{"689586":{"#nid":"689586","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Computing Associate Dean Cultivates Innovation With CREATE-X","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun joined Georgia Tech, his teaching followed a familiar cadence. His courses were highly structured and consistent. Lectures, exams, office hours, and semester breaks were always known months in advance. The goals were clear, the outcomes known, and the educational journey largely mapped. Then, he heard about CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EA Spark of Curiosity\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn 2017, faculty conversations began circulating about a new kind of capstone experience, one driven by student discovery and entrepreneurial thinking rather than predetermined client requirements. The idea intrigued Omojokun.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI remember thinking, this is really different from anything I\u2019ve ever taught,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn his previous courses, Omojokun took pride in providing the structured, rigorous framework students needed to master complex concepts. While those interactions were dynamic, the curriculum required a specific, focused trajectory. CREATE-X offered a different kind of challenge: the \u0022X\u0022 of the program, representing undefined, endless potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cCREATE-X is full of unknowns. You don\u2019t know what industry the students are diving into, what roadblocks they\u2019ll run into and navigate out of, or what small- to large-scale successes they\u2019ll achieve throughout the semester. It really had my blood pumping,\u201d he said. As someone who loves the challenge of academia, it was an invigorating way to help the next generation apply what they\u2019ve learned in a new context.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOmojokun co-taught the first CREATE-X Capstone section with College of Computing students in fall 2018 alongside Craig Forest, associate director of the Invention Studio. While the initial computer science cohort was small, the experience was immediately powerful.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt was humble beginnings but deeply eye-opening,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn this new environment, students weren\u0027t just solving problems; they were seeking them and sometimes pivoting. Traditional client-driven capstones offer students invaluable experiences in delivering high-quality products, responding to clients\u2019 often evolving needs, and adhering to professional standards. CREATE-X added a layer of venture-validation, requiring students to identify a gap in the market and build something with commercial viability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs the semesters continued, CREATE-X grew from a program with an interesting capstone course Omojokun enthusiastically co-taught to a professional inflection point for him. He found himself talking about it frequently, with colleagues, with students, even with prospective undergraduates who may not see a capstone for years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHe began encouraging prospective and incoming students to take CREATE-X pathways.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI would tell students, down to first-year students, when you get that opportunity to engage with CREATE-X, take it. You don\u2019t even have to wait until capstone, as there are multiple pathways; in fact, Startup Lab has no prerequisites. Whatever path you take, you\u2019ll remember it for years to come. Whether you officially take a problem solution to market or not, the entrepreneurial confidence gained is priceless.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESpreading CREATE-X Into the College of Computing\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EBy 2020, when the first Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship cohort opened, applying felt natural. He had already become an unofficial ambassador for CREATE-X, helping students navigate options, promoting programs in classes, and rallying colleagues to engage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt was an opportunity to become more connected to this thing that I felt was changing the game on campus,\u201d he said. \u201cIt cemented my affiliation with CREATE-X.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe fellowship gave name and weight to the work he was already doing, while also expanding what was possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship provides faculty with $15,000 in discretionary funding, which can support a one-semester break from teaching, along with structured training in evidence\u2011based entrepreneurship, dedicated mentorship, and the opportunity to work closely with students launching startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe fellowship also equips faculty to become entrepreneurial instructors and mentors through the CREATE\u2011X ecosystem, giving them tools to integrate entrepreneurship into their coursework and curricula. Each cohort of fellows is trained to embed entrepreneurial methods, develop new innovation\u2011focused assignments, and serve as advisors within programs like Startup Lab, Idea\u2011to\u2011Prototype, and Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFor faculty across Georgia Tech, the fellowship offers something rare: institutional backing, resources, and formal recognition for bringing entrepreneurship into their teaching and shaping how students learn to become problem\u2011solvers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOmojokun said he sees CREATE-X as the apex of applying technical fundamentals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs part of the fellowship, Omojokun brought the program\u2019s ethos into his courses, even a foundational course like CS 1331: Introduction to Object Oriented Programming, where he created a CREATE-X\u2013branded final project. Students built a \u201cproblem database\u201d application as their final homework assignment, cataloging real issues they encountered in daily life, assessing their skills to solve them, evaluating markets and metrics, and then deciding potential pathways forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s an innovation diary,\u201d he said. \u201cA tool that can get them closer to thinking like a founder.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe response from students, including many non-computing majors who take his section each semester, has been overwhelmingly positive. While the project is challenging, the open-ended nature and real-world relevance motivate deeper engagement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWhen students believe their work will solve a meaningful problem for a meaningful population, they bring passion to it,\u201d he said. \u201cThey start observing the world differently.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe more Omojokun saw, the deeper his enthusiasm grew.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EShaping the College of Computing\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEven as he stepped into the role of inaugural chair of the School of Computing Instruction in 2022, CREATE-X remained at the forefront of Omojokun\u2019s conversations. Interest in the program continued to grow significantly. Students stopped him in the hallways to talk about their ideas. Faculty reached out to ask about mentorship opportunities. And he continued championing the program in the many settings he entered.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt turns out that the most engaged group of students in CREATE-X is computing undergraduates,\u201d Omojokun said. \u201cI wanted to make sure that high involvement continued, no matter what size we are,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOver time, Omojokun strengthened the partnership between the College of Computing and CREATE-X, weaving entrepreneurship deeper into the College\u0027s curricular fabric.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELast January, Omojokun was appointed as the associate dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Computing. One of his priorities was highlighting CREATE-X\u2019s curricular impact. In coordination with key stakeholders \u2014 including Kelly Ann Fitzpatrick (computing), Craig Forest (mechanical engineering), and Raul Saxena (CREATE-X) \u2014 he nominated the program for the ABET Innovation Award. \u0026nbsp;The award honors programs that challenge the status quo in technical education and demonstrate a measurable impact on student learning in ABET-accredited disciplines, such as natural sciences, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. CREATE-X won.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe CREATE-X Advantage With Faculty\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhen faculty are considering something like the Jim Pope Fellowship, Omojokun said the biggest barrier he hears about from them is time. With courses that can enroll 300 students per section and extensive responsibilities beyond the classroom, time is a scarce resource.\u003Cbr\u003EHe could relate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThere are always lots of things on my physical and virtual desktop. I always warn people before they enter my office,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHowever, Omojokun argued that participating in the fellowship program was time well spent because it helps them rediscover the most exciting parts of teaching.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s worth the time. One of the goals of teaching is to see students passionate about what they\u2019re learning, and CREATE-X makes that happen consistently,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Future With Technology\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs AI reshapes industries, Omojokun believes that CREATE-X equips students to navigate the unknown and forge new paths as existing ones shift, providing a versatile skill set that transfers to employment, potentially self-employment, and beyond.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of uncertainty with AI in the workspace, but CREATE-X gives students the confidence and skills to succeed at whatever comes,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are putting students through this process of finding a problem that\u2019s meaningful and matters to the world; mastering that allows them to lead in any environment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EApplications Now Open: Become a Jim Pope Faculty Fellow\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q\u0022\u003E2026 Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E is now accepting applications. For faculty who want to explore integrating entrepreneurship into their teaching, mentoring student founders, and helping shape a culture of innovation across campus, this fellowship offers resources and a supported pathway to begin. Faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q\u0022\u003Eapply to the Jim Pope Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E. Priority deadline: July 1; final deadline: Aug. 11.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun first encountered CREATE\u2011X, it challenged the highly structured teaching model he was accustomed to by centering learning around uncertainty, discovery, and entrepreneurial problem\u2011finding. As a faculty member, Jim Pope Faculty Fellow, and now associate dean in the College of Computing, he has championed CREATE\u2011X as a powerful way to help students apply technical fundamentals in unpredictable, real\u2011world contexts. Through initiatives like CREATE\u2011X\u2013inspired course projects and cross\u2011college partnerships, Omojokun has helped embed entrepreneurship more deeply into computing education at Georgia Tech. He believes programs like CREATE\u2011X are essential in preparing students to adapt, lead, and innovate in a future increasingly shaped by emerging technologies such as AI.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun, Georgia Tech associate dean in the College of Computing, found new energy in teaching through CREATE\u2011X, where open\u2011ended entrepreneurship equips students to confidently navigate uncertainty and solve real\u2011world problems."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2026-04-09 13:46:31","changed_gmt":"2026-04-09 13:51:21","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679902":{"id":"679902","type":"image","title":" Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun Associate Dean ","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003EOlufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun, associate dean in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing\u003C\/div\u003E","created":"1775741406","gmt_created":"2026-04-09 13:30:06","changed":"1775742590","gmt_changed":"2026-04-09 13:49:50","alt":" Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun, associate dean in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing","file":{"fid":"264123","name":"FisayoCloseUp-23-.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/09\/FisayoCloseUp-23-.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/09\/FisayoCloseUp-23-.png","mime":"image\/png","size":477042,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/09\/FisayoCloseUp-23-.png?itok=3qsEriy1"}}},"media_ids":["679902"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q","title":"2026 Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship "}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689585":{"#nid":"689585","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CREATE-X Startup Brings Digital Access to the Unbanked","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Victor Espinosa was an undergraduate student in Bogot\u00e1, he kept running into the same problem every time he tried to order books or basic items online: He didn\u2019t have a credit card. Instead, he had to give cash to someone who had a credit card and ask them to purchase for him. This wasn\u2019t strange in Colombia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt was frustrating, but it showed me how many people were being left out of the digital world,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cIn Colombia, only about two out of 10 people have a credit card. Cash is the main form of payment, but everything online requires digital access.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThat gap sparked the idea that would evolve into Loto Punto, a fintech startup building self-service kiosks to bridge the physical and digital worlds for unbanked communities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFrom a Single Problem to a Scalable Platform\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa began his startup as an online platform for buying lottery tickets. He saw that customers didn\u2019t trust the idea of a digital receipt because they were used to a printout, so he pivoted to a kiosk similar to the ones in U.S. grocery stores. Customers could walk up, insert cash, and print a lottery ticket instantly.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt worked, but it had a ceiling,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cIt only served people buying lottery tickets. We knew it wouldn\u2019t scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETo address this, he expanded the kiosks to handle mobile phone top-ups, bill payments, and basic banking services. Then, in 2024, the company incorporated advanced technologies such as biometric recognition and blockchain. Stellar Blockchain, first a partner, later became an investor of the startup, which helped Loto Punto to enable low-cost, real-time digital transactions and remittances.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ENow, users can convert physical cash into digital value or withdraw cash from digital wallets through a single machine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EA Global Solo Founder\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa is the sole founder of Loto Punto, supported now by a 10\u2011person team of highly specialized engineers, designers, and manufacturing experts. He is currently pursuing his master\u2019s degree in computer science at Georgia Tech while leading the company through its next chapter as part of the CREATE-X Startup Launch Spring 2026 cohort.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFinding CREATE-X and Finding a Community\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa learned about CREATE-X during his first semester at Georgia Tech. In 2024, CREATE-X widened its Startup Launch program to include a spring cohort to give founders, particularly graduating seniors, another chance to go all-in on developing their startup.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa admits he didn\u2019t expect much when he first learned about the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI didn\u2019t know universities had programs like this. In Colombia, we don\u2019t have accelerators embedded inside universities with venture support and dedicated staff,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I assumed CREATE X would be small, maybe one office helping a few students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhat Espinosa found was different.\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThey\u2019re leveraging every resource that Georgia Tech offers. They can help with any challenge by tapping the doors of the network they already have established,\u201c he said. \u201cIt\u2019s an ecosystem.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs a part of the Startup Launch program, CREATE-X brings in founders from its ecosystem to speak to participants and give them actionable insights \u2014 founders who have raised funds, been acquired, and have had other successes as entrepreneurs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s different,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cThey\u2019ve brought successful founders who have walked the talk. It\u2019s different to interact with somebody who was already successful in doing what you\u2019re doing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETesting, Measuring, and Learning Through Startup Launch\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEven as a remote participant, Espinosa has connected well with his mentor, who meets with him weekly, and his mini-batch. During the program, startup teams are grouped together. They share their strategies, successes, and struggles as they develop throughout the program. Teams have weekly sprints where they focus on one or two activities and then measure those activities, which Espinosa said is helpful for maintaining focus and actually executing on ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIf you, as an entrepreneur, start thinking of the whole world of activities that you must do to get somewhere with your startup, you won\u2019t start,\u201d he said. \u201cBy creating attainable goals, step by step, that\u2019s how it compounds to reach bigger goals. But, you have to begin with something.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003ETeams are also encouraged to take calculated risks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cCREATE-X gives us a safe environment to test ideas,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cAs an entrepreneur, it\u2019s a lonely road, but having someone who has been in your shoes before, it makes you brave to try things.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOne of the first major tests he shared with the cohort was an ad campaign timed around the Super Bowl. In Startup Launch, Espinosa learned how to structure the experiment: defining KPIs, iterating audiences, and evaluating performance compared to industry benchmarks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWe got around 45,000 views and above-average click-through rates,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the biggest lesson was that brand awareness alone can\u2019t be our only marketing strategy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa said his mentor helped open doors for him and kept him accountable, and the program itself kept him from being overwhelmed by all that a founder has to do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIn Startup Launch, you see how different approaches fit different phases,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re creating a path to grow and execute on your goals as a founder.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhy Now Is the Easiest Time to Build\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa also emphasized that the tools to build and test ideas have never been more accessible.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWhen I started, we didn\u2019t have AI. You had to do everything by hand. It was harder, and it took more resources,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s a matter of prompting. In one hour, you can file for a grant. Before, it took at least a week to get your documents together.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHe said the ability to test quickly and learn has also become inexpensive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cYou don\u2019t need millions of dollars to do this,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cIt\u0027s very cheap to fail, right? If that doesn\u0027t work, you can just try again in the morning.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbove all, Espinosa encouraged budding founders to take advantage of the opportunities around them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cAs a founder, you must tap every door that you have available to you. You have to explore different paths,\u201d he said. \u201cSome of those are networking, some are physical space, some are interest. Get your hands on every single resource that comes your way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELooking Ahead: The Future of Payments\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs he thinks about where the finance world is going, Espinosa said the payments industry is rapidly converging toward blockchain, stablecoins, and faster, frictionless user experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a lot of movement around stablecoins. We\u2019re seeing resource flow from one country to another. We believe things are converging to leverage blockchain and driving down the cost of moving money,\u201c he said. \u201cThat\u2019s how we see the future of our industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EMeet Loto Punto and the Spring Cohort at Startup Launch Showcase\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa will travel to Atlanta for the first time in May to present Loto Punto at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/spring-startup-launch-showcase-tickets-1984784570078?aff=article\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Spring Startup Launch Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E, where the public can meet founders and see their ventures firsthand. The event will be held in The Biltmore Ballrooms on Thursday, May 21, from 5 to 7 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe showcase will feature dozens of startups built by Georgia Tech students and alumni. Tickets are free but limited. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/spring-startup-launch-showcase-tickets-1984784570078?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister for the showcase\u003C\/a\u003E today to grab your spot.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter experiencing firsthand how limited access to credit cards excluded millions from the digital economy, Victor Espinosa set out to bridge that gap by founding Loto Punto. The fintech startup uses self\u2011service kiosks that allow users to convert physical cash into digital transactions, expanding access to essential services like bill payments, mobile top\u2011ups, and remittances. As a solo founder in the CREATE\u2011X Startup Launch Spring 2026 cohort, Espinosa refined his venture through structured experimentation, mentorship, and weekly execution sprints. He credits CREATE\u2011X with providing both the accountability and community needed to test ideas safely and scale solutions for real\u2011world impact.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech master\u2019s student Victor Espinosa is building Loto Punto, a fintech startup using self\u2011service kiosks to help unbanked communities convert cash into digital financial access through the CREATE\u2011X Startup Launch program."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2026-04-09 13:26:31","changed_gmt":"2026-04-09 13:29:19","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679901":{"id":"679901","type":"image","title":"Victor Espinosa Founder of Loto Punto","body":"\u003Cp\u003EVictor Espinosa, Founder of Loto Punto, stands in front of his product, 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Devices\u202fdesignation.\u0026nbsp;For the\u0026nbsp;roughly 40%\u0026nbsp;of applicants who receive the designation, it\u0026nbsp;shows that\u0026nbsp;the technology has real potential to improve patient outcomes and should get priority attention from the agency.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atdc.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ATDC)\u0026nbsp;in Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commercialization.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOffice of Commercialization\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eannounced two of its\u0026nbsp;health technology\u0026nbsp;(HealthTech) portfolio\u0026nbsp;companies,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nephrodite.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENephrodite\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.orthopreserve.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOrthoPreserve\u003C\/a\u003E, earned\u0026nbsp;the designation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAchieving this rare milestone\u0026nbsp;underscores\u0026nbsp;the caliber of founders, science, and support in ATDC\u2019s\u0026nbsp;30-company\u0026nbsp;HealthTech\u0026nbsp;portfolio, the incubator\u2019s largest focus\u0026nbsp;area.\u0026nbsp;It\u2019s\u0026nbsp;also a\u0026nbsp;win for\u0026nbsp;Georgia\u0026nbsp;because it\u0026nbsp;reflects\u0026nbsp;the strength of the state\u2019s\u0026nbsp;health\u0026nbsp;innovation\u0026nbsp;ecosystem.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis designation is one of the strongest signals the FDA gives that\u0026nbsp;a technology\u0026nbsp;could change the\u0026nbsp;standard of care,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Greg Jungles, HealthTech catalyst at\u0026nbsp;ATDC.\u0026nbsp;\u201cFor ATDC to\u0026nbsp;have two in the same year is remarkable.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u202fBreakthrough Device\u202fProgram\u0026nbsp;doesn\u2019t\u0026nbsp;waive evidence requirements, but it\u202faccelerates learning\u202fwith the FDA, ATDC\u2019s Jungles said. \u201cThat means shorter response times,\u202fmore frequent meetings, and\u202fprioritized review. Teams avoid dead ends and align earlier on study designs and endpoints.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the founders\u0026nbsp;of both startups,\u0026nbsp;their technologies\u0026nbsp;come one step closer to moving their innovations to market.\u0026nbsp;Nephrodite\u2019s\u0026nbsp;technology\u0026nbsp;improves\u0026nbsp;the lives of dialysis\u0026nbsp;patients.\u0026nbsp;OrthoPreserve\u2019s\u0026nbsp;device addresses challenges faced by\u0026nbsp;those who suffer from chronic knee pain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENephrodite: Advancing Continuous Artificial Kidney Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Nikhil\u0026nbsp;Shah\u0026nbsp;and Dr. Hiep Nguyen,\u0026nbsp;cofounders\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;Nephrodite, aim\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;improve\u0026nbsp;care for dialysis patients\u0026nbsp;with end-stage kidney disease\u0026nbsp;who need transplants. These patients\u0026nbsp;often\u0026nbsp;spend\u0026nbsp;three to four hours in a\u0026nbsp;dialysis\u0026nbsp;clinic\u0026nbsp;up to\u0026nbsp;three times a week. Being\u0026nbsp;tethered to stationary machines\u0026nbsp;with needles\u0026nbsp;drawing blood via arm grafts\u0026nbsp;complicates\u0026nbsp;everyday\u0026nbsp;activities\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;from work\u0026nbsp;tasks\u0026nbsp;to the ability to travel.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDialysis addresses chronic kidney disease, which means kidneys no longer work properly. The treatments filter out toxins,\u0026nbsp;waste, and other fluids in the blood. Kidney disease\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/kidney-disease\/ckd-facts\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecosts Medicare\u0026nbsp;$124.5 billion\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And those costs are expected to rise because of increasing rates of kidney failure and chronic kidney disease.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDialysis, while lifesaving\u0026nbsp;when it was pioneered\u0026nbsp;in 1952, is incredibly burdensome,\u201d Shah said.\u0026nbsp;Besides being\u0026nbsp;a long process\u0026nbsp;that keeps the patient in a fixed location,\u0026nbsp;it\u2019s\u0026nbsp;physically tiring.\u0026nbsp;\u201cTaking out your blood\u0026nbsp;continually\u0026nbsp;many, many times over, and over the course of four hours\u0026nbsp;is the equivalent of running\u0026nbsp;the Boston Marathon, hitting the finish line, and then someone saying, \u2018You\u0027re not done;\u0026nbsp;go do\u0026nbsp;it again,\u2019\u0026nbsp;\u201d\u0026nbsp;he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA surgeon by training,\u0026nbsp;with\u0026nbsp;expertise\u0026nbsp;in transplantation and oncology, Shah\u0026nbsp;is also an adjunct associate professor\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;Tech\u2019s School of Interactive Computing. He\u0026nbsp;worked with\u0026nbsp;Nguyen\u0026nbsp;to develop a\u0026nbsp;continuously\u0026nbsp;functioning mechanical artificial kidney, leading to\u0026nbsp;Nephrodite\u2019s\u0026nbsp;formation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;FDA\u2019s\u0026nbsp;breakthrough designation\u0026nbsp;on\u0026nbsp;its\u0026nbsp;artificial kidney\u0026nbsp;allows the company\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;pursue approvals to\u0026nbsp;begin tests in\u0026nbsp;human trials.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company traces its beginnings to a German aerospace facility outside Munich,\u0026nbsp;where\u0026nbsp;Nguyen and\u0026nbsp;Shah\u0026nbsp;watched engineers\u0026nbsp;demonstrate\u0026nbsp;a pediatric artificial heart\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.berlinheart.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBerlin Heart\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s\u0026nbsp;how we got started,\u201d Shah said.\u0026nbsp;\u201cSeeing\u0026nbsp;an artificial heart that led us to\u0026nbsp;think about doing this for kidneys\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;because the kidney space has been largely ignored for 70 years.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBacked by a German federal grant,\u0026nbsp;Nephrodite\u0026nbsp;grew, moving from Germany to Boston, Massachusetts, then\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;Austin, Texas, before calling Atlanta home.\u0026nbsp;The\u0026nbsp;company joined\u0026nbsp;ATDC\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;tapped\u0026nbsp;into other Georgia Tech programs.\u0026nbsp;This\u0026nbsp;included\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medtech.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for MedTech Excellence\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Nephrodite\u0026nbsp;also\u0026nbsp;drew on\u0026nbsp;student talent as\u0026nbsp;the researchers\u0026nbsp;quietly\u0026nbsp;worked\u0026nbsp;on\u0026nbsp;their\u0026nbsp;continuous mechanical artificial kidney.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENephrodite\u0026nbsp;began\u0026nbsp;interviewing\u0026nbsp;patients\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;find out what they wanted\u0026nbsp;the artificial kidney needed to solve.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey learned patients\u0026nbsp;want\u0026nbsp;the ability to be mobile.\u0026nbsp;Patients also\u0026nbsp;desire\u0026nbsp;an alternative\u0026nbsp;therapy to large needles being inserted into arm grafts\u0026nbsp;because the injection sites are prone to\u0026nbsp;infection\u0026nbsp;and the grafts can fail. In addition, the process\u0026nbsp;can\u0026nbsp;be\u0026nbsp;painful and disfiguring. Finally,\u0026nbsp;patients want\u0026nbsp;a quality of life\u0026nbsp;independent of\u0026nbsp;machines.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThose\u0026nbsp;quality-of-life\u0026nbsp;needs, especially being free and mobile,\u0026nbsp;were\u0026nbsp;absolutely universal,\u201d Shah said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENephrodite\u0026nbsp;began developing the technology to\u0026nbsp;build\u0026nbsp;its device\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;a filter surgically implanted in the pelvis area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe developed an implant designed to run\u0026nbsp;constantly, connected to larger blood vessels\u0026nbsp;in the pelvis\u0026nbsp;to\u202favoid arm graft failures, and paired with an external interface that lets patients sleep at night while the system removes toxins and excess fluid,\u201d Shah\u0026nbsp;explained.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe device also has\u0026nbsp;built-in sensors, with\u0026nbsp;data uploaded to the cloud,\u0026nbsp;enabling\u0026nbsp;medical care teams\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;remotely\u0026nbsp;monitor\u0026nbsp;their patients\u0026nbsp;while freeing\u0026nbsp;patients from frequent\u0026nbsp;in-clinic\u0026nbsp;visits.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShah said\u0026nbsp;Nephrodite\u2019s\u0026nbsp;device\u0026nbsp;could restore everyday\u202findependence,\u0026nbsp;while potentially\u202flowering infection risk.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s like having an actual kidney, but\u0026nbsp;without\u0026nbsp;all the issues\u0026nbsp;of an unhealthy one,\u201d Shah said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOrthoPreserve: Innovating a Minimally Invasive Meniscus Implant\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EOrthoPreserve\u2019s technology aims\u0026nbsp;to address issues\u0026nbsp;from\u0026nbsp;people have with their meniscus,\u0026nbsp;the C\u2011shaped piece of cartilage in a knee joint that acts as a shock absorber between the thigh bone and shin bone.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough\u0026nbsp;patients undergo a now-routine surgery to address it,\u0026nbsp;incomplete recoveries are\u0026nbsp;also\u0026nbsp;common.\u0026nbsp;An estimated\u0026nbsp;quarter\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;patients\u202flater experience\u0026nbsp;recurring knee pain.\u0026nbsp;No FDA-approved implant\u202fcurrently exists for this population.\u0026nbsp;Now,\u0026nbsp;OrthoPreserveis developing a minimally invasive,\u202fartificial meniscus implant\u202fto\u202frestore cushioning,\u0026nbsp;relieve pain, and\u202fdelay\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;or even\u0026nbsp;prevent\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;knee replacement\u202ffor\u0026nbsp;some patients.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are a million meniscus\u0026nbsp;surgeries every year, and 25% of those patients still live with recurring pain,\u201d said Jonathan Schwartz,\u0026nbsp;OrthoPreserve\u2019s\u0026nbsp;founder and CEO.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPatients\u0026nbsp;can\u0026nbsp;face\u202fdaily pain\u202ffrom\u0026nbsp;ordinary activities, such as\u0026nbsp;prolonged\u0026nbsp;standing\u0026nbsp;or\u0026nbsp;walking\u0026nbsp;a dog. Other activities like\u0026nbsp;jogging and\u0026nbsp;recreational sports\u0026nbsp;can\u0026nbsp;trigger flares\u202fthat\u0026nbsp;can lead to\u0026nbsp;swelling and\u0026nbsp;prolonged\u0026nbsp;discomfort, Schwartz said.\u0026nbsp;\u201cThose patients have\u202fno\u0026nbsp;reliable\u0026nbsp;options today,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re building a minimally invasive implant to\u202frestore cushioning\u202fand help people get back to the activities they love.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrhoPreserve\u2019s\u0026nbsp;durable implant\u0026nbsp;restores cushioning, and it\u0026nbsp;could help people\u202freturn to normal activities\u0026nbsp;and\u202fdelay invasive knee replacement. Along with this comes\u0026nbsp;potential cost and recovery benefits for the healthcare\u0026nbsp;system.\u202f \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchwartz\u202fcreated the implant as his\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/tech-alum-launches-meniscus-implant-startup\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech master\u2019s thesis\u003C\/a\u003E\u202fin the lab of\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/ku\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDavid Ku\u003C\/a\u003E\u202fin\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;Lawrence P. Huang Endowed Chair for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Regents\u0027 Professor\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. After industry experience,\u0026nbsp;Schwartz\u0026nbsp;returned to\u0026nbsp;further\u0026nbsp;develop\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;technology,\u0026nbsp;building on Georgia Tech\u2019s translational\u0026nbsp;expertise\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrthoPreserve\u0026nbsp;has completed\u202fmechanical testing and a successful\u202fstudy. The company\u0026nbsp;is raising a\u202f$2 million seed\u202fto complete validations and begin human trials, which Schwartz expects to start in\u0026nbsp;18 months.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe\u0026nbsp;FDA\u0026nbsp;breakthrough designation validates that nothing like this\u0026nbsp;technology\u0026nbsp;exists,\u0026nbsp;and that it has the potential to disrupt the standard of care,\u201d Schwartz\u0026nbsp;said,\u0026nbsp;adding the\u0026nbsp;U.S.\u2019\u0026nbsp;market\u0026nbsp;opportunity\u0026nbsp;is\u0026nbsp;roughly\u0026nbsp;$1.5 billion. \u201cWe finally have a minimally invasive\u0026nbsp;option to bridge the gap between meniscus surgery and knee replacement.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat FDA Breakthrough Designation Means for\u0026nbsp;ATDC\u2019s\u0026nbsp;HealthTech Startups\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaving a\u0026nbsp;faster\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;clearer path is a\u202fderisking milestone\u202ffor investors\u0026nbsp;who are\u0026nbsp;evaluating\u0026nbsp;capital intensive\u0026nbsp;medical\u0026nbsp;device\u0026nbsp;technologies,\u0026nbsp;Jungles\u0026nbsp;said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis\u0026nbsp;breakthrough device designation is a really big deal for medical\u0026nbsp;device companies,\u201d Jungles said, adding\u0026nbsp;that\u0026nbsp;startups often fear navigating the FDA\u0026nbsp;approval\u0026nbsp;process.\u0026nbsp;\u201cBut this designation\u0026nbsp;adds to the legitimacy of their technologies\u0026nbsp;and the problemsthey are solving. The designation will help them get to market faster, assuming their data continues to meet expectations.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC launched its\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atdc.org\/industry\/healthtech\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHealthTech vertical\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2018,\u0026nbsp;which is\u0026nbsp;now\u0026nbsp;sponsored by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/catalyst.wellstar.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECatalyst by Wellstar\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;ATDC\u2019s HealthTech\u0026nbsp;portfoilo\u0026nbsp;companies\u0026nbsp;include\u0026nbsp;medical devices, biotech, and digital health, among other segments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATDC\u2019s Role in Accelerating HealthTech Innovation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENephrodite\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;OrthoPreserve\u2019s\u0026nbsp;founders\u0026nbsp;noted\u0026nbsp;ATDC\u2019s\u202fcoaching\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;programming\u0026nbsp;as critical in navigating fundraising and regulatory milestones.\u0026nbsp;Another\u0026nbsp;factor, they said,\u0026nbsp;was\u0026nbsp;ATDC\u2019s\u0026nbsp;connection\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;labs and facilities\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;prototyping support and clinical advisors\u0026nbsp;from\u0026nbsp;across\u0026nbsp;metro\u0026nbsp;Atlanta.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe meet with ATDC coaches every two to four weeks to troubleshoot and plan,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cHaving that level of seasoned guidance, all\u0026nbsp;without consultant-level costs,\u0026nbsp;has been huge.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJungles added\u0026nbsp;that\u0026nbsp;two\u0026nbsp;Breakthrough 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As a part of her business, she created partnerships and networks between the U.S. and South Africa, bridging the gap between startups and corporations to encourage co-creation and pilot projects. During this time, she saw how much early\u2011stage founders needed clear frameworks, honest guidance, and hands\u2011on support.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI started Growth Impact to support startups and stakeholders such as venture studios, investors, and accelerators. I support early-stage startups in finding product-market fit, customer understanding, go-to-market strategy, and business model development,\u201d she said. \u201cI also help startups with fundraising readiness and enterprise readiness. I support stakeholders by helping to assess viability, and de-risk new ventures, as well as connecting startups to enterprises.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEventually, her work brought her in contact with Georgia Tech. She was working with a South African innovation lab to enable pilot projects between startups and enterprises with the goal of facilitating the co-creation of digital solutions, which led her to Rahul Saxena, director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESizer said she reached out to see if any potential CREATE-X startups or enterprises would want to connect to the companies she was working with in South Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the last few years, there\u0027s been quite a lot of interest in Georgia Tech and Atlanta in terms of a tech and innovation hub in the U.S., and there\u0027s a lot of investment happening too, in both the city of Atlanta and in Georgia Tech, in entrepreneurship and innovation and technology,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u0027s an interesting market.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce connected, she kept meeting Georgia Tech founders, many from CREATE\u2011X.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQuietly, she began helping where she could, making introductions for CREATE-X founders outside of Atlanta. For Augment Health, she made investor and potential partner introductions. For the founder of Strapt, she made introductions to investors, shared market insight, and highlighted the company in her own newsletter, which has an audience of innovation ecosystem stakeholders, including more investors. And for ZenVR, she made a connection to WeFunder for funding, which resulted in $250,000 raised. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollaborating with CREATE-X on a webinar, Sizer also taught \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E alumni about customer understanding and segmentation, value proposition, and other topics for health and wellness founders. Beyond connecting, Sizer shaped mindsets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her business, one founder she worked with was building non\u2011toxic performance apparel for women \u2014 a product selling through Amazon, REI, and even the U.S. military. The founder had ambition but struggled to balance DTC (direct to consumer) sales, retail, and B2B opportunities. Sizer helped her analyze her data, identify her real early adopters, and rebuild her value proposition and messaging. With a clearer customer understanding and stronger brand direction, the founder revamped her website and refined her pitch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love that thrill of them being excited about implementing some of the ideas and things we talk about, seeing the growth in their business, and the positive change in their business. That really excites me,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta is an enterprise-heavy city with Fortune 500 companies, SaaS (Software as a Service) companies, and a growing biotech sector. The startup ecosystem is growing in Atlanta, and with that comes advantages.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI have noticed that there\u0027s a lot of strong support for Atlanta and Georgia entrepreneurs from other Atlanta and Georgia entrepreneurs,\u201d she said. \u201cThey all support each other.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the years, Sizer has advised or mentored over 100 startups and built investor connections. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy business is Growth Impact, because growth and impact are part of my core values. I\u0027m glad to give back and support early entrepreneurs, sharing knowledge, tools, and resources,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a founder, Sizer went through her own learning curve. When she first launched her company, she assumed her target customers would be venture capital firms and spent months talking to pre\u2011seed and seed investors, only to discover that VCs either didn\u2019t fund the kind of operational support she offered or they expected founders to pay for it themselves. Meanwhile, the founders she spoke with said they needed her help but didn\u2019t have the budget. She said it was a classic chicken\u2011and\u2011egg problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI said, OK, this is not my target customer. The target customer is the startup,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u0027s where the pivot point was for me.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003EThat shift reshaped her entire business and reinforced the same advice she now gives students: Talk to customers, listen deeply, and don\u2019t be afraid to adjust when the data points you in a new direction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe officially joined the CREATE\u2011X mentor community last year to help more founders, guiding them in finding product-market fit, and understanding who needs this solution and why.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne thing Sizer emphasized, however, is the need for founders to continue to take initiative and be resilient in the face of challenges.\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cA mentor can guide you or ask the right questions, but the founder has to find the path,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EReady to build something real?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeet mentors like Alison Sizer in Startup Launch, where you can develop a startup to solve real-world problems and build entrepreneurial skills. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR\/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F\/form\u0022\u003EApply to Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E today; applications close Tuesday, March 17.\u003Cbr\u003EInterested in mentoring?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWant to mentor and support the next generation of Georgia Tech founders?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFill out our \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/app1gcnb0ECVgdEF4\/pag4g0e8mxV9qWn8k\/form\u0022\u003Eengagement form\u003C\/a\u003E to join CREATE\u2011X\u2019s mentor network.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EAlison Sizer brings more than a decade of innovation experience from Apple and Nike to her work supporting early\u2011stage founders through her company, Growth Impact. 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Sherrill is a Regents\u0027 Professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry with a joint appointment in the School of Computational Science \u0026amp; Engineering. Sherrill has served as associate director for IDEaS since its founding in 2016 and as interim director since January 1, 2025.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to see Professor Sherrill tackle this role for the coming 5 years. He understands the rapidly evolving opportunities to apply AI and data science approaches to the diversity of research conducted by Georgia Tech faculty and students, and has a strong agenda to help our researchers make the most of this explosive change in the research landscape.\u201d Said V.P. of Interdisciplinary Research, Julia Kubanek. \u201cHe also has deep experience with team building and management which will position IDEaS favorably.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs executive director, Sherrill will guide IDEaS\u2019 current initiatives, which include the Microsoft CloudHub program that supports innovative applications in Generative Artificial Intelligence, and provide oversight and support for the joint College of Computing \/ IDEaS Center for Artificial Intelligence in Science and Engineering (ARTISAN), which provides\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech faculty and research engineers expert support staff, needed cyberinfrastructure, software resources, and advice to assist faculty with projects using large data sets or using AI and machine learning to drive discovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESherrill will also the lead the launch of a new strategic vision, emphasizing the Georgia Tech research community\u2019s expertise in the development of AI and ML techniques and their application to problems in science and engineering, high performance computing, and academic software. Sherrill will focus on internal and external partnerships at IDEaS, creating new collaborative efforts in areas such as economics, policy, and the arts and humanities. He will also work to strengthen current connections across Georgia Tech\u2019s Colleges, Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs), and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a great honor to be named the next executive director of IDEaS,\u201d said Sherrill.\u0026nbsp; \u201cGeorgia Tech has world-class faculty and students, and an unparalleled spirit of collaboration.\u0026nbsp; By bringing together faculty from across campus and working together with some of the amazing student groups, we can leverage the power of AI to accelerate our research and maximize our impact.\u0026nbsp; IDEaS will continue to run upskilling workshops to help our campus keep pace with the rapid changes in AI.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESherrill is an active promoter of education in computational quantum chemistry, as well as a strong voice for the benefits of open-source software for research acceleration. He was named Outreach Volunteer of the Year by the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society in 2017, and he is the lead principal investigator of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PSI_(computational_chemistry)\u0022\u003EPsi\u003C\/a\u003E open-source quantum chemistry program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESherrill earned a B.S. in chemistry from MIT in 1992 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Georgia in 1996. From 1996-1999 Sherril was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESherrill is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Chemical Society, and the American Physical Society, and he has been Associate Editor of the Journal of Chemical Physics since 2009.\u0026nbsp;Sherrill has received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Young Investigator Award, an NSF CAREER Award, and Georgia Tech\u0027s W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award. In 2023, he received the Herty Medal from the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society, and in 2024, he was elected to the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- Christa M. 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The six\u2011month pilot is funded by a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational Endowment for the Arts (NEA)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Our Town\u0026nbsp;grant and is the first EI\u00b2 program dedicated specifically to the arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cArts organizations contribute so much to the vibrancy of a community,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Caley Landau, program manager for GAIN and marketing strategist at EI\u00b2. \u201cThey help create a sense of place and provide the \u2018something to do\u2019 that small cities and towns want to offer residents, new workers, and prospective businesses. Our hope is to enhance the arts and cultural ecosystem in Middle Georgia by providing training and technical assistance to the organizations that produce art in the region.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Rural Community Already Investing in Placemaking\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPerry was selected as the pilot location in part for its active downtown revitalization work and commitment to placemaking. Through the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.georgiacitiesfoundation.org\/placemaking\u0022\u003EGeorgia Economic Placemaking Collaborative\u003C\/a\u003E, Perry city staff partnered with EI\u00b2\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cedr.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Economic Development Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to develop strategies for arts\u2011based community development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWorking alongside the Georgia Tech team has been a wonderful experience,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Alicia Hartley, downtown manager for the City of Perry. \u201cWe hope that participants walk away from the cohort inspired and empowered to activate their organizations in creative and meaningful ways.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EListening First, Then Providing Targeted Support\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program will begin with a listening session to understand participating organizations\u2019 needs. EI\u00b2 will then design tailored workshops drawing from experts at Georgia Tech and beyond. Every other month, cohort members will meet for sessions on business practices, digital tools, operational efficiency, marketing, placemaking partnerships, and other areas that support long\u2011term sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey sound like great ideas \u2014 murals, pop\u2011up exhibits, outdoor performances \u2014 but how do you really get down to the nuts and bolts of making them happen?\u201d Landau said. \u201cAnd how do you bring the right partners to the table? That\u2019s what we\u2019ll explore together.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Statewide Mission, Strengthened Through the Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs Georgia Tech\u2019s economic development arm, EI\u00b2 administers programs that support entrepreneurs, manufacturers, communities, and municipalities across the state and around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGAIN represents an important part of EI\u00b2\u2019s comprehensive approach to economic development,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;David Bridges, vice president of EI\u00b2. \u201cIt gives us another way to create impact in Georgia by applying our expertise to serve arts organizations that are vital to Georgia communities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJason Freeman, associate vice provost for Georgia Tech Arts, noted that the pilot aligns with the Institute\u2019s broader commitment to supporting arts, culture, and creativity statewide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThrough GAIN, I\u2019m excited to learn more about the arts ecosystem in Middle Georgia,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cThe lessons we learn will inform both statewide collaborations and new initiatives emerging through our\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/creative-quarter\u0022\u003ECreative Quarter\u003C\/a\u003E innovation district on campus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProgram Funding and Support\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe pilot is funded through the NEA\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Our Town\u0026nbsp;program, which supports projects integrating arts, culture, and design into community development. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gaarts.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Council for the Arts\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is partnering with EI\u00b2 on cohort recruitment, curriculum development, and arts\u2011based placemaking strategies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecruitment has begun.\u0026nbsp;Arts nonprofits and arts\u2011based businesses in Middle Georgia may apply at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/gain\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Einnovate.gatech.edu\/gain\/\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"NEA Our Town grant supports Middle Georgia initiative"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation 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This ratings system recognizes its existing bioscience assets and its commitment to expanding infrastructure and commercialization, marking Augusta as a desired choice for biotech companies looking for suitable sites to expand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELeading the work at Georgia Tech are the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u003C\/a\u003E (GaMEP) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atdc.org\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center\u003C\/a\u003E (ATDC).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGaMEP is a program of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, Tech\u2019s chief economic development arm. It brings a\u0026nbsp;dedicated team with the unique skills required to help innovators clearly understand the requirements needed to bring medical devices to market.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen entrepreneurs gain insight into the regulatory and quality requirements early in development, they can make informed, strategic decisions that can significantly reduce both time and cost,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Sarah Jo Tucker, industry manager for GaMEP\u2019s medical device group. \u201cWe partner closely with innovators throughout the process and bring deep expertise in the regulatory requirements while they bring expertise in their technology. Together, we can move products efficiently and confidently from concept to commercialization.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EADTC, part of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commercialization.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOffice of Commercialization\u003C\/a\u003E, is the state\u2019s premier technology incubator and the oldest university-based incubator in the country. ATDC provides guidance and resources for entrepreneurs and founders to successfully launch and scale their technology companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince its founding in 1980, ATDC\u2019s startup graduates have attracted more than $6.2 billion in investment and generated over $14 billion in revenue in Georgia. Through the partnership with Augusta University, ATDC uses its expertise to serve\u0026nbsp;entrepreneurs in the medical device field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Medical innovation across the state of Georgia is critical for our health tech industries to thrive,\u201d said Chris Dickson, ATDC\u2019s startup catalyst in the Augusta region. \u201cWe identify investment-ready medical technology startups and provide the support needed while they are scaling their businesses.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA major hub for the life sciences, Augusta University is home to a wealth of researchers in the biomedical and related fields. This makes the institution ideally situated to help facilitate medical device commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuido Verbeck understands this dynamic firsthand. A\u0026nbsp;professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Augusta University, he is also an entrepreneur and medical device innovator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAcademia is a fantastic platform for launching ideas, but there must be an understanding of how to bring a device to market,\u201d said Verbeck. \u201cPhysicians and practitioners who are also academics are solving problems in real time, but they often lack the resources and support to get their ideas to production and commercialization.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELynsey\u0026nbsp;Steinberg, director of innovation for Augusta University\u2019s strategic partnerships and economic development team, summed up collaboration\u2019s goal.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen we tap our depth of talent, innovation, and community collaboration, this region has what it takes to become a launchpad for medical device startups \u2014 a place where bold ideas find the purpose they need to succeed to solve real-world problems,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s GaMEP medical device commercialization team\u0026nbsp;and the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)\u0026nbsp;are now working directly with Augusta researchers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs to help move medical device ideas from concept to commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A partnership between Georgia Tech and Augusta University supports the effort ."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2026-02-24 17:16:53","changed_gmt":"2026-02-24 17:25:03","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Augusta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679409":{"id":"679409","type":"image","title":"Downtown Augusta ","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe city of Augusta is a major hub for health and life sciences, boasting five hospitals and the Medical College of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1771953448","gmt_created":"2026-02-24 17:17:28","changed":"1771953675","gmt_changed":"2026-02-24 17:21:15","alt":"Aerial view of downtown Augusta","file":{"fid":"263570","name":"AdobeStock_466386413.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/24\/AdobeStock_466386413.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/24\/AdobeStock_466386413.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":10707782,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/02\/24\/AdobeStock_466386413.jpeg?itok=SgNSyEj_"}}},"media_ids":["679409"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"16331","name":"GaMEP"},{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"2579","name":"commercialization"},{"id":"9535","name":"medical device"},{"id":"172575","name":"Augusta University"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"},{"id":"193654","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEve Tolpa\u003Cbr\u003Eeve.tolpa@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"688044":{"#nid":"688044","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Grading 2025\u2019s Biggest Predictions and What They Signal for 2026","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the start of 2025, forecasts were confident: Automation would accelerate, artificial intelligence (AI) adoption would surge, and the economic picture would clarify. A year later, the report card is mixed. Predictions were directionally right but overly optimistic about the speed of change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConsumer Behavior: Confidence Lagged; Spending Did Not\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrade: C\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConsumer forecasts were among the least accurate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cConsumer confidence started the year at low levels,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/bond\/index.html\u0022\u003ESamuel Bond\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor of marketing in the Scheller College of Business. Many analysts expected households to pull back, particularly on discretionary spending. Instead, consumers kept spending \u2014 especially on travel, dining, and entertainment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBond notes a persistent gap between sentiment and behavior. \u201cPeople expressed worry, but they did not significantly reduce spending.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also points to a major 2025 shift: the rise of AI \u201cshopping assistants.\u201d Rather than using search engines or retailer sites, consumers increasingly turned to tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and other bots that consolidate search, comparison, and advice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAutomation Expectations: Progress Without the Breakthrough\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrade: B-\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESupply chain automation was expected to leap forward in 2025, but progress came in targeted pockets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c2025 did not deliver a broad, step-change leap in automation performance,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/chris-gaffney\u0022\u003EChris Gaffney\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of the practice in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE). \u201cInstead, it delivered selective progress.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAutomation delivered the most value in tightly scoped environments with clear ownership, particularly in new distribution and manufacturing facilities. Semi-automated systems that supported human judgment and stabilized throughput outperformed complex retrofits that promised full automation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForecasts missed by assuming technology alone could overcome workforce readiness, data gaps, and organizational complexity. \u201cThe gap between expectation and reality was less about technology and more about readiness to operate automated systems day-to-day,\u201d Gaffney says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStill, Gaffney gives 2025 a B-, calling it \u201ca healthy, if humbling, outcome\u201d that reset expectations and clarified what actually matters heading into 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArtificial Intelligence: Adoption Advanced; Hype Outran Reality\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrade: Hard to define\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENo trend attracted more hype in 2025 than AI, and predictions routinely overshot reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s been so much hype around AI that keeping track of specific forecasts is difficult,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/jorge-alberto-huertas-patino\u0022\u003EJorge Huertas\u003C\/a\u003E, a researcher in the ISyE. \u201cAI has grown in many different areas and scopes, but not at the pace it was hyped.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome applications matured quickly, particularly code generation and AI tools embedded into existing platforms. \u201cClaude has grown very well with code generation, and Gemini has grown by integrating across the Google ecosystem,\u201d Huertas says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther highly touted areas lagged. \u201cAgentic AI was hyped, only to see many cases where engineers spent two or three times longer fixing errors from AI-generated code,\u201d he adds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI delivered the most value when narrowly applied to the right problems. Looking ahead, Huertas points to accuracy, guardrails, and regulation, rather than model capability, as the key constraints shaping AI\u2019s 2026 trajectory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/hsu\/index.html\u0022\u003EAlex Hsu\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the Scheller College of Business, notes that business adoption is accelerating regardless. \u201cThe AI revolution is here to stay,\u201d he says. \u201cTech companies are investing hundreds of billions in large language models and data centers, while companies outside tech are using models to improve margins. This will heighten competition and put downward pressure on the labor market.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEconomic Outlook: Forecasts Tested by Policy Volatility\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrade: C+\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEconomic predictions faced unusual turbulence in 2025, driven largely by rapid policy shifts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c2025 was a difficult year to forecast gross domestic product (GDP) growth given the immense number of changes in policy at the federal level,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/b76871d2-194b-510a-b3cb-f6d4c7b16f0f\u0022\u003EDanny Woodbury\u003C\/a\u003E, lecturer in the School of Economics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarly forecasts projected solid growth in the first quarter, but GDP instead contracted slightly as government spending fell and imports surged following tariff announcements. \u201cForecasters did not foresee the magnitude of the shift in trade policy,\u201d Woodbury says, noting that projections only converged with reality weeks before official data releases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELater in the year, export growth pushed GDP forecasts sharply higher, again catching analysts off guard.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHsu adds that inflation and unemployment will be the key indicators to watch in 2026 as the Federal Reserve balances price stability with employment amid rising bond yields and global fiscal pressures complicating the outlook.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat Forecasters Should Adjust Going Forward\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcross sectors, 2025 revealed a common blind spot: Predictions assumed smoother execution than reality allowed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor 2026, experts point to discipline over hype, operational readiness over technology promises, policy risk over static models, and actual behavior over stated intentions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs Gaffney puts it: \u201c2026 will reward operators who treat automation as a system to be run, not a solution to be bought.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the start of 2025, experts predicted rapid advances in automation, artificial intelligence adoption, consumer pullbacks, and clearer economic signals, but a year later the results are mixed. 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The team was sparked by a simple question: Why isn\u2019t there a better way to test for cervical cancer? The founders were planning on getting pap smears themselves, but they had heard about painful experiences from other women.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were hesitant to go through the process since it seemed uncomfortable,\u201d Tesfassellasie said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo, Tesfassellasie, Bereket, and Ejiwunmi decided to consider alternatives to the plastic speculum used during standard exams and develop a tampon-like device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s just giving women a choice basically to be able to take the samples and solve without having to be so vulnerable and uncomfortable,\u201d Tesfassellasie said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team joined the summer I2P and continued to develop their prototype in the fall semester course. 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The startup, led by Daksh Gupta, CS 2023; Soohoon Choi, CS 2023, MTH 2023; and computer science major Vaishant Kameswaran, builds artificial intelligence tools that help engineering teams review, analyze, and improve their code.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince its launch in 2023, the company has gained traction with more than 2,000 customers, including Brex, Whoop, and Substack. In 2024, Greptile raised $25 million in Series A funding from Benchmark, bringing its total capital raised to $30 million and valuing the company at $180 million.\u202fThat same year, Greptile was also accepted into the winter 2024 cohort of Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that helped launch Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. \u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Gupta, the road to building Greptile began at Georgia Tech. 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Gupta says Y Combinator\u2019s value mirrors some of what they found at Georgia Tech. \u201cLike Georgia Tech, a lot of Y Combinator\u2019s value comes from three things: being surrounded by ambitious people, gaining credibility, and having smart, accomplished people believe in you before you fully believe in yourself,\u201d he said. \u201cThat combination does wonders for your self-esteem, which in turn has enormous compounding effects.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company\u2019s recent fundraising experience reflects this momentum. Gupta describes their investor pitches as \u201cfast and painless,\u201d noting that they entered the process with compelling metrics and a refined story. 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The app climbed as high as No. 13 on the U.S. App Store sports charts and reached No. 1 in France and Croatia, with nearly 200,000 downloads in more than 170 countries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea was to make fishing feel like a real-life version of Pok\u00e9mon, something fun, soxacial, and competitive,\u201d said Steele. \u201cWe launched with just a few basic features, and it grew far faster than I expected.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore developing Catchr, Steele had already experimented with several products, including HairMatch, an AI-powered app that won $25,000 as a global finalist in Microsoft\u2019s Imagine Cup competition, and UPic, Purrpulse, and Better Call Santa (now known as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/12\/13\/better-call-santa-talk-to-santa-ai\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESantaCalls\u003C\/a\u003E). Those experiences gave him insight into customer behavior, app deployment, and business operations \u2014 lessons he brought with him into Georgia Tech\u2019s CREATE-X Startup Launch program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X provided him with seed funding, mentorship, and a framework for validating ideas through real-world feedback. For Steele, those resources made it possible to move from experimentation to a scalable product.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X was a time of innovation and exploration,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gave me the structure and confidence to test assumptions, get real feedback, and pivot quickly \u2014 all critical steps in developing Catchr.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose earlier products helped Steele learn how to test assumptions about customers, navigate App Store requirements, manage support requests, and handle the operational demands of running a small software business.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy the time I started Catchr, I knew what level of product quality was needed, how many hours support would take, and what the revenue expectations might be,\u201d he said. \u201cEven so, the speed at which Catchr captured users and grew in revenue was unbelievably fast compared to my expectations.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter Catchr\u2019s explosive growth, Steele faced another challenge: deciding whether to sell the company. While many startup founders view acquisition as a goal, Steele said selling Catchr was one of the hardest decisions he has made. \u201cMonetizing something you built is appealing, but selling is different,\u201d he said. \u201cYour creation becomes someone else\u2019s job. You spend so much time with it that it becomes an extension of yourself.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESteele said he spoke with multiple interested buyers, asking each about their long-term plans for the app before moving forward. \u201cI wanted to make sure the buyer\u2019s vision would improve the product and be positive for users,\u201d he said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have sold if I didn\u2019t trust them.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe ultimately found a buyer who committed to expanding Catchr\u2019s capabilities and investing in its continued growth. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019d change anything about the decision,\u201d Steele said. \u201cCatchr is in capable hands, and I can return to what I enjoy most, which is building things I believe will be part of a better future for consumers.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the sale complete, Steele says he is returning to new ideas and the early-stage development process he prefers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf there\u2019s one thing I\u2019d tell other Georgia Tech students,\u201d he said, \u201cit\u2019s that you\u2019re already in one of the best places in the world to build something meaningful. Don\u2019t wait until you feel ready. Just start.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApply to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR\/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F\/form\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E by March 17. Limited spots available.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate \u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Steele (CS 2025)\u003C\/strong\u003E turned his mobile fishing app \u003Cstrong\u003ECatchr\u003C\/strong\u003E into a global phenomenon before selling it. The app uses \u003Cstrong\u003Eimage recognition\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003Egamified features\u003C\/strong\u003E to help users identify fish, estimate size, log catches, and compete on worldwide leaderboards. 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Using the classic \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/teaching-resources-library\/mit-sloan-beer-game-online\u0022\u003EMIT Beer Distribution Game\u003C\/a\u003E as a testbed, the authors benchmarked AI agents against more than 100 Georgia Tech students. The results were striking: AI-driven systems reduced total supply chain costs by up to 67% compared to human performance.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional automated systems rely on rigid, human-designed rules. Calmon and his co-authors employed autonomous agents that learn, adapt, and coordinate across functions in real time. The study highlights four critical factors for success: selecting capable reasoning models, implementing guardrails to prevent costly errors, curating data through orchestration, and refining prompts for optimal performance.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis breakthrough positions the Scheller College of Business as a thought leader at the intersection of AI and supply chain innovation,\u201d said Calmon. \u201cWorld-class supply chain management is becoming a plug-and-play capability. Businesses that understand how to guide generative AI agents with the right data and policies will gain a decisive competitive edge.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe implications extend beyond cost savings. By delegating operational decisions to autonomous systems, human managers can focus on strategic priorities such as network design and supplier relationships. 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For two Georgia Tech graduates, studying metabolomics,\u0026nbsp;the exploration of the body\u2019s chemical processes, and\u0026nbsp;an\u0026nbsp;existing NASA chemical analysis technology\u0026nbsp;inspired\u0026nbsp;a company that hopes to change the face of preventative healthcare.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech College of Engineering alumni Chad Pozarycki, Ph.D., CHBE, 2022, and Jos\u00e9 Andrade, AE, 2025, are on a mission to make biochemical\u0026nbsp;monitoring more accessible \u2014 with a focus on preventing disease. Today, their startup\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.deleon-omics.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.deleon-omics.com\/\u0022\u003EDeleon\u003C\/a\u003E, using NASA\u2019s technology (originally designed to search for life on Mars) and metabolomics, provides a system that uses daily urine sampling\u0026nbsp;to track metabolites related to overtraining, stress, and recovery. Future applications will be aimed at early disease detection.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSomething that frustrated me about metabolomics was its lack of focus on preventive care,\u201d said Andrade. \u201cWe created Deleon by combining these ideas and tracking the human metabolome to optimize for healthy lifestyles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Deleon founders began the company shortly after Pozarycki completed his graduate studies at Georgia Tech, with Andrade moonlighting and Pozarycki working a part-time job at Georgia Tech\u2019s bike shop to keep the project afloat. In the beginning, funding was a major challenge.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI finished my Ph.D., was working on Deleon, and didn\u2019t have any income. CREATE-X gave us $5,000 in funding, which motivated us to keep going on this project,\u201d said Pozarycki.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s campus-wide initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence and help students launch startups, provided more than funding. Through the program, Deleon received guidance on finding potential customers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe one-on-one advice from expert CREATE-X entrepreneurs and organizers like Rahul [CREATE-X director] and Margaret [LAUNCH associate director] was super valuable and helped us focus on launching our minimum viable product and getting our first customers,\u201d said Andrade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program\u2019s culminating event, Demo Day, gave Deleon a platform to present to investors and the public. Among dozens of student-led startups, Deleon\u2019s data-driven approach attracted strong interest. The exposure led to an eventual $850,000 investment, partially funded by Georgia Tech\u0027s early-stage fund, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ventures.commercialization.gatech.edu\/\u0022 id=\u0022menurmoc\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/ventures.commercialization.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGTF Ventures\u003C\/a\u003E. This investment allowed the founders to work full-time on the company, hire a team, and build a lab space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would recommend the CREATE-X program to anyone,\u201d Pozarycki said. \u201cEven if you don\u2019t think you want to start a company, there\u2019s a lot you can learn about commercialization in this program that may change your mind and give you more control over your own fate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeleon\u2019s path from concept to launch highlights the growing role of Georgia Tech\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem in supporting student innovation. Programs like CREATE-X not only help students build companies but also contribute to regional economic growth by keeping talent and investment in the Southeast.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X is the best environment on campus to learn by doing,\u201d Pozarycki said. \u201cYou are encouraged to build something real, not just talk about it. You\u2019ll leave knowing how to talk to customers, how to pitch, and how to think like a founder.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOpportunities for Entrepreneurs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty, researchers, and alumni interested in developing their own startups are encouraged to apply to CREATE-X\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The early admission deadline to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR\/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F\/form\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eapply for Startup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eis Nov. 17. 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The tool, CEDRC\u2122, is an economic development certification program that assists communities in planning for workforce infrastructure. \u201cIt looks beyond one county or one city line and focuses on commuting patterns \u2014 where people actually live, shop, go to school. That\u2019s what gives you a truer sense of regional impact.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ECEDRC\u2122 was developed with coastal Georgia in mind, specifically the unprecedented scale of the Hyundai investment. But its applications are broader \u2014 a way for cities and counties to model real-world impact and plan accordingly. It translates job growth into practical numbers: how many households, how many students, how much more demand on water, roads, or emergency services.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EFor Pembroke Community Development Director Derek Cathcart, that modeling is critical.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a tension between keeping the small-town charm people value, and the growth pressures we\u2019re seeing,\u201d Cathcart said. \u201cYou have to plan for that middle ground. We\u2019re doing infrastructure studies, housing studies, transportation planning \u2014 and this tool helps us make those decisions with real data.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcGriff, who grew up not far from Pembroke and has worked extensively with rural communities, understands that language matters.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSometimes planners talk in units per acre, in zoning codes \u2014 but people don\u2019t live in codes. They live in places that feel right to them,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I ask: Does this feel like the town you want?\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn April, McGriff and her team hosted a public listening session in Pembroke, where residents gathered to view street designs, development options, and housing styles. Rather than presenting a one-size-fits-all plan, the team asked locals what they liked, what felt right, and what kind of community they wanted to build.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not about imposing a vision,\u201d McGriff said. \u201cIt\u2019s about helping people shape their own.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe feedback gathered from that session will be shared with city leaders and used to help guide updates to zoning codes and ordinances \u2014 giving Pembroke the regulatory tools it needs to make its residents\u2019 vision a reality.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new model lets communities visualize the future they want \u2014 whether that\u2019s historic preservation and thoughtful infill development or room for newer commercial corridors. And it emphasizes that decisions made today shape what becomes permanent.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou\u2019ve got one bite at the apple,\u201d McGriff said. \u201cOnce it\u2019s built, it\u2019s built.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBack at Butler\u2019s Tire \u0026amp; Lube, business is good. New faces are walking in the door, and Butler enjoys chatting with folks about where they came from and why they chose Pembroke.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019d never live anywhere but a small town,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s different now \u2014 a big change to get used to \u2014 but it\u2019s exciting too.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Pembroke and so many other towns that are neighbors to big development projects, growth is inevitable. 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Blair Meeks\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:blair.meeks@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eblair.meeks@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"684128":{"#nid":"684128","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Put Financial Influencers to the Test Using AI","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have designed the first benchmark that tests how well existing AI tools can interpret advice from YouTube financial influencers, also known as finfluencers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELead author \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelgalarnyk\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Galarnyk\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Machine Learning \u201928, joined lead authors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/veerkejriwal\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVeer Kejriwal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, B.S. Computer Science \u201925, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/agam-shah\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAgam Shah\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Machine Learning \u201926, along with co-authors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yash-bhardwaj-tech\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYash Bhardwaj\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u00c9cole Polytechnique, M.S. Trustworthy and Responsible AI \u201827; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nicholaswatney\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicholas Meyer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering \u201922 and Quantitative and Computational Finance \u201924; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anandmkrishnan\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnand Krishnan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Stanford University, B.S. Computer Science \u201827; and, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/chava\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESudheer Chava\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Alton M. Costley Chair and professor of Finance at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAptly named VideoConviction, the multimodal benchmark included hundreds of video clips. Experts labelled each clip with the influencer\u2019s recommendation (buy, sell, or hold) and how strongly the influencer seemed to believe in their advice, based on tone, delivery, and facial expressions. The goal? To see how accurately AI can pick up on both the message and the conviction behind it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur work shows that financial reasoning remains a challenge for even the most advanced models,\u201d said Michael Galarnyk, lead author. \u201cMultimodal inputs bring some improvement, but performance often breaks down on harder tasks that require distinguishing between casual discussion and meaningful analysis. Understanding where these models fail is a first step toward building systems that can reason more reliably in high stakes domains.