This month, the Residence Hall Association is sending postcards featuring famous Georgia Tech locations to members of the Tech community. Fill out a short form and write a positive message, and it will be randomly sent to somebody else who requests a postcard. You'll get your own positive note in return.
This country’s semiconductor chip shortage is likely to continue well into 2022, and a Georgia Tech expert predicts that the U.S. will need to make major changes to the manufacturing and supply chain of these all-important chips in the coming year to stave off further effects.
Russia and Ukraine have been at odds since the end of the Soviet Union. Today, regional tensions are rising as the two countries amass troops along their border. Georgia Tech’s Adam Stulberg provides insights on the situation.
Major Philanthropic Grant Will Create New Center to Advance Open-Source Software
The Georgia Tech College of Computing has received an $11 million grant from Schmidt Futures to create one of the four software engineering centers within the newly launched Virtual Institute for Scientific Software. The new center will hire software engineers to write scalable, reliable, and portable open-source software for scientific research.
Where will 2022 take us? We asked Georgia Tech faculty and research experts to forecast what they see as potential trends for the coming year, based on recent events and what’s on the horizon.
If you're a Tech employee with a desire to empower others, or if you are interested in taking ownership of your professional growth in 2022, create a mentor or mentee profile through MentorTech. Register by Jan. 31 to be matched in February.
When Garrett Brown first enrolled at Georgia Tech, he had a passion for cybersecurity but was unsure where to gain additional hands-on experience in the field. Brown found the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) program, where students can earn academic credit while working with faculty on projects they don't typically encounter in the classroom.
Tech ‘Trailblazers’ to Receive 2022 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize
Ford Greene, Ralph Long Jr., and Lawrence Williams, Georgia Tech’s first Black students, and Ronald Yancey, Tech’s first Black graduate, have been named recipients of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage.
Student Survey Underway to Assess Georgia Tech Culture
As a continuation of Georgia Tech’s focus on Living Our Values Every Day (L.O.V.E. GT), the Institute is soliciting feedback on how well we are demonstrating the behaviors and practices set forth by our stated values. Survey input from students will help identify the areas within our culture where we are succeeding as well as where there are opportunities for improvement.
Student Microchip Startup Reduces Energy Waste, Amplifies Power Systems
In 2015, Edgar Garay sent an email to a Georgia Tech professor asking to join his lab. He wanted to improve the efficiency of power amplifiers. Now, his work is enabling wireless carriers in the 5G space to cut energy waste, boost the speed of data transmission, and increase how much data can be moved at any one time.
