{"693806":{"#nid":"693806","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researcher Selected for White House Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom developing technology for critical repairs on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers to teaching teenagers to design and race 3D-printed cars,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kyle-saleeby-17a93a106\/\u0022\u003EKyle Saleeby\u003C\/a\u003E has applied his manufacturing expertise to challenges worlds apart.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, the Georgia Tech alumnus and former research faculty member is bringing his experience to Washington as one of 11 \u0022exceptional Americans\u0022 selected for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/releases\/2026\/10\/white-house-press-release-white-house-appoints-2026-2027-class-of-white-house-fellows\/\u0022\u003E2026-27 class of White House Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESaleeby has been assigned to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/agencies\/national-security-council\u0022\u003ENational Security Council\u003C\/a\u003E, where his work will focus on advanced manufacturing and the supply chains that support it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe White House describes its nonpartisan fellowship as an opportunity for \u201cgifted and highly motivated young Americans\u201d to gain firsthand experience in government and national leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech has both the opportunity and the responsibility to serve our nation by bringing our expertise to bear on consequential decisions facing our leaders,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/timothy-charles-lieuwen\u0022\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/a\u003E, interim president of Georgia Tech. \u201cGiven the critical importance of manufacturing and strengthening our domestic industrial base for our nation\u0027s economic prosperity and national security, Kyle\u0027s expertise and experience will be invaluable. We are tremendously proud of his selection as a White House Fellow and the opportunity he has to serve our country.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESaleeby earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and later joined the research faculty at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. There, he worked with industry partners to solve manufacturing problems using advanced machining, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of those problems came from the U.S. Navy, which for decades relied on a single specialist to repair critical components of the system used to launch aircraft from carriers.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/feature\/transforming-advanced-manufacturing\u0022\u003ESaleeby was part of a Georgia Tech team that developed an automated approach to those repairs\u003C\/a\u003E, reducing the Navy\u0027s dependence on one person\u0027s specialized knowledge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the biggest challenges in American manufacturing is getting new technology out of the laboratory and onto the factory floor,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003ETom Kurfess,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eexecutive director,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u201cKyle has spent his career working at that intersection. He understands what it takes to move from a promising idea to something manufacturers can actually use.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/steven-ferguson\u0022\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/a\u003E, GTMI deputy director, has worked closely with Saleeby on research projects and educational outreach. What impresses him most about his former colleague goes beyond his technical abilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHe\u0027s a gifted individual who is incredibly technical but is able to distill that information and convey it in a way an industry executive, a ninth-grader, a high school teacher, and a Ph.D. scientist and engineer can all understand,\u201d Ferguson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESaleeby and Ferguson also co-founded\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/feature\/advanced-manufacturing-program\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pathways\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech program that brings manufacturing engineering into high school classrooms. Students design, 3D-print, and race pinewood derby cars, learning how digital designs become physical products. The program now includes eight Georgia high schools, with plans to expand further.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFerguson said Saleeby routinely invited colleagues into research projects, even when he didn\u0027t need their help. He wanted others to have opportunities they might not otherwise get.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHe is a consummate collaborator,\u201d Ferguson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) convenes industry leaders, government partners, and top researchers to collaborate on the grand challenges facing manufacturing today: accelerating technology development and deployment; creating, maintaining, and filling quality jobs; ensuring global competitiveness; and advancing economic and environmental stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOur vision is to ensure rapid innovation that secures U.S. dominance in advanced manufacturing. Through the design and development of artificial intelligence systems, secure digital manufacturing, additive and subtractive processes, and large-scale production enterprises, GTMI stands at the forefront of manufacturing innovation \u2014 leveraging state-of-the-art facilities, including the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, to turn research breakthroughs into market-ready solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Kyle Saleeby, an advanced manufacturing researcher and educator, is among 11 Americans selected for the 2026-27 class of White House Fellows."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKyle Saleeby has been selected as one of 11 Americans for the \u003Cstrong\u003E2026-27 White House Fellows\u003C\/strong\u003E class. The Georgia Tech alumnus will apply advanced manufacturing expertise to national security priorities in Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u2022\u2002\u003C\/strong\u003EAssigned to the National Security Council, Saleeby will focus on \u003Cstrong\u003Eadvanced manufacturing\u003C\/strong\u003E and supporting supply chains.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u2022\u2002\u003C\/strong\u003EHis Georgia Tech work included automating critical U.S. Navy aircraft-carrier repairs and co-founding a program that teaches students manufacturing through 3D-printed race cars.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kyle Saleeby, an advanced manufacturing researcher and educator, is among 11 Americans selected for the 2026-27 class of White House Fellows."}],"uid":"36410","created_gmt":"2026-11-05 18:31:48","changed_gmt":"2026-11-05 21:46:52","author":"mazriel3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681674":{"id":"681674","type":"image","title":"Kyle Saleeby White House Fellow","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPortrait of Kyle Saleeby, White House Fellow\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1793903182","gmt_created":"2026-11-05 18:26:22","changed":"1793903282","gmt_changed":"2026-11-05 18:28:02","alt":"Portrait of Kyle Saleeby, White House Fellow","file":{"fid":"266113","name":"Kyle.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/11\/05\/Kyle.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/11\/05\/Kyle.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1152141,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/11\/05\/Kyle.png?itok=OllR8SUC"}}},"media_ids":["681674"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"194685","name":"Manufacturing"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13503","name":"Advanced Manufactuing"},{"id":"525","name":"military"},{"id":"1486","name":"government"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"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\u003EMichelle Azriel\u003Cbr\u003ESenior Writer - Editor\u003Cbr\u003EResearch Communications\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mazriel3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emazriel3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}