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/georgia-tech-research-ai-financial-influencers.html\u0022\u003ERead More\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers created a new benchmark showing that even advanced AI still struggles to distinguish real investment recommendations from casual commentary, raising concerns about AI\u2019s reliability and financial influencer credibility.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers created a new benchmark showing that even advanced AI still struggles to distinguish real investment recommendations from casual commentary."}],"uid":"36730","created_gmt":"2025-08-25 16:51:36","changed_gmt":"2025-08-25 16:56:18","author":"klowe36","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677785":{"id":"677785","type":"image","title":"AI Finfluencer Research","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Galarnyk, Ph.D. Machine Learning \u201928; Veer Kejriwal, B.S. Computer Science \u201925; Agam Shah, Ph.D. Machine Learning \u201926; and Sudheer Chava, Alton M. 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On Aug. 28, from 5 \u2013 7 p.m., more than 1,500 attendees will gather at Georgia Tech\u2019s Exhibition Hall to find out at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E, where CREATE-X will showcase over 100 startups coming out of Georgia Tech. Tickets are free but limited \u2014\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003Eearly registration\u003C\/a\u003E is strongly encouraged.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Demo Day, founders bring solutions that tackle some of today\u2019s most urgent challenges across industries. Expect to see startups tackling global challenges with bold new solutions, such as: providing mRNA therapies that could transform vaccine access, using ultra-efficient AI chips that run on a fraction of the power, and building innovative inspection tools that are already helping companies like Tesla catch defects in seconds. Demo Day provides attendees an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with new products, meet the founders behind them, and experience the momentum of a startup ecosystem in full swing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDonnie Beamer, the City of Atlanta\u2019s senior technology advisor, attended the last Demo Day and spoke about moments that impressed him most.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe founders of NeuroChamp had a headband that reads brainwaves. It makes me call into question what I was doing in college!\u201d Beamer said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounders showcasing at Demo Day have spent 12 weeks working on their startups during the CREATE-X accelerator, Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEvery founder in that room will have spent the summer chasing the right problem and building a solution to solve it,\u201d Rahul Saxena, director of CREATE-X, said. \u201cDemo Day is proof that entrepreneurship can be taught and developed, from ideation to customer discovery.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeamer said that the program pushes people to be creative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cGeorgia Tech is a safe place to try and fail and innovate, which is invaluable. Instead of just telling students to do X and expecting them to execute on it, CREATE-X allows for creativity and discovery,\u201d Beamer said. \u201cThat can be transformative for students, the Institute, and the city of Atlanta.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnlike other startup exhibitions, there are no on-stage pitches \u2014 just direct connection in a casual, interactive format. Attendees and investors can test the tech out themselves. Past Demo Days have led to venture funding, strategic partnerships, media coverage, and more. It\u2019s an energetic atmosphere with the exchange of ideas, an opening of doors, and a community building the future together.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are a few kinds of naysayers; for example, some who think Atlanta doesn\u2019t have much entrepreneurial activity and others who feel isolated from communities like this one,\u201d Beamer said. \u201cDemo Day lets them look behind the curtain and see the vibrant, innovative ecosystem that they can be a part of in our city as we look to become a top-five tech hub in the nation. Georgia Tech is a huge part of that.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister for Demo Day today!\u003C\/a\u003E The future is waiting for you to discover it.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn August 28, \u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u2019s Exhibition Hall will fill with the energy of over 100 startups built by students, faculty, alumni, and researchers during Demo Day 2025, the culmination of CREATE-X\u0027s 12-week summer accelerator, Startup Launch . Attendees can explore innovations like ultra-efficient AI chips and mRNA therapies,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Emeet founders, and test the tech themselves \u2014 all in a casual, interactive format. 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McCallum is a translational research advocate in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, currently ranked No. 2 in the nation by \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E. He hopes to accelerate the commercialization of the most promising biotech advances. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen McCallum learned about the Jim Pope Fellowship, he saw it as a tremendous opportunity. \u201cBiomedical engineering research has so much potential to be translated into products and solutions that tackle unmet clinical needs, that could be shaped to enhance society in general,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a collaboration between biology, medicine, and engineering. The Pope Fellowship is a unique opportunity to explore new projects dedicated to entrepreneurship.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcCallum is one of five faculty members to receive the Jim Pope Fellowship, which supports faculty in becoming entrepreneurial instructors and mentors in CREATE-X. He hopes to leverage this fellowship to instill entrepreneurial confidence in biomedical engineering graduate students and faculty and help them translate their research into IP and healthcare-focused products to be used in and out of the clinic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince being named a fellow, McCallum has applied the funding to attend conferences to learn more about new methods for teaching commercialization and entrepreneurship, develop programming to enhance the student experience, increase student understanding and interest in entrepreneurship, and explore creative new projects he has envisioned while at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEstablishing a New Commercialization Course\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeginning in the fall, he will teach a new course, Fundamentals of Biotechnology Commercialization, targeting BME graduate students. McCallum developed the curriculum, which begins with an overview of technology commercialization and the commercialization process, followed by modules on IP \u2014 how to protect one\u2019s inventions; financing, with a focus on early-stage commercialization funding opportunities; and choosing a commercialization path.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the second part of the course, students will simulate a patent filing,\u201d says McCallum. \u201cIt\u2019s a really important step in the commercialization process. In future iterations of the course, I would love to have students file real disclosures and provisional patent applications with our Tech Transfer Office and have a licensing associate talk to them about managing the IP.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBME Innovations Pivotal to Georgia Tech\u2019s IP Ecosystem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcCallum sees Georgia Tech BME researchers as an important driver of innovation, and the Institute\u2019s patent track record reflects their critical role: More than 21% of U.S.-issued patents to Georgia Tech have at least one BME inventor listed, according to the Office of Commercialization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past year, he has already seen the value of infusing an entrepreneurial spirit into his curriculum. Annabelle Singer (BME) and Levi Wood (ME) were mentored by McCallum while they were developing an audiovisual device to help stimulate brain activity in patients with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and epilepsy. Through this mentorship, Singer and Wood recognized possible use cases and commercialization pathways for their technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTheir device has potential applications in a wide range of other neurological conditions \u2014 to lessen the impact of these disorders on people in their everyday life,\u201d says McCallum, adding, \u201cI\u2019m excited about Georgia Tech and Emory\u2019s commitment to developing programs to enhance neuroscience and neural engineering research. There\u2019s so much potential in that space, especially for being able to significantly impact diseases like Alzheimer\u2019s, Parkinson\u2019s, and Huntington\u2019s disease, as well as strokes and epilepsy. We are moving in the right direction with being able to improve the efficacy of the modalities to diagnose and treat these conditions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to McCallum, his close connection to CREATE-X has given him a unique opportunity to see the impact of the program on the entrepreneurial endeavors of students and even faculty members.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPrevious fellows have been very successful with developing new educational programs and courses, as well as creating new spaces to spawn innovation, to instill entrepreneurial confidence in undergraduate students, and I want to use those successes as inspiration to make an impact on graduate student entrepreneurial confidence in BME, with much more to come,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs one of President \u00c1ngel Cabrera\u0027s four Big Bets, the drive for entrepreneurial education and opportunities has accelerated at Georgia Tech. In 2023, over a third of all Georgia Tech applicants selected entrepreneurship as an interest. Pope Fellows have a unique opportunity to help students tap into entrepreneurial pathways with CREATE-X, access an abundance of resources, and solve real-world problems. For faculty interested in joining, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q\u0022\u003Eapplications\u003C\/a\u003E are open for the 2025 Jim Pope Fellowship until Sept. 2. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdam McCallum, a Jim Pope Fellow and translational research advocate in Georgia Tech\u2019s Wallace H. 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Between 2010 and 2018, U.S. imports of engineered stone slabs\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/10482911231189503\u0022\u003E increased by 800%\u003C\/a\u003E. One\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.freedoniagroup.com\/industry-study\/global-engineered-stone-countertops\u0022\u003Ereport predicted\u003C\/a\u003E that global demand will increase 5.4% each year, to reach 97 million square meters by 2028.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESometimes referred to as manufactured stone or quartz (which is, confusingly, also the name of one of its main components), to the untrained eye, the material looks no different from natural stone. One of its biggest advantages is that it can be made to resemble marble, granite, or nearly any other stone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeneath the material\u2019s familiar smooth surface, however, lie safety risks for engineered stone workers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch conducted by a team of Georgia Tech scientists demonstrates that everyone in a fabrication shop is at risk, not just the workers cutting and fashioning the material.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe group included members of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oshainfo.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESafety, Health, and Environmental Services\u003C\/a\u003E (SHES) program: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oshainfo.gatech.edu\/staff\/jenny-houlroyd-cih-mpsh\/\u0022\u003EJenny Houlroyd\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oshainfo.gatech.edu\/staff\/hilarie-warren-cih-mph\/\u0022\u003EHilarie Warren\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oshainfo.gatech.edu\/staff\/brandon-j-philpot-mph\/\u0022\u003EBrandon J. 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Together with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholars.georgiasouthern.edu\/en\/persons\/jhy-charm-soo-2\u0022\u003EJhy-Charm Soo\u003C\/a\u003E of\u0026nbsp;Georgia Southern University, they recently published their findings in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/\u0022\u003EOxford Academic\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/annweh\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/annweh\/wxaf014\/8116008?utm_source=advanceaccess\u0026amp;utm_campaign=annweh\u0026amp;utm_medium=email#512191161\u0022\u003EThe study\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;divided engineered stone workers into four risk groups and charted their relative exposure to the material\u2019s chief hazard:\u0026nbsp;respirable crystalline silica.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA \u201cToxic Product\u201d\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEngineered stone differs notably from its natural counterpart, both in composition and in danger to worker health. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA stone slab cut from the ground, such as granite or marble,\u0026nbsp;comprises\u0026nbsp;several different minerals and typically has a concentration of 40% or less of mineral crystalline silica \u2014 usually quartz, which is the most abundant form of crystalline silica.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEngineered stone, however, can contain more than 90% silica. Slabs are produced when silica is crushed, combined with synthetic resins, and compressed using heat or pressure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring fabrication, these slabs are cut and shaped by powered hand tools. The resulting dust contains tiny particles of respirable crystalline silica. Once inhaled,\u0026nbsp;some of the particulate may stay in the lungs and cause an inflammatory response.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile crystalline silica is released from both natural and engineered slabs during fabrication, the engineered slabs\u2019 significantly higher percentage of silica poses a much greater risk to human health.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA growing body of research indicates that breathing engineered stone dust leads to lung inflammation and can cause acute silicosis, an untreatable lung disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would classify engineered stone as a really toxic product,\u201d said Houlroyd, manager of occupational health services at SHES. \u201cWhen you have something that\u2019s high-risk, you have to prepare for systems to fail and have backup measures.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommitted to Safety\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver six years, the SHES research group collected air-sampling data, making 17 visits to 11 Georgia stone fabrication shops. The shops had all requested air-sampling services offered by SHES.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe companies agree that by working with us, they commit to correcting the hazards and reducing exposures, as much as is feasible,\u201d Houlroyd noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause most kitchen and bathroom countertop fabrication shops are small employers, workers often complete a variety of tasks, resulting in a range of exposure factors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team recommended that all manufactured stone fabrication workers\u0026nbsp;wear respirators, such as an N95 mask. For employees who are the most exposed, they recommended a respirator with a powered air-purifying element or supplied air.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut personal protective equipment (PPE) alone does not ensure safe conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMost of the workers in this industry are relying on respirators as their primary source of protection, and they need a lot more to protect them,\u201d explained Houlroyd. \u201cPPE is the last line of defense, and safety needs to be addressed from all angles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPart of that multifaceted strategy includes repeated monitoring of air quality and equipment. It\u2019s also crucial for employers to make sure that exposure risks are understood by all workers \u2014 not just employees, but also contract and day laborers, as well as those working for cash.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore Than Just a Job\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs members of SHES, the Georgia Tech research team members are first and foremost health and safety consultants, with expertise spanning industrial hygiene, environmental compliance, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Houlroyd, worker safety is not just a professional calling; it\u2019s also a personal mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy dad got sick with brain cancer from exposure to contaminants on the job, and he died four years ago,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThough he didn\u2019t work in the manufactured stone industry, his story is representative of many people who go to work each day to feed their family, are not aware of workplace hazards, and then find themselves sick.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe public can play a part in worker safety, too.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cConsumers have a choice and can educate themselves about what type of countertop materials they choose to have installed \u2014 like how we look at food labels for nutritional information,\u201d said Warren, who oversees the OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe should be aware of the risk to workers, as well as how the installation process in our homes should be properly managed to prevent dust contamination,\u201d she added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Zero-Risk Solution\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2024, Australia eliminated the risks associated with engineered stone fabrication. Despite having enacted stronger regulations in 2019, the country continued to see a rise in silicosis cases resulting from exposure to respirable crystalline silica.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAustralia\u2019s solution?\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1183\/13993003.00138-2024\u0022\u003EEnacting a ban\u003C\/a\u003E on the import and fabrication of the material until its safe manufacture can be demonstrated.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn their report, the Georgia Tech group recommends that the U.S. do the same. As Houlroyd put it, \u201cI would love to see our country find a safer substitution and take this dangerous product off the market.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E____________________\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u201cRespirable dust and respirable crystalline silica exposures among workers at stone countertop fabrication shops in Georgia from 2017 through 2023\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConflict of interest\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;Jenny Houlroyd has served as an expert witness in silicosis legal cases unrelated to this research. 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Researchers from Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern University recommend the U.S. do the same.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Engineered stone has been in use for homes since the 1970s but creates serious health hazards for workers who produce them."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2025-07-28 14:17:01","changed_gmt":"2025-07-30 14:28:40","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677502":{"id":"677502","type":"image","title":"Sanding Photo - Javier Padilla","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003EJavier Padilla, a sander with a metro Atlanta stone fabrication company, works on smoothing out a slab. 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New \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4611791\u0022\u003Eresearch\u003C\/a\u003E from Georgia Tech shows that spending at local businesses across an affected community declines for at least six months.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing school shootings, community members are 2% less likely to shop at area grocery stores. Convenience shops and liquor stores lose 3% of their business during this period. Restaurant and bar patronage drops even further \u2014 to 8%.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECumulatively, a local economy can lose $5.4 million over six months.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe set out to explore whether school shootings would have a direct causal impact on community economic activity,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/pattabhiramaiah\/index.html\u0022\u003EAdithya Pattabhiramaiah\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ESharon A. and David B. Pearce Professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EScheller College of Business.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cIt may seem like a 2% loss is small, but that can add up to a pretty sizable revenue impact for a retailer with small margins.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Data\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year study combined statistical data and experimental interviews. The researchers started by examining NielsenIQ data, which tracks what shoppers buy at stores by county. Their NielsenIQ sample included 63 fatal school shootings between 2012 and 2019. Next, the researchers combined this with a Center for Homeland Defense and Security dataset of school shootings. They also examined a study of the nutritional value of products people bought at grocery stores in areas with school shootings.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers hypothesized that people buy unhealthier foods to cope with negative emotions. Instead, their analysis showed people don\u2019t buy comfort food after school shootings \u2014 because they generally don\u2019t shop at all.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPattabhiramaiah and his collaborators compared these datasets with those of neighboring counties that did not experience a school shooting. They followed purchasing patterns for a year, from six months before the event through six months after. The study\u2019s statistical controls helped rule out other reasons people might shop less, such as weather events or holidays.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Emotional Impact\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt was important to the researchers to show that people not only spend less, but also why. So, the team conducted experimental studies in which participants read a hypothetical shooting scenario and were asked to share their emotional response to it and discuss how such an event might affect their shopping.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis experimental data backed up the numbers. People are more likely to consolidate their shopping trips and dine out less. This often comes down to anxiety about being in public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe show the main driver isn\u2019t fear, or even sadness,\u201d Pattabhiramaiah said. \u201cIf that were the case, we would see evidence of people indulging in comfort foods, as past studies have shown. Rather, the main feeling is anxiety.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne thing is clear from Pattabhiramaiah\u2019s research. Policymakers need to think about how to help their communities recover when school shootings occur. 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Brian P. Kemp at the Georgia State Capitol for 65 years of service to the manufacturing industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe commendation acknowledged GaMEP for leveraging its world-renowned expertise and resources to advance manufacturing and economic prosperity across the state, supporting an industry that adds $82 billion to the economy and employs 425,000 residents, according to the National Association of Manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis impact reflects decades of intentional growth and support for the industry. By 1960, more than 4,500 manufacturers had planted roots across Georgia \u2014 the result of strategic efforts by state leaders, with economic development assistance from Georgia Tech, to industrialize the economy. But growth brought new challenges. Manufacturers needed technical support to stay competitive. In response, the Georgia General Assembly voted to establish the Georgia Tech Industrial Extension Service (now known as the GaMEP). This created statewide field offices that provide a direct link between industry and innovation, delivering on-site technical expertise to help manufacturers thrive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur role is to support those manufacturers so together we can help grow the state\u2019s economy \u2014 and we\u2019ve been really successful at that,\u201d said Tim Israel, GaMEP director and EI2 associate vice president for corporate engagement\/firm-based programs. \u201cIn 2024, Georgia experienced a significant return on its investment with the GaMEP generating an impressive $294 for every state dollar allocated to manufacturing projects. This remarkable outcome highlights the critical importance of the state\u2019s strategic investments in strengthening Georgia\u2019s manufacturing sector.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past decade alone, the GaMEP has provided assistance and education to more than 3,900 manufacturers across 144 counties, helping them create or retain 14,500 jobs, invest $1 billion in capital improvements, realize $3.5 billion in sales, and save nearly $450 million in costs. The GaMEP primarily serves small- to medium-sized manufacturers with 75% employing less than 250 workers. Its top-served industries include fabricated metal products, food, machinery, and chemical and transportation equipment manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen Georgia manufacturers become more productive and profitable, they hire more people, pay better wages, and stabilize local economies, especially in rural and underserved areas of the state,\u201d said David Bridges, EI2 vice president. \u201cThis also creates pathways for career advancement for frontline workers who might not have had previous opportunities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, GaMEP\u2019s reach spans 10 regions across the state, each led by a dedicated region manager who lives and works locally, offering manufacturers direct, knowledgeable connections to its expert team, valuable resources, and diverse partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe GaMEP has been a trusted collaborator and valued partner in strengthening manufacturing across Georgia,\u201d said Lloyd Avram, Georgia Association of Manufacturers CEO and president. \u201cTogether, we\u2019ve supported thousands of manufacturers statewide \u2014 helping them embrace innovation, improve operations, and remain competitive. We appreciate their extensive expertise and shared dedication to advancing the industry, and we look forward to continuing our work together to ensure Georgia remains one of the best states for manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGaMEP\u2019s impact and success by region, according to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgia.org\/regions\u0022\u003EGeorgia Department of Economic Development regions\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECoastal Region\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECounties: Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Screven.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EManufacturers served: 269.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJobs created\/retained: 283.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECapital improvement investment: $23,171,292.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECosts saved: $1,645,061.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESales realized: $13,965,000.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESuccess 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Brian Kemp recognizes GaMEP history and impact serving manufacturers in Georgia."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2025-07-24 19:29:37","changed_gmt":"2025-07-24 22:42:52","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677483":{"id":"677483","type":"image","title":"Gov. Kemp GaMEP Commendation","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute receives a commendation from Gov. Brian P. Kemp at the Georgia State Capitol for 65 years of service to the manufacturing industry. The commendation acknowledged GaMEP for leveraging its world-renowned expertise and resources to advance manufacturing and economic prosperity across the state, supporting an industry that adds $82 billion to the economy and employs 425,000 residents. (Photo: Georgia Governor\u0027s Office)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1753385588","gmt_created":"2025-07-24 19:33:08","changed":"1753396877","gmt_changed":"2025-07-24 22:41:17","alt":"Group photo of Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership staff receiving a commendation from Georgia Gov. 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But that\u2019s exactly what she\u2019s doing thanks to Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2012, Washington, a seasoned construction veteran with 25 years of expertise and a master\u2019s degree in building construction from Georgia Tech, noticed a shortage of project managers. She oversaw capital improvements and construction buildouts nationally and was consistently getting asked by clients to oversee the construction buildouts. This would spark the idea to start her business and launch Cancave Management \u0026amp; Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the next decade, Washington built a successful company and yet she continued to see this recurring shortage of project managers. According to Associated Builders and Contractors, the construction sector still grapples with a significant talent shortage that extends beyond the skilled trades to include construction management positions, with a projected need for nearly half a million additional workers in 2025 alone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have fewer people entering the industry. With the pandemic, we had a great exodus where a lot of people decided to get out of the industry and retire early, and then you have the emerging housing market and infrastructure needs, creating demand for construction in general \u2014 the perfect storm,\u201d Washington said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDetermined to find more ways to address the problem, she joined Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Building Construction as a part-time instructor and, in 2024, began pursuing her Ph.D. at Tech, where she learned about the Jim Pope Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing a Pope Fellow has been transformational to my experience as an entrepreneur,\u201d Washington said. \u201cWhen I started my company, I wish I had something like this. Through this fellowship, I was able to dig deeper into my idea, validate assumptions, and shape it into a solution that addresses the pain points of labor shortages and compliance bottlenecks in the underutilization or over-utilization of resources.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a fellow, Washington was also awarded $15,000 in discretionary funds to support her teaching and entrepreneurial efforts. With the resources from Jim Pope, Washington has been able to make meaningful impacts for students and her company.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the last year, she has worked on the next evolution of her business by building Extend the Ladder\u00ae,\u0026nbsp; a workforce resource and compliance platform built around an industrywide shared resource model for construction professionals. One application of her platform would allow general contractors to share resources by enabling them to find and coordinate talent from a single database.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to helping her pursue a construction job-matching platform, the fellowship has reinforced her love of teaching and mentoring entrepreneurial-minded students. As a part of the fellowship, Washington taught CREATE-X\u2019s Startup Lab, which teaches the fundamentals of evidence-based entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne student, Vivianne Akerman, a rising junior in industrial engineering, became Washington\u2019s mentee after\u0026nbsp;her spring Startup Lab class. Bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, Akerman decided to continue her entrepreneurial journey in CREATE-X\u2019s Idea-to-Prototype (I2P) course. She turned an idea into action with guidance from Washington, building a solution for a problem she identified during Startup Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCandace is an amazing mentor who pushes students to be their best selves,\u201d said Akerman, who is developing a makeup platform designed \u201cto make makeup practical and less overwhelming.\u201d The platform will enable consumers to compare and review products and ultimately find what brands work best for them, given their skin type and desired look.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love how positive she is,\u201d adds Akerman. \u201cThis is new for me \u2014 it\u2019s very exciting but also very overwhelming. She helps me stay focused on my priorities and what\u2019s most important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWashington emphasizes that there is no guidebook to becoming an entrepreneur; rather, the path must be discovered through conversations, relationship-building, and learning from the experiences of others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis experience deepened my appreciation for the spirit of entrepreneurship \u2014 it\u2019s been invaluable for me,\u201d she says. \u201cI would tell anybody who\u0027s trying to start a business, you need to go through this process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, as a mentor herself, Washington credits her fellowship in CREATE-X for giving her the confidence and framework to help others. And she credits her path as a mentor and teacher of entrepreneurship to the home she\u2019s found at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDrawing from her own experiences, both the challenges and the triumphs, she offers a piece of advice that she believes aspiring entrepreneurs should carry with them.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStart now \u2014 you don\u2019t need all the answers. Focus on the process, stay committed, and be open to real-world feedback.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications are now open for the 2025 Jim Pope Fellowship until Sept. 2. Interested faculty can learn more at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECandace Washington, with 25 years in construction and a master\u2019s from Georgia Tech, founded Cancave Management \u0026amp; Engineering to address a growing shortage of project managers. Her entrepreneurial journey deepened through the Jim Pope Fellowship, which provided funding and support to develop Extend the Ladder\u00ae, a workforce and compliance platform for the construction industry. As a part-time instructor and mentor at Georgia Tech, she inspires students like Vivianne Akerman to pursue their own ventures through programs like CREATE-X. 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Four Georgia Tech colleges. One semester-long project with an uncertain outcome. Led by Scheller College of Business Law and Ethics\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/alexander\/index.html\u0022\u003EProfessor Charlotte Alexander\u003C\/a\u003E students from across the Institute came together in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-and-initiatives\/law-data-design-lab\/index.html\u0022\u003ELaw, Data, and Design Lab\u003C\/a\u003E to complete a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/vip.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVertically Integrated Project\u003C\/a\u003E during the 2025 Spring semester. 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The report, \u201cCREATE-X: A Decade of Success,\u201d reviews the first 10 years of impact and mission.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X was established to instill entrepreneurial confidence in Georgia Tech students and provide them with the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to create their own future. From its humble beginnings with eight teams, the program has expanded to include three distinct branches: Learn, Make, and Launch. These branches cater to the multifaceted needs of entrepreneurial students, offering courses, mentorship, seed funding, and opportunities to develop and launch startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough our value pillars of experiential education, entrepreneurial confidence, and real-world impact, we strive to enable our students to solve the problems they are passionate about solving. And as we look to the future, CREATE-X aims to become the nation\u2019s top startup campus, launching 300 startups each year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOur commitment to nurturing student innovation and expanding entrepreneurial education remains steadfast. We invite all Georgia Tech students, faculty, alumni, and the public to join us in this exciting journey. Together, we create the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/news-events-publications\/research-publications\u0022\u003EDownload our report\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInterested in creating your own startup?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students, faculty, researchers, and alumni interested in developing their own startups are encouraged to apply to CREATE-X\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E. The program provides $5,000 in optional seed funding, $150,000 in in-kind services, mentorship, entrepreneurial workshops, networking events, and resources to help build and scale startups. The program culminates in Demo Day, where teams present their startups to potential investors. The deadline to apply for Startup Launch is March 19, 2025. Spots are limited. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EApply now\u003C\/a\u003E for a higher chance of acceptance and early feedback.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor students interested in taking a CREATE-X course, consider exploring \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\/startup-lab\u0022\u003EStartup Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003EIdea to Prototype\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/create-x-capstone\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Capstone Design\u003C\/a\u003E. These courses can be taken in any order to fit your schedule, and they offer opportunities for funding and other resources. The deadline for applications and registrations for these courses is Jan. 6 for Spring 2025 and May 12\u0026nbsp;for Summer 2025.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd as always, we invite you to attend our CREATE-X events. CREATE-X hosts workshops and events throughout the year, focusing on brainstorming and receiving feedback on startup ideas, networking and building a team, understanding the legal landscapes of startups, hearing founder insights, and witnessing the latest innovations at Georgia Tech. We hope to see you there.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInterested in supporting CREATE-X?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty members interested in getting involved with CREATE-X can participate as teachers or mentors in various programs such as Startup Lab, CREATE-X Capstone, Idea to Prototype, and Startup Launch. Faculty can also apply for the next cohort of the Jim Pope Fellowship when it opens in the spring. For additional information or inquiries, contact the director of CREATE-X, Rahul Saxena, at rahulsaxena@gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor those interested in donating to or partnering with CREATE-X, your generosity and collaboration is greatly appreciated. Donations to CREATE-X can be made through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/46972\/donations\/new\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Give Campus portal\u003C\/a\u003E. For questions and requests to collaborate, please email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:create-x@groups.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecreate-x@groups.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X appreciates the unwavering support from our community, donors, and partners. Your contributions have been instrumental in shaping the entrepreneurial landscape at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo our students, we encourage you to continue being bold, creative, and fearless in your pursuits. CREATE-X is here to support you every step of the way, providing the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to turn your ideas into reality.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X, founded in 2014 at Georgia Tech, has released its first decade report. CREATE-X was established to instill entrepreneurial confidence in Georgia Tech students, providing them with the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to create their own future. Over the past decade, the program has grown significantly, offering courses, mentorship, seed funding, and opportunities to develop and launch startups through its Learn, Make, and Launch branches. With a commitment to experiential education, entrepreneurial confidence, and real-world impact, CREATE-X aims to become the nation\u0027s top startup campus, launching 300 startups each year. The program invites all Georgia Tech students, faculty, alumni, and the public to join in its mission of nurturing student innovation and expanding entrepreneurial education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CREATE-X, founded in 2014 at Georgia Tech, has released its first decade report, showcasing its impact of supporting the Georgia Tech community in launching more than 560 startups, achieving a total portfolio valuation of over $2 billion."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2025-01-17 17:12:47","changed_gmt":"2025-06-13 03:47:22","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676056":{"id":"676056","type":"image","title":"CREATE-X Decade Report Web Article (1200 x 630 px).png","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECollage of Startup Launch alumni an CREATE-X participants on the cover of the CREATE-X Decade Report\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1737135280","gmt_created":"2025-01-17 17:34:40","changed":"1737135280","gmt_changed":"2025-01-17 17:34:40","alt":"Collage of Startup Launch alumni an CREATE-X participants on the cover of the CREATE-X Decade Report","file":{"fid":"259763","name":"CREATE-X Decade Report Web Article (1200 x 630 px).