysis centers and the healthcare system\u0026rsquo;s newly launched Genomics Institute. As part of this process, researchers are collaborating with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/May-Dongmei-Wang\u0022\u003EDongmei Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, BME professor at Georgia Tech, where she is director of the Biomedical Informatics and Bioimaging Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This collaboration is extremely important for us because not only have we committed to work on a major national need in youth health, but also because we have been planning to establish a pediatric big data center using advanced IT and AI,\u0026rdquo; said Wang, whose collaborators at Shriners Hospitals for Children include Gerald Harris (Motion Analysis, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Chicago) and Kamran Shazand (Shriners Hospitals for Children Genomics Institute, Tampa, Florida).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our lab has piloted multiple pediatric projects,\u0026rdquo; Wang said. \u0026ldquo;But this project represents a quantum leap, taking our work to the next level, in a real-world pediatric care setting. Shriners Hospitals for Children is a perfect fit for us.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeanne West, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s chief engineer of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ptc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Epediatric technologies\u003C\/a\u003E, said she\u0026rsquo;s looking forward to \u0026ldquo;the unique research opportunities this relationship with Shriners Hospitals for Children will provide. It will be exciting to see what is possible for us to achieve together.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout pediatric device research at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s wide-ranging efforts in pediatric device development brings the institute\u0026rsquo;s engineers and scientists together with clinical experts and researchers to develop innovative technological solutions to problems in the health and care of children. The work provides opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration in pediatrics, creating breakthrough discoveries, enhancing the lives of children and young adults.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Shriners Hospitals for Children\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nShriners Hospitals for Children is changing lives every day through innovative pediatric specialty care, world-class research, and outstanding medical education. Its healthcare system provides care for children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate. All care and services are provided regardless of families\u0026rsquo; ability to pay. Since opening its first location in 1922, the healthcare system has treated more than 1.4 million children. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/shrinershospitalsforchildren.org\u0022\u003Eshrinershospitalsforchildren.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Jerry Grillo\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou see and want the glass of milk on the table across the room. That\u0026rsquo;s no problem for most of us, who will simply walk to the table, grab the glass, and enjoy the milk. 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The new chip presented researchers with more healthy blood-brain barrier functions to observe than in previous barrier models.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026lsquo;Astro\u0026rsquo; in astrocyte\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;You need to be able to closely mimic a tissue on a chip in a healthy status and in homeostasis. If we can\u0026rsquo;t model the healthy state, we can\u0026rsquo;t really model disease either, because we have no accurate control to measure it against,\u0026rdquo; said YongTae Kim,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/kim\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ean associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the study\u0026rsquo;s principal investigator.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the new chip, the astrocytes even looked more natural in the 3D space, unfolding the star-like shape that gives them their \u0026ldquo;astro\u0026rdquo; name. In the 2D cultures, by contrast, astrocytes looked like fried eggs with fringes. With this 3D setting, the chip has added possibilities for reliable research of the human blood-brain barrier, where currently alternatives are few.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;No animal model comes close enough to the intricate function of the human blood-brain barrier. And we need better human models because experimental drugs that have successfully entered animal brains have failed at the human barrier,\u0026rdquo; Kim said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-13896-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epublished its results on January 10, 2020, in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Kim has founded a company with plans to mass-produce the new chip in the future for use in academic and potentially pharmaceutical research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Csup\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[Ready for graduate school?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/apply-now\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E]\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChoosy, bossy astrocytes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe brain is the only part of the body outfitted with astrocytes, which regulate nourishment uptake and waste removal in their own, unique way.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Upon the brain\u0026rsquo;s request, astrocytes collaborate with the vasculature in real-time what the brain needs and opens its gates to let in only that bit of water and nutrients. Astrocytes go to get just what the brain needs and don\u0026rsquo;t let much else in,\u0026rdquo; Kim said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAstrocytes form a protein structure called aquaporin-4 in their membranes that are in contact with vasculature to let in and out water molecules, which also contributes to clearing waste from the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In previous chips, aquaporin-4 expression was not observed. This chip was the first,\u0026rdquo; Kim said. \u0026ldquo;This could be important in researching Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s disease because aquaporin-4 is important to clearing broken-down junk protein out of the brain.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the study\u0026rsquo;s co-authors,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/neurology.emory.edu\/faculty\/cognitive\/levey_allan.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDr. Allan Levey\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from Emory University, a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zqflO6UAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehighly cited researcher\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in neurological medicine, is interested in the chip\u0026rsquo;s potential in tackling Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s. Another,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/winshipcancer.emory.edu\/bios\/faculty\/macdonald-tobey-j.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDr. Tobey McDonald\u003C\/a\u003E, also of Emory, researches pediatric brain cancer and is interested in the chip\u0026rsquo;s possibilities in studying the delivery of potential brain cancer treatments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarrier acting healthy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAstrocytes also gave signs that they were healthier in the chip\u0026rsquo;s 3D cultures than in 2D cultures by expressing less of a gene triggered by pathology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Astrocytes in 2D culture expressed significantly higher levels of LCN2 than those in 3D. When we cultured in 3D, it was only about one fourth as much,\u0026rdquo; Kim said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe healthier state also made astrocytes better able to show an immune reaction.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When we purposely confronted the astrocyte with pathological stress in a 3D culture, we got a clearer reaction. In 2D, the ground state was already less healthy, and then the reaction to pathological stresses did not come across so clearly. This difference could make the 3D culture very interesting for pathology studies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENanoparticle delivery\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn testing related to drug delivery, nanoparticles moved through the blood-brain-barrier after engaging endothelial cell receptors, which caused these cells to engulf the particles then transport them to what would be inside the human brain in a natural setting. This is part of how endothelial cells worked better when connected to astrocytes cultured in 3D.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When we inhibited the receptor, the majority of nanoparticles wouldn\u0026rsquo;t make it in. That kind of test would not work in animal models because of cross-species inaccuracies between animals and humans,\u0026rdquo; Kim said. \u0026ldquo;This was an example of how this new chip can let you study the human blood-brain barrier for potential drug delivery the way you can\u0026rsquo;t in animal models.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso Read:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/632029\/flickering-light-mobilizes-brain-chemistry-may-fight-alzheimers\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFlickering Light Mobilizes Brain Chemistry That May Fight Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThese researchers also coauthored the study: Song Ih Ahn, Yoshitaka Sei, Hyun-Ji Park, Jinhwan Kim, Yujung Ryu, and Jeongmoon Choi, and Hak-Joon Sung of Georgia Tech. The research was funded by National Institutes of Health\u0026rsquo;s Director\u0026rsquo;s New Innovator Award (1DP2HL142050), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (grant R21NS091682), and the National Institutes on Aging (grant R21AG056781). Tony Kim is also affiliated with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Tony-Kim\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/yongtae-kim\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for\u0026nbsp;Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, and Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\/news\/professor-tony-kim-receives-aha-award-further-research-ending-heart-disease\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInstitute for Electronics and\u0026nbsp;Nanotechnology\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. Any findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors and not necessarily of the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Media Representative\u003C\/strong\u003E: Ben Brumfield (404-272-2780), email:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"This new human blood-brain barrier on a chip gets its surprising edge by giving astrocytes 3D living space"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt can be the bain of brain drug developers: The interface between the human brain and the bloodstream, the blood-brain-barrier, is so meticulous that animal models often fail to represent it. 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McDowell \u003C\/a\u003Eis stepping down from his role as founding director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.materials.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Materials (IMat)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcDowell is the Carter N. Paden Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing and a Regents Professor. He holds a dual appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ME) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (MSE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIMat was founded in Fall 2012 and formally launched in June 2013 in conjunction with a press release from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy highlighting Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s commitment to the U.S. Materials Genome Initiative. IMat serves a community of more than 200 faculty and staff conducting materials-related research that bridges across all colleges and academic units at Georgia Tech, including the Georgia Tech Research Institute. IMat\u0026rsquo;s goal is to develop a materials innovation ecosystem to help define and pursue current and future science and technology challenges that require a multifaceted and collaborative approach.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcDowell was an early believer in the interdisciplinary approach to research. Serving as associate director (1984-1992) and director (1992-2012) of the Mechanical Properties Research Lab at Georgia Tech, he helped the facility grow into an umbrella organization that coordinates shared equipment use, training, and maintenance among campus researchers working in structural materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder his leadership, and in partnership with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EInstitute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/a\u003E as well as key academic units such as MSE, IMat merged several characterization and analysis laboratories on campus into the Materials Characterization Facility (MCF). In 2019, the MCF supported more than 650 unique campus and external users in materials research, making high-end characterization tools and staff resources available to academic, industry, and government users.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcDowell has also emphasized IMat\u0026rsquo;s pursuit of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s leadership in the emerging field of materials data science to enhance basic research and substantially accelerate the discovery and development of new and improved materials.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETraditional experimental methods are expensive and time consuming, slowing down the materials R\u0026amp;D enterprise. McDowell sees the need to apply such new methods in materials discovery and development as critical to U.S. competitiveness of basic research and insertion of materials into products. Through a strategy of identifying key faculty hires in academic units and investing in a thought leadership position among academic institutions, IMat has built a foundation for Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s highly visible efforts in this area.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn particular, the concept of a materials innovation ecosystem pursued by Georgia Tech has fostered significant cross-disciplinary research and education efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We thank Dave McDowell for everything he has done to advance interdisciplinary materials research at Georgia Tech over the past seven years as the founding director of the Institute for Materials,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/leadership\/raheem-beyah\u0022\u003ERaheem Beyah\u003C\/a\u003E, vice president for interdisciplinary research. \u0026ldquo;His focus on materials data science was far-sighted and has helped make us a leader in this area.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough McDowell is stepping down from the directorship of IMat, he has no plans on leaving Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;What has kept me in the academic realm is my love for the development of students, and in particular graduate students, developing them as people and helping them realize their goals and dreams,\u0026rdquo; McDowell said. He will continue to teach to, and learn from, the next generation of leaders at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Christa Ernst\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter more than seven years of shepherding interdisciplinary materials research and defining a materials innovation ecosystem at the Georgia Institute of Technology, David L. 