Professor Emmanouil “Manos” Tentzeris and Ph.D. student Marvin Joshi hold a lens‑enabled backscatter system that could support battery‑free wireless communication across future smart city infrastructure.
April 24, 2026

How a Lens Is Pushing the Limits of Near-Zero‑Power Wireless Communication to Gigabits‑Per‑Second Speeds

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Emmanouil Tentzeris and Marvin Joshi’s new work demonstrates how a lens‑enabled backscatter system can deliver modern wireless capability without traditional transmitters.
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Six workshop organizers stand in front of a projected slide reading “GT NSF SUSMED x KSU MOVE Center Joint Workshop,” with Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University banners visible on both sides.
April 23, 2026

Joint Workshop Highlights Emerging Research at the Intersection of Sustainability, Mobility, and Health 

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Students, faculty, and researchers from Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University gathered on April 8 for a joint workshop.
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A group of 15 round metal tags of various shapes and a penny to show the tags are smaller.
April 20, 2026

Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors

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Engineering and computing researchers create simple metal tags with unique ultrasonic fingerprints to detect door openings and other movements.
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A yellow star shape is shown next to a microscope image of an artificial cell colony that has been directed to form the shape of a star.
April 10, 2026

Researchers Use Light to Make Their Microscopic ‘Muscle’ Contract on Command

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Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a cell-like system to move, change shape, or divide, it needs a way to generate force on command.
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Three men are shown in a composite headshot against a blue geometric background, each facing forward and smiling. They are dressed in professional attire, including jackets, collared shirts, and glasses on two of them.
March 31, 2026

Program Lead Q&A: Building the Future of Materials Research with Autonomous Systems

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The Autonomous Research for Materials program is working to expand data collection and streamline experimentation using robotics to unlock next-generation technologies.
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Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface.
March 27, 2026

3.8‑Billion‑Year‑Old Titanium Clue Sheds New Light on the Moon’s Early Chemistry

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The finding offers new clues about the oxygen conditions that shaped the Moon’s early environment.
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A man stands at a podium speaking in front of a large screen displaying “Georgia Tech Energy Day: Energy for AI.” The setting is a conference room with stage lighting and an audience out of frame.
March 27, 2026

Energy Day Brings Leaders Together to Tackle AI Power Demands

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More than 300 experts from industry, government, and academia gathered at Georgia Tech to explore how energy systems must evolve to support the rapid growth of artificial intelligence.
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Yuhang Hu and students in the lab
March 25, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Create “Living” Polymers That Grow, Heal, and Transform

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A research team led by Yuhang Hu describe a groundbreaking class of “living” polymers that can grow, shrink, heal, and even regenerate long after fabrication.
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Banner graphic with a gold star trophy and the text “Institute Research Award Winners 2026.”
March 25, 2026

Georgia Tech Recognizes Excellence with 2026 Institute Research Awards

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Georgia Tech has named the 2026 Institute Research Award recipients, recognizing faculty, staff, and research teams whose work advances innovation, mentorship, collaboration, and societal impact across the Institute’s research enterprise.
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A white humanoid robot holds a blue pan while standing in a kitchen with a green backsplash
March 19, 2026

Smarter, Faster, and More Human: A Leap Toward General-Purpose Robots

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New AI system lets robots work faster than their human teachers without sacrificing accuracy.
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Five panelists sit at the front of a classroom during a Georgia Tech event, with one person speaking into a microphone. A projected slide behind them displays speaker headshots and names from the Institute for Matter and Systems.
March 17, 2026

Beyond Technology in the Future of the Grid

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The Boundaries and Breakthroughs panel explored how engineering constraints, institutional structures and societal values collectively influence the direction of grid research and development.
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Group of people at Georgia Tech/Sandia MOU signing
March 12, 2026

Georgia Tech Renews Memorandum of Understanding With Sandia

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The Sandia partnership will expand research impact, talent pipelines, and national security innovation.
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