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Researchers shared work ranging from autonomous robots smaller than a millimeter and wearable systems designed to bring health monitoring into the home to new approaches for managing heat, engineering materials, and improving the performance of future electronic devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-vogel\u0022\u003EEric Vogel\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of IMS, provided a broader look at the infrastructure supporting this work. IMS operates more than 300 shared research instruments with full-time staff across facilities supporting micro- and nanofabrication, materials characterization, and other research capabilities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIMS is really Georgia Tech\u2019s interdisciplinary microelectronics engine,\u201d Vogel said. \u201cWe provide world-class infrastructure, have a broad, integrated research portfolio bringing faculty together from across Georgia Tech, and help with talent, access and partnerships.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program also included the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/2026\/11\/06\/brand-lecture-explores-future-memory-and-quantum-computing\u0022\u003EOliver Brand Memorial Lectureship\u003C\/a\u003E, which honors Oliver Brand, former executive director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, a predecessor to IMS. 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