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But in recent years, perplexing experiments using flickering light have shown promise.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, researchers have tapped into how the flicker may work. They discovered in the lab that the exposure to light pulsing at 40 hertz \u0026ndash; 40 beats per second \u0026ndash; causes brains to release a surge of signaling chemicals that may help fight the disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough conducted on healthy mice,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/content\/early\/2019\/12\/18\/JNEUROSCI.1511-19.2019\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethis new study\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is directly connected to human trials, in which Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s patients are exposed to 40 Hz light and sound. Insights gained in mice at the Georgia Institute of Technology are informing the human trials in collaboration with Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ll be running samples from mice in the lab, and around the same time, a colleague will be doing a strikingly similar analysis on patient fluid samples,\u0026rdquo; said Kristie Garza, the study\u0026rsquo;s first author. Garza is a graduate research assistant in the lab of Annabelle Singer at Georgia Tech and also a member of Emory\u0026rsquo;s neuroscience program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the surging signaling molecules in the new study on mice\u0026nbsp;is strongly associated with the activation of brain immune cells called microglia, which purge an Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s hallmark \u0026ndash; amyloid beta plaque, junk protein that accumulates between brain cells.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImmune signaling\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2016, researchers discovered that light flickering at 40 Hz mobilized microglia in mice afflicted with Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s to clean up that junk.\u0026nbsp; The new study looked for brain chemistry that connects the flicker with microglial and other immune activation in mice and exposed a surge of 20 cytokines \u0026ndash; small proteins secreted externally by cells and which signal to other cells. Accompanying the cytokine release, internal cell chemistry \u0026ndash; the activation of proteins by phosphate groups \u0026ndash; left behind a strong calling card.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The phosphoproteins showed up first. It looked as though they were leading, and our hypothesis is that they triggered the release of the cytokines,\u0026rdquo; said Singer, who co-led the new study and is an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Annabelle-Singer\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eassistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Beyond cytokines that may be signaling to microglia, a number of factors that we identified have the potential to support neural health,\u0026rdquo; said Levi Wood, who co-led the study with Singer and is an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/wood\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eassistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team published\u0026nbsp;its findings\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/content\/early\/2019\/12\/18\/JNEUROSCI.1511-19.2019\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Neuroscience\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;on February 5, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E. The research was funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health, and by the Packard Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESinger was co-first author on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2016\/visual-stimulation-treatment-alzheimer-1207\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe original 2016 study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, in which the therapeutic effects of 40 Hz were first discovered in mice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESci-fi surrealness\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlzheimer\u0026rsquo;s strikes, with few exceptions, late in life. It\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/alzheimers-disease-fact-sheet#changes\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edestroys up to 30% of a brain\u0026rsquo;s mass\u003C\/a\u003E, carving out ravines and depositing piles of amyloid plaque, which builds up outside of neurons. Inside neurons, phosphorylated\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tau_protein\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etau protein\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;forms similar junk known as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neurofibrillary_tangle\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eneurofibrillary tangles\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;suspected of destroying mental functions and neurons.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter many decades of failed Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s drug trials costing billions, flickering light as a potentially successful Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s therapy seems surreal even to the researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Sometimes it does feel like science fiction,\u0026rdquo; Singer said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 40 Hz frequency stems from the observation that brains of Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s patients suffer early on from a lack of what is called gamma, moments of gentle, constant brain waves acting like a dance beat for neuron activity. Its most common frequency is right around 40 Hz, and exposing mice to light flickering at that frequency restored gamma and also appears to have prevented heavy Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s brain damage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdding to the surrealness, gamma has also been associated with esoteric mind expansion practices, in which practitioners perform light and sound meditation. Then, in 2016, research connected gamma to working memory, a function key to train of thought.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECytokine bonanza\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the current study, the surging cytokines hinted at a connection with microglial activity, and in particular, the cytokine\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology\/macrophage-colony-stimulating-factor\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMacrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(M-CSF).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;M-CSF was the thing that yelled, \u0026lsquo;Microglia activation!\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo; Singer said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will look for a causal connection to microglia activation in an upcoming study, but the overall surge of cytokines was a good sign in general, they said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The vast majority of cytokines went up, some anti-inflammatory and some inflammatory, and it was a transient response,\u0026rdquo; Wood said. \u0026ldquo;Often, a transient inflammatory response can promote pathogen clearance; it can promote repair.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Generally, you think of an inflammatory response as being bad if it\u0026rsquo;s chronic, and this was rapid and then dropped off, so we think that was probably beneficial,\u0026rdquo; Singer added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChemical timing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 40 Hz stimulation did not need long to trigger the cytokine surge.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We found an increase in cytokines after an hour of stimulation,\u0026rdquo; Garza said. \u0026ldquo;We saw phosphoprotein signals after about 15 minutes of flickering.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPerhaps about 15 minutes was enough to start processes inside of cells and about 45 more minutes were needed for the cells to secrete cytokines. It is too early to know.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E20 Hz bombshell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs controls, the researchers applied three additional light stimuli, and to their astonishment, all three had some effect on cytokines. But stimulating with 20 Hz stole the show.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;At 20 Hz, cytokine levels were way down. That could be useful, too. There may be circumstances where you want to suppress cytokines,\u0026rdquo; Singer said. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re thinking different kinds of stimulation could potentially become a platform of tools in a variety of contexts like Parkinson\u0026rsquo;s or schizophrenia. Many neurological disorders are associated with immune response.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team warns against people improvising light therapies on their own, since more data is needed to thoroughly establish effects on humans, and getting frequencies wrong could possibly even do damage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso read: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/features\/alzheimers-killing-mind-first\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;A family coping with Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s leads you through our fight against it\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso read: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/602586\/data-detectives-shift-suspicions-alzheimers-usual-suspect-inside-villain\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s research probably needs to shift focus\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELu Zhang and Ben Borron\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Efrom the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University co-authored the study. The research was funded by the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health (grants NIH R01-NS109226 and R01-NS109226-01S1), by the Packard Foundation, the Friends and Alumni of Georgia Tech, and by the Lane family. Any findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors and not necessarily of the sponsors.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Media Representative\u003C\/strong\u003E: Ben Brumfield (404-272-2780), email:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe hope\u0026nbsp;of flickering light and sound to treat Alzheimer\u0026#39;s takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms: 40 Hertz stimulation triggers a marked release of signaling chemicals - 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A new study reveals details of their mutual foils in the hopes that these behaviors can be leveraged to fight the enzymes\u0026rsquo; disease potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bandits are cathepsins, enzymes that normally dispose of unneeded protein in our cells. But in unhealthy scenarios, cathepsins can promote illnesses like cancer, atherosclerosis, and sickle cell disease. Many experimental drugs that inhibit them, while effective, have failed due to side effects that could not be well explained, so researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology abandoned the common focus on single cathepsins to model three key cathepsins as a system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers found that the cathepsins, denoted by the letters K, L, and S, not only degrade extracellular structures \u0026ndash; proteins outside of cells that support cells \u0026ndash; but also cannibalize, distract, and deactivate each other. Cathepsins are proteases, enzymes that degrade proteins, and since the cathepsins are themselves proteins, they can degrade each other, too.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECathepsin\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThree Stooges\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Auto-digestion is my personal favorite. Think about it: You take a group of cathepsin Ks, and they eat each other. Why? Because they\u0026rsquo;re just closer to each other than to what they would otherwise eat,\u0026rdquo; said the study\u0026rsquo;s principal investigator Manu Platt,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Manu-O-Platt\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ean associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn disease, cathepsins appear to be like\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThree Stooges\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in a porcelain shop, tearing the shop down while they torment each other. As a result, early on, when the Georgia Tech researchers tried to influence a single cathepsin in the group, outcomes were puzzling, and the researchers felt they might be onto something relevant to past mysterious drug failures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough lab experiments and mathematical calculations, they arrived at a computational model that showed how single influences ripple through the system. They published the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/plattlab.shinyapps.io\/catKLS\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emodel as a tool online\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that other researchers can use to jigger the three cathepsins in group settings, their levels of available targets, and inhibitor chemicals. The tool contrasts cathepsin bungling with cathepsin effectiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers publish their research results in the journal the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the week of January 20, 2020. The research, which took a systems biology approach, was funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ\u0026amp;A\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow do cathepsins go wrong?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three cathepsins in this study are best known for their activity in cell organelles called lysosomes under healthy conditions, where they work like molecular woodchippers to cut protein down to amino acids.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They also serve functions in specific cell types, such as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/_BQ7AINubtQ\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecathepsin S\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;helping the immune system to recognize what to attack and what not to,\u0026rdquo; Platt said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Problems happen when cathepsins get overexpressed and end up in the wrong places. They\u0026rsquo;re crazy powerful and degrade the structural proteins elastin and collagen that make up arteries, tendons, the endometrium, and many tissue structures.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In healthy settings,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/8IWuuQ0smtM\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecathepsin K\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;breaks down old bone to recycle calcium. But when breast cancer comes, those cancerous cells make cathepsin K to destroy collagen around the tumor. And that allows the cells to escape and metastasize to the bone,\u0026rdquo; Platt said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csup\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[Ready for graduate school?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/apply-now\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E]\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow is this research relevant to drug development?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I study cathepsins in illnesses like tendinopathy, endometriosis, atherosclerosis, cancer, and sickle cell disease,\u0026rdquo; Platt said. \u0026ldquo;So, having a drug on the market to handle cathepsins would be a big deal.