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Two teams from Georgia Tech have been awarded a combined $15 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for basic research projects as part of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program. MURI seeks to fund research teams with creative and diverse solutions to complex problems and is a major part of the DoD’s research portfolio.

The students and faculty of STEMcomm gathering after their most recent Atlanta Science Festival event: a science-themed fashion show. Photo courtesy of Jalen Borne.

Over the 10-year history of the Atlanta Science Festival, the events planned by the faculty and students of STEMcomm have become a staple. We talked with the team to learn what STEMcomm is all about.

Researchers discuss ideas at the spring 2023 EHT workshop at Georgia Tech. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

School of Physics Professor and Chair Feryal Özel and Professor Dimitrios Psaltis were founding members of the Event Horizon Telescope in 2000. Now, they’re working with an international slate of researchers to leverage machine learning for more accurate weather forecasts near EHT’s 11 radio telescopes around the world.


 

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The campus community is invited to attend this year’s in-person 3MT Finals on Thursday, April 6, in the John Lewis Student Center. 

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Professor Emeritus John McDonald wrote the book for friends who were diagnosed and asked him about his unique perspective on the latest treatments.

An aerial view of the SPRUCE enclosures.

Georgia Tech researchers show that rising temperatures in northern regions may damage peatlands: critical ecosystems for storing carbon from the atmosphere — and could decouple vital processes in microbial support systems.