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/17\/CREATE-X%20Decade%20Report%20Web%20Article%20%281200%20x%20630%20px%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/17\/CREATE-X%20Decade%20Report%20Web%20Article%20%281200%20x%20630%20px%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":960703,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/01\/17\/CREATE-X%20Decade%20Report%20Web%20Article%20%281200%20x%20630%20px%29.png?itok=6YCWD1Nf"}}},"media_ids":["676056"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"},{"id":"171056","name":"student innovation"},{"id":"167944","name":"seed funding"},{"id":"14601","name":"mentorship"},{"id":"194226","name":"experiential education"},{"id":"179217","name":"entrepreneurial confidence"},{"id":"194227","name":"real-world impact"},{"id":"4379","name":"learn"},{"id":"168639","name":"make"},{"id":"2496","name":"launch"},{"id":"194228","name":"entrepreneurial workshops"},{"id":"194229","name":"startup courses"},{"id":"168101","name":"startup lab"},{"id":"149181","name":"idea to prototype"},{"id":"9835","name":"capstone design"},{"id":"194124","name":"Jim Pope Fellowship"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"8994","name":"donations"},{"id":"11695","name":"Partnerships"},{"id":"194230","name":"Rahul Saxena"},{"id":"194231","name":"Transforming Tomorrows startup ecosystem"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682609":{"#nid":"682609","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CREATE-X Honors Its Founders With Largest-Ever Startup Cohort ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X, Georgia Tech\u2019s premier entrepreneurship program, kicked off its 12th Startup Launch cohort this month with a record-breaking 137 student teams and 25 faculty and research teams \u2014 totaling 318 founders. The summer-long accelerator, known for turning ideas into real-world ventures, is once again positioning Georgia Tech as a national leader in invention and startup creation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s cohort spans a wide range of industries, including artificial intelligence, defense, healthcare, gaming, sustainability, media management, agriculture tech, fashion tech, education, and more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese founders are in the messy middle and that\u0027s a beautiful place to be. There\u2019s a lot of freedom in that,\u201d said Margaret Weniger, director of Startup Launch. \u201cWe\u2019re all going to be in this together. It\u0027s a safe space to try new things. It\u2019s OK if it doesn\u0027t work out because what we want founders to learn is an entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial spirit \u2014 something you take with you no matter what you do after this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the next 12 weeks, teams will validate ideas, build products, and acquire customers with the help of dedicated coaches, a robust founder community, and a network of mentors and alumni.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaghupathy \u0022Siva\u0022 Sivakumar, Georgia Tech\u2019s inaugural vice president of Commercialization and the faculty founder of CREATE-X, spoke about the core of CREATE-X and what it would take for founders to succeed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStartup Launch is not about Georgia Tech gaining from your success. We are here just for one reason, which is to make you successful,\u201d he said. \u201cYou need to hold yourself accountable. You need to be ambitious in terms of how big a problem you solve. You need to be emphatic that the customer matters. The successful teams are 100% behind what\u0027s going to make the lives of customers easier and better.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2014, CREATE-X was co-founded by Sivakumar, Steve McLaughlin(who is now the president of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art), and other Georgia Tech faculty, including Ray Vito, Craig Forest, and Ravi Bellamkonda (who is now the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University). The program received its initial major philanthropic support from Chris Klaus, a Georgia Tech alumnus and tech entrepreneur, whose gift helped launch the initiative, and , played a key role in building out the program\u0027s maker courses. Over the years, CREATE-X has continued to grow, thanks largely to the philanthropic support of alumni and foundations who believe in its mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the last decade, the program has produced over 650 startups, $2.4 billion in portfolio valuation, and had eight founders named to Forbes\u2019 30 Under 30. Wagner shared stories of past teams who pivoted dramatically \u2014 from a glucose-monitoring pillow to a sobriety app now valued at over $350 million, and from a camping gear delivery service to a billion-dollar logistics platform.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe don\u2019t know which ideas will become the next unicorns,\u201d Weniger said. \u201cBut we\u2019re betting on you.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the kickoff event, McLaughlin and Klaus were honored for their contributions to Georgia Tech\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem. McLaughlin encouraged the founders through the story of CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom the very beginning, we challenged CREATE-X to be a startup as well. To this day, CREATE-X has raised its own money to do this. It\u0027s a reminder of what it takes to make this happen,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the most difficult challenge you have ever taken. I think at the time, we were probably skeptical about whether students could do it. Now we know that you can.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera reflected on the impact of McLaughlin, Klaus, and others who saw the vision of Georgia Tech being an entrepreneurial campus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTen years ago, this was a crazy, absurd idea,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, 150 teams are working on their own crazy ideas. Even though sometimes there\u0027s this idea of the entrepreneur as a loner, what you learn very quickly is entrepreneurship is a team sport.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKlaus spoke about people collaborating and helping solve problems together.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u0027m especially inspired by Georgia with its complex history,\u201d he said. \u201cIt continues to be a place where peace can be envisioned and pursued. I think this recognition strengthens my commitment to building bridges, resolving conflict, and lifting up voices that seek unity. As you build your businesses, you\u0027ll be building collaborations and partnerships, and hopefully make the world a better place.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the summer progresses, founders will be guided by CREATE-X\u2019s core values: experiential education, entrepreneurial confidence, and real-world impact. Weniger encouraged teams to \u201cshow up uncomfortable\u201d and \u201cleverage every single resource\u201d available.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe journey will culminate at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E, where teams will showcase their startups to investors, industry leaders, and the broader community. The event is free, open to the public, and promises a front-row seat to the next wave of Georgia Tech-born innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDemo Day 2025 will take place on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 5 p.m., in the Exhibition Hall.\u003C\/strong\u003E For more information and to RSVP, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Demo Day Eventbrite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X program has launched its largest-ever Startup Launch cohort, featuring 137 student teams and 25 faculty\/research teams, totaling 318 founders. The 12-week accelerator supports ventures across diverse industries like AI, healthcare, sustainability, and fashion tech, emphasizing entrepreneurial mindset and customer-focused innovation. Founders will receive mentorship, coaching, funding, and community support, culminating in a public Demo Day on August 28. The event also honored CREATE-X\u2019s founders and supporters, celebrating a decade of impact with over 650 startups and $2.4 billion in portfolio valuation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CREATE-X celebrates its biggest Startup Launch yet \u2014 318 founders strong \u2014 with a public Demo Day on August 28 that promises the unveiling of 100 new startups with bold ideas on tackling real-world problems."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2025-05-30 18:18:38","changed_gmt":"2025-06-05 14:39:37","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677161":{"id":"677161","type":"image","title":"CX-2025_Kickoff-051325-1-no-background-1.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECREATE-X\u2019s 12th cohort of Startup Launch with CREATE-X staff members and Atlanta leadership.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1748629132","gmt_created":"2025-05-30 18:18:52","changed":"1748629132","gmt_changed":"2025-05-30 18:18:52","alt":"CREATE-X\u2019s 12th cohort of Startup Launch with CREATE-X staff members and Atlanta leadership.","file":{"fid":"261030","name":"CX-2025_Kickoff-051325-1-no-background-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/30\/CX-2025_Kickoff-051325-1-no-background-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/30\/CX-2025_Kickoff-051325-1-no-background-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4955973,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/30\/CX-2025_Kickoff-051325-1-no-background-1.jpg?itok=jlchbrVC"}}},"media_ids":["677161"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article","title":"Demo Day Registration"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"9193","name":"accelerator"},{"id":"14601","name":"mentorship"},{"id":"166971","name":"startup launch"},{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"3652","name":"Demo Day"},{"id":"136901","name":"investor"},{"id":"194534","name":"faculty engagement"},{"id":"174430","name":"research commercialization"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"},{"id":"194535","name":"startup education"},{"id":"4326","name":"tech transfer"},{"id":"194016","name":"Community impact"},{"id":"2661","name":"training"},{"id":"194536","name":"startup support"},{"id":"192255","name":"go-commercializationnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682540":{"#nid":"682540","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hyunsun Park\u2019s Research Discovers That a Preoccupation With Failure Empowers Employee Voice","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/park\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHyunsun Park\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor of Organizational Behavior at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, never expected to attend graduate school. In fact, she was determined to avoid it. Two years into her job as an equity analyst for Bloomberg, her initial plan to get out of school fast and make money grew stale.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt felt really hollow,\u201d Park recalled. \u201cAll we talked about was how much money we were making or losing. There was no conversation about how people were feeling, how they were working together, or whether they were satisfied.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite the prestige and pay, she walked away to pursue more meaningful work. She enrolled in a master\u2019s program, fell in love with the field of organizational behavior, and eventually committed to a Ph.D. Today, Park\u2019s research works to understand people and organizations.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat fascinated Park most wasn\u2019t just the study of organizations; it was the people within them. She became fascinated by a simple question:\u202fWhy don\u2019t employees speak up when they see something going wrong? Park soon discovered that this deceptively simple question was deeply complex in practice.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer research led down a path of discovery that would shape her doctoral research. Park homed in on a concept known as\u202femployee voice \u2014 the act of speaking up with concerns, suggestions, or warnings. But she wasn\u2019t interested in the obvious cases. She wanted to understand what happens when the threat isn\u2019t clear. What happens when the warning signs are ambiguous, and the danger is uncertain?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn American culture, we value speaking up,\u201d she said. \u201cBut in the workplace, it\u2019s not that easy. People worry about how their managers will react. Will they look foolish? Will they be punished or even lose their job?\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer research, published in the \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2024-84505-001\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJournal of Applied Pyschology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022, revealed a troubling pattern. Employees are least likely to speak up when they face ambiguous threats. Through interviews, field studies, and experiments involving over 1,400 participants, Park found that cognitive overload and a deep-rooted reliance on managerial judgment often silenced employees. \u201cWhen the signals are unclear, people freeze,\u201d she explained. \u201cThey assume someone else \u2014 usually a manager \u2014 will figure it out.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne quote from her interviews stood out:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI noticed something was off with the readings, but I wasn\u2019t sure if it was serious. I didn\u2019t want to raise a false alarm, so I stayed quiet.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis hesitation, Park argues, can be dangerous. \u201cThese are the moments when employees should speak up the most,\u201d Park explained. \u201cThey\u2019re on the front lines. They notice things first. But ironically, this is when they\u2019re least likely to say anything.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt turns out, managers are often just as confused by ambiguous signals. This creates a dangerous silence \u2014 one where early signs of trouble go unaddressed until it\u2019s too late. In industries like chemical engineering or electronics \u2014 where she conducted many of her interviews \u2014 early warning signs can mean the difference between a minor issue and a major disaster.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPark\u2019s work doesn\u2019t just diagnose the problem. She offers a path forward. She advocates for organizations to build a\u202fculture of \u201cpreoccupation with failure.\u201d This is a mindset where employees are trained and encouraged to notice and speak up about potential issues, even when they\u2019re not sure. Companies like Netflix, she noted, are already investing in training programs to help employees analyze early warning signs and feel confident raising concerns.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPark hopes her research will\u202fempower employees to trust their instincts\u202fand speak up sooner. \u201cEmployees should realize the kind of power that they have, and they should feel free to challenge leadership and management and the decisions that are being made. Their voices are critical when they see signs of a problem.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYour voice matters, even when you\u2019re not 100% certain. Park\u2019s research shows that moments of ambiguity are when your voice is needed most.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/04\/why-employees-stay-silent-when-they-see-warning-signs-of-a-problem\u0022\u003ERead More: Harvard Business Review\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHyunsun Park\u2019s research explores why employees hesitate to speak up, especially in ambiguous situations, and proposes ways to empower organizations to foster a culture where early concerns are voiced and addressed.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hyunsun Park\u2019s research explores why employees hesitate to speak up, especially in ambiguous situations, and proposes ways to empower organizations to foster a culture where early concerns are voiced and addressed."}],"uid":"36730","created_gmt":"2025-05-27 15:57:57","changed_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:05:04","author":"klowe36","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677133":{"id":"677133","type":"image","title":"Hyunsun Park, assistant professor of Organizational Behavior","body":"\u003Cp\u003EHyunsun Park, assistant professor of Organizational Behavior\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1748360923","gmt_created":"2025-05-27 15:48:43","changed":"1748361238","gmt_changed":"2025-05-27 15:53:58","alt":"A woman leans against a railing and smiles","file":{"fid":"261001","name":"hyunsun-park.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/27\/hyunsun-park.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/27\/hyunsun-park.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":305913,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/27\/hyunsun-park.jpg?itok=FrqZ9Dda"}}},"media_ids":["677133"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kristin.lowe@scheller.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682182":{"#nid":"682182","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Propelling Georgia Tech to the Final Frontier","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarly on, Georgia Tech graduate students William Trenton Gantt and Hugh (Ka Yui) Chen imagined working in the space industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I was 14, I dreamed about being in space one day,\u201d recalls Chen, 22, a native of Hong Kong and a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering. \u201cI think the industry has been making space more accessible to everyone. Commercialization is a big part of enabling this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGantt, an engineer and former U.S. Army veteran graduating with an MBA from the Scheller College of Business this spring, remembered seeing the space shuttle retire and companies begin privatizing space as he entered young adulthood.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in space, and a lot of it comes from the challenge of going to space,\u201d he observes. \u201cSeeing how hard it is to get to space and seeing it become achievable \u2014 that to me was the most attractive thing about it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Gantt, the feeling always brings to mind John F. Kennedy\u2019s famous line that spelled out America\u2019s space ambitions: \u201cWe choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecognizing Georgia Tech\u2019s aerospace strengths, Gantt didn\u2019t waste time building bridges within Scheller and in other parts of Georgia Tech. He founded the Scheller MBA Space Club, a first at the College, to track the industry as it grows and develops.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI came from a military background, so I had my eye on the defense industry going into the MBA program. Georgia Tech, being the No. 2 aerospace engineering undergraduate school in the nation, I knew they already had strong industry connections. Making connections was a big goal coming into this program.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAssessing Early-Stage Space Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe took part in the Entrepreneurship Assistants Program (EAP), which pairs a Scheller MBA student with a faculty or student inventor to evaluate early-stage technology for potential commercialization. He evaluated two space-related technologies, one with Chen\u2019s support.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe EAs conduct technology commercialization assessments and develop a business model canvas. By applying an entrepreneurial strategy compass, they predict potential go-to-market strategies for new technology,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/paul-joseph\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Joseph\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, principal in the Office of Commercialization\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Quadrant-\u003Cem\u003Ei\u003C\/em\u003E unit, who created the EAP.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;(See sidebar to read more about the EAP and the specific technologies assessed.)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETapping Into a Nearly $2T Industry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to McKinsey \u0026amp; Co., the space technology market, fueled by advancements in satellite technology, commercial space travel, and 5G networks, is projected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2035.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u0027re seeing an industry shifting from a multibillion-dollar market cap to a multitrillion-dollar market cap in less than a decade. If you look at this from a business perspective, this is a massive addressable market for entrepreneurs,\u0022 says Gantt.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom its Center for Space Technology and Research to the new Center for Space Policy and International Relations and labs like the Space Systems Design Lab, which focuses on areas such as CubeSat propulsion, lunar research, and hypersonic flight, Georgia Tech excels in space research across disciplines. In July, Georgia Tech will launch the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/682182\u0022\u003ESpace Research Institute (SRI)\u003C\/a\u003E, one of its newest Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRI), to foster additional collaboration in this growing field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt Georgia Tech, there are competencies across every single College that will help to augment our understanding of space,\u201d says Alex Oettl, professor of strategy and innovation in Scheller College, whose interest in the new space economy spans the last 20 years. \u201cWhen you look at the technologies coming from Georgia Tech, they can impact this future trillion-dollar industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;An economist by training, Oettl led Georgia Tech\u2019s involvement in the Creative Destruction Lab-Atlanta, a multi-university program that helped commercialize early-stage scientific technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeveraging Affordable Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe emergence of affordable launch, spurred by SpaceX\u2019s introduction of the Falcon 9 rocket using reusable rocket technology, has made space much more accessible, from biomedical companies to academic institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause there has been a drop in the cost of accessing space, it allows experimentation to flourish,\u201d says Oettl.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe recalls Mark Costello, former chair of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, explaining how he could launch a CubeSat into Low Earth Orbit out of his research budget, whereas before it would have been cost-prohibitive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, Georgia Tech students and researchers are poised to capitalize on the new space economy stack \u2014 from new launch capabilities to new development in propellants and in-space operations and maintenance to more powerful sensors on Earth-observation satellites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019ve seen firsthand the traction occurring on the commercial side. There are a lot of social scientists waking up to the opportunity that exists and thinking about business dynamics that will emerge as a result of this great opportunity,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, an interdisciplinary, tech-focused university, brings significant capabilities across its Colleges to drive new and emerging technologies that have implications for space.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSpace hits on all the strengths that exist at the various Colleges,\u201d Oettl explains. \u201cFaculty at Georgia Tech are pushing the boundary and showing our students innovations that will emerge in the space economy that are not immediately obvious \u2014 such as in adjacent industries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOettl calls these first-order and spillover impacts of new technology. By first-order impacts, he means businesses can take advantage of these opportunities and create new products on top of the original innovation. By spillovers, he cites as an example an Earth-observation satellite enabling other industries to take advantage of data from the ground. For instance, insurance companies are one of the largest users of space technology by way of satellite imagery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBringing Capabilities Together Through New Space IRI\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SRI will bring together the best in engineering, computer science, policy, and business research across Georgia Tech. 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Jack Rose, a junior in computer science, took home first place, a golden ticket to CREATE-X\u2019s summer accelerator,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E, and advancement into the semifinal round of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E, a faculty-led innovation competition for undergraduate students and recent Tech bachelor\u2019s graduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond place was awarded to Team Sensible, made up of juniors\u0026nbsp;Oluwatooni Alade, computer science; Brandon Parker, computer science; Angela Duodu, computer science; Jesus Sierra Jr., computer science; and Hadley Williams, computer engineering. Sensible is a browser extension that rates the sustainability of products users find online and offers alternative products for items that score low.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThird place went to Team Onyc, which includes Yasmine Green, a first-year mechanical engineering student. Onyc replaces the computer mouse with a wearable alternative that allows users to control computer navigation with the movement of their fingertips and fingernails.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDozens of teams competed at the showcase, which is the culmination of I2P, a CREATE-X course focused on supporting students in creating solutions. The course offers research credit (for undergraduates only), up to $500 in reimbursements for physical material expenses, the opportunity to work collaboratively across majors, and faculty mentorship. It is held in the spring, summer, and fall, and it\u2019s open to undergraduate and graduate students from all majors. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead our Q\u0026amp;A with the winner and stay tuned for our interviews with the other winning teams.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ETeam Carchive\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJack Rose, Junior, Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you pursue your startup?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E I\u2019ve been into cars my whole life. Trying to track cars is my hobby. There are always edge cases, and how are you planning to attack them? Because I spent so much time, especially working with other people, getting this data, and trying to figure this out, I became very adept at understanding the data. The dealers, collectors especially, were trying to understand the whole story, so they would come to me. But the way I had to do it was spreadsheets all over the place, and I was trying to find a solution to keep it all in one spot. I couldn\u2019t find a way to do it, so I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019ll build it.\u201d And then I got into I2P.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was challenging about building your prototype over the semester?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E This semester, it was mainly trying to come up with the schema and how to physically account for the edge cases. It\u2019s not easy; it took a lot of deep thought, discussions with other people who are into these niche cars, and understanding what details we needed. I\u2019m still trying to add more things and figure it out. It\u2019s not perfect, but it\u2019s enough.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was your favorite part about I2P?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E Adding features that I was looking for. For example, let\u2019s say I was looking for a car. Filter all the cars over 25 years old and imported to the U.S. \u2014 I can easily search my database.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat would you say to students who are interested in entrepreneurship?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E It\u2019s always, \u201cYou should have started sooner.\u201d I\u2019ve always thought about it. My biggest advice is to just start doing it, even if it\u2019s a little bit here, a little bit there. If it doesn\u2019t work out, at least you\u2019ve tried.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA photo gallery from the Spring 2025 I2P Showcase can be viewed on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCaRZb\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECREATE-X Flickr\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;page.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents interested in the I2P program can register for the upcoming summer and fall semesters. The deadline for Summer 2025 is May 14, and the deadline for Fall 2025 is May 16.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X\u0027s next event,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E, will take place on Aug. 28 at Exhibition Hall, where more than 100 startups will be on display. Attendees can experience the newest batch of founders leveraging the latest technology to solve pressing challenges. The event offers an opportunity to network with entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and passionate enthusiasts, and supports the next generation of innovators.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister for Demo Day\u003C\/a\u003E today and be a part of these founders\u2019 journeys! \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the Spring 2025 Idea to Prototype (I2P) Showcase, Jack Rose, a junior in computer science, won first place with his prototype, Carchive, which helps car enthusiasts find niche vehicles and their histories. 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Alex Aridgides (mechanical engineering and economics), Shinhai Chen (industrial engineering), Varuni Chopra (industrial engineering), and Christie Peng (computer science) are the first Georgia Tech students to be invited to the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe weeklong, all-expenses-paid program offers university-affiliated innovators the chance to refine their innovations, engage in customer discovery, and network with industry leaders and peers at SXSW. The annual festival celebrates technology, film, music, education, and culture. Students participated in a competitive application process, which involved submitting applications, meeting specific evaluation criteria, and being selected by a panel of industry experts, mentors, and SXSW organizers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYolanda Payne, the students\u2019 Startup Lab instructor, presented the SXSW opportunity in class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My goal is to be their biggest cheerleader,\u201d she explained. \u201cI had great teachers who helped me get to where I am today, and I strive to emulate their support. I\u2019m always willing to guide students toward new opportunities.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe learned about the SXSW immersive cohort from Nakia Melecio, director of the National Science Foundation I-Corps Southeast Hub. The $15 million initiative crosses nine major research universities in the southern U.S. and accelerates the translation of deep tech research into commercial ventures. The hub works closely with entrepreneurial faculty, students, and researchers to equip them with the tools, networks, and support to bring their innovations to market.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelecio plays a central role in identifying and advancing strategic opportunities for university partners and their entrepreneurial teams. \u201cWhen the opportunity to participate in SXSW arose, I recognized it as an ideal platform to showcase the talent and innovation coming out of our region.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelecio added that Startup Lab is ideal for amplifying NSF I-Corps\u2019 goals because of the course\u2019s proven track record of fostering hands-on learning and commercialization readiness. \u201cStartup Lab helps prepare students not just to think entrepreneurially, but to act on their ideas with confidence and a structured path forward. It was a natural fit for this opportunity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPayne says the experience students gained in Startup Lab helped prepare them for the immersive cohort. \u201cThe knowledge is being solidified by an experience you\u2019re having in my class and the real world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChopra agrees that Startup Lab teaches essential business development fundamentals and customer discovery principles, skills that are relevant to the SXSW program. She recommends the course to other students and emphasizes the value of combining engineering or technical backgrounds with entrepreneurship skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe take a lot of classes that are directly related to our major, and they\u0027re very technical. But when it comes to wanting to start something of your own or even understanding how startups work, it\u0027s completely different than the rest of our coursework.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Lab is a three-credit course that focuses on evidence-based entrepreneurship. This hands-on class covers ideation, teamwork, customer discovery, minimum viable products, the business model canvas, and other topics. Students learn how to launch a startup by integrating in-class lectures with practical, out-of-class activities, including interviewing potential customers and refining their startup ideas based on real-world feedback.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program provides access to valuable resources, mentorship from seasoned entrepreneurs, and a supportive community to help students develop their startups. Startup Lab and NSF I-Corps are also exploring other industry showcases for student entrepreneurs like SXSW.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChen chose Startup Lab to pursue his entrepreneurial interests. \u201cI knew that Georgia Tech had a really good startup culture, so I researched what they had to offer, and Startup Lab was the first step.\u0022 He also noted Payne\u0027s impact as an instructor. \u0022The best part is how much she cares about the topic. She has a lot of background knowledge and is passionate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Lab is unique because it \u0022de-risks the business model,\u201d Payne says. Many entrepreneurs first build their products and then talk to potential customers. However, Startup Lab students perform customer discovery, sharing their ideas with potential end users, listening to their needs and feedback, and then building the product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeng recalls a powerful moment of pitching an idea for an app to streamline MARTA operations. \u201cI had a fun time coming up with this idea. We learned a lot about interviewing, coming up with possible solutions, and refining our idea,\u201d she says. \u0022Being surrounded by so many brilliant individuals at Georgia Tech makes it easy to get idea formation or networking connections you need for your idea to succeed.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAridgides has ambitious post-program goals, envisioning creating change through entrepreneurship. \u0022I want to start a company to change the world for the better and make a big impact. That\u0027s my life goal. I think through a company, I can achieve that.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPayne reminds students that they possess something many adults lack: time to explore different ideas. She also says Startup Lab can help students value and see their ideas in new ways.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey don\u0027t recognize that the product they\u0027re working on could be pursued through entrepreneurship or think of themselves as entrepreneurs. And even if they don\u0027t pursue it, it helps them in all aspects of life because business and capitalism are part of what we do every day.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re a student interested in adding entrepreneurship to your course schedule, registration for the summer and fall semesters opens on April 15. 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In a word, it\u2019s \u201ccool.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo be more precise, it\u2019s a liquid cooling system developed at Georgia Tech for electronics aimed at solving a long-standing problem: overheating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped by Daniel Lorenzini, a 2019 Tech graduate who earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, the cooling system uses microfluidic channels \u2014 tiny, intricate pathways for liquids \u2014 that are embedded within the chip packaging.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe worked with VentureLab, a Tech program in the Office of Commercialization, to spin his research into a startup company, EMCOOL, headquartered in Norcross.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur solution directly addresses the heat at the source of the silicon chip and therefore makes it faster,\u201d Lorenzini said. \u201cOur design has our system sitting directly on the silicon chips that generate the most heat. Using the fluids in the micro-pin fins, it carries the heat that\u2019s produced away from the chip.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat cooling solution is directly integrated into the electronic components, making it significantly more efficient than conventional cooling methods, because it enhances the heat dissipation process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe result is a much lower risk of overheating and reduced power consumption, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELorenzini, who researched and refined the technology in the lab of Yogendra Joshi at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, was awarded a patent for the technology in September 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, EMCOOL, which has five empoloyees, is actively pursuing venture capital funding to scale its technology and address the escalating thermal management challenges posed by AI processors in modern data centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system uses a cooling block with tiny, pin-like fins on one side and a special thermal interface material on the other. There\u0027s also a junction attached to the block, with ports for the fluid to flow in and out. The cooling fluid moves through the micro-pin fins and helps to carry away the heat.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince the ports are designed to match the shape of the fins, it ensures that the fluid flows efficiently and the heat is dissipated as effectively as possible at chip-scale.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs electronic devices \u2014 from high-performance personal computers to data centers used for artificial intelligence processing \u2014 become more powerful, they generate more heat. This excess heat can damage components or cause the device to underperform.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional cooling methods, which include fans or heat sinks, often struggle to keep pace with the increasing demands of the newer model electronics. Lorenzini\u2019s microfluidic system addresses the challenge of overheating with his patented, more effective, compact, and integrated cooling solution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the guidance of Jonathan Goldman, director of Quadrant-i in Tech\u2019s Office of Commercialization, Lorenzini secured grant funding through the National Science Foundation and the Georgia Research Alliance to further the research and build design prototypes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe immediately had the sense there was commercial potential here,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cThermal management, or getting rid of heat, is a ubiquitous problem in the computer industry, so when we saw what Daniel was doing, we immediately began to engage with him to understand what the commercial potential was.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndeed, the initial focus for the technology was the $159 billion global electronic gaming market. Gamers need a lot of computing power, which generates a lot of heat, causing lag.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut beyond gaming systems, the company, which manufactures custom cooling blocks and kits at its Norcross facility, is eyeing more sectors, which also suffer from overheating, Goldman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technology addresses similar overheating electronics challenges in high-performance computing, telecommunications, and energy systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis work propels us forward in pushing the boundaries of what traditional cooling technologies can achieve because by harnessing the power of microfluidics, EMCOOL\u0027s systems offer a compact and energy-efficient way to manage heat,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cThis has the potential to revolutionize industries reliant on high-performance computing, where heat management is a constant challenge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith support from Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Commercialization, VentureLab, NSF, and GRA, EmCool now manufactures custom cooling solutions in Norcross, GA for gaming, high-performance computing, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"EMCOOL\u0027s technology solves overheating in electronics."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2025-04-16 15:23:51","changed_gmt":"2025-04-16 17:39:45","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Norcross, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676859":{"id":"676859","type":"video","title":"EMCOOL Video","body":"\u003Cp\u003EEmCool, a Georgia Tech spinout, is tackling one of tech\u2019s biggest challenges: overheating.\r\nDeveloped by Ph.D. alum Daniel Lorenzini, EmCool\u2019s patented microfluidic cooling system is embedded directly into silicon chips\u2014making it faster, smaller, and more efficient than traditional fans or heat sinks.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1744820433","gmt_created":"2025-04-16 16:20:33","changed":"1744820433","gmt_changed":"2025-04-16 16:20:33","video":{"youtube_id":"eZZg391Z_3s","video_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eZZg391Z_3s?si=xKbGHkGQnXRgOS-D"}}},"media_ids":["676859"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"193395","name":"Office of Commercialization"},{"id":"4193","name":"venturelab"},{"id":"190790","name":"Jonathan Goldman"},{"id":"181188","name":"Daniel Lorenzini"},{"id":"194476","name":"EMCOOL"},{"id":"194477","name":"liquid cooling technology"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"},{"id":"193654","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"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\u003EP\u00e9ralte C. 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SHES\u2019 prior working relationship with UCSF also proved beneficial. In 2021, SHES industrial hygienist Brandon Philpot was the primary investigator (PI) for a collaborative project with a group from the UC system to develop safety training for workers fabricating engineered stone countertops.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUC San Francisco\u2019s School of Medicine was so impressed with our team\u0027s work, they came back to us for this much larger project,\u201d said Jenny Houlroyd, Ph.D., manager of occupational health services at SHES. \u201cWe\u0027re trying to build meaningful relationships and leverage expertise across institutions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStudy Parameters\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study was initiated when the USDA\u2019s Food Safety and Inspection Service division contracted with third-party experts to investigate whether increases in poultry and swine evisceration line speeds affected worker safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA secondary aspect of the study looked at the potential for an increase in worker exposure to peracetic acid (a food-safe chemical applied to surfaces in certain food-processing applications) when processing line speeds are increased.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe study\u2019s designers believed that ergonomics was the driving factor in worker safety, but they were unsure if by slaughtering and processing more animals per day, workers were also applying more peracetic acid,\u201d said Houlroyd. \u201cThis is what the SHES team was asked to measure.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to tapping Georgia Tech\u2019s expertise in industrial hygiene, UCSF brought in several other schools in the University of California system, primarily UC Berkeley, to assist with research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EScope of SHES\u2019 Role\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur work with UC started in July 2024 and was completed in January 2025,\u201d said Houlroyd, who served as the project\u2019s PI and UC liaison.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConducting the field research were SHES industrial hygienists Philpot, Sean Castillo, and Bob Hendry, as well as SHES OSHA Training Institute Education Center manager Hilarie Warren. The group traveled to six pork processing plants across the U.S. over 11 weeks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the preferred method for industrial hygiene and worker exposure is to chart direct exposure to the workers themselves, the study did not allow employees to wear chemical monitors on the processing line for safety reasons.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur on-site sampling included putting on a variety of wearable monitors on ourselves,\u201d Hendry said. \u201cWe\u2019d then go to the various work areas in the plant where peracetic acid was used, stand next to the workers, and take readings.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach SHES team member upheld consistent sampling standards, but they were stationed at different sites. As a result, Castillo said, \u201cIt was up to us to use professional judgment to evaluate where the areas of concern were. We had to make sure we were very organized so that if I was at one site one week and Bob came out the next week, we could replicate our data almost one-to-one.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImportance of Worker Interviews\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe USDA study received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, which is needed if researchers interact with human subjects. Houlroyd noted that because the USDA study was considered formal research, IRB approval was necessary.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough conducting worker interviews was not a requirement of their participation, the SHES team set up a special room where they interviewed employees on ergonomic issues and musculoskeletal disorders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were able to take the load off from our collaborators and, in doing so, speed up their process so that they could finish their research earlier,\u201d said Castillo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPhilpot stressed the importance of worker interviews to the study. \u201cThe process was good for collecting background information on what the employees were going through, day in and day out, to see if there\u2019s anything that we could do to help their situation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy putting workers at ease, he and his teammates were able to gain their trust and listen to their concerns. \u201cThey could actually see that we cared about what\u0027s going on,\u201d Philpot said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Houlroyd, \u201cOne of the reasons the UC group loved Brandon and Sean and Bob so much is that we\u0027ve had so much experience doing interviews, we were quick to jump into that role and help them. 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I think that Georgia Tech students take it for granted how enriched the ecosystem is here. My friends at other schools don\u0027t really have the same support. So, when you go to a school that is as supportive as that, I think you should totally take the leap of faith.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWant to be part of the next wave of technological advancements?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/spring-2025-i2p-showcase-tickets-1255033682529?aff=article\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERegister for the Spring 2025 I2P Showcase\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to see our latest cohort of I2P inventors and their prototypes. 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In the coming months, the academy will continue to grow its offerings, adding new resources and in-person AI literacy workshops. These workshops will be hosted in collaboration with higher education institutions such as Georgia Tech and Miami Dade College.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/techaifest\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETech AI Fest 2025\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech hosted an AI literacy workshop Tuesday, March 25. This event was Georgia Tech\u2019s premier AI gathering, bringing together researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and students for discussions on the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. 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Faculty say the goal isn\u2019t just to produce startups\u2014it\u2019s to teach students how to identify and tackle meaningful problems, a skill that\u2019s increasingly vital in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEntrepreneurial Capstone Growth Through Cross-College Collaborati\u003C\/strong\u003EThe College\u2019s entrepreneurial capstone more than doubled in size within the same academic year, growing from 55 students in Fall 2023 to 126 this semester. Enrollment in the CREATE-X entrepreneurial capstone surged by 14% this semester, continuing its steady growth since launching in 2018. What began with just nine students has now expanded to 126 participants eager to transform their ideas into real-world ventures.\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis growth can be traced back to the collaborative roots of the CREATE-X Capstone. In 2018, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/olufisayo-omojokun\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOlufisayo Omojokun\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E partnered with Mechanical Engineering Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/craig-forest-phd\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Forest\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to co-teach the Institute\u0027s first multi-college capstone section.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis allowed engineering and computing students to work together in a dynamic learning environment. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Right away, we saw how powerful this combination of engineers and computer scientists working together was. The College of Computing has always been a willing and eager partner to try experiments and boldly move toward this future direction. Every step of the way, they\u0027ve risen to the challenge,\u0022 Forest said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPreparing Problem Seekers, Not Just Problem Solvers\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis jump represents the College\u2019s emphasis on creating the next generation of problem solvers who are also problem seekers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not just about finding solutions but identifying the problems that must be solved. This emphasis is more important than ever given the changing landscape of computing,\u201d Omojokun said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe points to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/sci-pilots-ai-enhanced-capstone-advance-software-engineering-instruction\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAI and automation as key drivers of this shift\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. While launching startups is an exciting outcome, the deeper focus is on preparing students for a future where the definition of a software engineer may evolve and the number of traditional roles in the market could shift. With the power of computing, students who can identify meaningful problems are better equipped than ever to solve them\u2014often with fewer resources and smaller teams.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCan our College lead in graduating such multifaceted students who know how to fix things and what to look for? Embedding entrepreneurship into our non-elective courses gives us that opportunity,\u201d Omojokun said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/sci-pilots-ai-enhanced-capstone-advance-software-engineering-instruction\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERELATED: SCI Pilots AI-Enhanced Capstone to Advance Software Engineering Instruction\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding Confidence Through Entrepreneurship\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile some students may go on to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Econtinue their projects after the course\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, others might revisit them after graduation, driven by personal motivation or market opportunities. Many will enter the workforce and, perhaps years later, draw on the confidence they built through this capstone to forge their paths in entrepreneurship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily about launching the most successful startups right now. It\u2019s about giving students the confidence to try\u2014and even fail\u2014while the stakes are low,\u201d Omojokun said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhether they pursue entrepreneurship immediately or later in their careers, my hope is that the confidence from this course sticks with them if they ever choose to do something different and forge their path.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInside the CREATE-X Capstone Experience\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESCI faculty members \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/aaron-hillegass\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Hillegass\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/daniel-forsyth\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Forsyth\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/jennifer-whitlow\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Whitlow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E co-mentor the College\u2019s entrepreneurial capstone course. Whitlow describes the course as a hands-on, problem-driven environment where students are encouraged to tackle scalable, global challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re trying to treat it like a venture studio would work,\u201d said Whitlow, who is familiar with executing such a model from her leadership role at a startup accelerator. \u201cThe first part of the class is focused on identifying scalable real-world problems and understanding actual pain points through customer discovery.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhitlow and Hillegass have startup experience and unique perspectives that they share with students. These insights help students understand the entrepreneurial process of identifying problems, designing solutions, and building products.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is the only course at Georgia Tech where they go from zero to 100. By the end of the semester, students have developed something entirely from scratch, giving them a unique skill set that sets them apart from their peers,\u0022 said Whitlow, a Georgia Tech computational media alumna.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on enrollment growth this Spring, the College offered students the option to choose between the course\u2019s two sections. Computing students seeking to work with engineering students on solutions incorporating hardware and software elements signed up for the multidisciplinary section. Students exclusively interested in software chose the section dedicated to software-based solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHillegass, who recently sold a midsized software company and spent years at different startups before his academic career, is mentoring thirteen software-only teams.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe software-focused section gives me a chance to apply my knowledge and give students a perspective that can help them address the real-world challenges and opportunities specific to companies whose fate is determined primarily by software,\u201d Hillegass said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForsyth, who has many years of industry experience building large software system, says the following about the process of guiding students through the problem finding phase of the course:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe problem-finding phase requires balancing a passion for solving particular problems with the realities of customer preferences, technical limitations, team strengths, and financial sustainability. This phase is often the most challenging because teams must navigate ambitious ideas, practical constraints, and customer needs while making tough, objective decisions,\u0022 he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I can\u0027t make choices for them, and the future is uncertain, but I can challenge them with hard questions to determine whether they can make reasonable assumptions that plot a path to success. I see myself as a colleague to the students\u2014offering my advice based on experience while also having the privilege of helping them tackle problems I\u0027ve never encountered before. 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They can pursue opportunities like \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECREATE-X Startup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E or the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/klaus-startup-challenge\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKlaus Startup Challenge\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, with the added advantage of owning their intellectual property.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u2019s really the launching pad to additional opportunities to turn it into a business. 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We worked with John Lanza, who\u0027s a friend of CREATE-X. He helped us find a corporate lawyer to read over the stuff we were signing. It took a little back and forth to get everything in place, but in September of last year, we finally kicked it off.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s the partnership like?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe provide them a license to our product, have weekly meetings where experts give feedback on the performance of the system, and then we make incremental changes to align the product with customer needs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile we\u0027re in this developmental phase, we\u0027re kind of keeping it under wraps until we make sure it\u2019s fully ready. Our focus is primarily on emergent capabilities that NGHS and other EMS agencies are really looking for. 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There were times at Flint where we had a lot of positive feedback, and then we asked people to pay, and all of the constructive feedback came out.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGarrett Smiley: Sora Schools\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Beginning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was a military brat, so I moved around to a lot of different schools and experienced a bunch of different styles of learning. I went to school in the early 2010s, right when laptops were entering the classroom. We had YouTube, Khan Academy, Coursera, and all these things hit the mainstream. Because of my background, education was a very active question in my life. I saw how these tools completely supercharged my learning and changed the relationship between student and teacher and the dynamics of the classroom.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X asked us to think about large systemic problems we were passionate about. That pushed me to think seriously about how I could help solve a problem in this space. It was helpful to put into practice many of the startup lessons that I\u0027d been studying forever, and it was great to have a community of founders before anyone believed in us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outlook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u0027m inspired by Forbes\u2019 emphasis on education, so to be recognized in that context was extra special. We\u2019re in 46 states and 16 countries, so it\u0027s great to see the breadth that Sora has accomplished. We\u0027re bringing this style of education to different communities that, in many cases, have never considered something like this before. Seeing our students accepted into places like Harvard, Georgia Tech, and other elite institutions shows families that you can have a transformative education like Sora and still go to those schools if it makes sense.\u201c\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EUse your free time in school to try the things you\u0027re thinking about. Sora was an idea I thought I would circle back to when I was 30 or 40 and had money and credibility. But I was shocked by how open people were to listening to a young person with a few resonating ideas. There\u0027s no qualification or age requirement to provide value and improve people\u0027s lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Hamer: RetailReady\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Beginning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI met my co-founder, Elle, while we were working at a company called Stord, which is also an Atlanta-based startup. Elle and I were put on a project going to a warehouse every week for six months. We saw some gaps in supply chain software and decided to solve them since nothing was on the market. So I applied to Y Combinator and got in, and now we\u2019re here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X was my first foray into starting a business. It gave me confidence, and I learned a lot of lessons with my first business. I think I would\u0027ve made a lot of mistakes starting a business now if I hadn\u0027t had that experience in college. For example, knowing how important user interviews are, how you\u2019ll probably fail here and there, start small, then scale \u2014 the principles you take for granted that CREATE-X taught.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outlook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI started at Microsoft right out of Georgia Tech and was there for a year and a half. It was a very stable, well-paying job. I followed my gut to leave and join a startup called Stord and then followed it again to leave and start RetailReady. Quitting your stable day-to-day job takes a lot, and I\u2019m proud I took the chance. We\u2019ve grown fast, and it\u2019s a huge honor to be included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the first year of being in business. We\u2019re really happy about it.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen you can, take the chance and do it. Even if you\u2019re not sure, always believe you\u2019ll win. A lot of it is mental fitness, believing what your gut is telling you. There will be times when you\u2019ll say, \u2018This probably isn\u2019t the right move to make.\u2019 Listen to that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBruno Geoly: Lumindt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Beginning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAn inflection point for me was the summer of 2021. I was working at SpaceX, and at the same time, my friends and I had started this Web3 crypto company dealing with NFTs. And I was like, I can mix these two things together to do something cool, something important. The idea of what Lumindt is wasn\u0027t even a sparkle in my eye at that time. But I knew I wanted something of my own, doing these two things I enjoy \u2014 entrepreneurship and high-level engineering. And that\u0027s what I did.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE X was a way for me and my co-founder to stay accountable for our work. When you have an idea you want to turn into a business, it\u2019s hard to stay on yourself to do that. CREATE-X was a good way for us to always have a thing to go to and ideate what we\u2019re working on. And there was a little bit of competition. You see all of these other people making progress, and it\u2019s good inspiration and a motivator to continue working.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outlook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy co-founder and I were very appreciative of being included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Looking back on what I wanted to do in college, I just loved building stuff. And to have this small team of people, and we\u2019re able to build what we want, and there\u0027s cohesion and camaraderie, I\u0027m very happy with that. It\u0027s fun to go to work every day and work with the people I do. And not only that, we now have a business that impacts the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you want to be an entrepreneur, that\u0027s a skill set like anything else. If you want to get better at karate, you practice karate. If you want to be a better entrepreneur, you have to practice entrepreneurship. You\u0027ll learn a lot about yourself \u2014 what problems you like to solve and what problems you need help solving.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWant to Build Your Own Startup?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students, faculty, researchers, and alumni interested in developing their own startups are encouraged to apply to CREATE-X\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which provides $5,000 in optional seed funding and $150,000 in in-kind services, mentorship, entrepreneurial workshops, networking events, and resources to help build and scale startups. The program culminates in Demo Day, where teams present their startups to potential investors. The deadline to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eapply for Startup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is Monday, March 17. Spots are limited.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EApply now\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X is celebrating eight of its entrepreneurs who made it to the recent Forbes 30 Under 30 list. These founders include Sohan Choudhury of Flint, Garrett Smiley of Sora Schools, Sarah Hamer of RetailReady, Bruno Geoly and Mia Rath of Lumindt, Rishabh Kewalramani of BackBar, Safir Monroe of UnDelay, and Tamara Zubatiy of Barometer. CREATE-X has had founders on this list 11 times since 2017. The honorees shared their startup journeys and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Forbes 30 Under 30 list featured eight CREATE-X founders, including Sohan Choudhury of Flint, Garrett Smiley of Sora Schools, Sarah Hamer of RetailReady, Bruno Geoly and Mia Rath of Lumindt, Rishabh Kewalramani of BackBar, and Tamara Zubatiy of Barometer."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2025-03-03 17:31:17","changed_gmt":"2025-03-03 17:38:39","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676437":{"id":"676437","type":"image","title":"2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 CREATE-X Founders","body":"\u003Cp\u003EForbes 30 Under 30 list featured eight CREATE-X founders. Pictured are Sohan Choudhury of Flint, Garrett Smiley of Sora Schools, Sarah Hamer of RetailReady, and Bruno Geoly \u0026nbsp;of Lumindt.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1741023303","gmt_created":"2025-03-03 17:35:03","changed":"1741023412","gmt_changed":"2025-03-03 17:36:52","alt":"Pictured are Sohan Choudhury of Flint, Garrett Smiley of Sora Schools, Sarah Hamer of RetailReady, and Bruno Geoly  of Lumindt.","file":{"fid":"260228","name":"2024-Forbes-30-Under-30-Web-Article--1200-x-630-px-.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/03\/2024-Forbes-30-Under-30-Web-Article--1200-x-630-px-.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/03\/2024-Forbes-30-Under-30-Web-Article--1200-x-630-px-.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1280298,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/03\/2024-Forbes-30-Under-30-Web-Article--1200-x-630-px-.png?itok=G0Bd7Xxc"}}},"media_ids":["676437"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch","title":"Apply to Startup Launch"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EArticle by Alyson Key\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X Contact:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"680558":{"#nid":"680558","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Manufacturing the Workforce of the Future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Air Force veteran Michael Trigger began looking for a new career in 2022, he became fascinated by artificial intelligence (AI). Trigger, who left the military in 1989 and then worked in telecommunications, corrections, and professional trucking, learned about an AI-enhanced robotics manufacturing program at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gavectr.org\/\u0022\u003EVECTR Center\u003C\/a\u003E. This training facility in Warner Robins, Georgia, helps veterans transition into new careers. In 2024, he enrolled and learned how to program and operate robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the class, Trigger made several trips to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI). When the faculty asked if anyone wanted an internship, Trigger raised his hand.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cComing to Georgia Tech allowed me to clarify what I wanted to do,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve always been in service-based jobs, but I was interested in additive manufacturing,\u201d or 3D printing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor five months every weekday, Trigger drove from his home in Macon to Georgia Tech\u2019s campus for his internship. The paid internship took place at Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E (AMPF). This 20,000-square-foot, reconfigurable facility\u0026nbsp;serves as the research and development arm of GTMI, functioning as a teaching laboratory, technology test bed, and workforce development space for manufacturing innovations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring his time there, Trigger focused on computer-aided manufacturing and met with faculty and students to learn about their research. The internship wasn\u2019t convenient, but it was worth it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom our campus visits, I understood the mission of AMPF, so the fact they offered me this opportunity was huge for me,\u201d he said. \u201cThe internship had a big impact on my life in terms of the technical and soft skills I gained.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding the Workforce\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaunching new careers is just one of AMPF\u2019s goals in testing new manufacturing and growing the future U.S. workforce. Since 2022, AMPF has improved the manufacturing process at all parts of the talent pipeline\u0026nbsp;\u2014 from giving corporate researchers space to test and adopt AI automation technologies to training and upskilling their employees. Collectively, GTMI and AMPF\u2019s efforts have led to a stronger, bigger network of manufacturers that other companies and the U.S. government can rely on.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are going to need to manufacture more in the U.S. \u2014 from computer chips to cars \u2014 so we want to create jobs and fill them,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003ETom Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, GTMI\u2019s executive director. \u201cWe need more people working in the manufacturing sector, and we\u0027ve got to make these jobs better and make people more efficient in them.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI is one way to boost efficiency, but artificial intelligence won\u2019t cut humans out of the process entirely. Rather, people will be integral to monitoring the systems and advancing them. As AI becomes more widely adopted, a college degree won\u2019t necessarily be required to work in the AI field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur workforce is going to need the next generation of employees to be amenable to retraining as the technology updates,\u201d said Aaron Stebner, a co-director of the Georgia Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing program (AIM). A statewide program, Georgia AIM helps fund AMPF and sponsored Trigger\u2019s internship. \u201cEducation is going to be more of a lifelong learning process, and Georgia Tech can be at the forefront of that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile GTMI already integrates AI into many processes, it remains committed to staying ahead of the curve with the latest technologies that could boost manufacturing. The facility is in the process of an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ai-and-automation-converge-expansion-georgia-techs-advanced-manufacturing-pilot-facility\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ai-and-automation-converge-expansion-georgia-techs-advanced-manufacturing-pilot-facility\u0022\u003Eexpansion\u003C\/a\u003E that will nearly triple its size and make AMPF the leading facility for demonstrating what a hyperconnected and AI-driven manufacturing enterprise looks like. This will enable GTMI to build and sustain these educational pipelines, which\u0026nbsp;is key to its work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re developing the workforce \u003Cem\u003Efor\u003C\/em\u003E the future, not \u003Cem\u003Eof\u003C\/em\u003E the future,\u201d explained Donna Ennis, a co-director of Georgia AIM. \u201cIt\u2019s AI today, but it could be something else five years from now. We are focused on creating a highly skilled, resilient workforce.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPart of Georgia AIM\u2019s role is creating the pipelines that people like Trigger can follow. From bringing a mobile lab to technical colleges to hosting robotics competitions at schools, these efforts span the state of Georgia and touch populations from \u201cK to gray.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cKids don\u2019t say they want to be a manufacturer when they grow up, but that\u2019s because they don\u2019t know it\u2019s a viable career path,\u201d Ennis said. \u201cWe\u2019re making manufacturing cool again.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECreating Corporate Connection\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo create these job opportunities, GTMI is also partnering with corporations. Companies can join a consortium to access the AMPF research facilities and collaborate with researchers. Any size or type of company can take advantage of AMPF facilities \u2014 from corporations including AT\u0026amp;T and Siemens to small startups like Alegna, which licenses and commercializes Navy research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe ability to manufacture domestically is critical, not only for national security purposes, but also to keep the U.S. economically competitive,\u201d said Steven Ferguson, a principal research scientist and executive director for the GT Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium. \u201cHaving the AMPF puts Georgia Tech within the innovation epicenter for these areas and will help us reshore manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe benefit of such an arrangement is twofold. Companies can work with the newest manufacturing technologies and make their own advances, and Georgia Tech builds a network of manufacturers across the state and world that students can work with. For example, AT\u0026amp;T uses the AMPF to test sensors for expanding personal 5G networks, and George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/user\/1078\u0022\u003ECarolyn Seepersad\u003C\/a\u003E has Ph.D. students funded by a Siemens partnership through AMPF.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrigger was able to connect and collaborate with some of these corporations and researchers during his internship. \u201cI told them about my interest in machine learning because I wanted to see how they were integrating machine learning into their research projects,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of them invited me to come by to observe and be part of the research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStarting a New Path\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause of his research collaborations during his AMPF internship, Trigger now has a new focus. \u201cThe internship clarified for me that AI is where everybody is going,\u201d he explained. He wants to be at the forefront of AI manufacturing and hopes to pursue a certificate in machine learning next.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile he knows he still has much to learn, AMPF gave Trigger a foot in the door and confidence about the future. 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Industrial Management \u201871 and Professor of the Practice at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, is passionate about giving back to his alma mater.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has established several scholarships under the Todd Family Fund to support the next generation of students, including a new Grady Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Scholarship. The scholarship is inspired by his personal experiences with EMTs and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lianna-homrich\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELianna Homrich\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a pre-med Biology student in his Management in the Healthcare Sector class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike many Georgia Tech professors, Todd spends time after class talking to his students about their career aspirations. One day, while talking to Homrich about Grady Memorial Hospital, he learned that she is an EMT with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.centralems.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECentral EMS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and a member of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/emsat\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEMS at Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a student organization dedicated to expanding access to and knowledge of emergency medical services at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EMS at Tech Club piqued Todd\u2019s interest, and he immediately saw a gap he wanted to fill. 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His corporate career includes significant positions such as vice president at Lehman Brothers, executive director at UBS, and vice president and partner at Mitchell Madison Group, where he advised global private equity funds and venture capital managers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his role at UMG, Sharma is an entrepreneur in residence at UC San Diego\u0027s Office of Innovation and Commercialization, where he supports pioneering advancements in science and engineering. He is also an investor at Provisio Medical, a company revolutionizing endovascular procedures with its Sonic Lumen Tomography technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESharma\u0027s contributions to the field of AI and analytics have been widely recognized. He was awarded \u003Cem\u003EBillboard\u003C\/em\u003E magazine\u0027s 40 Under 40 and has been a commencement speaker at UC San Diego\u0027s Jacobs School of Engineering. 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The research finds that bad earnings news impacts the valuation of companies with Non-White CEOs 57 percent more severely compared to those with White CEOs, resulting in more pessimistic financial assessments. Moreover, companies led by Non-White CEOs were more likely to exceed analysts\u0027 initial valuations the following year, suggesting these lower valuations lack economic merit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings were documented in the paper \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0165410124000375\u0022\u003EDo sell-side analysts react too pessimistically to bad news for minority-led firms? Evidence from target price valuations\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 by Scheller College of Business associate professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/rupar-wang\/index.html\u0022\u003EKathy Rupar-Wang\u003C\/a\u003E and colleagues Sean Wang and Hayoung Yoon, both with the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022To strengthen the link between CEO race and company valuation, we show the same effect with a controlled experiment where only the CEOs\u0027 photo varies across companies. This approach addresses the concern that Non-White CEOs in our main analyses were somehow paired with uniquely poorly performing companies,\u0022 said Rupar Wang.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study also revealed that racial bias becomes more pronounced during periods of heightened racial tensions. Interestingly, increased familiarity with Non-White CEOs reduces these valuation disparities, indicating the bias may be subconscious. The researchers suggest that educational initiatives and increased awareness could help promote equality in financial markets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings highlight the potential impact of implicit racial bias in professional settings, particularly in financial analysis and corporate evaluation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearch by Kathy Rupar-Wang shows that financial analysts undervalue companies led by Non-White CEOs, reacting 57 percent more strongly to bad earnings news. 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The organization has begun a groundbreaking project in collaboration with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-and-initiatives\/business-analytics-center\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBusiness Analytics Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (BAC)\u0026nbsp;at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business to enhance its ability to forecast and meet the needs of the population.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDetermining the Future of Compensation Funds\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EComfama is a \u201ccompensation fund.\u201d In Colombia, these private, nonprofit organizations have been created to improve the lives of workers and their families. They provide social services for recreation, culture, education, preventive healthcare, housing assistance, loans, and more. There are 42 compensation funds across the country that play a vital part in the country\u0027s social security system, according to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/santiagogarciarb\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESantiago Garc\u00eda Rivera\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, head of the Information and Analytics Laboratory at Comfama.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor companies in Colombia, participation in a compensation fund is mandatory. Each fund collects a 4 percent payroll tax from affiliated companies to provide monetary subsidies to workers and their families. \u0022We have about 121 thousand companies affiliated with Comfama, which includes about 1.4 million workers. When you take into account their families, that\u0027s around 2.7 million people we serve, plus a large group of non affiliated people that use our services,\u0022 said Garc\u00eda Rivera.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Comfama, economic and demographic shifts have complicated the prediction of how many people will use its services. \u0022Recognizing these challenges, Comfama is embracing data-driven solutions. We want to build a robust prediction model to help us forecast what will happen to our affiliated population in the future,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Georgia Tech Connection\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is where Georgia Tech comes in. One of Garc\u00eda Rivera\u0027s colleagues at Comfama, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juan-david-penagos-a85282149\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJuan David Penagos\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, head of Ventures and New Business Development, knew about the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtmedellin.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute Medell\u00edn Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and suggested they reach out to see whether they could put a project together with business analytics students. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sara-araujo-santos-878946129\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESara Araujo Santos\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, managing director of Development for Latin America for the Center, contacted \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/staff\/von-behren\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESherri Von Behren\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the BAC\u0027s corporate engagement manager, about possibly creating an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/explore-programs\/mba-programs\/evening-mba\/curriculum\/practicums.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022MBA business analytics practicum project\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMBA business analytics practicum project\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to help Comfama.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVon Behren contacted \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/fan\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJonathan Fan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a faculty member of the Information Technology Management group in the Scheller College. Fan leads students in transforming data into business solutions through the Business Analytics Practicum course, which is offered in the fall for graduate students and in the spring for undergraduates.\u0026nbsp; Fan immediately saw the value of the opportunity for his MBA students and set up a practicum in which they are developing predictive models using time series data and macroeconomic variables.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are two teams assigned to the project: Team Data Paisa Squad with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aaron-payne4\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Payne\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, MBA \u201826 (team lead), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lissette-chavez\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELissette Chavez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, MBA \u201825, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/boristaganov\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBoris Taganov\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, MBA \u201825, and Team The Growth Gurus of Antioquia, with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justin-siegel1120\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJustin Siegel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, MS in Analytics \u201925 (team lead), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/srinjoy-dasmahapatra\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESrinjoy DasMahapatra\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, MBA \u201925, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vinaya-venigalla-3a03a597\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVinaya Vinigalla\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, MBA \u201924.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/phd\/qin\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaofei Qin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candiate at Scheller helped mentor students along the way.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey meet weekly with the Comfama team, which includes analysts and data scientists \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alejandra-bernal-pati%C3%B1o-679ab710b\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandra Bernal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/slondo50\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESusanna Londo\u00f1o\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wbeimarossa\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWbeimar Ossa\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The teams discuss their progress and address any challenges they face that week. With less than two months to go, they\u0027re seeing results.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFan has been pleased with the results so far. \u201cThis cohort was truly outstanding,\u201d he said, speaking of his students. \u201dThey approached complex topics with clarity and creativity, and their collaborative spirit led to innovative ideas and enlightening discussions. They handled challenging subjects effortlessly, always coming up with fresh and interesting perspectives.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EManaging the Present and Predicting the Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegarding the work of Team Data Paisa Squad, Aaron Payne remarked, \u0022One of our key successes has been developing a model framework that provides accurate forecasts and adapts to changes in external economic indicators. By integrating machine learning techniques alongside traditional time series models, we\u0027ve increased our forecasts\u0027 robustness. Additionally, the collaboration with Comfama\u0027s internal team has been highly productive, enabling us to align our technical solutions with their business needs. The early feedback on our findings has been positive.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPayne stated that one of the main challenges they\u0027ve faced has been combining data from multiple sources, as each source has different levels of detail and accuracy. Ensuring these data sets are consistent and reliable has been difficult, especially for economic factors that may not directly match Comfama\u0027s internal data. Another challenge is adapting standard forecasting models like SARIMAX\u2014\u003Cstrong\u003ES\u003C\/strong\u003Eeasonal \u003Cstrong\u003EA\u003C\/strong\u003EutoRegressive \u003Cstrong\u003EI\u003C\/strong\u003Entegrated \u003Cstrong\u003EM\u003C\/strong\u003Eoving \u003Cstrong\u003EA\u003C\/strong\u003Everage with e\u003Cstrong\u003EX\u003C\/strong\u003Eogenous variables\u2014 to account for external influences like government policies or unexpected economic changes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This experience has reinforced the value of experiential learning in advancing my business analytics skills. Working with real-world data, especially in a dynamic organization like Comfama, has provided a deeper understanding of how to apply advanced analytical methods to solve practical business problems. The practicum has helped bridge the gap between theory and practice, giving me confidence in using these tools to drive decision-making in real business environments,\u0022 said Payne.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe practicum is more than just about numbers, though. It\u0027s about understanding the lives behind the data points. As Fan reminds his students, \u0022A model is just a model, but those data points represent individual lives. We want to understand the mechanism or the story behind the data.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of MBA students from the Scheller College of Business is partnering with data analysts at a Colombian compensation fund as part of a business analytics practicum course with the Business Analytics Center. 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Its goal since its founding in 2020 is to drive innovation and create opportunities for all to thrive together as part of the innovation ecosystem., regardless of geographic, racial, gender and socio-economic status.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a roundtable on artificial intelligence (AI) in infrastructure and transportation on April 16, 2024 where Partnership Executive Director Debra Lam was invited to speak and share how the organization is leveraging AI as a tool to bring innovative solutions in the transit space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELam also sat down with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, the committee\u0027s ranking member, for Q\u0026amp;A session on how AI can help drive innovation in transportation forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBelow are Lam\u0027s prepared remarks for the hearing:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGood morning, Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen and distinguished members of the House Transportation Committee. It\u0027s an honor to be here today to discuss the transformative potential of AI in Transportation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMy name is Debra Lam and I lead the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation based out of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Our mission is to catalyze and invest in innovative solutions that drive shared economic prosperity through public-private collaborations. Since 2020, the Partnership\u0027s work has deployed millions in financial and social capital and catalyzed hundreds of projects with local governments, corporates, universities, startups, and nonprofits. The projects have created new businesses, increased jobs, and deployed hundreds of technologies and innovations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIn the realm of AI and transportation, we are guided by three core principles:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommunity-centered problem solving:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWe believe in starting with the challenges faced by communities themselves, who best understand their needs. However, complex issues like transportation and infrastructure require a collective approach. This is why we form robust public-private partnerships, combining the expertise of multidisciplinary research teams to find the most effective tech-based solutions tailored to community goals. Whether it is AI or other future, unknown technology, it should be seen as one of many tools that is centered on solving community problems.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInnovation for all:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;We stand by the idea that every community, regardless of its size or location, can be a hub of innovation. Our objective is to democratize access to technology and foster an understanding of innovations like AI. This empowers communities to not just utilize technology but to refine and advance it.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA holistic view of transportation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Transportation is the lifeline connecting housing and employment. We are dedicated to ensuring that accessible and affordable transportation, especially with the integration of AI and other advanced technologies, is not a hurdle but a support system for securing employment and accessing homes.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENow, let me illustrate how these principles come alive in one of our projects:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThrough a U.S. Dept. of Transportation SMART grant, the Chatham Area Transit Authority, with Georgia Tech researchers, is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/the-cat-that-roars\/\u0022\u003Eimproving transit services\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in historically underserved neighborhoods. Piloting an On-Demand Multi-model Transit System (ODMTS) powered by AI, riders, including paratransit riders can use a mobile application to summon prompt and efficient transit service.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe AI-driven algorithm behind the service not only learns and evolves from increased usage but also guides the existing, professional drivers along the safest and most expedient routes. The project utilizes union operators and trains early career professionals as operators and maintenance personnel from the local colleges. Additionally, we are improving algorithms to optimize electric vehicle charging to increase operational efficiency and energy conservation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis project stands as a testament to our approach, showcasing AI as a powerful ally in elevating and integrating transportation services to meet the needs of all communities.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI look forward to delving into these topics with you today.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThank you for your attention and for supporting this vital work.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongressional leaders want insight into AI and how its use can bolster transportation and give opportunities to those working in the transit sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Debra Lam discusses the use of AI in transportation innovation"}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2024-04-22 19:43:40","changed_gmt":"2024-12-09 17:36:57","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673801":{"id":"673801","type":"video","title":"2024 04 16 Take 5 AI Final","body":"\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Rep. 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Paul\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nperalte@gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.316.1210\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["peralte@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"675279":{"#nid":"675279","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Defining Smart City Digital Twins","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo of those cities,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/all_projects\/columbus-consolidated-govt\/\u0022\u003EColumbus\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/all_projects\/city-of-warner-robins\/\u0022\u003EWarner Robins\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia, received the awards for projects that involve digital twins. But what, exactly, is a digital twin? And how can the technology be used to solve community problems?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe talked with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/john-e-taylor\u0022\u003EJohn Taylor\u003C\/a\u003E, the Frederick Law Olmsted Professor and associate chair for graduate programs and research innovation in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/neda-mohammadi\u0022\u003ENeda Mohammadi\u003C\/a\u003E, city infrastructure analytics director in Georgia Tech\u2019s Network Dynamics Lab to get some answers. These are edited highlights from an interview. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: What is a digital twin?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaylor: A digital twin is an intelligent, adaptive system that pairs virtual and physical worlds. In community development work, a Smart City Digital Twin (SCDT), like those used in Warner Robins and Columbus, pairs a real city to its digital counterpart to generate data-driven feedback loops of interactions between cities\u2019 three main components: (1) human systems, which includes government, industry, and residents; (2) infrastructure systems, which are physical systems and the services they provide; and (3) technology systems, such as devices, sensors, and data analytics infrastructure.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: They\u2019ve been used in manufacturing for some time. How is that different from a SCDT?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaylor: They\u0027re somewhat easier to implement in a manufacturing context, because everything\u0027s under control, under a roof. They model all the different manufacturing machinery and they use that to see when a part might need to be changed, and when they need to do maintenance. And they can play with the system, using real-time running data to see what happens if this piece does wear out. How bad would it be? They could either adjust that piece or adjust that machine or maintain it, whatever it might be, based on the scenario analysis.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: How does that translate to the less controlled environment of a city?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaylor: It involves replicating multiple systems. For example, if a tall building is on fire, there will be multiple systems brought into play. First, you can see what\u0027s happening in the city at a basic level. You can see that there\u0027s traffic building up, for example. The next level is, why is it happening? And that\u0027s where it gets a little bit more interesting. Most of the digital twin work that we\u0027ve seen \u2014 that anyone\u0027s doing out in the world \u2014 is to understand why things are happening the way they\u0027re happening. But really, the value starts to unlock the third and fourth levels.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe third level is the \u201cwhat if\u201d scenario. In the context of a city, for example, in Midtown they\u0027ve just installed new traffic signals. Hopefully, someone tested that out in advance. But one \u201cwhat if\u201d analysis could be: We\u0027ve got bad traffic in Midtown. What if we put these traffic signals in the Tech Square area? What effect will that have on the flows in the city? With a digital twin, you can know that before you install the lights. That is one of the big opportunities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fourth level is the idea that the infrastructure could start to intervene on behalf of the citizens. And so in the example of the tall building fire, the traffic signals might preemptively allow the fire trucks through. But they could also do other things like make all of the signals around the building red, so no traffic is moving and there\u0027s more space for people to evacuate the building. That would be something we might allow the systems to do for us.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: How is that different from, for example, a project in Valdosta that allows first responder vehicles to change the traffic lights so they can get to an emergency more quickly?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMohammadi: A digital twin will update itself based on data that keeps coming in. If you think about the interaction with the traffic signal, it doesn\u0027t care about what happened five minutes ago, 10 minutes ago. At that moment, they know that the driver probably has a better situational awareness than the automated system. So they let the driver interfere and put useful inputs into the systems to make a better decision.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe digital twin is accumulating data as it comes because it is based on prediction. The definition of prediction is looking at past data and, based on past experience, predicting what\u0027s likely to happen in the future. We know that time is a moving target. As we move on, things that happened in the past accumulate. There are more things that we know. A digital twin is really at the edge of this moving target.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: Tell us about the river safety project in Columbus, which uses a digital twin to create an alert system to prevent drownings in the Chattahoochee River. The city\u0026nbsp;was recently named a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spring.smartcitiesconnect.org\/Smart20Awards\/\u0022\u003ESmart 20 award\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;winner by Smart Cities Connect for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/20\/protection-drowning-through-ai-enabled-camera-system\u0022\u003ECitizen Safety Digital Twin\u003C\/a\u003E project.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaylor: A good project from our perspective involves a complicated enough scenario where multiple sensors are involved. With the river safety project, we had to understand and predict water levels with a water level sensor. We use visual sensing to understand, if people were in the environment when hazardous conditions might begin to occur, whether we could get them out of harm\u0027s way before they get swept away into the water.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe had to build a digital twin of the entire river basin, so we would know just what the danger is if the water level rises this much. Are the islands that people are standing on before the water level rises going to vanish?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat one was particularly interesting to us. If you look at the smart city digital twin work we did first, it was related to energy consumption. We\u0027re increasingly excited about having a more direct effect on people\u0027s lives. This one is stopping people from drowning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: Tell us about the digital twin you developed for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/all_projects\/city-of-warner-robins\/\u0022\u003EWarner Robins\u2019\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Citizen Safety Digital Twin for Community Resilience project, which deploys dynamic license plate reader cameras to help deter crime. It received the Intelligent Community Forum\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.intelligentcommunity.org\/smart21\u0022\u003ESmart21 Community Award\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.smartcity.org.tw\/index.php\/en-us\/\u0022\u003E2024 Taipei Smart City Summit and Expo\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaylor: This project is pretty complicated from our perspective, because we had to build a geographic information systems (GIS) map of the city. We also have to know where crimes have been occurring. We\u0027ve got more than 10 years of crime data, including very recent crime data. We\u0027re deploying sensors in part to deter crimes, but also to detect and collect more information about crime patterns. It comes down to taking the information about where crimes are occurring and coupling that with predictions about routes people would take if they did commit a crime, so that the car would come into view of one of the cameras. We don\u0027t hide the camera; we put it on a very visible structure, where we predict most likely the crimes are going to occur this week. We put this very visible thing to discourage people from doing anything once they realize they\u0027re being watched. And we found that it did in fact, reduce crimes in those high-crime spots by 20%.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: What are some other ways communities can use digital twins?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaylor: We published something this spring, and we\u0027re working on a funding proposal now, about how ambulances move around during a period of inundation \u2014 coastal flooding, coastal inundation, or heavy rains. We\u2019ve met with Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah about this. We looked at data in Virginia Beach to see if, in real time as the flooding is changing, we could deploy ambulances in different parts of the city ahead of where they\u0027re needed. It\u2019s ambulance routing during a natural disaster event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQ: Are there limitations to smart city digital twin technology?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaylor: When we travel around and we present this, some clever student or faculty member will say, \u201cWouldn\u0027t a great research project be to figure out how to build a central platform for the collection of this data or a standard format for the way this data should be sent so that all the systems can talk to each other?\u201d And they\u2019re right. It\u0027s difficult to get the value across a whole city if you\u0027re only looking at one system at a time. A future research topic is figuring out those data flows and the centralization of that data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn March, three communities that are part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/\u0022\u003EPartnership for Inclusive Innovation\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E (Partnership) Community Research Grant program were honored with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/partnership-for-inclusive-innovation-smart-cities-projects-receive-international-recognitions\/\u0022\u003Einternational smart cities awards\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Q\u0026A with two Georgia Tech experts in civil and environmental engineering and city infrastructure analytics."}],"uid":"36300","created_gmt":"2024-07-01 13:59:28","changed_gmt":"2024-12-09 17:36:57","author":"Karen Kirkpatrick","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674273":{"id":"674273","type":"image","title":"Neda_John copy.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/neda-mohammadi\u0022\u003ENeda Mohammadi\u003C\/a\u003E, city infrastructure analytics director in Georgia Tech\u2019s Network Dynamics Lab, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/john-e-taylor\u0022\u003EJohn Taylor\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (file photo)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1719842474","gmt_created":"2024-07-01 14:01:14","changed":"1719842474","gmt_changed":"2024-07-01 14:01:14","alt":"Photo of two Georgia Tech professors","file":{"fid":"257768","name":"Neda_John copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/01\/Neda_John%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/01\/Neda_John%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":291243,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/07\/01\/Neda_John%20copy.jpg?itok=VssFtCKt"}}},"media_ids":["674273"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193822","name":"John Taylor"},{"id":"193823","name":"Neda Mohammadi"},{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"188705","name":"Partnership for Inclusive Innovation"},{"id":"179230","name":"digital twin"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193654","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKaren Kirkpatrick\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ekaren.kirkpatrick@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["karen.kirkpatrick@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678451":{"#nid":"678451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia AIM Wins Tech for Good Award from the Technology Association of Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM (Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing) was recently awarded the \u0027Tech for Good\u0027 award from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tagonline.org\/\u0022\u003ETechnology Association of Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E (TAG), the state\u2019s largest tech organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe accolade was presented at the annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tagonline.org\/awards\/tag-technology-awards\/\u0022\u003ETAG Technology Awards\u003C\/a\u003E ceremony on Nov. 6 at Atlanta\u2019s Fox Theatre. The TAG Technology Awards promote inclusive technology throughout Georgia, and any state company, organization, or leader is eligible to apply.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech for Good, one of TAG\u2019s five award categories, honors a program or project that uses technology to promote inclusiveness and equity by serving Georgia communities and individuals who are underrepresented in the tech space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM is comprised of 16 projects across the state that connect smart technology to manufacturing through K-12 education, workforce development, and manufacturer outreach. The federally funded program is a collaborative project administered through Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETAG is a Georgia AIM partner and provides workforce development programs that train people and assist them in making successful transitions into tech careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDonna Ennis, Georgia AIM\u2019s co-director, accepted the award on behalf of the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia AIM\u2019s mission is to equitably develop and deploy talent and innovation for AI in manufacturing, and the Tech for Good Award reinforces our focus on revolutionizing the manufacturing economy for Georgia and the entire country,\u201d Ennis said in her acceptance speech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe cited the organization\u2019s many coalition members across the state: the Technical College System of Georgia; Spelman College; the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio team at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs and the University of Georgia; the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission; the Georgia Cyber Innovation \u0026amp; Training Center; and TAG and Georgia AIM\u2019s partners in the Middle Georgia Innovation corridor, including 21st Century Partnership and the Houston Development Authority.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnnis also acknowledged the U.S. Economic Development Administration for funding the project and helping to bring it to fruition. \u201cBut most of all,\u201d she said, \u201cI want to thank our manufacturers and communities across Georgia who are at the forefront of creating a new economy through AI in manufacturing. It is a privilege to assist you on this journey of technology and discovery.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe award honors a program or project that uses technology to promote inclusiveness and equity by serving Georgia communities and individuals who are underrepresented in the tech space.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award honors a program or project that uses technology to promote inclusiveness and equity by serving Georgia communities and individuals who are underrepresented in the tech space."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-11-14 21:19:37","changed_gmt":"2024-12-09 17:36:57","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675644":{"id":"675644","type":"image","title":"1730989292913.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMembers of Georgia AIM\u2019s governance team stand for a photo with Cassia Baker, a cybersecurity expert with the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (left), and David Bridges, executive vice president of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (second from right), which oversees the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1731619463","gmt_created":"2024-11-14 21:24:23","changed":"1731619463","gmt_changed":"2024-11-14 21:24:23","alt":"Members of Georgia AIM\u2019s governance team stand for a photo with Cassia Baker, a cybersecurity expert with the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (left), and David Bridges, executive vice president of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (second from right), which oversees the projects.","file":{"fid":"259291","name":"1730989292913.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/14\/1730989292913.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/14\/1730989292913.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":525640,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/11\/14\/1730989292913.jpeg?itok=S7c7QtJm"}}},"media_ids":["675644"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-week-kicks-mobile-studio-launch","title":"Georgia AIM Week Kicks Off with Mobile Studio Launch"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-showcased-vice-presidents-economic-development-tour","title":"Georgia AIM Showcased on Vice President\u2019s Economic Development Tour"}],"groups":[{"id":"236531","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"170301","name":"Donna Ennis"},{"id":"2556","name":"artificial intelligence"},{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193654","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:eve.tolpa@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEve Tolpa\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["eve.tolpa@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678746":{"#nid":"678746","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Multipurpose Model Enhances Forecasting Across Epidemics, Energy, and Economics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new machine learning (ML) model from Georgia Tech could protect communities from diseases, better manage electricity consumption in cities, and promote business growth, all at the same time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) created the Large Pre-Trained Time-Series Model (LPTM) framework.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2311.11413\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELPTM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is a single foundational model that completes forecasting tasks across a broad range of domains.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with performing as well or better than models purpose-built for their applications, LPTM requires 40% less data and 50% less training time than current baselines. In some cases, LPTM can be deployed without any training data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe key to LPTM is that it is pre-trained on datasets from different industries like healthcare, transportation, and energy. The Georgia Tech group created an adaptive segmentation module to make effective use of these vastly different datasets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers will present LPTM in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the 2024 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nips.cc\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeurIPS 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E). NeurIPS is one of the world\u2019s most prestigious conferences on artificial intelligence (AI) and ML research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe foundational model paradigm started with text and image, but people haven\u2019t explored time-series tasks yet because those were considered too diverse across domains,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~badityap\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EB. Aditya Prakash\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, one of LPTM\u2019s developers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur work is a pioneer in this new area of exploration where only few attempts have been made so far.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/research\/neurips-2024\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMICROSITE: Georgia Tech at NeurIPS 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFoundational models are trained with data from different fields, making them powerful tools when assigned tasks. Foundational models drive GPT, DALL-E, and other popular generative AI platforms used today. LPTM is different though because it is geared toward time-series, not text and image generation. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers trained LPTM on data ranging from epidemics, macroeconomics, power consumption, traffic and transportation, stock markets, and human motion and behavioral datasets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter training, the group pitted LPTM against 17 other models to make forecasts as close to nine real-case benchmarks. LPTM performed the best on five datasets and placed second on the other four.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe nine benchmarks contained data from real-world collections. These included the spread of influenza in the U.S. and Japan, electricity, traffic, and taxi demand in New York, and financial markets.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competitor models were purpose-built for their fields. While each model performed well on one or two benchmarks closest to its designed purpose, the models ranked in the middle or bottom on others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another experiment, the Georgia Tech group tested LPTM against seven baseline models on the same nine benchmarks in zero-shot forecasting tasks. Zero-shot means the model is used out of the box and not given any specific guidance during training. LPTM outperformed every model across all benchmarks in this trial.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELPTM performed consistently as a top-runner on all nine benchmarks, demonstrating the model\u2019s potential to achieve superior forecasting results across multiple applications with less and resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur model also goes beyond forecasting and helps accomplish other tasks,\u201d said Prakash, an associate professor in the School of CSE.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cClassification is a useful time-series task that allows us to understand the nature of the time-series and label whether that time-series is something we understand or is new.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne reason traditional models are custom-built to their purpose is that fields differ in reporting frequency and trends.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, epidemic data is often reported weekly and goes through seasonal peaks with occasional outbreaks. Economic data is captured quarterly and typically remains consistent and monotone over time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELPTM\u2019s adaptive segmentation module allows it to overcome these timing differences across datasets. When LPTM receives a dataset, the module breaks data into segments of different sizes. Then, it scores all possible ways to segment data and chooses the easiest segment from which to learn useful patterns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELPTM\u2019s performance, enhanced through the innovation of adaptive segmentation, earned the model acceptance to NeurIPS 2024 for presentation. NeurIPS is one of three primary international conferences on high-impact research in AI and ML. NeurIPS 2024 occurs Dec. 10-15.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.harsha-pk.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarshavardhan Kamarthi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E partnered with Prakash, his advisor, on LPTM. The duo are among the 162 Georgia Tech researchers presenting over 80 papers at the conference.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrakash is one of 46 Georgia Tech faculty with research accepted at NeurIPS 2024. Nine School of CSE faculty members, nearly one-third of the body, are authors or co-authors of 17 papers accepted at the conference.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with sharing their research at NeurIPS 2024, Prakash and Kamarthi released an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/AdityaLab\/Samay\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eopen-source library of foundational time-series modules\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E that data scientists can use in their applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiven the interest in AI from all walks of life, including business, social, and research and development sectors, a lot of work has been done and thousands of strong papers are submitted to the main AI conferences,\u201d Prakash said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAcceptance of our paper speaks to the quality of the work and its potential to advance foundational methodology, and we hope to share that with a larger audience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new machine learning (ML) model from Georgia Tech could protect communities from diseases, better manage electricity consumption in cities, and promote business growth, all at the same time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) created the Large Pre-Trained Time-Series Model (LPTM) framework.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2311.11413\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELPTM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is a single foundational model that completes forecasting tasks across a broad range of domains.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with performing as well or better than models purpose-built for their applications, LPTM requires 40% less data and 50% less training time than current baselines. In some cases, LPTM can be deployed without any training data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe key to LPTM is that it is pre-trained on datasets from different industries like healthcare, transportation, and energy. The Georgia Tech group created an adaptive segmentation module to make effective use of these vastly different datasets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers will present LPTM in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the 2024 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nips.cc\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeurIPS 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E). 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The dataset provides a new resource to study how public correspondence affects businesses and markets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubjECTive-QA is the first human-curated dataset on question-answer pairs from earnings call transcripts (ECTs). The dataset teaches models to identify subjective features in ECTs, like clarity and cautiousness. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe dataset lays the foundation for a new approach to identifying disinformation and misinformation caused by nuances in speech. While ECT responses can be technically true, unclear or irrelevant information can misinform stakeholders and affect their decision-making.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETests on White House press briefings showed that the dataset applies to other sectors with frequent question-and-answer encounters, notably politics, journalism, and sports. This increases the odds of effectively informing audiences and improving transparency across public spheres.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe intersecting work between natural language processing and finance earned\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2410.20651\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ethe paper\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E acceptance to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neurips.cc\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeurIPS 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the 38th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. NeurIPS is one of the world\u2019s most prestigious conferences on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022SubjECTive-QA has the potential to revolutionize nowcasting predictions with enhanced clarity and relevance,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/shahagam4.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAgam Shah\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the project\u2019s lead researcher.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIts nuanced analysis of qualities in executive responses, like optimism and cautiousness, deepens our understanding of economic forecasts and financial transparency.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/research\/neurips-2024\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMICROSITE: Georgia Tech at NeurIPS 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubjECTive-QA offers a new means to evaluate financial discourse by characterizing language\u0027s subjective and multifaceted nature. This improves on traditional datasets that quantify sentiment or verify claims from financial statements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe dataset consists of 2,747 Q\u0026amp;A pairs taken from 120 ECTs from companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange from 2007 to 2021. The Georgia Tech researchers annotated each response by hand based on six features for a total of 49,446 annotations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe group evaluated answers on:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERelevance: the speaker answered the question with appropriate details.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EClarity: the speaker was transparent in the answer and the message conveyed.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOptimism: the speaker answered with a positive outlook regarding future outcomes.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESpecificity: the speaker included sufficient and technical details in their answer.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECautiousness: the speaker answered using a conservative, risk-averse approach.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAssertiveness: the speaker answered with certainty about the company\u2019s events and outcomes.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech group validated their dataset by training eight computer models to detect and score these six features. Test models comprised of three BERT-based pre-trained language models (PLMs), and five popular large language models (LLMs) including Llama and ChatGPT.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll eight models scored the highest on the relevance and clarity features. This is attributed to domain-specific pretraining that enables the models to identify pertinent and understandable material.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe PLMs achieved higher scores on the clear, optimistic, specific, and cautious categories. The LLMs scored higher in assertiveness and relevance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another experiment to test transferability, a PLM trained with SubjECTive-QA evaluated 65 Q\u0026amp;A pairs from White House press briefings and gaggles. Scores across all six features indicated models trained on the dataset could succeed in other fields outside of finance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Building on these promising results, the next step for SubjECTive-QA is to enhance customer service technologies, like chatbots,\u201d said Shah, a Ph.D. candidate studying machine learning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to make these platforms more responsive and accurate by integrating our analysis techniques from SubjECTive-QA.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubjECTive-QA culminated from two semesters of work through Georgia Tech\u2019s Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/vip.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVIP Program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is an approach to higher education where undergraduate and graduate students work together on long-term project teams led by faculty.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate students earn academic credit and receive hands-on experience through VIP projects. The extra help advances ongoing research and gives graduate students mentorship experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EComputer science major\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pardawalahuzaifa.me\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHuzaifa Pardawala\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and mathematics major\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/siddhantsukhani\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESiddhant Sukhani\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E co-led the SubjECTive-QA project with Shah.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFellow collaborators included\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/veerkejriwal\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVeer Kejriwal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abhipi\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbhishek Pillai\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rohan-bhasin-356aa41a0\/?originalSubdomain=in\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERohan Bhasin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-dibiasio-96164721a\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew DiBiasio\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tarun-mandapati-a90443206\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETarun Mandapati\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dhruv-adha-ba5142215\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDhruv Adha\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. All six researchers are undergraduate students studying computer science.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/chava\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESudheer Chava\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E co-advises Shah and is the faculty lead of SubjECTive-QA. Chava is a professor in the Scheller College of Business and director of the M.S. in Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChava is also an adjunct faculty member in the College of Computing\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Leading undergraduate students through the VIP Program taught me the powerful impact of balancing freedom with guidance,\u201d Shah said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAllowing students to take the helm not only fosters their leadership skills but also enhances my own approach to mentoring, thus creating a mutually enriching educational experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresenting SubjECTive-QA at NeurIPS 2024 exposes the dataset for further use and refinement. NeurIPS is one of three primary international conferences on high-impact research in AI and ML. The conference occurs Dec. 10-15.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SubjECTive-QA team is among the 162 Georgia Tech researchers presenting over 80 papers at NeurIPS 2024. The Georgia Tech contingent includes 46 faculty members, like Chava. These faculty represent Georgia Tech\u2019s Colleges of Business, Computing, Engineering, and Sciences, underscoring the pertinence of AI research across domains.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Presenting SubjECTive-QA at prestigious venues like NeurIPS propels our research into the spotlight, drawing the attention of key players in finance and tech,\u201d Shah said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe feedback we receive from this community of experts validates our approach and opens new avenues for future innovation, setting the stage for transformative applications in industry and academia.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have created a dataset that trains computer models to understand nuances in human speech during financial earnings calls. 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Choi and Daksh Gupta, their other co-founder, participated in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/create-x-capstone\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Capstone\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and then in\u0026nbsp;CREATE-X Startup Launch to develop Tabnam, which initially was an AI shopping assistant that scraped the internet to tell users what people think about their product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe founders discussed starting Tabnam in a course and moving across the country to work on it in their apartment to getting rejected by YC, pivoting the startup at a hackathon, and developing Greptile. This AI product enables large software teams to review core changes before merging, find issues in their code, understand the source of bugs, and perform other related tasks. That iteration proved successful, gaining millions in funding and hundreds of customers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGupta spoke about a framework that kept the co-founders open to pivots. \u201cStartups aren\u2019t small companies. They\u2019re a hypothesis that asks if a company should exist in this space. That means your job is to prove or disprove that hypothesis,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more insights, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/M9kDzDAlFyM?si=ztTTcywgd0Hppdv7\u0022\u003Ewatch the video of the event\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOpportunities for Entrepreneurs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty, researchers, and alumni interested in developing their own startups are encouraged to apply to CREATE-X\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E. 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The week kicks off at Georgia Tech\u0027s John Lewis Student Center with the debut of the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio. The vehicle will tour the state during the week to showcase how a wide range of organizations, including public schools, manufacturers, and technology startups, are using AI. The week will conclude on Oct. 4,\u0026nbsp;National Manufacturing Day, at the University of Georgia in Athens.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded by a $65 million federal Economic Development Administration grant, Georgia AIM launched in September 2022 and connects 16 projects across the state, all working to develop a manufacturing workforce skilled in smart technologies and to deploy innovation in the manufacturing industry.\u0026nbsp;Georgia AIM is one of the largest federally funded initiatives of its kind in the country to connect economic development with AI in manufacturing to foster advancements in innovation and workforce development. The grant project is led by Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia AIM Week allows us to showcase the incredible work that we have accomplished in partnership with a range of organizations over the last two years,\u201d said Donna Ennis, Georgia AIM co-director. \u201cArtificial intelligence and smart technologies are a game-changer for small and medium manufacturers, and learning these technologies opens doors for our workforce. Georgia AIM is working across the state to ensure Georgia can take advantage of these new technologies, and Georgia AIM Week is highlighting these efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the kickoff and wrap-up events, Georgia AIM Week events will occur in Atlanta, Augusta, Dawsonville, LaGrange, McDonough, Moultrie, Savannah, and Warner Robins. Virtual \u201cHour of Coding\u201d activities for 6th to 12th graders are also planned from noon to 1 p.m. each day that week.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing-focused events will be hosted by the Georgia MBDA Business Center, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility located at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM\u2019s work across the state includes K-12 initiatives to connect STEM and problem-solving activities to students, new labs and equipment at Technical College System of Georgia campuses, a new program for cybersecurity training at the Cyber Innovation \u0026amp; Training Center with Augusta University, and new workforce development programs that include training and apprenticeships and fellowships that align with local manufacturing needs. Overall, more than 3,000 students and 1,500 teachers in K-12 schools have connected with new science-based challenges. New programs are connecting Southwest Georgia career academies to advanced technologies, and the number of robotics programs for K-12 schools in Middle Georgia has doubled.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM funding created the AI-Enhanced Robotics Center at the Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center in Warner Robins, where 24 students have received AI-Enhanced Robotic Manufacturing Specialist technical training certificates. Georgia AIM has also connected with dozens of manufacturers and communities across the state, assisting with technology implementation and pilot projects to help incorporate smart technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia AIM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFunded by a $65 million grant from the federal Economic Development Administration, Georgia\u0026nbsp;AIM is a network of projects across the state that connect the manufacturing community with AI and smart technologies and a ready workforce. Georgia AIM works across all geographies and demographics to bring traditionally underrepresented participants to manufacturing spaces, specifically rural residents, women, people of color, veterans, and those without a college degree. Georgia AIM projects include K-12 education, Georgia\u2019s universities and technical colleges, workforce education, regional partnerships, nonprofits, and support for emerging technologies and manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on Georgia AIM, please visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.georgiaaim.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Egeorgiaaim.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECelebrate the official launch of the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio with festivities at the John Lewis Student Center. Starting at 10:50 a.m. with Georgia Tech\u0027s Pep Squad and a special appearance by Buzz, the event includes special guest speakers from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by tours of the Mobile Studio. The event includes student clubs focused on AI and robotics and a special guest robot dog! Come explore the new Mobile Studio before it launches its tour of the state.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"We\u0027re celebrating the launch of the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio with speakers, student groups, and accessible technology."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2024-09-26 20:40:31","changed_gmt":"2024-11-15 19:09:40","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675142":{"id":"675142","type":"image","title":"Georgia AIM Mobile AI Studio","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia AIM Mobile Studio is being deployed across the state of Georgia as part of the Underserved Entrepreneurship Activation project. 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Ehmer Theater for a panel event hosted by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The panel will feature Y Combinator Group Partner\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/people\/brad-flora\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrad Flora\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and the founders of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.greptile.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGreptile\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, all Georgia Tech alumni, who will discuss their experiences with the startup accelerator.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince tickets are limited, students are encouraged to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/events.ycombinator.com\/ycatgt\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP for Y Combinator @ Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. As a part of the event, students can apply for Office Hours With Flora, which will be held earlier in the day, by answering optional questions in the RSVP form. Y Combinator will notify selected students. The sessions enable students to discuss side projects or startups, startup idea development, finding co-founders, and monetizing products. Confirmed RSVPs are required to attend the event and office hours.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EY Combinator offers an intensive, three-month program designed to help startups succeed. It provides startups with seed funding, mentorship, and access to a network of investors, industry experts, and alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2022, Daksh Gupta and SooHoon Choi participated in CREATE-X \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and developed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/company\/tabnam\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETabnam\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which became Greptile after several iterations. Initially, the startup was promoted as an AI shopping assistant that scrapes the internet to tell users what people think about their product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2023, after they graduated from Georgia Tech, Choi, Gupta, and Vaishant Kameswaran launched the latest version of the startup. Now the AI platform focuses on entire codebases and allows users to query via an API. Through the platform, users chat with their codebases, generate descriptions for tickets, automate PR reviews, and build custom internal tools and automations on top of the API. Over 800 software teams, including Wombo, Metamask, Warp, Exa AI, Bland, and Leya, use Greptile. In June, it had a $4 million seed round. Greptile was part of Y Combinator\u2019s Winter 2024 cohort.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor those inspired by Greptile\u2019s success and interested in launching their own startup, CREATE-X is currently accepting\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR\/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eapplications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E for Summer 2025 Startup Launch. The priority deadline is Sunday, Nov. 17. Early applicants have a higher chance of acceptance, the opportunity for more feedback, and more opportunities to apply if one idea isn\u2019t accepted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Launch provides mentorship, $5,000 in optional funding, and $150,000 in services to help Georgia Tech students, alumni, faculty, and researchers launch businesses over 12 weeks in the summer. Teams can be interdisciplinary, made up of co-founders even outside of Georgia Tech, and solopreneurs. 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Additionally, through Morehouse College\u2019s activation, Spelman College and the Morehouse School of Medicine will also participate in supporting the project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith a combined economic output of more than $3.2 trillion, the NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub region represents more than 11% of the entire U.S. economy. As a region, those states and Puerto Rico have a larger economic output than France, Italy, or Canada.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a great opportunity for us to engage in regional collaboration to drive innovation across the Southeast to strengthen our regional economy and that of Puerto Rico,\u201d said the Enterprise Innovation Institute\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nakiamelecio\/\u0022\u003ENakia Melecio\u003C\/a\u003E, director of the NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub. As director, Melecio will oversee strategic management, data collection, and overall operations\u200b.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, Melecio serves as a national faculty instructor for the NSF I-Corps program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis also allows us to collectively tackle some of the common challenges all four of our states face, especially when it comes to being intentionally inclusive in reaching out to communities that historically haven\u2019t always been invited to participate,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat means bringing solutions to market that not only solve problems but are intentional about including researchers from Black and Hispanic-serving institutions, Melecio said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/keithmcgreggor\/\u0022\u003EKeith McGreggor\u003C\/a\u003E, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVentureLab\u003C\/a\u003E, is the faculty lead charged with designing the curriculum and instruction for the NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub\u2019s partners.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcGreggor has extensive I-Corps experience. In 2012, Georgia Tech was among the first institutions in the country selected to teach the I-Corps curriculum, which aims to further research commercialization. McGreggor served as the lead instructor for I-Corps-related efforts and led training efforts across the Southeast, as well as for teams in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Republic of Ireland.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/raghupathy-sivakumar\u0022\u003ERaghupathy \u201cSiva\u201d Sivakumar\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s vice president of Commercialization and chief commercialization officer, is the project\u2019s principal investigator.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub is one of three announced by the NSF. The others are in the Northwest and New England regions, led by the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively. The three I-Corps Hubs are part of the NSF\u2019s planned expansion of its National Innovation Network, which now includes 128 colleges and universities across 48 states.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs designed, the NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub will leverage its partner institutions\u2019 strengths to break down barriers to researchers\u2019 pace of lab-to-market commercialization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our Hub member institutions have successfully commercialized transformative technologies across critical sectors, including advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, cybersecurity, and biomedical fields,\u201d said Sivakumar. \u201cWe aim to achieve two key objectives: first, to establish and expand a scalable model that effectively translates research into viable commercial ventures; and second, to address pressing societal needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This includes not only delivering innovative solutions but also cultivating a diverse pipeline of researchers and innovators, thereby enhancing interest in STEM fields \u2014 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Atlanta, is a proponent of the Hub\u2019s STEM component.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a biology major-turned-congresswoman, I know firsthand that STEM education and research open doors far beyond the lab or classroom.,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThis National Science Foundation grant means Georgia Tech will be leading the way in equipping researchers and grad students to turn their discoveries into real-world impact \u2014 as innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m especially excited about the partnership with Morehouse College and other minority-serving institutions through this Hub, expanding pathways to innovation and entrepreneurship for historically marginalized communities and creating one more tool to close the racial wealth gap.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat STEM aspect, coupled with supporting the growth of a regional ecosystem, will speed commercialization, increase higher education-industry collaborations, and boost the network of diverse entrepreneurs and startup founders, said David Bridges, vice president of the Enterprise Innovation Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis multi-university, regional approach is a successful model because it has been proven that bringing a diversity of stakeholders together leads to unique solutions to very difficult problems,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd while the Southeast faces different challenges that vary from state to state and Puerto Rico has its own needs, they call for a more comprehensive approach to solving them. 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Within the MBA program, students can conduct an independent study project with a Scheller professor to explore their interests more deeply.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wendy-hagenmaier\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWendy Hagenmeier\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Evening MBA \u002724, did her independent study with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/overby\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEric Overby, Catherine and Edwin Wahlen Professor,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E before graduating this summer from the Evening MBA program. Building on the framework she learned in Eric\u2019s Analysis of Emerging Technologies course, Wendy conducted a comprehensive analysis of library emulation networks, which provide access to historical information stored in outdated software formats to users around the world.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-384866715\/evening-mba-student-wendy-hagenmeier-explores-emerging-information-access-technology-via-her-independent-study?utm_source=clipboard\u0026amp;utm_medium=text\u0026amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\u0022\u003EListen to the episode\u003C\/a\u003E as Wendy and Eric discuss the potential of emulation networks, the challenges they face, and how those challenges might be overcome.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EApplying the analytical framework from Scheller College professor Eric Overby\u0027s course on Analysis of Emerging Technologies, Wendy Hagenmeier performed an in-depth study of global library emulation networks that enable worldwide access to historical data preserved in obsolete software formats.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In this episode of The Intersection Podcast, Professor Eric Overby sits down with Wendy Hagenmeier, Evening MBA \u002724 to discuss her independent study on library emulation networks."}],"uid":"28082","created_gmt":"2024-10-08 17:03:00","changed_gmt":"2024-10-31 18:13:42","author":"Lorrie Burroughs","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675246":{"id":"675246","type":"image","title":"Eric Overby and Wendy Hagenmeier","body":null,"created":"1728406019","gmt_created":"2024-10-08 16:46:59","changed":"1728406565","gmt_changed":"2024-10-08 16:56:05","alt":"Eric Overby and Wendy Hagenmeier","file":{"fid":"258848","name":"eric-overby-podcast-the-intersection.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/08\/eric-overby-podcast-the-intersection.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/08\/eric-overby-podcast-the-intersection.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":98757,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/10\/08\/eric-overby-podcast-the-intersection.jpg?itok=LJKA-bCQ"}}},"media_ids":["675246"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECamille Moore\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"677190":{"#nid":"677190","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Team Sustain\u2019s Capstone: Engineering Culinary Convenience ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/create-x-capstone\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Capstone Design\u003C\/a\u003E offers students a unique opportunity to blend their technical skills with entrepreneurial ambitions. In this interdisciplinary program, teams of students identify real-world problems and develop innovative solutions through customer discovery and hands-on experience. Below we spotlight Team Sustain, a group of students who participated in the Spring 2024 Capstone Expo. Their project focused on bringing convenience to home-cooked meals, showcasing the practical application of their engineering and entrepreneurial skills. Read on to learn about their journey, their challenges, and how you can get involved in CREATE-X Capstone Design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam Sustain\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESustain offers a way to crowdsource meals and provide home cooks with a cash incentive. The system includes software for ordering, reviewing, and collecting data and hardware for meal exchange.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENirmal Karthik, electrical and computer engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESoughtout Olasupo-Ojo, computer science\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENathan Kashani, mechanical engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeghan Janicki, electrical and computer engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoseph Nehme-Haily, mechanical engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohn Mark Page, electrical engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhy did you all choose this project?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the main things CREATE-X Capstone encourages us to do is customer discovery. Through our discussions, we realized that many people enjoy home-cooked meals but find them inconvenient to prepare. While most things in life are just a click away, home-cooked meals still require a personal touch. CREATE-X challenged us to find a problem and create a solution, so we focused on making home-cooked meals more convenient,\u201d Page said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhy CREATE-X Capstone?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAfter graduation, I wanted to try my hand at entrepreneurship later. I thought CREATE-X was a good way for me to try and learn entrepreneurship skills: how to run a business, what it looks like, the timeline, and so on. Either way, if it went well or badly, I could say with my heart that I have an idea of how to do entrepreneurship,\u201d Olasupo-Ojo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can go into a big city like Atlanta and actually feel like you can do something to help people. It is a great benefit, as opposed to being in the technical weeds of an engineering project. Mixing them together has been a great experience,\u201d Janicki said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003ECREATE-X empowers students to think independently and explore projects they\u2019re passionate about. We get to drive our projects and businesses, learning skills firsthand rather than just in theory,\u201d Kashani said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat was your biggest struggle?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs engineers, we\u2019re classically, especially in school, already given the problem. So, the challenge was figuring out what the problem was, and if our solution really solves the root cause of the problem. We figured out how to find the problem,\u201d Page said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFiguring out the idea was our biggest struggle. We delved into markets to find opportunities and ways to help people,\u201d Kashani said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat has been your favorite part of this experience?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe team. Make sure you surround yourself with good people, and I think each of us has done that. That\u2019s what I\u2019m proudest about \u2014 our team,\u201d Page said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat advice would you give to someone considering entrepreneurship?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDevelop the skill sets to see problems and be able to think about them. At the beginning of the semester, we were thinking about solar design and building solar design for farms, and now we are in a completely different space. But we\u2019re still applying the same skills and building something up from it that matters. The most important skill is adaptability,\u201d Janicki said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBe ready to make mistakes. You won\u2019t get it right the first, second, or even third time. Customer discovery is a continuous process \u2014 don\u2019t let setbacks discourage you,\u201d Olasupo-Ojo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to get started. If you\u2019re feeling nervous or unsure, there\u2019s only one way to find out, so I\u2019d say go full force into it,\u201d Kashani said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X Capstone Design is open to senior undergraduate students in mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, industrial and systems engineering, and computer science. Course registration is available for the fall and spring semesters, and the current sections are ME4723-X\/X01, CS4723-X\/X01, ECE4853 X\/LX, BME4723-X\/X01, and ISYE4106.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X also offers other programs like Startup Lab and Idea to Prototype, providing students with a foundational entrepreneurial education. 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They don\u0027t know how serious these hazards are that they come across each day. We\u2019re able to tell people, \u2018This chemical\u2019s harming you, this air is harming you, this safety hazard is harming you.\u2019 It\u2019s saving lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGalicia was one of seven Enterprise 6 students from Georgia universities who put the skills they\u2019ve honed in labs and classrooms into a host of dynamic economic development projects across the state this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaunched in 2021, the Enterprise 6 program allows University System of Georgia undergraduate and graduate students to work in the economic development space. In the past three years, 31 interns have been selected.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Enterprise Innovation Institute is the nation\u2019s longest-running and most diverse university-based economic development organization. Since launching its founding program more than 60 years ago, it has expanded to serve a wide range of businesses of all sizes while also increasing its focus on socioeconomic development, providing resources, support, and skills to local communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnterprise 6 interns receive practical, real-life work experience and $25 an hour for a 20-hour work week, as well as mentorship from a research faculty member and biweekly check-in meetings. The program is made possible by funding from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur Enterprise 6 internships immerse students from Georgia Tech and other universities in the work of socioeconomic development across our programs that serve communities and business,\u201d said Enterprise Innovation Institute Vice President David Bridges. \u201cStudents don\u2019t always see direct parallels between socioeconomic development and their courses of study, but this experience is designed to help make those connections.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat was the case for Anshika Nichani, who interned with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cCybersecurity, supply chain, and Industry 4.0 projects provided me with invaluable experience and have been instrumental in my development across multiple domains,\u201d said Nichani, a computer science major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI learned more here than in some of my classes. It was also fascinating and enjoyable to learn about general workplace practices and dynamics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Shreya Dudeja, an undergraduate studying business administration in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EScheller College of Business\u003C\/a\u003E, the internship enabled her to learn about the inner workings of university finance, tracking processes, and delving into research and policy. What she especially appreciated about the internship was \u201cthe fact that I could work with so many different people. It\u0027s a very collaborative environment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECiera Hudson is a Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Emechanical engineering\u003C\/a\u003E student who will graduate in December. Hudson, who grew up singing and playing the flute, chose an Arts Innovation internship and has discovered some overlap between her major and her creative passions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an engineering student, she said, \u201cI\u0027ve had a lot of opportunities to learn about how products are developed and the whole life cycle from concept to completion.\u201d She sees similarities between that process and designing an arts program that meets a client\u2019s particular needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESamuel Hutto, an economics major at Georgia College and State University, worked with Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cedr.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Economic Development Research\u003C\/a\u003E (CEDR), building surveys and collecting and organizing data on municipalities throughout the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat he enjoyed most about his experience was CEDR\u0027s team. \u201cThey\u0027ve been very accepting and relaxed. 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The organization has performed thousands of assessments since its inception in the 1980s \u2013 usually at the rate of 15 to 20 per year \u2013 and typically identifies upwards of 10% in energy savings for clients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe assessment team, overseen by IAC associate director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/profiles\/kelly-grissom\/\u0022\u003EKelly Grissom\u003C\/a\u003E, comprises faculty and student engineers from Georgia Tech and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.famu.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlorida A\u0026amp;M University\u003C\/a\u003E\/\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eng.famu.fsu.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlorida State University College of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Georgia Tech leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-04\/IAC%20-%20Ctr%20of%20Excellence%20-%20Project%20Factsheets%20-%20April%202023.pdf\u0022\u003ESoutheastern IACs Center of Excellence\u003C\/a\u003E, which partners the institution with fellow \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity System of Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E (USG) entity \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kennesaw.edu\/\u0022\u003EKennesaw State University\u003C\/a\u003E, local HBCU \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cau.edu\/\u0022\u003EClark Atlanta University\u003C\/a\u003E, and neighboring state capital HBCU \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.famu.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlorida A\u0026amp;M University\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough mechanical engineering has historically been the chief area of concentration for IAC\u2019s interns, the program currently accepts students across a range of disciplines. \u201cIncreased diversity from that standpoint enriches the potential of the recommendations we can make,\u201d said Grissom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents are integral to the program, as is Grissom\u2019s role in facilitating their experiences with client engagement and technical recommendations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cKelly is the reason our program has been recognized,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/profiles\/randy-green\/\u0022\u003ERandy Green\u003C\/a\u003E, energy and sustainability services group manager at GaMEP. \u201cHe works tirelessly to ensure that assessments are accomplished with success for our manufacturers and students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe also recognize our partnership with the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and with IAC program lead \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/comas-haynes\u0022\u003EComas Haynes\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D., who works diligently to keep us on track and connected with our sponsors at the U.S. Department of Energy,\u201d Green added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe DoE accolade represents \u201ca \u2018one Georgia Tech\u2019 win,\u201d symbolic of the synergistic relationships forged across the Institute, said Haynes, who also serves as the Hydrogen Initiative Lead at Georgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and Energy branch head in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fptd.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIntelligent Sustainable Technologies Division\u003C\/a\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Today\u2019s spotlight focuses on the spring I2P Showcase third-place winners.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EElectrosuit\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAubrey Hall, a first-year biomedical student, and Sherya Chakraborty, a first-year computer science major, founded a startup to produce a garment that eases the use of at-home, prescribed electrical stimulation for people with chronic pain, stroke, and motor impairments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat made you interested in building this solution?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI did research at Northwestern for a couple of years before this, and some of the patients I worked with had severe stroke and spasticity in their arms,\u201d Chakraborty said. \u201cI found out that when they tried using at-home prescribed electrical stimulation, they had trouble setting it off themselves. So, we created a garment to ease pressure on that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat part of the course was most helpful to you?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EOne of our mentors, Sun Mi Park, was the first person to patent printable wires on fabric, and that gave us some inspiration to make our garment even more compact, easier to use, and integrate some interesting ideas that we wouldn\u2019t have been able to without our mentors. So, our mentors are honestly the best part of the program,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EChakraborty said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor me, you don\u2019t get a lot of chances to apply these engineering courses outside of the classroom,\u201d said Hall. \u201cThis course is a really interesting way to get firsthand experience building a prototype and really understand the engineering process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s so special about CREATE-X?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think these student projects are the future, and a lot of these projects make it out of college and become actual companies. Giving students that possibility to make a change just from a simple idea and fueling that with funding so we don\u2019t have to take risks out of our own pockets is a, really big deal,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EChakraborty said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s helpful to have that safety net, knowing that you have your mentors to back you, and also the people of the program to back you. It brings a lot of security and opportunity to try different things out and not have to be so fearful of failure. Even if you fail a million times, you can get back up and try again,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EHall said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s the best insight you\u2019ve gained from doing this?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think one big misconception is that entrepreneurship has a lot to do with finance and business and just lucrative ideas, but it\u2019s pretty important to understand that you can solve a seemingly everyday problem,\u201d said Chakraborty. \u201cIf it affects you or your friends, it\u2019s still worth trying to find a way to solve it, especially backed up with money and mentors from CREATE-X. What\u2019s the harm in trying something out?\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDon\u2019t try to make it feel like it\u2019s an all-or-nothing project,\u201d Hall said. \u201cYou\u2019re allowed to live your life as a college student but also pursue these interesting ideas and figure out if you enjoy entrepreneurship. It shouldn\u2019t be this daunting task where if you don\u2019t put everything in, you\u2019re going to fail.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s also important to keep an open mind. We might come in with an idea and a very specific way of executing that idea, but we found out through talking with mentors, and with other students and people who gave us advice, that sometimes the idea you come in with is not going to be the same thing you end up with,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EChakraborty said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENext Steps\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve only done four or five prototypes so far,\u201d she noted. \u201cWe want to do at least 12 of those prototypes and keep working with our mentors, keep making connections at Emory, and just constantly getting more and more feedback about our prototypes until we get to a state where we\u2019re satisfied, and we can demo our product and work with physical therapists across Atlanta.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re a student interested in building your own product for college credit, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003Eapply for I2P\u003C\/a\u003E. 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CREATE-X invites you to delve into the journeys of our top achievers, this time focusing on the Spring 2024 I2P Showcase first-place winners:\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EDolfin Solutions\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarianna Cao, James Gao, and Jaeheon Shim, first-year computer science majors, are the founders of Dolfin Solutions, a personal financial management platform that promises a unified solution to budgeting, transaction management, and expense tracking, among other personal finance tasks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat challenges did you have in I2P, and how did you work through them?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe were really lucky to get an excellent mentor, Aaron Hillegass. He has a lot of experience in the industry as a startup founder himself, and he gave us a lot of help, both technical as well as business, throughout the process. That helped us make better decisions,\u201d Gao said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the biggest challenge was, I had done projects in the past by myself, writing the full stack, but working together, communicating the requirements, and integrating everyone\u0027s different code at the end was a little bit of a logistical struggle,\u201d Shim said. \u201cBut we managed to figure it out.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat advice do you have for students interested in I2P or entrepreneurship in general?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGo for it. It\u0027s a three-credit course, so it counts toward your junior capstone as well. You get $500. Now is the perfect time to start because you don\u0027t have much to lose. If you\u0027re doing I2P and your company fails, you still have four years of college; you can still pursue a traditional path. 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Then the day after, there\u0027s a Georgia Tech-wide press release. People test positive for Covid-19 at the InVenture Prize; get tested. The next week, all of Georgia\u0027s in lockdown. What could have been a really big moment for us suddenly was overshadowed by a once-in-a-century pandemic. It was just one of those brutal moments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELife is meant to give you curveballs. Adversity is part of the journey. Is there anything else that I would rather be doing with my life?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the benefits of Covid was suddenly we had all these amazing Georgia Tech students whose internships were canceled. We had 17 full-time interns working at Queues within the next month, and we outputted more over that summer in lockdown than we ever did before.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven if, for whatever reason, your startup fails, there\u0027s so much you\u0027ve learned that you wouldn\u0027t have otherwise learned. 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The last one is not the most important; it\u0027s just the most symbolic because you finally get there.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat resources would you suggest to those who are interested in entrepreneurship?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/galileo-gatech.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?context=L\u0026amp;context=L\u0026amp;vid=01GALI_GIT:GT\u0026amp;vid=01GALI_GIT\u0026amp;docid=cdi_proquest_ebookcentralchapters_6808093_4_4\u0026amp;tab=default_tab\u0026amp;lang=en\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGood to Great\u003C\/em\u003E by Jim Collins\u003C\/a\u003E. The biggest thing from that book is the concept of leadership. Everyone has a place on the bus. Your job as founder is to make sure they\u2019re sitting in the right seat. We hire people we think are great fits and once they\u2019re there, we find where they belong.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/galileo-gatech.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma9914534760202947\u0026amp;context=L\u0026amp;vid=01GALI_GIT:GT\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI\u0026amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine\u0026amp;isFrbr=true\u0026amp;query=any,contains,9914534760202947\u0026amp;sortby=date_d\u0026amp;facet=frbrgroupid,include,9047174863047390298\u0026amp;offset=0\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENever Split the Difference\u003C\/em\u003E by Chris Voss\u003C\/a\u003E. I love it because it\u0027s all taught through anecdotes. He\u0027s taking you through real-life examples of him and the FBI. It\u0027s modern negotiation theory that\u0027s been practically tested.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/galileo-gatech.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?context=L\u0026amp;context=L\u0026amp;vid=01GALI_GIT:GT\u0026amp;vid=01GALI_GIT\u0026amp;docid=alma9914978881702947\u0026amp;tab=default_tab\u0026amp;lang=en\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELeaders Eat Last:\u0026nbsp;Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don\u0027t\u003C\/em\u003E by Simon Sinek.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIf you\u0027re a founder or a CEO, your job above all else is to be a leader. Unfortunately, there\u0027s not much good leadership training. It\u0027s your job to create a culture where your people can succeed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s next?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe\u0027re looking to deploy in the venue space. We\u0027re in talks with the Atlanta Braves right now. We\u0027ve also just launched a new product for Queues for parking. Our goal is to try and modernize and improve these spaces with this AI tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs we celebrate the achievements of entrepreneurs like Sam Porta, we invite you to join us for to see the next batch of founders building products to solve real-world issues. Don\u2019t miss out on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/gt-demo-day-tickets-888408793617?aff=article\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAugust 29\u003C\/strong\u003E, from \u003Cstrong\u003E5-7 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E at the \u003Cstrong\u003EExhibition Hall\u003C\/strong\u003E. It\u2019s a chance to meet these problem solvers, explore their ideas, and perhaps even find the spark for your own entrepreneurial journey. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/gt-demo-day-tickets-888408793617?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister today\u003C\/a\u003E! 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As a result, their connection may be unstable or slow, and they may be constrained by data caps that limit how much they can use the internet. This puts them at a disadvantage compared to households with internet access through smartphones and\u0026nbsp;other broadband connections at home and work, perpetuating digital inequality between disadvantaged and advantaged households.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe smartphone dependence of many disadvantaged households begs the question: If mobile internet service was better \u2013 e.g. if it was faster, more reliable, and\/or didn\u2019t come with data constraints \u2013 could that reduce digital inequality and level the playing field? Researchers from the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business studied this question and found the answer is \u201cyes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.smu.edu\/cox\/our-people-and-community\/faculty\/karthik-babu-nattamai-kannan\u0022\u003EKarthik Kannan\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor of IT and Operations Management at the Cox School of Business and Georgia Tech Ph.D. graduate, led the project. \u201cI was interested in the effect of data caps. For example, when you have 10GB of data per month and use more, you are charged extra, or your connection is throttled,\u201d said Kannan. \u201cSo, I partnered with a large telecommunications provider to study what happens when their subscribers switched from capped to unlimited data plans. I was particularly interested in differences between high-income and low-income households.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKannan, along with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/overby\/index.html\u0022\u003EEric Overby\u003C\/a\u003E, Catherine and Edwin Wahlen Professor of Information Technology Management, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/narasimhan\/index.html\u0022\u003ESri Narasimhan\u003C\/a\u003E, Gregory J. Owens Professor of Information Technology Management,\u0026nbsp;at the Scheller College of Business, found that while all households increased their data use after switching to an unlimited plan, the increase was significantly larger for families of low socioeconomic status.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat was our initial finding: that improving mobile internet service by removing the data cap had disproportionately large benefits for disadvantaged households,\u201d said Overby. \u201cBut that didn\u2019t mean much in and of itself. If those households weren\u2019t using the additional data for \u2018enriching\u2019 purposes like accessing educational, health care, or career-related data, the additional data consumption wouldn\u2019t translate into positive social benefits. Indeed, years of research on digital inequality have consistently shown a \u2018usage gap\u2019 in which advantaged households take fuller advantage of internet access improvements than disadvantaged households. The result is that internet improvements often exacerbate inequality. So, we dug deeper.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpecifically, the researchers leveraged the telecommunication provider\u2019s data categorization system to study changes in the consumption of educational data. They found that disadvantaged households experienced disproportionate increases in education data consumption (as well as in overall data consumption) after switching to unlimited mobile data. Although advantaged households increased their education data consumption by approximately 15MB (or about three digital textbooks) per month after switching to unlimited data, disadvantaged households increased their education data consumption by approximately 24MB (or about five digital textbooks) per month.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe can\u2019t be sure that these disproportionate increases in education data consumption will help disadvantaged households narrow gaps in educational outcomes. However, this is clearly a step in the right direction,\u201d said Kannan.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The research is directly relevant to the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s 2023 inquiry into the effects of data caps on disadvantaged households. Narasimhan explains, \u201cLet\u2019s say that based on their inquiry, the FCC decides to limit the use of data caps. A logical question is: will that do any good? In other words, will disadvantaged households take advantage of their improved mobile internet service in a way that can reduce digital inequality? Prior to our research, we didn\u2019t really know. But based on our research, the answer is yes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The research paper is forthcoming in \u003Cem\u003EManagement Science\u003C\/em\u003E and available at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4173558\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4173558\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research shows removing data caps to cell phone usage may not only reduce digital\u0026nbsp;inequality but might increase education data consumption by disadvantaged populations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Improving mobile internet service by removing the data cap has large benefits for disadvantaged households."}],"uid":"28082","created_gmt":"2024-06-20 14:51:43","changed_gmt":"2024-06-27 21:33:14","author":"Lorrie Burroughs","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674215":{"id":"674215","type":"image","title":"Hands with cellphone","body":null,"created":"1718895726","gmt_created":"2024-06-20 15:02:06","changed":"1718896333","gmt_changed":"2024-06-20 15:12:13","alt":"hands holding a cell phone","file":{"fid":"257701","name":"pxfuel.com (1)_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/20\/pxfuel.com%20%281%29_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/20\/pxfuel.com%20%281%29_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1173831,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/20\/pxfuel.com%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=TKMZ6NEv"}}},"media_ids":["674215"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1293","name":"cell phone"},{"id":"9153","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"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\u003EEric Overby\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"675141":{"#nid":"675141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute Hosts Foreign Entrepreneurs Through U.S. State Department Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the war between Russia and Ukraine,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/yevhen-popov\u0022\u003EYevhen Popov\u003C\/a\u003E is something of an information warrior.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPopov is director of civic partnerships and research with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.osavul.cloud\/\u0022\u003EOsavul\u003C\/a\u003E, a Kyiv, Ukraine, information security startup founded in 2022.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing artificial intelligence, the company\u2019s software allows governments, non-governmental organizations, media, and other private sector clients to collect and analyze data from online networks and platforms to fight disinformation and cyberattacks. It launched just as war broke out in Ukraine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe invasion was not only on the ground, which was military with military force, but also with the minds of people,\u201d Popov said. \u201cSo, with the disinformation attacks happening almost every day \u2014 two or three times a day \u2014\u0026nbsp;this is our response. It\u0027s a way to guide agencies and businesses to protect them from these harmful narratives and the harmful effects of these attacks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPopov and 18 other entrepreneurs \u2014\u0026nbsp;mostly from Ukraine but some from other countries, including Sri Lanka, Jordan, Fiji, Botswana, Brazil, and Mongolia \u2014 were at Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.encoregt.org\/\u0022\u003EEncore\u003C\/a\u003E for several weeks in the spring as part of a U.S. State Department program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat effort, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gistnetwork.org\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Innovation Through Science and Technology Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E (GIST), connects innovators from emerging economies who want to scale with faculty experts and ecosystem builders from the U.S. who can help them succeed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGIST is working with Nakia Melecio, who heads the Innovation Lab initiative at Georgia Tech\u2019s economic development arm, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. Melecio has been tapped to lead several GIST-related ecosystem-building efforts in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at Tech, the entrepreneurs met with campus leaders, researchers, and economic development experts from across the Institute, including the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commercialization.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-research-your-path-commercialization\u0022\u003EOffice of Commercialization\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVentureLab\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/global.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInternational Initiatives\u003C\/a\u003E, and the Enterprise Innovation Institute\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/global.innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEI2 Global\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u0027ve got the opportunity to share not only our resources, but our best practices to help these innovators blaze a trail within their own ecosystems and also figure out how to penetrate the U.S.,\u201d Melecio said, adding that Georgia Tech is slated to host a cohort of entrepreneurs from Egypt later in the summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re excited here at the Enterprise Innovation Institute to provide the level of coaching, support, and access that these founders need so they can be successful and hit their goals.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe visiting entrepreneurs are just as excited.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s very interesting to be here because the ecosystem of startups is quite huge in Atlanta and in Georgia,\u201d Popov said. \u201cIt\u0027s a good opportunity to be here with people who know what they\u0027re doing and know how they\u0027re doing it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExpanding her network and eyeing global expansion drew\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ariuntuya-altangerel-ba5b3ba6\/\u0022\u003EAriuntuya Altangerel\u003C\/a\u003E, co-founder and CEO of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/brighton.mn\/\u0022\u003EBrighton EdTech\u003C\/a\u003E in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe language learning startup was founded in 2011 to help facilitate, in an interactive way, mastery of English. Altangerel is exploring how the model can be replicated beyond her home country of 3.3 million people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have a very small population, so for startups, we have no choice but to go global so that they can scale,\u201d she said. Being at Georgia Tech is also giving her and the other GIST-hosted entrepreneurs opportunities to be fully immersed in a successful startup ecosystem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn our country, the startup ecosystem is at the seed level. It\u0027s growing faster and faster, but still, there are fewer opportunities for us to get an investment,\u201d she said. \u201cI just see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to dive into this ecosystem and learn as much as possible.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nevindaree\/\u0022\u003ENevindaree Premarathne\u003C\/a\u003E is the founder and CEO of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.themakers.global\/\u0022\u003EThe Makers\u003C\/a\u003E in Sri Lanka, a company that\u0026nbsp;aims to inculcate innovation habits in children through hands-on STEM activities and community building. The Makers has partnered with educational institutions, non-governmental organizations, and private enterprises to reach underprivileged schools and empower female students in STEM.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are getting a lot of knowledge from Georgia Tech,\u201d Premarathne said, noting her company\u0026nbsp;ships its activity boxes to 10 countries and is looking to scale.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a country, we have a small ecosystem,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to improve our network here, and seek investment opportunities and partnerships. It\u0027s really important for us, because of the space that we are working on in education.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearning how to crack the U.S. market is what Vlad Popov sought to achieve for his company,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/platma.com\/\u0022\u003EPlatma\u003C\/a\u003E, a two-year-old, no-code software development platform based in Kyiv.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur goal specifically is to find investors there and make a partnership that will help us in the U.S. market,\u201d said Vlad Popov, who serves as Platma\u2019s marketing director.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe war in Ukraine is driving some of those growth plans. \u201cThe war even accelerated us in this case, because we understand that every day can be the last day, so we work as hard as possible,\u201d he said, adding that the team mostly works remotely but workdays are often interrupted by warning sirens, electricity disruptions, and missile strikes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStarting a business is good because you provide jobs for people, you pay taxes, you help the economy become strong \u2014 it\u2019s important to start a business, even if it\u0027s hard.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStartup entrepreneurs are part of a U.S. State Department program that pairs founders from overseas with academic experts.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Entrepreneurs are on campus to learn how to scale and develop viable ecosystems for startup success."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2024-06-18 17:23:31","changed_gmt":"2024-06-18 19:36:43","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674212":{"id":"674212","type":"image","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute Hosts Foreign Entrepreneurs Through U.S. State Department Program 2","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEntrepreneurs from around the world were at Georgia Tech as part of a program through the U.S. Department of State designed to help them successfully build their ecosystems in their home countries and scale their businesses. 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Starr Professor of Economics at New York University Stern School of Business;\u0026nbsp;Maximilian Jager, assistant professor of Finance at the Frankfort School of Finance \u0026amp; Management; and\u0026nbsp;Sascha Steffen, DWS Senior Chair in Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance \u0026amp; Management published their findings in the article\u0026nbsp;\u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4847858\u0022\u003EShadow Always Touches the Feet: Implications of Bank Credit Lines to Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile CRE exposure concerns have traditionally focused on U.S. community banks, this new study reveals that large banks also face significant indirect risks through credit lines to REITs. These risks are often underestimated since they only appear fully on balance sheets once drawn. Factoring in REIT credit lines more than doubles CRE exposure at the nine largest U.S. banks, with similar increases among the top 50 banks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In much of my prior work, I have been focusing on the growth of nonbanks and their role in the\u0026nbsp;economy,\u201d said Gopal. \u201cOne typically thinks of nonbanks, or shadow banks, as being separate from the traditional\u0026nbsp;banking system. However, these parts are closely linked. When exploring the linkages between banks and nonbanks, we started digging into bank lines of\u0026nbsp;credit to nonbanks. That\u0027s when we identified the large exposure of banks to REITs, and in turn, the\u0026nbsp;commercial real estate market.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInvestment companies, such as equity REITs and mREITs, have seen their credit lines grow by about 86% from 2012 to 2022, with around 50% of REIT financing coming from banks. Researchers used a stress-test framework to see how these REIT credit line commitments impact banks\u0027 capital adequacy. Their analysis, based on equity market valuations, revealed that the top 10 largest U.S. banks needed 75% more capital, increasing from $39 billion to $69 billion, when accounting for indirect REIT exposures. Additionally, banks with more REIT credit line commitments saw lower stock returns during crises without benefiting from higher returns in favorable conditions, as REITs are more sensitive to market stress than other borrowers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, Blackstone REIT (BREIT) faced large redemption requests in late 2022 due to rising interest rates and declining real estate prices, capping redemptions at 2% per month for 16 months. During this period, Blackstone increased its committed credits from $6.5 billion in Q2 2022 to $13 billion in Q3 and substantially increased the drawn credit from $1.1 billion to $6.3 billion in 2022, without banks changing credit pricing despite the higher risk. Unlike public funds, BREIT can limit redemptions, potentially worsening drawdown risks for public funds.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince REITs must distribute 90% of their income as\u0026nbsp;dividends, their ability to increase cash buffers is limited.\u0026nbsp;Thus, falling CRE valuations could lead to higher redemptions and REITs drawing down credit lines, creating a \u0022wrong-way risk\u0022 where banks\u0027 exposures rise as collateral value falls.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGopal and her colleagues suggest regulators and the industry should focus on the evolving relationship between banks and non-banks and develop proper risk management strategies, noting that CRE valuations fell 21% after the Fed\u0027s monetary tightening in 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on this research, see the following articles:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.risk.net\/risk-management\/7959468\/us-large-bank-cre-risks-could-be-understated-say-researchers\u0022\u003EUS large bank CRE risks could be understated, say researchers\u003C\/a\u003E (Risk.net)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-05-30\/us-banks-have-a-commercial-property-blind-spot-risk-study-warns?srnd=markets-vp\u0022\u003EBig Banks\u2019 CRE Exposure Rises 40% When REIT Debt is Factored In\u003C\/a\u003E (Bloomberg)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study by Manasa Gopal, an assistant professor of Finance, has found that large U.S. banks may underestimate their commercial real estate (CRE) risks and face substantial risks through credit lines to real estate investment trusts (REITs).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study by Manasa Gopal, an assistant professor of Finance, has found that large U.S. banks may underestimate their commercial real estate (CRE) risks and face substantial risks through credit lines to real estate investment trusts (REITs). 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The Innovation Lab initiative centers on three core activities:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrow healthcare research, innovation, and workforce development practice.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExpand\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/global.innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEI2 Global\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0027s international footprint.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESupport\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVentureLab\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0027s National Science Foundation I-Corps activities.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNakia has been instrumental in helping to expand Georgia\u2019s life sciences community and ecosystem,\u201d said David Bridges, vice president of the Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Tech\u2019s chief economic development arm. \u201cLeading Innovation Lab already builds on a foundation he created since joining us in 2019 and further supports our broad economic development mission.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u0027s already leading in the healthcare research practice expansion with his work in the MedTech Center and\u0026nbsp;running the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scaleuplab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EScaleUp Lab Program\u003C\/a\u003E for deep tech innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder Melecio\u2019s leadership as founding director, the MedTech Center, which has the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Global Center for Medical Innovation as partners, has worked with and evaluated the innovations of more than 200 companies. Since launching in 2021, the MedTech Center\u2019s 66 active startups have raised $13.1 million in investment capital and an additional $6.4 million in federal, non-dilutive funding grants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2023, the MedTech Center was selected to join the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/center-for-medtech-excellence-named-inaugural-member-of-arpa-h-investor-catalyst-hub-spoke-network\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Research Projects Agency for Health\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub to accelerate the commercialization of practical, accessible biomedical solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is supporting Georgia Tech\u2019s efforts to collaborate with Atlanta University Center schools \u2014\u0026nbsp;Spelman College, Clark-Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and the Morehouse School of Medicine \u2014 to collaborate with those minority-serving institutions as they build out capacity for their scientists and researchers to create more life sciences technology companies, following an award from the Economic Development Administration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESimilarly, Melecio is working with the University of Alabama at Birmingham on a collaborative project in biologics and medical devices to move more of its researchers\u2019 innovations out of the lab and into commercial markets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs Innovation Lab lead, Melecio, who has secured more than $5.76 million in federal grants and awards to Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;will also work to develop biomanufacturing partnerships for Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith EI2 Global, the Enterprise Innovation Institute\u2019s program that fosters economic opportunity through collaborations with universities, innovators, governments, and nonprofit organizations worldwide, Melecio will serve as an instructor on Lab-to-Market and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/ei2-kicks-programming-colombia-create-x\u0022\u003ECREATE-X programming\u003C\/a\u003E for entrepreneurs. He will also create and provide educational content for EI2 Global\u2019s university and ecosystem partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECloser to home, his Innovation Lab work includes ongoing projects as a principal in VentureLab, a program of Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Commercialization. In that capacity, he will work on VentureLab\u2019s National Science Foundation-related Innovation Corps (I-Corps) programming. Those efforts, overseen by Commercialization Vice President\u0026nbsp;Raghupathy \u0022Siva\u0022 Sivakumar,\u0026nbsp;include the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/icorpshubacademy.org\/\u0022\u003ENSF I-Corps Hub Academy\u003C\/a\u003E, where Melecio will serve as director.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur efforts with Innovation Lab are centered around finding new opportunities, new markets, and new industries by leveraging our areas of expertise at the Enterprise Innovation Institute and Georgia Tech to build economic development capacity in the life sciences and biosciences space,\u201d Melecio said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re looking to take a broader perspective, away from being hyper-focused in one or two niche areas in life sciences, to ensure that we maximize opportunities to support new ideas, build stronger practice areas in this space, and secure funding to bring those innovations to scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENakia Melecio, senior extension professional and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medtech.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for MedTech Excellence\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, will lead a new effort focused on economic development support for life sciences companies and bioscience commercialization and ecosystem building.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Melecio will focus on economic development for life sciences and biosciences."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2024-05-29 17:16:29","changed_gmt":"2024-05-29 17:26:54","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674086":{"id":"674086","type":"image","title":"Nakia Melecio - Enterprise Innovation Institute","body":"\u003Cp\u003ENakia Melecio head\u0027s Innovation Lab at Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute. 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I\u0027ve collaborated with CREATE-X for different events, and I try to attend any event hosted by CREATE-X, Startup Exchange, or ATDC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you choose to join the spring cohort of Startup Launch this year?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X provides everything you need, like legal support, financial support, sales support, mentors, and an introduction to VCs, which is why I decided to join the Launch program. I think all of that boosted our startup\u2019s growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you feel like acquisition was the way to go for your company?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI think because I always knew this wasn\u2019t \u201cthe\u201d thing I was going to do. This summer I\u0027ll be starting to work for Apple on their VisionPro team, and it has a direct conflict-of-interest. They wanted me to stop working on this for a while. 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It was helpful to share the numbers and the data points with Rahul, mentors, and other people in my cohort so that I was not blindsided, and I could take actions based on the educated analysis of a database. It helped me drive down our customer acquisition cost, increase our customer lifetime value, and didn\u0027t keep me in my own bubble.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow were you okay with letting that product go?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt was a tough decision; it was my baby. I\u0027d been working on it 10 to 15 hours a day, at least for the last few months. 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I think even in the future, I\u2019ll probably be caught doing that, but the best way I\u0027ve found to overcome that is to surround yourself with people who can tell you when you are doing it and help you see your company the way it is instead of the way you want it to be.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow has this decision affected you so far?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy lifestyle has completely changed, from looking at a dashboard every 10 to 15 minutes, seeing how the product is doing, and burning so many fires every 30 minutes, to being pretty chill. Like, what am I supposed to think about before I go to bed? What am I supposed to do now? Who are the customers I am supposed to be thinking about? It\u0027s been interesting, but I think this gives me space to now work on that next venture and have more time to think about what I want to do next.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo you think you\u0027ll want to return to entrepreneurship in the future?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYes, for sure. All the money I received from the acquisition will also fuel my next venture. My main goal is to grow in this industry. I\u0027m an entrepreneur at heart, so I will be returning to the space soon or building products that people like.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow are you celebrating this win?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI did celebrate it on our last day with Rahul, my amazing mentor, Margaret [Weniger, who founded Rising Tide], and the other cohort members. I will be celebrating it with a few of my friends because my 21st birthday is coming around, so I\u0027ll be celebrating these occasions together.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut I don\u0027t want to take the money out from the company or for anything else, because it\u2019s for my next venture. It shouldn\u0027t change my lifestyle at all, so I\u0027ve kept all that money in a separate place.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat encouragement would you give to students interested in pursuing a startup?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERelative to other colleges, we have a cushion, a sense of security that we will get good jobs. Entrepreneurship is a riskier and more unpredictable path, which I\u0027ve seen, and I\u0027m personally experiencing right now having to choose between Big Tech versus entrepreneurship. But once you start building it and when you hear from your first customer how you affected the way they live, then there\u0027s no going back. Statistically, you\u0027ll probably fail, but you won\u0027t know until you start building; and if you do fail, it\u2019ll teach you so many valuable lessons that are applicable in whatever career path you choose.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X will launch its 12th cohort of Startup Launch on Aug. 29 at 5 p.m. in the Georgia Tech Exhibition Hall. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/gt-demo-day-tickets-888408793617?aff=WebInfoPage\u0022\u003ERegister today\u003C\/a\u003E to secure your spot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterested in becoming a CREATE-X supporter? Startup Launch is made possible by contributions to Transforming Tomorrow, a $2 billion comprehensive campaign designed to secure resources that will advance the Institute and its impact, and by the continued engagement of our entrepreneurial ecosystem. 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Recipients of Fulbright Specialist awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, demonstrated leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperation between institutions in the U.S. and abroad.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program is funded through an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its establishment in 1946, the Fulbright Program has given more than 400,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFulbrighters address critical global issues in all disciplines, while building relationships, knowledge, and leadership in support of the long-term interests of the United States. Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction in many fields, including 60 who have been awarded the Nobel Prize, 88 who have received Pulitzer Prizes, and 39 who have served as a head of state or government.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State, please visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eca.state.gov\/fulbright\u0022\u003Eeca.state.gov\/fulbright\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or contact the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Press Office by telephone 202.632.6452 or e-mail\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:eca-press@state.gov\u0022\u003Eeca-press@state.gov\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBridges is one of 400 Americans in program, which was established in 1946.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Program pairs U.S. academics and professionals with institutions abroad to share expertise, strengthen relations, hone skills, gain international experience, and learn about other cultures."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2024-04-26 06:40:36","changed_gmt":"2024-04-26 06:50:14","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673858":{"id":"673858","type":"image","title":"David Bridges.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Bridges, vice president of Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1714113890","gmt_created":"2024-04-26 06:44:50","changed":"1714113890","gmt_changed":"2024-04-26 06:44:50","alt":"David \/Bridges headshot","file":{"fid":"257307","name":"David Bridges.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/26\/David%20Bridges.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/26\/David%20Bridges.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":695904,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/26\/David%20Bridges.jpg?itok=V2PXEA8B"}}},"media_ids":["673858"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"186603","name":"David Bridges"},{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"39151","name":"fulbright scholar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EP\u00e9ralte C. 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Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter from Georgia\u2019s 1st\u0026nbsp;District visited Atlanta recently, one of his top priorities was meeting with the experts at Georgia Tech\u2019s 20,000-square-foot\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(AMPF).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarter was recently named the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s chair of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee, a group that concerns itself primarily with contamination of soil, air, noise, and water, as well as emergency environmental response, whether physical or cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarter was recently named the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s chair of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee, a group that concerns itself primarily with contamination of soil, air, noise, and water, as well as emergency environmental response, whether physical or cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause AMPF\u2019s focus dovetails with subcommittee interests, the facility was a fitting stop for Carter, who was welcomed for an afternoon tour and series of live demonstrations. Programs within Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;specifically the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Georgia AIM) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GaMEP) \u2014 were well represented.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cInnovation is extremely important,\u201d Carter said during his April 1 visit. \u201cIn order to handle some of our problems, we\u2019ve got to have adaptation, mitigation, and innovation. I\u2019ve always said that the greatest innovators, the greatest scientists in the world, are right here in the United States. 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Afterward Alan Burl of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epics.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEPICS: Enhanced Preparation for Intelligent Cybermanufacturing Systems\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and mechanical engineer Melissa Foley led a brief information session on hybrid turbine blade repair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, GaMEP project manager Michael Barker expounded on GaMEP\u2019s cybersecurity services, and Deryk Stoops of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.centralgatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECentral Georgia Technical College\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;detailed the Georgia AIM-sponsored AI robotics training program at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gavectr.org\/index.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(VECTR) Center, which offers training and assistance to those making the transition from military to civilian lif\u003Cem\u003Ee.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe topic of artificial intelligence, in all its subtlety and nuance, was of particular interest to Carter.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI is the buzz in Washington, D.C.,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether it be healthcare, energy [or] science, we on the Energy and Commerce Committee look at it from a sense [that there\u2019s] a very delicate balance, and we understand the responsibility. 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It affects approximately 40,000 newborns annually \u2014 or 1% of births in the U.S. \u2014 and 1.35 million worldwide. With an estimated 2.9 million CHD patients in the U.S. alone, the need for advanced solutions is paramount.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This marks a significant milestone for Annoviant as we accelerate our pursuit of impactful innovation to save lives,\u0022 said Annoviant CEO and co-founder Ajay Houde, Ph.D. \u0022It validates our hypothesis and shows the NIH\u0027s confidence in our ability to make good progress. Because we are a small startup, it gives private investors the confidence to invest with us and more companies working with us across the broader ecosystem.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAddressing critical shortcomings observed in current commercial devices, TxGuard\u2122 offers clinical advantages, notably its resistance to calcification, thrombosis, infection, and the host cell integration. This cutting-edge technology marks a new era in pediatric cardiac interventions, providing durable pulmonary valved grafts that adapt and regenerate alongside patients, minimizing the need for multiple re-operations over their lifetimes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in the U.S. and is the most common birth defect in our newborns,\u0022 said Center for MedTech Excellence Director Nakia Melecio, who worked with Annoviant to help it scale and reviewed its federal funding submissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for MedTech Excellence, which launched in 2022, works with early-stage life sciences startups that have specific obstacles that young tech companies in other sectors don\u0027t face.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a critical milestone for the company, and validates its research and work, thus far,\u0022 Melicio said. \u0022Annoviant\u0027s technology is tackling several challenges that the market currently faces and elevating the possibility for better patient outcomes in management of congestive heart failure.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPediatric patients with CHD often undergo multiple cardiovascular surgeries throughout their lives, with associated costs totaling billions for the U.S. healthcare industry. TxGuard\u2122 offers a transformative solution to this ongoing challenge, promising extended durability and reduced healthcare burden for patients and providers alike.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe credited the company\u0027s work with the Center for MedTech Excellence and being a health tech startup in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atdc.org\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)\u003C\/a\u003E, the Enterprise Innovation Institute\u0027s startup incubator, as being pivotal in Annoviant\u0027s growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EATDC SBIR\/STTR Catalyst Connie Casteel, who works with the incubator\u0027s portfolio companies to help the prepare for these federal, non-dilutive funding grants, had worked with Annoviant on its federal funding approach and strategy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We went through the 16-week program with the MedTech Center and it really helped us think through the various aspects of the commercialization process and operational challenges we would face,\u0022 Houde said. \u0022Greg Jungles at ATDC was also instrumental in helping us. \u0026nbsp;I\u0027m really thankful for Nakia and his work with the MedTech Center and Greg and the team at ATDC.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECompany to deploy resources toward scaling its pediatric heard disease technology and commercialization efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Grant is third NIH award for health technology startup."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2024-04-19 15:29:34","changed_gmt":"2024-04-19 15:43:01","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673766":{"id":"673766","type":"image","title":"Innoviant Co-Founders","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAnnoviant co-founders Ajay Houde and Naren Vyavahare, CEO and chief technology officer, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1713540668","gmt_created":"2024-04-19 15:31:08","changed":"1713541083","gmt_changed":"2024-04-19 15:38:03","alt":"Headshots of the two co-founders.","file":{"fid":"257202","name":"Annoviant Co Founders.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/19\/Annoviant%20Co%20Founders.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/19\/Annoviant%20Co%20Founders.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2180405,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/19\/Annoviant%20Co%20Founders.png?itok=Vvs8TKFg"}}},"media_ids":["673766"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193646","name":"annoviant"},{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"193647","name":"Center for MedTech Excellence"},{"id":"8949","name":"Heart Disease"},{"id":"6185","name":"pediatrics"},{"id":"136201","name":"Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EP\u00e9ralte C. 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According to forecasts, enterprise spending on GenAI will increase by two-fold in 2024 and grow to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS51572023\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E$151.1 billion by 2027\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, the path to realizing return on these investments remains somewhat ambiguous. While there is a history of efficiency and productivity gains from using computers to automate large-scale routine and structured tasks across various industries, knowledge and professional jobs have largely resisted automation. This stems from the nature of knowledge work, which often involves tasks that are unstructured and ill-defined. The specific input information, desired outputs, and\/or the processes of converting inputs to outputs in such tasks are not known a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hbr.org\/2023\/11\/how-generative-ai-will-transform-knowledge-work?autocomplete=true\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epriority\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hbr.org\/2023\/11\/how-generative-ai-will-transform-knowledge-work?autocomplete=true\u0022\u003E,\u003C\/a\u003E which consequently has limited computer applications in core knowledge tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGenAI tools are changing the business landscape by expanding the range of tasks that can be performed and supported by computers, including idea generation, software development, and creative writing and content production. With their advanced human-like generative abilities, GenAI tools have the potential to significantly enhance the productivity and creativity of knowledge workers. However, the question of how to integrate GenAI into knowledge work to successfully harness these advantages remains a challenge. Dictating the parameters for GenAI usage via a top-down approach, such as through formal job designs or redesigns, is difficult, as it has been observed that individuals tend to adopt new digital tools in ways that are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hbr.org\/2023\/11\/helping-employees-succeed-with-generative-ai\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Enot fully predictable\u003C\/a\u003E. This unpredictability is especially pertinent to the use of GenAI in supporting knowledge work for the following reasons.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContinue reading: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hbr.org\/2024\/03\/research-how-different-fields-are-using-genai-to-redefine-roles\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHow Different Fields Are Using GenAI to Redefine Roles\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EReprinted from the Harvard Business Review, March 25, 2024\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/alavi\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMaryam Alavi\u003C\/a\u003E is the Elizabeth D. \u0026amp; Thomas M. Holder Chair \u0026amp; Professor of IT Management, Scheller College of Business,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\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\u003EGenAI\u0027s features aid creativity, problem-solving, and information processing, serving as cognitive tools for knowledge workers and overcoming obstacles such as time pressure and skill gaps. Studies across fields confirm GenAI\u0027s value, showing potential for job crafting. However, integrating GenAI into knowledge work poses challenges due to its dynamic nature. A job crafting framework can optimize this integration, enhancing productivity and worker satisfaction. Managers are pivotal in facilitating this through training and fostering a trusting culture that encourages GenAI adoption.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In research published by the Harvard Business Review, Maryam Alavi proposes a framework rooted in job crafting principles for identifying best practices in harnessing GenAI tools to bolster knowledge work."}],"uid":"28082","created_gmt":"2024-04-16 16:38:00","changed_gmt":"2024-04-17 18:55:17","author":"Lorrie Burroughs","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672324":{"id":"672324","type":"image","title":"maryam-alavi-new.jpg","body":null,"created":"1699544074","gmt_created":"2023-11-09 15:34:34","changed":"1699544074","gmt_changed":"2023-11-09 15:34:34","alt":"headshot of Maryam Alavi","file":{"fid":"255549","name":"maryam-alavi-new.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/09\/maryam-alavi-new_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/09\/maryam-alavi-new_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":70039,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/11\/09\/maryam-alavi-new_2.jpg?itok=IcE1X2Hh"}}},"media_ids":["672324"],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192863","name":"go-ai"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELorrie Burroughs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}