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Many cathepsin inhibitor drugs that have failed clinical trials were very finely targeted but caused big side effects, and some of those cathepsin inhibitor drugs did not even cross-react with other cathepsins they were not targeting \u0026ndash; which is usually a good thing \u0026ndash; so the cause of the side effects was a mystery,\u0026rdquo; Platt said. \u0026ldquo;By modeling a system of cathepsins, we think we have a good start toward uncovering that mystery.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If we don\u0026rsquo;t know how these cathepsins are working with and against each other in complex systems, similar to how they exist in our bodies, then we are going to have a hard time getting anything into the medicine cabinet to inhibit them.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study floats ideas on new approaches to drug research. For example, cathepsin S could be strategically boosted in situations where it is not the culprit to break down cathepsins K and L.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat can other researchers expect from the online model?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They can set up their own experiments and make predictions, including what inhibitors will do, so they can test inhibitors at varying strengths in this system,\u0026rdquo; Platt said. \u0026ldquo;They can ask questions that they can\u0026rsquo;t answer yet experimentally then test the model\u0026rsquo;s predictions in the lab.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe model processes varying inputs into resulting changes in cathepsin levels and outcomes of degradation and indicates whether they have been deactivated or demolished. Scenarios can be exported as a report and a data spreadsheet.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso read:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/605861\/chemical-octopus-catches-sneaky-cancer-clues-trace-glycoproteins\u0022\u003EChemical Octopus Catches Sneaky Cancer Clues, Trace Glycoproteins\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELike this article?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/subscribe\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGet our email newsletter here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThese researchers coauthored the study: Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks, a former graduate research assistant in Platt\u0026rsquo;s lab; and Chris Kieslich, a former research engineer in Platt\u0026rsquo;s lab. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation through the Science and Technology Center Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS) (Grant CBET-576 0939511) and New Innovator Grant (1DP2OD007433-01) from the Office the Director, National Institutes of Health. Any findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of the authors and not necessarily of the sponsors.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;Media Representative\u003C\/strong\u003E: Ben Brumfield (404-660-1408)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia \u0026nbsp;30332-0181 \u0026nbsp;USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEmail:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn diseases like cancer, atherosclerosis, and sickle cell anemia, cathepsins promote\u0026nbsp;propagation. Drug trials to inhibit these enzymes have failed due to baffling side effects. 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But\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-13440-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein a new study\u003C\/a\u003E, a team led by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology stumbled onto a biological technique to improve on the brushes by growing the bristles into giants 100 times the usual length.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We were putting the enzyme onto a surface to observe it for a totally different experiment, but we put too much on the surface too densely, and \u0026ndash; boom \u0026ndash; we ended up with the thickest, longest polymer brush we\u0026rsquo;d ever seen or heard of,\u0026rdquo; said Jennifer Curtis, who led the study and is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/jennifer-curtis\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ean associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;They were so big you could actually see them under an optical microscope instead of having to feel them with an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/584069\/catching-molecular-dances-slow-motion-adding-white-noise\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eatomic force microscope\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or use other methods needed for more customary polymer brushes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers diverted attention from the original study to pursue the freakishly large new brush.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo bacteria encroaching on them, the brush\u0026rsquo;s bristles are a virtually impenetrable, squishy thicket that keeps microbes out in lab observations. It hinders the spread of biofilms, bacterial colonies that join together to form a tough material that makes killing the bacteria difficult.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiofilm bulwark\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The human immune system has a hard time with biofilms. Antibiotics don\u0026rsquo;t work very well on them either. In water filtration, biofilms can stick tenaciously, too. If you have a hyaluronan brush on a surface, a biofilm can\u0026rsquo;t stick to it,\u0026rdquo; Curtis said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHyaluronan, the compound in the bristles, is a polysaccharide, a chain of sugar molecules, and is naturally widespread in and around our cells. It is also known to many from its use in cosmetic moisturizers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe enzyme that makes the hyaluronan bristles on the brush is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyaluronan_synthase\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehyaluronan synthase\u003C\/a\u003E, and it circumvents more tedious chemical synthesis by effortlessly extruding extremely long bristles. The enzymes also can replace bristles when they break off, something chemically synthesized brushes cannot do, which limits those brushes\u0026rsquo; durability. Still, use of the synthase is unorthodox.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Brush people say, \u0026lsquo;What are these enzymes doing here?\u0026rsquo; because they\u0026rsquo;re looking for chemistry, and biologists wonder what the brush has to do with biology,\u0026rdquo; Curtis said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team published\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-13440-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe new study,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESelf-regenerating giant hyaluronan polymer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-13440-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ebrushes,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-13440-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein the journal\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-13440-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Nature Communications\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-13440-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;in December 2019\u003C\/a\u003E. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEngineered\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EE. coli\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers engineered bacteria to overabundantly produce the enzyme by inserting hyaluronan synthase genes from the bacteria\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EStreptococcus equisimilis\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;into\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EE. coli\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ethen they harvested the enzyme.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We shattered the bacteria into a bunch of non-living gooey fragments then adhered their membrane to surfaces, and the synthase extruded the brushes,\u0026rdquo; Curtis said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe enzymes can be switched on and off, and adjusting salt concentration or pH in the solution around the brushes makes the bristles extend to a straight form or curl up into a retracted form. Functional additives like antibacterials could be embedded in brushes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESomething like a catheter could conceivably one day be coated with brushes to remain bacteria-free, and the thickness of the wiggly brushes would also act as a lubricant by preventing frictive contact with the surface beneath them. Some human cells key to the healing process are actually able to sink through the bristles, which could have potential for medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For a chronic wound that won\u0026rsquo;t heal, you may be able to design a bandage that encourages new cell growth but keeps bacteria out,\u0026rdquo; Curtis said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiophysics research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers\u0026rsquo; fortuitous detour into the giant brush has expanded possibilities for their original intent of studying enzymatic hyaluronan in isolation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We constantly deal with the coupling of biochemistry, chemical signaling, and mechanics, so having something that isolates the mechanics from the signaling so we can focus on just the mechanics is really useful,\u0026rdquo; Curtis said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWenbin Wei and Jessica Faubel of Georgia Tech were the study\u0026rsquo;s first authors. These researchers co-authored the study: Hemaa Selvakumar, Daniel T. Kovari, Joanna Tsao, Amar T. Mohabir, Michelle Krecker, and Michael A. Filler from Georgia Tech; Felipe Rivas, Elaheh Rahbar, and Adam Hall from the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences; and Jennifer Washburn and Paul Weigel from the University of Oklahoma. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation (grants #0955811, 1709897 and 1205878). 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Using a laser pulse fired at an array of gold triangles on a titanium dioxide (TiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E) slab, the researchers created excited electrons that briefly doubled the frequency of a beam from a second laser as it bounced off the amorphous TiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E slab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy widening the range of optical materials useful for micro- and nanoscale optoelectronic applications, the work could give optical engineers new options for creating second-order nonlinear effects, which are important in such areas as optical computers, high-speed data processors and bioimaging safe for use in the human body.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Now that we can optically break the crystalline symmetry of traditionally linear materials such as amorphous titanium dioxide, a much wider range of optical materials can be adopted in the mainstream of micro- and nanotechnology applications such as high-speed optical data processors,\u0026rdquo; said Wenshan Cai, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe proof-of-concept findings were reported January 2 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u003C\/em\u003E. 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The amorphous TiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E slab would not naturally support strong second-order nonlinear effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The optical switch excites high-energy electrons inside the gold triangles, and some of the electrons migrate to the titanium dioxide from the triangles\u0026rsquo; tips,\u0026rdquo; Cai explained. \u0026ldquo;Since the migration of electrons to the TiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E slab primarily happens at the tips of triangles, the electron migration is spatially an asymmetric process, fleetingly breaking the titanium dioxide crystal symmetry in an optical fashion.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe induced symmetry breaking effect is observed almost instantaneously after the red laser pulse is triggered, doubling the frequency of a second laser that is then bounced off the titanium dioxide containing the excited electrons. The lifetime of the induced second-order nonlinearity generally depends on how fast electrons can migrate back from the titanium dioxide to the gold triangles after the disappearance of the pulse. In the case study reported by the researchers, the induced nonlinear effect lasted for a few picoseconds, which the researchers say is enough for most applications where short pulses are used. A stable, continuous wave laser can make this effect last for as long as the laser is on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The strength of the induced nonlinear response depends on the number of electrons that can migrate from gold triangles to the titanium dioxide slab,\u0026rdquo; Cai added. \u0026ldquo;We can control the number of migrated electrons through the intensity of the red laser light. Increasing the intensity of the optical switch generates more electrons inside the gold triangles, and therefore sends more electrons into the TiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E slab.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional research will be needed to build on the proof of concept, which showed for the first time that the crystal symmetry of centrosymmetric materials can be broken by optical means, via asymmetric electron migrations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To approach the practical criteria detailed on the essence of our technique, we still need to develop guidelines that tell us what combination of metal\/semiconductor material platform should be used, what shape and dimension would maximize the strength of the induced second-order nonlinear effect, and what range of laser wavelength should be used for the switching light,\u0026rdquo; Cai noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrequency doubling is just one potential application for the technique, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We believe that our findings not only provide varieties of opportunities in the field of nonlinear nanophotonics, but also will play a major role in the field of quantum electron tunneling,\u0026rdquo; Cai added. \u0026ldquo;Indeed, built upon the accumulated knowledge in this field, our group is devising new paradigms to employ the introduced symmetry breaking technique as an optical probe for monitoring the quantum tunneling of electrons in hybrid material platforms. Nowadays, achieving this challenging goal is only possible with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) techniques, which are very slow and show low yield and sensitivity.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was performed in part at the Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, which is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. ECCS-1542174). This material is based upon work partially supported by the Office of Naval Research under Grant No. N00014-17-1-2555, by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ECCS-1609567, and by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Solar Photochemistry Program under Grant No. DE-FG02-12ER16347. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Mohammad Taghinejad, Zihao Xu, Kyu-Tae Lee, Tianquan Lian, and Wenshan Cai, \u0026ldquo;Transient Second-Order Nonlinear Media: Breaking the Spatial Symmetry in the Time Domain via Hot-Electron Transfer.\u0026rdquo; (\u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u003C\/em\u003E, 2020). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.124.013901\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.124.013901\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don\u0026rsquo;t normally support them. Using a laser pulse fired at an array of gold triangles on a titanium dioxide (TiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E) slab, the researchers created excited electrons that briefly doubled the frequency of a beam from a second laser as it bounced off the amorphous TiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E slab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don\u2019t normally support them."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2020-01-08 01:59:17","changed_gmt":"2020-01-08 02:04:57","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630726":{"id":"630726","type":"image","title":"Creating nonlinear effects","body":null,"created":"1578447962","gmt_created":"2020-01-08 01:46:02","changed":"1578447962","gmt_changed":"2020-01-08 01:46:02","alt":"Red laser creates nonlinear effects in titanium dioxide","file":{"fid":"240106","name":"frequency-doubled-horizonal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/frequency-doubled-horizonal.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/frequency-doubled-horizonal.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":654792,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/frequency-doubled-horizonal.jpg?itok=2eg9NRoD"}},"630727":{"id":"630727","type":"image","title":"Breaking Inversion Symmetry","body":null,"created":"1578448098","gmt_created":"2020-01-08 01:48:18","changed":"1578448098","gmt_changed":"2020-01-08 01:48:18","alt":"Diagram of symmetry breaking","file":{"fid":"240107","name":"breaking-inversion-symmetry.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/breaking-inversion-symmetry.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/breaking-inversion-symmetry.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":199506,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/breaking-inversion-symmetry.jpg?itok=hS86ZVti"}},"630728":{"id":"630728","type":"image","title":"Frequency doubling demonstration","body":null,"created":"1578448261","gmt_created":"2020-01-08 01:51:01","changed":"1578448261","gmt_changed":"2020-01-08 01:51:01","alt":"Researchers with laser setup","file":{"fid":"240108","name":"frequency-doubled_1288010.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/frequency-doubled_1288010.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/frequency-doubled_1288010.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":707188,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/frequency-doubled_1288010.jpg?itok=PrArviWg"}}},"media_ids":["630726","630726","630727","630728"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4260","name":"laser"},{"id":"183477","name":"frequency doubling"},{"id":"114491","name":"dielectric materials"},{"id":"183479","name":"symmetry breaking"},{"id":"91661","name":"Wenshan Cai"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"592676":{"#nid":"592676","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Create 3-D Printed Tensegrity Objects Capable of Dramatic Shape Change","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a way to use 3-D printers to create objects capable of expanding dramatically that could someday be used in applications ranging from space missions to biomedical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new objects use tensegrity, a structural system of floating rods in compression and cables in continuous tension. The researchers fabricated the struts from shape memory polymers that unfold when heated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Tensegrity structures are extremely lightweight while also being very strong,\u0026rdquo; said Glaucio Paulino, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s the reason there\u0026rsquo;s a heavy amount of interest right now in researching the use of tensegrity structures for outer space exploration. The goal is to find a way to deploy a large object that initially takes up little space.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, which was reported June 14 in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScientific Reports\u003C\/em\u003E, was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used 3-D printers to create the struts that make up one of the primary components of the tensegrity structure. To enable the struts to be temporarily folded flat, the researchers designed them to be hollow with a narrow opening that runs the length of the tube. Each strut has an attachment point on each end to connect to a network of elastic cables, which are also made with 3-D printers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce the struts were heated to 65 degrees Celsius, the researchers could partially flatten and fold them into a shape resembling the letter W. The cooled structures then retain the temporary shape.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith all cables attached, the objects can be reheated to initiate the transformation into tensegrity structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We believe that you could build something like an antenna that initially is compressed and takes up little space, but once it\u0026rsquo;s heated, say just from the heat of the sun, would fully expand,\u0026rdquo; said Jerry Qi, a professor in the\u0026nbsp;George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA key component of making 3-D printed objects that can transform into tensegrity structures was controlling the rate and sequence of expansion. The shape memory polymers enable the researchers to fine-tune how quickly each strut expands by adjusting at which temperature the expansion occurs. That enables structures to be designed with struts that expand sequentially.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For bigger and more complicated structures, if you don\u0026rsquo;t control the sequence that these struts expand, it tangles and you have a mess,\u0026rdquo; Paulino said. \u0026ldquo;By controlling the temperature at which each strut expands, we can have a phased deployment and avoid this entanglement.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe term \u0026ldquo;tensegrity\u0026rdquo; comes from a combination of the words \u0026ldquo;tensional integrity,\u0026rdquo; and the concept has been used as the structural basis for several notable projects through the years, including a large pedestrian bridge in Brisbane, Australia, and stadium roofs such as the Georgia Dome stadium in Atlanta and the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers envision that the new 3-D printed structures could be used for super light-weight structures needed for space exploration or even shape-change soft robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These active tensegrity objects are very elegant in design and open up a range of possibilities for deployable 3-D structures,\u0026rdquo; Paulino said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. CMMI-1538830 and Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant No. 15RT0885. 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Their aim is to improve the success rate of transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) by picking the right prosthetic and avoiding a common complication known as paravalvular leakage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Paravalvular leakage is an extremely important indicator in how well the patient will do long term with their new valve,\u0026rdquo; said Zhen Qian, chief of Cardiovascular Imaging Research at Piedmont Heart Institute, which is part of Piedmont Healthcare. \u0026ldquo;The idea was, now that we can make a patient-specific model with this tissue-mimicking 3-D printing technology, we can test how the prosthetic valves interact with the 3-D printed models to learn whether we can predict leakage.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers, whose study was published July 3 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EJACC: Cardiovascular Imaging\u003C\/em\u003E, found that the models, created from CT scans of the patients\u0026rsquo; hearts, behaved so similarly to the real ones that they could reliably predict the leakage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These 3-D printed valves have the potential to make a huge impact on patient care going forward,\u0026rdquo; said Chuck Zhang, a professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETens of thousands of patients each year are diagnosed with heart valve disease, and TAVR is often considered for patients who are at high risk for complications with an open-heart surgery to replace the valve.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prosthetic valves are made in a variety of sizes from multiple manufacturers. Leakage occurs when the new valve doesn\u0026rsquo;t achieve a precise fit and blood flows around the prosthetic rather than through it as intended. Reducing the chances for leakage is key to patient outcome for the procedure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In preparing to conduct a valve replacement, interventional cardiologists already weigh a variety of clinical risk predictors, but our 3-D printed model gives us a quantitative method to evaluate how well a prosthetic valve fits the patient,\u0026rdquo; Qian said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe models are created with a special metamaterial design and then made by a multi-material 3-D printer, which gives the researchers control over such design parameters as diameter and curving wavelength of the metamaterial used for printing, to more closely mimic physiological properties of the tissue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, the models can recreate conditions such as calcium deposition \u0026ndash; a common underlying factor of aortic stenosis \u0026ndash; as well as arterial wall stiffness and other unique aspects of a patient\u0026rsquo;s heart.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Previous methods of using 3-D printers and a single material to create human organ models were limited to the physiological properties of the material used,\u0026rdquo; Zhang said. \u0026ldquo;Our method of creating these models using metamaterial design and multi-material 3-D printing takes into account the mechanical behavior of the heart valves, mimicking the natural strain-stiffening behavior of soft tissues that comes from the interaction between elastin and collagen, two proteins found in heart valves.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat interaction was simulated by embedding wavy, stiff microstructures into the softer material during the 3-D printing process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers created heart valve models from medical imaging of 18 patients who had undergone a valve replacement surgery. The models were outfitted with dozens of radiopaque beads to help measure the displacement of the tissue-mimicking material.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers then paired those models with the same type and size prosthetic valves that interventional cardiologists had used during each patient\u0026rsquo;s valve replacement procedure. Inside a warm-water testing environment controlled to maintain human body temperature, the researchers implanted the prosthetics inside the models, being careful to place the new valves in the exact location that was used during the clinical procedure for each case.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESoftware was used to analyze medical imaging showing the location of the radiopaque beads taken before and after the experiment to determine how the prosthetics interacted with the 3-D printed models, looking for inconsistencies representing areas where the prosthetic wasn\u0026rsquo;t sealed well against the wall of the valve.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThose inconsistencies were assigned values that formed a \u0026ldquo;bulge index,\u0026rdquo; and the researchers found that a higher bulge index was associated with patients who had experienced a higher degree of leakage after valve placement. In addition to predicting the occurrence of the leakage, the 3-D printed models were also able to replicate the location and severity of the complication during the experiments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The results of this study are quite encouraging,\u0026rdquo; Qian said. \u0026ldquo;Even though this valve replacement procedure is quite mature, there are still cases where picking a different size prosthetic or different manufacturer could improve the outcome, and 3-D printing will be very helpful to determine which one.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the researchers found that another variable \u0026ndash; how much calcium had accumulated on the patient\u0026rsquo;s natural valve \u0026ndash; could also predict with high accuracy whether there would be a higher degree of leakage, results from their tests showed that the new method using 3-D printed valves was a better predictor in certain cases where balloons are used during the procedure to expand the prosthetic valve for a better fit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers plan to continue to optimize the metamaterial design and 3-D printing process and evaluate the use of the 3-D printed valves as a pre-surgery planning tool, testing a larger number of patient-specific models and looking for ways to further refine their analytic tools.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Eventually, once a patient has a CT scan, we could create a model, try different kinds of valves in there, and tell the physician which one might work best,\u0026rdquo; Qian said. \u0026ldquo;We could even predict that a patient would probably have moderate paravalvular leakage, but a balloon dilatation will solve it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u003C\/strong\u003E Zhen Qian, Kan Wang, Shizhen Liu, Xiao Zhou, Vivek Rajagopal, Christopher Meduri, James R. Kauten, Yung-Hang Chang, Changsheng Wu, Chuck Zhang, Ben Wang, Mani A. Vannan, \u0026ldquo;Quantitative Prediction of Paravalvular Leak in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Based on Tissue-Mimicking 3D Printing,\u0026rdquo; JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, (July 2017). doi:10.1016\/j.jcmg.2017.04.005\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Piedmont Heart Institute are using standard medical imaging and new 3-D printing technologies to create patient-specific heart valve models that mimic the physiological qualities of the real valves."}],"uid":"31758","created_gmt":"2017-06-30 18:39:23","changed_gmt":"2020-01-07 15:20:02","author":"Josh Brown","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"593235":{"id":"593235","type":"image","title":"3-D Printed Heart Valve","body":null,"created":"1499105179","gmt_created":"2017-07-03 18:06:19","changed":"1499105179","gmt_changed":"2017-07-03 18:06:19","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226120","name":"17C10201-P31-006.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/17C10201-P31-006.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/17C10201-P31-006.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":326352,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/17C10201-P31-006.jpg?itok=_K9FNHCc"}},"593236":{"id":"593236","type":"image","title":"Zhen Qian and Kan Wang","body":null,"created":"1499105409","gmt_created":"2017-07-03 18:10:09","changed":"1499111527","gmt_changed":"2017-07-03 19:52:07","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226121","name":"17C10201-P31-007sm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/17C10201-P31-007sm.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/17C10201-P31-007sm.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1646643,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/17C10201-P31-007sm.jpg?itok=-8SYGO0k"}},"585158":{"id":"585158","type":"image","title":"3-D Printed Heart Valve Model","body":null,"created":"1481837320","gmt_created":"2016-12-15 21:28:40","changed":"1481837320","gmt_changed":"2016-12-15 21:28:40","alt":"3-D printed model of heart valve","file":{"fid":"223090","name":"3d-heart-valve.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3d-heart-valve.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3d-heart-valve.