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Benjamin Freeman

College of Sciences faculty Chris Reinhard, Joel Kostka, Francesca Storici, Tamara Bogdanović, Chandra Raman, JC Gumbart, Benjamin Freeman, James Stroud, Joe Lachance, Rose McCarty, and Xiaoyu He are the recipients of new endowed faculty appointments for the 2023-24 academic year.

Lizzie Wright

Lizzie Wright knew Georgia Tech was a great school, but had no idea the community she would encounter through her four and a half years.

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A model of a mechanical metamaterial.

A new $630,000 NSF CAREER grant will help Zeb Rocklin, assistant professor in the School of Physics, continue his research into developing a new universal theory around mechanical metamaterials: a group of flexible solids that blur the traditional definition of what a solid is. 

Samantha Wilson (left) with nominating students Claire Riggs and Cameron Hyde

Students nominated School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences’ Samantha Wilson for this year’s top faculty honor in the GT 1000 program, which supports first-year students as they are introduced to the Georgia Tech experience.


 

Peter Conlin

A group of first-year students are conducting undergraduate research and learning about special science and math subjects through a new special topics course that’s also giving postdoctoral scholars and research scientists a chance to design a course and hone their teaching skills


 


 

Experts In The News

Alex Robel, an associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, said pumping sand onshore is far from a perfect solution to stabilize a beach, but it’s “one of the best tools we have in our arsenal.”

“It’s been done in the United States for almost a century in different places and we know how to do it,” Robel said. “We’re good at it.”

But nourishment is only a Band-Aid for erosion. Once cities start replenishing sand, Robel said they have to keep doing it regularly. 

Atlanta Journal Constitution March 24, 2026

A team of researchers including David Hu, a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Biological Sciences and George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, have visualized mosquito flight behavior for the first time.

Based on their data, the researchers said they don’t think mosquitoes swarm because they’re following the pack. Each appeared to pick up on the cues independently, then found themselves at the same place at the same time.

“It’s like a crowded bar,” said Hu. “Customers aren’t there because they followed each other into the bar. They’re attracted by the same cues: drinks, music, and the atmosphere. The same is true of mosquitoes. Rather than following the leader, the insect follows the signals and happens to arrive at the same spot as the others. They’re good copies of each other.”

A similar story was published by The Economic Times.

ScienceDaily March 22, 2026

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Welcome — we're so glad you're here. Learn more about us in this video, narrated by Susan Lozier, College of Sciences Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair.