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Jacob Adler (left) and Sharissa Thompson (right) conducting research.

New research is showing that atmospheric pressure shifts dramatically altered how mud and water flowed on Mars — sometimes boiling, sometimes freezing — offering fresh clues to reconstruct the planet's ancient climate and habitability.

Alexander Cachine

Cachine was selected for his work in solving modern medical challenges using ancient textile techniques. 

The Tower, Spring 2025 Edition

The Tower, Georgia Tech’s undergraduate research journal, is seeking submissions from students across all disciplines who want to have their work published in a campuswide platform. 

Professor Randall W. Engle

Professor Engle’s research centers on the nature of our ability to maintain attention and focus in the face of external and internal distractions. His pioneering work has influenced a wide range of fields and contributed to modern theories of cognitive and emotional control.

Benjamin Manoj (front) and other Yellow Jackets Against Poverty members dig holes for the foundation of a new homeless shelter.

Fighting poverty and fostering kindness, the student-led Yellow Jackets Against Poverty Club makes a hands-on difference in the lives of those in need. 

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To achieve better training outcomes with faster deployment results, Fukang Liu and Feiyang Wu, graduate students under Professor Ye Zhao from the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and faculty member of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, have published a duo of papers in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. This is a collaborative work with three other IRIM affiliated faculties, Profs. Danfei Xu, Yue Chen, and Sehoon Ha, as well as Prof. Anqi Wu from School of Computational Science and Engineering.

Experts In The News

Researchers have long known that when two galaxies approach each other and merge, the supermassive black holes at their centers form a pair and are eventually expected to merge as well.  It is precisely these mergers that are considered one of the sources of the gravitational-wave background — a faint “hum” of spacetime detected in recent years. However, the role played by the geometry of the collision in this process has remained an open question. 

Graduate student Sena Ghobadi of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Physics, along with her colleagues, has developed three-dimensional dynamic models of such collisions. 

A similar story appeared in Sky & Telescope

Universe Magazine April 28, 2026

Zachary Handlos, senior academic professional in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, explains how weather patterns can lead to conditions conducive to the types of wildfires currently seen in Florida and Georgia. 

This piece also appeared in The Washington Post and The Conversation.

Atlanta Journal Constitution April 25, 2026