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":706466,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/3d-heart-valve.jpg?itok=4DQWjI9K"}}},"media_ids":["593235","593236","585158"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173033","name":"3-D printing"},{"id":"40791","name":"Chuck Zhang"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.toon@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"597199":{"#nid":"597199","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Software Speeds Origami Structure Designs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new computer-aided approach that streamlines the design process for origami-based structures, making it easier for engineers and scientists to conceptualize new ideas graphically while simultaneously generating the underlying mathematical data needed to build the structure in the real world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrigami paper folding techniques in recent years have been at center of research efforts focused on finding practical engineering applications for the ancient art, with ideas ranging from deployable antennas to robotic arms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our work provides a means to predict computationally the real origami behavior of a design \u0026ndash; something that up to now has not been easily done,\u0026rdquo; said Glaucio Paulino, a professor in the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u0026ldquo;With the new software, we can easily visualize and, most importantly, engineer the behavior of deployable, self-assembling, and adaptable origami systems.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, which was supported by the National Science Foundation and reported October 11th in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the Royal Society A\u003C\/em\u003E, involved building a computer model to simulate the interaction between the two facets of a folded sheet, including how easily and how far the folds would bend and how much the flat planes would deform during movement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce all sections were connected together and digitally represented a piece of origami, the model could simulate how the structure would behave based on what type of material \u0026ndash; from soft paper to hard plastic or metal \u0026ndash; would be used to create the object.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This type of modeling was possible already using finite element analysis, but that is a time-consuming process that could take hours or days and provides a lot of unnecessary data,\u0026rdquo; said Ke Liu, a Georgia Tech graduate student who worked on the project. \u0026ldquo;Our new process is much faster and gives us the underlying data for how the origami works.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe software, which is called MERLIN, allows the researchers to simulate how origami structures will respond to compression forces from different angles \u0026ndash; one at a time or several simultaneously. The researchers can then quickly adjust the parameters for the type of material used or from what angle it is compressed to see how that would change the behavior of the piece.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor one of their simulations, the researchers recreated a foldable wine bottle gift bag that uses a cylindrical shell origami called the Kresling pattern. When the top of the structure is compressed to a threshold point, sections of the bag collapse in on themselves in multiple stages.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The software also allows us to see where the energy is stored in the structure and better understand and predict how the objects will bend, twist and snap,\u0026rdquo; Paulino said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaulino and his team recently designed an origami structure capable of being reconfigured to fold into different shapes. The goal was to lay the groundwork for structures that could eventually reconfigure themselves, such as an antenna that could change its shape and operate at different frequencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With this new design approach, we\u0026rsquo;re able to get insight with every iteration of the design, which will guide our design choices and ultimately give us more power to fine-tune these structures,\u0026rdquo; Paulino said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe software will be provided free for other researchers to use and will be used as an educational tool for undergraduate students at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was partially supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant CMMI-1538830, the China Scholarship Council (CSC), and the Raymond Allen Jones Chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 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Paulino, \u0026ldquo;Nonlinear Mechanics of Non-Rigid Origami: An Efficient Computational Approach,\u0026rdquo; (Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 2017).\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1098\/rspa.2017.0348\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1098\/rspa.2017.0348\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new computer-aided approach that streamlines the design process for origami-based structures, making it easier for engineers and scientists to conceptualize new ideas graphically."}],"uid":"31758","created_gmt":"2017-10-11 15:04:27","changed_gmt":"2020-01-07 15:18:53","author":"Josh Brown","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"597202":{"id":"597202","type":"image","title":"Origami Structure","body":null,"created":"1507734734","gmt_created":"2017-10-11 15:12:14","changed":"1507734734","gmt_changed":"2017-10-11 15:12:14","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227618","name":"18C10200-P3-005.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10200-P3-005.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10200-P3-005.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":271748,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/18C10200-P3-005.jpg?itok=P38SLH_v"}},"597211":{"id":"597211","type":"image","title":"Glaucio Paulino and Ke Liu","body":null,"created":"1507735131","gmt_created":"2017-10-11 15:18:51","changed":"1507735131","gmt_changed":"2017-10-11 15:18:51","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227622","name":"18C10200-P3-003.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10200-P3-003.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10200-P3-003.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":403890,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/18C10200-P3-003.jpg?itok=bFqEY3ee"}},"597204":{"id":"597204","type":"image","title":"Origami Structure","body":null,"created":"1507734803","gmt_created":"2017-10-11 15:13:23","changed":"1507734803","gmt_changed":"2017-10-11 15:13:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227620","name":"18C10200-P3-006.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10200-P3-006.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10200-P3-006.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":306621,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/18C10200-P3-006.jpg?itok=Xn4KP3jf"}}},"media_ids":["597202","597211","597204"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4332","name":"origami"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.toon@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"614681":{"#nid":"614681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Growing Pile of Human and Animal Waste Harbors Threats, Opportunities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs demand for meat and dairy products increases across the world, much attention has landed on how livestock impact the environment, from land usage to greenhouse gas emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are highlighting another effect from animals raised for food and the humans who eat them: \u0026nbsp;the waste they all leave behind.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a paper published November 13 in \u003Cem\u003ENature Sustainability\u003C\/em\u003E, the research team put forth what they believe is the first global estimate of annual recoverable human and animal fecal biomass. In 2014, the most recent year with data, the number was 4.3 billion tons and growing, and waste from livestock outweighed that from humans five to one at the country level.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Exposure to both human and animal waste represent a threat to public health, particularly in low-income areas of the world that may not have resources to implement the best management and sanitation practices,\u0026rdquo; said Joe Brown, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u0026ldquo;But estimating the amount of recoverable feces in the world also highlights the enormous potential from a resource perspective.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMetals, phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium are all among the resources that could be recovered from human and animal waste. The researchers pointed to an earlier analysis that estimated the value of recoverable metals alone reaches $13 million a year from the waste of one million people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers looked at data from 2003 to 2014 as well as projections through 2030. The study combined global animal population data from the United Nations, human population data from the World Bank as well as earlier research on animal-specific estimates of fecal production.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2003 to 2014, the amount of waste biomatter produced grew annually by more than 57 million tons as both human and livestock populations grew. The researchers estimated that by 2030, the total amount of global fecal biomass produced each year would reach at least five billion tons, with livestock waste outweighing that from humans six to one at the country level.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This paper demonstrates that building more latrines in developing parts of the world isn\u0026rsquo;t going to solve all of our waste management problems,\u0026rdquo; Brown said. \u0026ldquo;Animal waste has the potential to negatively impact health in many of the same ways as with human waste, from spreading enteric infections to hurting growth and cognitive development of the humans exposed.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile chickens were the most plentiful livestock globally, cattle, with their larger body mass, produced the most fecal waste on the planet. As a result, countries with high numbers of cattle, such as those in the Americas, produced the most waste by mass.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers estimated that by 2030, the planet\u0026rsquo;s total annual fecal and urinary biomass could contain as much as 100 million tons of phosphorus, 30 million tons of potassium, 18 million tons of calcium, and 5.5 million tons of magnesium, to name a few recoverable materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile much of the attention on reducing disease transmission has focused through the decades on pathogens associated with human waste, much less attention has been given to animal waste, the researchers wrote, despite livestock accounting for 80 percent of the global fecal biomass generated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Ultimately, shining a light on the amount of waste that we produce is the first step toward shaping policies and regional planning geared toward maximizing public health and resource recovery,\u0026rdquo; Brown said. \u0026ldquo;This is an area where there\u0026rsquo;s a huge need for attention and investment \u0026ndash; to help develop next-generation waste management innovations, for both large-scale and small-scale animal husbandry operations, that will enable us to maximize human health and meet the global demand for natural resources.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: David M. 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An inkjet-type printer was then used to apply lines of silver ink across those perforations, forming the dipole elements that gave the object its radio frequency filtering ability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The dipoles were placed along the fold lines so that when the origami was compressed, the dipoles bend and become closer together, which causes their resonant frequency to shift higher along the spectrum,\u0026rdquo; said Manos Tentzeris, the Ken Byers Professor in Flexible Electronics in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo prevent the dipoles from breaking along the fold line, the perforations were suspended at the location of each silver element and then continued on the other side. Additionally, along each of the dipoles, a separate cut was made to form \u0026nbsp;a \u0026ldquo;bridge\u0026rdquo; that allowed the silver to bend more gradually. For testing various positions of the filter, the team used 3D-printed frames to hold it in place.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers found that a single-layer Miura-Ori-shaped filter blocked a narrow band of frequencies while multiple layers of the filters stacked could achieve a wider band of blocked frequencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause the Miura-Ori formation is flat when fully extended and quite compact when fully compressed, the structures could be used by antenna systems that need to stay in compact spaces until deployed, such as those used in space applications. Additionally, the single plane along which the objects expand could provide advantages, such as using less energy, over antenna systems that require multiple physical steps to deploy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A device based on Miura-Ori could both deploy and be re-tuned to a broad range of frequencies as compared to traditional frequency selective surfaces, which typically use electronic components to adjust the \u0026nbsp;frequency rather than a physical change,\u0026rdquo; said Abdullah Nauroze, a Georgia Tech graduate student who worked on the project. \u0026ldquo;Such devices could be good candidates to be used as reflectarrays for the next generation of cubesats or other space communications devices.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere were also physical advantages to using origami.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Miura-Ori pattern exhibits remarkable mechanical properties, despite being assembled from sheets barely thicker than a tenth of a millimeter,\u0026rdquo; said Larissa Novelino, a Georgia Tech graduate student who worked on the project. \u0026ldquo;Those properties could make light-weight yet strong structures that could be easily transported.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant Nos. CMMI 1538830 and RD928, the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency under grant No. RE202, the Semiconductor Research Corporation under grant No. RG460, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant No. RK049. The work was also supported by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, under project 235104\/2014-0. \u0026nbsp;Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of these agencies.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Syed Abdullah Nauroze, Larissa S. Novelino, Manos M. Tentzeris, and Glaucio H. 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The researchers used patient imaging to create models with the same dimensions and physical characteristics of the patient\u0026rsquo;s real valve.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With evolving additive manufacturing technologies, it will be possible to fabricate \u0026lsquo;plastic tissues\u0026rsquo; with both accurate anatomical and biomechanical properties unique to each patient\u0026rsquo;s biomechanical \u0026amp; pathological characteristics,\u0026rdquo; said Chuck Zhang, Harold E. Smalley Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe aim of the project was to improve the success rate of transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR). Tens of thousands of patients each year are diagnosed with heart valve disease, and TAVR is often considered for patients who are at high risk for complications with an open-heart surgery to replace the valve.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prosthetic valves are made in a variety of sizes from multiple manufacturers. Leakage occurs when the new valve doesn\u0026rsquo;t achieve a precise fit and blood flows around the prosthetic rather than through it as intended. 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Aziz Tayfun, professor emeritus from Kuwait University, Frederic Dias, a professor at the University College Dublin, and James Herterich, a postdoctoral associate, aksi at the University College Dublin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, which was sponsored by Science Foundation Ireland, the researchers analyzed measurements captured by an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) device that was deployed for several months on the ocean floor off Killard Point during Spring 2015 and off the Aran Islands during Spring 2017. During that time, the device was able to capture data from two intense storm events that produced large coastal waves.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe more recent storm, Doris, which hit the Irish coast in February 2017, produced waves as tall as 43 feet from peak to trough, and the earlier storm in 2015 caused waves even taller, as high as 73 feet, according to the measurements from the ADCP, which works by emitting sound pulses and measuring the strength of sounds bouncing off of floating particles to calculate the height of the water.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used that data to compare with the Tayfun-Fedele and Boccotti statistical models used to explain rogue ocean waves that occur in much deeper water. Those models were used in an analysis of the two famous real-world rogue waves, Andrea and Draupner, observed at oil platforms in the North Sea in 1995 and 2007, as well as the Killard rogue wave observed off the coast of Ireland in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We were able to extend these statistical models, which are largely validated for waves in deep waters, to describe coastal rogue waves,\u0026rdquo; Fedele said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EComparing the simulated wave profiles of the deep-sea rogue waves and the wave profiles generated by the data collected for the nearshore waves showed a similar profile for all, suggesting that the nearshore waves a generated much in the same way as the deep water ones, Fedele said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut for nearshore waves, the breaking of the waves bleeds away some of their energy, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Once you get into shallow waters, the enhanced nonlinearities make waves less dispersive and the tendency for waves to break intensifies.,\u0026rdquo; Fedele said. \u0026ldquo;A lot of the energy is dissipated forming white caps that crash against the shore.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research could provide an underpinning for designs of coastal structures that are built to withstand the forces of waves over time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For people who want to design coastal structures, you need to know what\u0026rsquo;s the largest wave that will break in a coastal area over the lifetime of the structure \u0026ndash; what\u0026rsquo;s the largest wave out of however many millions of waves or more that will happen,\u0026rdquo; Fedele said. \u0026ldquo;And once you have this knowledge using these statistical methods, you can design the structure to withstand the highest wave.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFedele said the next steps of the research would involve studying more about the physical mechanics of the point when waves break, either against the shore as in the case of coastal waves, or when deep sea rogue waves break out in the open water.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis material is based upon work supported by the Science Foundation Ireland. 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The material could enable a range of new applications from antennas that change frequencies on the fly to gripper arms for delicate or heavy objects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe material is a mixture of three different ingredients, all with unique characteristics: two types of magnetic particles, one for inductive heat and one with strong magnetic attraction, and shape-memory polymers to help lock various shape changes into place.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is the first material that combines the strengths of all of these individual components into a single system capable of rapid and reprogrammable shape changes that are lockable and reversible,\u0026rdquo; said Jerry Qi, a professor in the\u0026nbsp;George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, which was reported Dec. 9 in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAdvanced Materials\u003C\/em\u003E, was sponsored by the National Foundation of Science, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Department of Energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo make the material, the researchers began by distributing particles of neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) and iron oxide into a mixture of shape memory polymers. Once the particles were fully incorporated, the researchers then molded that mixture into various objects designed to evaluate how the material performed in a series of applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, the team made a gripper claw from a t-shaped mold of the magnetic shape memory polymer mixture. Applying a high-frequency, oscillating magnetic field to the object caused the iron oxide particles to heat up through induction and warm the entire gripper. That temperature rise, in turn, caused the shape memory polymer matrix to soften and become pliable. A second magnetic field was then applied to the gripper, causing its claws to open and close. Once the shape memory polymers cool back down, they remain locked in that position.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe shape-changing process takes only a few seconds from start to finish, and the strength of the material at its locked state allowed the gripper to lift objects up to 1,000 times its own weight.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We envision this material being useful for situations where a robotic arm would need to lift a very delicate object without damaging it, such as in the food industry or for chemical or biomedical applications,\u0026rdquo; Qi said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new material builds on earlier research that outlined actuation mechanisms for soft robotics and active materials and evaluated the limitations in current technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The degree of freedom is limited in conventional robotics\u0026rdquo; said Ruike (Renee) Zhao, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. \u0026ldquo;With soft materials, that degree of freedom is unlimited.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also tested other applications, where coil-shaped objects made from the new material expanded and retracted \u0026ndash; simulating how an antenna could potentially change frequencies when actuated by the magnetic fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This process requires us to use of magnetic fields only during the actuation phase,\u0026rdquo; Zhao said. \u0026ldquo;So, once an object has reached its new shape, it can be locked there without constantly consuming energy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Ohio State University Materials Research Seed Grant Program, funded by the National Science Foundation\u0026rsquo;s Center for Emergent Materials under grant No. DMR-1420451. The project was also supported by the Center for Exploration of Novel Complex Materials, the Institute for Materials Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant No. FA9550-19-1-0151, the U.S. Department of Energy under grant No. DE-SC0001304, and by grants from the Haythornthwaite Foundation. The content is the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsoring agencies.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;Qiji Ze, Xiao Kuang, Shuai Wu, Janet Wong, S. Macrae Montgomery, Rundong Zhang, Joshua M. Kovitz, Fengyuan Yang, H. 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Its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/info.thelancet.com\/pandemic-flu-100?utm_campaign=pandemicflu100\u0026amp;utm_source=email\u0026amp;utm_content=etocalerts\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E100th anniversary\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this flu season serves as a reminder to close flu vaccine supply gaps that may be costing hundred to thousands of lives now and could cost many more when\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/04\/07\/health\/flu-pandemic-sanjay-gupta\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe next \u0026ldquo;big one\u0026rdquo; strikes\u003C\/a\u003E, researchers say.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EU.S. flu vaccine distribution logistics could use an update, according to Pinar Keskinocak. The researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article\/comments?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0206293\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eco-led a recent study\u003C\/a\u003E that compared the current approach with a proposed allocation method calculated to save many more lives in a pandemic or similarly intense influenza outbreak that taxes vaccine supplies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study\u0026#39;s recommendations, which apply to resupplying vaccine stocks during a running outbreak, boil\u0026nbsp;down to this: To put a bigger dent in the spread of flu, replenish vaccine stocks in regions where they are being used up and don\u0026#39;t replenish them in areas where vaccines are just sitting on shelves, because few people are getting flu shots there.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA simple tweak\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe tweak in the supply chain could also save thousands of lives\u0026nbsp;annually in regular flu seasons in the U.S., which can be plenty deadly. A flu season can take more lives than murders in the same time period.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Even seasonal flu \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/about\/burden\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ekills\u0026nbsp;tens of thousands\u0026nbsp;of people\u003C\/a\u003E each year, so we would benefit immediately,\u0026rdquo; said Keskinocak, who is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/pinar-keskinocak\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWilliam W. George Chair and Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Director for the Center of Health and Humanitarian Systems\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In a pandemic, nearly no one would have natural immunity, so the death toll could be significantly high if we don\u0026rsquo;t improve vaccine coverage.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat makes a pandemic a pandemic? The flu virus represents a mutation that human immune systems have not had a chance to build prior resistance to, thus the lack of natural immunity. When the next one strikes, in addition to the many lives saved, the researchers\u0026rsquo; recommendations could massively prevent\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/about\/burden\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eflu infections, secondary infections like bronchitis, hospitalizations, and unnecessarily high medical costs\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKeskinocak, co-principal investigator \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ise.ncsu.edu\/people\/jlswann\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/a\u003E from North Carolina State University, and first author Zihao Li of Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article\/comments?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0206293\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epublished their results in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPlos One\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ein October 2018, around the start of the 2018-19 flu season. The research was supported by the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Junior Faculty Endowment Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA logic breakdown\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen a pandemic hits, or a flu season that taxes the vaccine stocks, vaccine supply may become limited but then catch up over time. When that happens, the vaccine distributors commonly take what\u0026rsquo;s called the population-based approach.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Areas with larger populations get more vaccine, proportional to the population. It\u0026rsquo;s a straightforward approach that seems fair,\u0026rdquo; Swann said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs more vaccine becomes available over time, restocking follows the same principle, and that is where distribution logic breaks down. In some regions, few people get vaccinated, but under population-based allocation, resupply stocks go there anyway and may go to waste. Meanwhile, restocking may fall short of demand elsewhere, where people are lining up for inoculations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA mathematical fix\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a result, in a pandemic, people eager for a vaccination might not get one despite adequate vaccine production, and the resulting additional unvaccinated people are more likely to get the flu and also spread it to others. That intensifies the outbreak for the entire population.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe wasted vaccine stocks also drain medical finances, and the new model would releave some of that strain even in regular flu seasons.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Production, storage, and delivery of vaccine are costly, and unused inventory can\u0026rsquo;t just be thrown away. It costs money to dispose of,\u0026rdquo; Keskinocak said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERestocking doses where they are actually being used would benefit the entire population by boosting the total number of vaccinated individuals, who would then be less likely to get sick and to infect other people. That would tamp down the flu wave for everybody.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA data dearth\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeftover inventory could be slashed to about 20 percent of current levels, saving considerable costs, and the data about which areas were not resupplied could be used to identify areas where more\u0026nbsp;people need encouragement to get vaccinated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The data would tell you where you need continued education about the importance of vaccination, and some of the money saved from unnecessary resupplying could be invested in public health campaigns,\u0026rdquo; said Swann, who collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/cdcresponse.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2009-10 H1N1 Swine flu pandemic.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the needed data is missing at present in the U.S. vaccine distribution system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Surprisingly few states have systems in place that tell them how much vaccine has been administered where and how much is still left in inventory at provider locations,\u0026rdquo; Swann said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe next \u0026ldquo;big one\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next \u0026ldquo;big one\u0026rdquo; flu pandemic will sneak up on humanity someday.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the best way to cut its death toll by more than half and save possibly hundreds of thousands of lives will be for virtually everyone to get vaccinated against influenza annually. Currently,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/fluvaxview\/coverage-1617estimates.htm\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efewer than 50 percent\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of Americans do.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 1918-19 outbreak, which may have consisted of multiple concurrent influenzas, killed 678,000 people in the U.S. Other \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/pandemic-resources\/basics\/past-pandemics.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ebig ones\u003C\/a\u003E:\u0026rdquo; The 1957 \u0026ldquo;Asian flu\u0026rdquo; killed 116,000 in the U.S.; the 1968 \u0026ldquo;Hong Kong flu\u0026rdquo; killed 100,000. The 2009 bird flu pandemic, which was a less contagious virus, killed 12,500 people in the U.S. and hospitalized some 275,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlso Read:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/600252\/want-beat-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs-rethink-strep-throat-remedies\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWant to beat antibiotic-resistant superbugs? Rethink that strep throat remedy.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/02\/06\/fda-taps-georgia-tech-help-reduce-cost-making-antibiotics\u0022\u003EFDA Taps Georgia Tech to Help Reduce Cost of Making Antibiotics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThinking about grad school?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/apply-now\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe study was supported by the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Junior Faculty Endowment Fund, and by the following Georgia Tech benefactors: William W. George, Andrea Laliberte, Joseph C. Mello, Richard \u0026ldquo;Rick\u0026rdquo; E. and Charlene Zalesky. Any findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of the author(s) and not necessarily of the funders.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia relations assistance\u003C\/strong\u003E: Ben Brumfield\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404) 660-1408\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu?subject=Clownfish%20anemone%20story\u0022\u003Eben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ben Brumfield\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGaps in the logic of how we restock flu vaccines may be costing hundreds of lives, or more. 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Recent rollbacks of U.S. energy regulations may speed climate change, keep pollutants coming, and thus slow the fight against harmful ozone, according to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.oneear.2019.09.006\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ea new study\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, 30% of the U.S. population lives with ozone levels that exceed government health standards. Though past environmental regulations have vastly helped clean the air and put the U.S. on a positive trajectory to reduce pollutants \u0026mdash; including ozone \u0026mdash; policy rollbacks back could slow the progress and even reverse it, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContinuing progress against ozone would pay off in better health and finances: The more ozone in the air, the more cases of respiratory illness and the higher the cost of meeting ozone level targets.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Additional ozone is tough to control technologically. The costs would be very high \u0026mdash; tens of billions of dollars,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/411\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETed Russell, a principal investigator on the study\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;In the meantime, more people would die than otherwise would have.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.oneear.2019.09.006\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epublished their results in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EOne Earth,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ea\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECell Press\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;journal on Friday, October 25, 2019\u003C\/a\u003E. The research was funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and by the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study focuses on ground-level ozone people breathe to the detriment of their health, which should not be confused with the stratospheric ozone that protects us from the sun\u0026rsquo;s harmful radiation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGoodbye environmental policies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the last three years, various energy policies have been loosened, which should result in raised CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;emissions and continued emissions of ozone precursors in years to come, the study\u0026rsquo;s authors said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Incentives are being retired like production and investment tax credits, which have been very influential in solar and wind,\u0026rdquo; said Marilyn Brown,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/brown\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ea Regents Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and a principal investigator on the study. \u0026ldquo;The Investment Tax Credit gives a 30% tax reduction for investments in solar or wind farms or the purchase of solar rooftop panels by homeowners. The Production Tax Credit for utilities reduces tax liabilities by 23 cents for each kilowatt-hour of electricity generated by solar, wind or other renewable energy sources.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut one policy move in particular stands to keep more ingredients in the ozone-making cauldron: courts preventing the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/archive.epa.gov\/epa\/cleanpowerplan\/fact-sheet-overview-clean-power-plan.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClean Power Plan (CPP)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from going into effect and its replacement with the Trump administration\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/stationary-sources-air-pollution\/affordable-clean-energy-rule\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAffordable Clean Energy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ACE) plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EACE, which also has not been implemented, would make it easier to continue burning fossil fuels, particularly coal, according to Brown, who was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/peace\/2007\/summary\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewhich received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007\u003C\/a\u003E. CPP would have phased out those generators, reducing nitrogen oxide gases, or NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E, key reactants in the production of ozone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csup\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[Ready for graduate school?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/apply-now\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHere\u0026#39;s how to apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E]\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;to noxious\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The major target of the CPP was CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E, but it had side effects on the reduction of NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;because it shifted coal use to natural gas as well as to renewable sources,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.prism.gatech.edu\/~hshen73\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHuizhong Shen\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral researcher in Russell\u0026rsquo;s group and one of the study\u0026rsquo;s first authors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study modeled atmospheric chemistry that produces O\u003Csub\u003E3\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;around\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/skepticalscience.com\/rcp.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecommonly predicted trajectories for greenhouse gas emissions\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and climate change paired with anticipated pollutant emissions, particularly of NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E. The model\u0026rsquo;s output depicted \u0026ldquo;non-attainment\u0026rdquo; scores, which refer to the number of U.S. counties exceeding ozone targets and by how much.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study modeled against official targets for ozone levels and in addition, against cleaner standards widely held to be attainable and much healthier for people. Models built around rolled-back environmental regulations and increased warming initially showed the current trajectory of progress against ozone levels continuing \u0026mdash; but later reversing. Ozone levels then rose again, putting many more counties in non-attainment by or before 2050.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENature\u0026rsquo;s surprise ingredient\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlongside human-produced NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E, nature contributes ozone-making ingredients that aren\u0026rsquo;t harmful per se and often smell great, like the aroma of cut grass or of a pine tree. They are examples of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), of which nature produces hundreds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVOCs get into the air easily and react readily with other chemicals. The warmer the air and the sun, the more vegetation produces VOCs that meet with raised levels of NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;emissions to make ozone. It forms downstream from emissions sources, making it hard to regulate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are no ozone emissions, just precursor emissions,\u0026rdquo; Shen said. \u0026ldquo;So, emission controls for ozone have to mainly target NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;emissions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFeedbacks and pile-ons\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKeeping ozone around as the world warms will be more than just the sum of power plants still emitting NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;plus boosted VOC emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If you heat up the air, it also speeds up photochemical reactions involved in ozone production,\u0026rdquo; Shen said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Ozone is a greenhouse gas, so it adds some climate change feedback, too,\u0026rdquo; said Russell, who is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/news\/tellepsen-joins-college-engineering-hall-fame-higginbotham-and-mitchell-win-alumni-awards\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHoward T. Tellepsen\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Chair and Regents Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u0026ldquo;You can also have increased vegetation emissions of ammonia. Some of this goes on to form particulate matter, which is also harmful to the lungs.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPassing the buck\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen coal-fired power plants emit NO\u003Csub\u003EX\u003C\/sub\u003E, the ozone strikes miles away.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Ozone can occur hundreds of miles away, so if controls are loosened in one state to save industry money there, a state downstream may have to spend even more to try to meet ozone targets. You transfer the problem and the costs,\u0026rdquo; Russell said. \u0026ldquo;Most U.S. cities are already not in attainment, and this will likely make it harder for them to get there.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/628309\/us-carbon-and-pollution-emissions-policies-are-air\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAlso READ the companion piece on policy:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EU.S. Carbon and Pollution Emissions Policies are \u0026lsquo;Up in the Air\u0026rsquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe co-authors of the research are: Yilin Chen, Yufei Li, Yongtao Hu, Mehmet Odman, Momei Qin, Abiola Lawal, Gertrude Pavur, and Marilyn Brown of Georgia Tech; Zhihong Chen of Georgia Tech and the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jhih-Shyang Shih and Dallas Burtraw of Resources for the Future; Lucas Henneman of Harvard University; Shuai Shao and Charles Driscoll of Syracuse University; and Haofei Yu of the University of Central Florida. The research was funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (grant R835880) and the National Science Foundation (grant 1444745). Any findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of the authors and not necessarily of the funding agencies. 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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Yee is indeed a coffee drinker, there is a more important reason for the machine\u0026rsquo;s presence: Its compact and efficient design may hold the key to meeting the needs of the approximately 2.5 billion people worldwide who now lack improved sanitation. An associate professor specializing in energy technologies, Yee is leading a $13.5 million effort funded by the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to reinvent the toilet \u0026mdash; technology that hasn\u0026rsquo;t changed much in more than a century.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHigh pressure, heat, and control of liquids are essential to making a good cup of espresso. They are also critical for a 21st-century toilet able to reduce human waste to clean water and benign solids, operating with no plumbing or sewerage connections \u0026ndash; and an amount of electricity that could potentially be provided by a single solar panel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShifting Away from Treatment Plants\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExisting toilets still rely on a key innovation patented in 1775: the S-trap, which holds water in the toilet bowl to prevent sewer gases from entering buildings containing flush toilets. It\u0026rsquo;s not that the system doesn\u0026rsquo;t work well, but the world\u0026rsquo;s poorest cannot afford the sewage treatment infrastructure necessitated by existing toilets.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Reinvent The Toilet Challenge (RTTC) wanted to create a momentous global shift away from sewerage systems,\u0026rdquo; said Yee. \u0026ldquo;It can no longer be about running pipes to a central treatment plant.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECentralizing the Engineering Efforts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch to reinvent the toilet was launched by the Gates Foundation eight years ago and those efforts have made significant progress toward this goal. But gaps remain, and the broader team will have 42 months to bridge those gaps to produce a minimum of six reinvented toilet prototypes ready for a commercial manufacturer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new initiative is nicknamed Generation 2 Reinvented Toilet (G2RT). It will build on the exceptional innovations developed during the original RTTC program. The goal will now be to bring the dispersed efforts together to focus on demonstrating prototypes of a single user reinvented toilet (SURT) that\u0026nbsp;the world\u0026rsquo;s poorest regions can afford.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We will have to hit a certain reduction in pathogenic markers like E. coli bacteria, and we will also have to control, treat, and handle the nitrates and phosphates associated with waste,\u0026rdquo; Yee explained. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a pretty aggressive goal and those metrics will be hard to hit at a cost point of $450. And each SURT will have to operate for less than 15 cents per day.