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School of Biological Sciences researchers Cody Clements and Mark Hay are building symbiotic ‘underwater gardens’ in the Pacific Ocean to show how different species of coral can work together to possibly restore degraded reefs.
Professor Sally Ng will lead a $12 million initiative funded by the National Science Foundation to provide long-term measurements of the properties of aerosols.
Randall Mathews and Russ Clark are co-leads of the Smart Sea Level Sensors (SSLS) team, together with Georgia Tech’s Dr. Kim Cobb and the City of Savannah Office of Sustainability director Nick Deffley. The team just published a dashboard that allows for real-time flood visualization to aid in emergency planning and response in Chatham County.
The dashboard draws data from a growing network of 52 internet-enabled sea level sensors installed near waterways and bridges within Chatham County. Designed to use mostly off-the-shelf parts and approximately the size of a shoebox, the sensors were assembled through a partnership with local students and community groups, including the Harambee House, a Savannah-area organization that works with at-risk communities to build capacity around resolving social, economic, and environmental issues.
NIH grant supporting collaborative development of “new paradigm of motor imagery”
The partnership on space STEM projects involving the Colleges of Sciences and Engineering hasn't just led to work and research on NASA's plans to return to the Moon. Georgia Tech is also equipping the space agency and wider aerospace industry with graduates who have been uniquely trained for their next career steps.
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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, 2026A 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
