Carotid Artery Closure Device Wins ACC InVenture Prize
Team carSEAL is finally bringing the ACC InVenture Prize trophy back to Georgia Tech. The group of five biomedical engineering undergraduates has won the sixth edition of the ACC InVenture Prize competition, beating out teams of student innovators from across the Atlantic Coast Conference and earning $15,000 to develop their device.
Tech Sends Two Teams to ACCelerate Festival
The annual festival is a celebration of creative exploration and innovative research happening at the intersection of science, engineering, arts, and design. One Tech team is building a digital recreation of the Bloody Sunday incident in Selma, Alabama; the other is using biometric data to create artistic visualizations.
The Georgia Tech community is always deeply saddened to lose one of its own. In 2001, a group of concerned students, faculty, and staff realized the community did not have a way to collectively honor those who pass away — and so, a new tradition began. Today’s event will honor 20 members of the campus community.
Three minutes to present highly technical research in a way that anyone can understand. That's the challenge that 11 Georgia Tech graduate students will face when they compete in the final round of this year’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on April 8.
GTRI Graduate Student Fellowship Expands
The Georgia Tech Research Institute's Graduate Student Fellowship Program began last year with eight projects, limited to engineering students. Now, the fellowship is expanding to include all six colleges across Georgia Tech.
The Yellow Jacket Flying Club is the oldest of its kind in the country. Members, alumni, and supporters had planned to celebrate the group’s 75th anniversary in 2020, but the pandemic made an in-person gathering impossible. Until now.
The Office of Development is leading a fundraising initiative to support approximately 80 current Georgia Tech students from Ukraine and neighboring countries.
Admitted students hail from 102 nations, all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), and 112 Georgia counties. More than 50,000 students applied to become part of the 2022 first-year class at Georgia Tech.
The last few years have brought intense discussions about politics and race on top of a global pandemic. These challenges often affect how we conduct ourselves at work, at school, and in social settings. This spring, two Tech professors have been addressing the challenges through innovative teaching.