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe G2RT project has formed three engineering teams, two of them headed by researchers from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) \u0026ndash; Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s applied research group \u0026ndash; and one from Helbling Technik, the Swiss engineering company that designed Yee\u0026rsquo;s espresso machine. The GTRI teams will be led by Principal Research Scientist Kevin Caravati and Senior Research Scientist Ilan Stern, both of whom have been involved in creating new products. The Helbling team is being led by Christian Seiler, who holds the title of Head Of Development Process Technologies at the company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe engineering teams are joined by researchers from other institutions, including:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECranfield University, led by Professors Ewan McAdam and Leon Williams\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDuke University, led by Professor Brian Stoner and Research Scientist Brian Hawkins\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa, led by Professor Chris Buckley\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Applied Sciences in Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), led by Professor Frederic Vogel\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EScion, a New Zealand company, led by Environmental Engineer Daniel Gapes\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, GTRI Research Engineer Paula G\u0026oacute;mez and microbiologist Stephanie Richter, along with Ph.D. students Bettina Thomas and Amanda Lai and undergraduate student Magdalena Ravello, will develop concepts for features that will serve women, children, seniors, and those with special needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research teams will be reviewing all that has been developed so far and asking existing researchers to discuss concepts that may have been discarded along the way. Centralizing the engineering should help accelerate progress toward the G2RT finish line.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We want to take the best concepts that have been developed and try to integrate them,\u0026rdquo; Yee said. \u0026ldquo;We will look at the problem holistically and try to deliver a series of prototypes tailored for various culturally acceptable use cases.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EControlling Cost, Creating Value\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECost targets will require some engineering compromises, of course. Instead of using mechanical solenoids common in the developed world, for instance, the SURT will use simpler technology \u0026ndash; perhaps a camshaft to control actuation. In addition to being inexpensive and easy to deploy, the SURT will have to be simple to maintain and repair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor homeowners around the world, having an indoor toilet provides perceived value well beyond the cost. \u0026ldquo;How much are you willing to pay to have a toilet in your house versus the alternative? Once they have clean water and electricity, people start looking at sanitation,\u0026rdquo; Yee observed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat perceived value provides the basis for what could be a very large market. And that doesn\u0026rsquo;t include the value of preventing disease, improving dignity, and offering better safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInitially, the new toilets will likely be purchased and installed by non-governmental organizations and governments to demonstrate the potential. Then it will be up to homeowners and others to see the value and make the investment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are multiple engineering alternatives for what can happen to human waste inside the reinvented toilet. Suffice to say that heat and pressure will be required, and that the result will be water and a dry, odor-free sanitized solid that can be placed into municipal landfills, buried or even burned.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Laws of Thermodynamics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYee\u0026rsquo;s interest in the project stems from the thermodynamic issues involved. At Georgia Tech, he has pursued new methods of converting heat into useful energy and developing new cooling technologies. Success of the toilet project will depend on working within the limits of the first and second laws of thermodynamics \u0026ndash; using the energy in solid waste, supplemented by a minimal amount of electricity, in the most efficient manner.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is very much a thermodynamics and heat transfer problem,\u0026rdquo; said Yee. \u0026ldquo;It comes down to the flow of energy and how we can heat things locally to accomplish what we need with the toilet. I would say we are working at the intersection of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and chemistry.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe strategy will require keeping solids separate from liquids, a practice that conventional sanitation systems abandoned long ago. Existing sewerage systems combine solids and liquids for transport to central treatment plants, where they must be separated \u0026ndash; consuming large amounts of both water and energy in plants that are costly to build and operate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A lot of our systems today are based on having large volumes of water to transport the dilute waste streams,\u0026rdquo; Yee said. \u0026ldquo;But when you treat human waste, it\u0026rsquo;s a lot easier to treat a high solid concentration and a high liquid concentration separately.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOriginally, the reinvented toilets were supposed to work without electricity. \u0026ldquo;However, in the last decade, we have seen a dramatic decline in the cost of distributed energy from solar and other sources,\u0026rdquo; Yee said. \u0026ldquo;When you look at how rural electrification efforts are going, this electricity input seems reasonable.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecruiting Existing Manufacturers\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project will recruit and work with existing manufacturers \u0026ndash; companies that can afford to invest $100 million in developing the product for manufacturing \u0026ndash; to take over once prototypes have been built. The actual products will depend on cultural norms for each market, but will use common processing technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s potentially a very large market, but the entry point will be difficult,\u0026rdquo; Yee admits. \u0026ldquo;We want to work with large companies that are aligned with the Gates Foundation\u0026rsquo;s goals of global access and societal good, and help these companies access the $10 billion-per-year market with our technologies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut fielding reinvented toilets is only part of the battle. They will have to be maintained to keep them working. While that may seem like a major challenge in parts of the world without home repair centers nearby, it could actually provide a new source of employment, Yee noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Some maintenance is required, but that\u0026rsquo;s not necessarily a bad thing,\u0026rdquo; he explained. \u0026ldquo;You can imagine having a service technician who visits periodically to change a filter.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOpportunities in a Grand Challenge\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile entrepreneurship still attracts students to universities, Yee is seeing a shift toward the excitement of tackling grand challenges like this one. \u0026ldquo;The climate is changing at universities and students seem to be focused on the big problems of the world,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;We are getting into this at just the right time.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the main technological challenges for G2RT may require professional engineering to reduce risk for manufacturing, components of the challenge will also be open to student design projects. For instance, integrating odor control technologies and potentially including health monitoring may be projects for students to take on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is quite an honor that the Gates Foundation believes we can tackle this grand challenge,\u0026rdquo; Yee said. \u0026ldquo;We are very fortunate to have the infrastructure and past investments that will allow us to do this.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELessons for the Developed World\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the Gates Foundation and the G2RT effort are focused on parts of the globe without improved sanitation, the reinvented toilets may ultimately find applications in large cities like Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, or Washington where sewerage systems may be in need of replacement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is going to be far too costly to replace all of that infrastructure at the end of its lifetime,\u0026rdquo; Yee said. \u0026ldquo;Cities in the developed world may ultimately want to move in this direction, too.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis publication is based on research funded by the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. 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conventional computers, the processing in quantum-based machines is noisy, which produces error rates dramatically higher than those of silicon-based computers. So quantum operations are repeated thousands of times to make the correct answer stands out statistically from all the wrong ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut running the same operation over and over again on the same qubit set may just generate the same incorrect answers that can appear statistically to be the correct answer. The solution, according to researchers at the Georgia institute of Technology, is to repeat the operation on different qubit sets that have different error signatures \u0026ndash; and therefore won\u0026rsquo;t produce the same correlated errors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The idea here is to generate a diversity of errors so you are not seeing the same error again and again,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/moinuddin-k-qureshi\u0022\u003EMoinuddin Qureshi,\u003C\/a\u003E a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, who worked out the technique with his senior Ph.D. student, Swamit Tannu. \u0026ldquo;Different qubits tend to have different error signatures. When you combine the results from diverse sets, the right answer appears even though each of them individually did not get the right answer,\u0026rdquo; said Tannu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETannu compares the technique, known as Ensemble of Diverse Mappings (EDM), to the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Contestants who aren\u0026rsquo;t sure of the answer to a multiple choice question can ask the studio audience for help.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s not necessary that the majority of the people in the audience know the right answer,\u0026rdquo; Qureshi said. \u0026ldquo;If even 20% know it, you can identify it. If the answers go equally in the four buckets from the people who don\u0026rsquo;t know, the right answer will get 40% and you can select it even if only a relatively small number of people get it right.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExperiments with an existing Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) computer showed that EDM improves the inference quality by 2.3 times compared to state-of-the-art mapping algorithms. By combining the output probability distributions of the diverse ensemble, EDM amplifies the correct answer by suppressing the incorrect ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe EDM technique, Tannu admits, is counterintuitive. Qubits can be ranked according to their error rate on specific types of problems, and the most logical course of action might be to use the set that\u0026rsquo;s most accurate. But even the best qubits produce errors, and those errors are likely to be the same when the operation is done thousands of times.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChoosing qubits with different error rates \u0026ndash; and therefore different types of error \u0026ndash; guards against that by ensuring that the one correct answer will rise above the diversity of errors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The goal of the research is to create several different versions of the program, each of which can make a mistake, but they will not make identical mistakes,\u0026rdquo; Tannu explained. \u0026ldquo;As long as they make diverse mistakes, when you average things out, the mistakes get canceled out and the right answer emerges.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQureshi compares the EDM technique to team-building techniques promoted by human resource consultants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If you form a team of experts with identical backgrounds, all of them may have the same blind spot,\u0026rdquo; he said, adding a human dimension. \u0026ldquo;If you want to make a team resilient to blind spots, collect a group of people who have different blind spots. As a whole, the team will be guarded against specific blind spots.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EError rates in conventional silicon-based computers are practically negligible, about one in a thousand-trillion operations, but today\u0026rsquo;s NISQ quantum computers produce an error in a mere 100 operations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These are really early-stage machines in which the devices have a lot of error,\u0026rdquo; Qureshi said. \u0026ldquo;That will likely improve over time, but because we are dependent on matter that has extremely low energy and lacks stability, we will never get the reliability we have come to expect with silicon. Quantum states are inherently about a single particle, but with silicon you are packing a lot of molecules together and averaging their activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If the hardware is inherently unreliable, we have to write software to make the most of it,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;We have to take the hardware characteristics into account to make these unique machines useful.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe notion of running a quantum operation thousands of times to get what\u0026rsquo;s likely to be the right answer at first seems counterproductive. But quantum computing is so much faster than conventional computing that nobody would object to doing a few thousand duplicate runs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The objective with quantum computers is not to take a current program and run it faster,\u0026rdquo; Qureshi said. \u0026ldquo;Using quantum, we can solve problems that are virtually impossible to solve with even the fastest supercomputers. With several hundred qubits, which is beyond the current state of the art, we could solve problems that would take a thousand years with the fastest supercomputer.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdded Qureshi: \u0026ldquo;You don\u0026rsquo;t mind doing the computation a few thousand times to get an answer like that.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe quantum error mitigation scheme is scheduled to be presented on Oct. 14 at the 52nd Annual IEEE\/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture. The work was supported by a gift from Microsoft.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Swamit S. Tannu and Moinuddin Qureshi, \u0026ldquo;Ensemble of Diverse Mappings: Improving Reliability of Quantum Computers by Orchestrating Dissimilar Mistakes.\u0026rdquo; (MICRO-52). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1145\/3352460.3358257\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1145\/3352460.3358257\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Assistance\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn quantum computing, as in team building, a little diversity can help get the job done better. 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