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Sciences is the first Georgia Tech College to reach its target, exceeding a $75 million campaign goal. As the campaign continues, the College of Sciences remains focused on expanding student opportunities, accelerating scientific discovery, and supporting faculty excellence.
Georgia Tech continues its upward trajectory in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2026 rankings. Among top public national universities, Georgia Tech held steady at No. 9, and it achieved No. 1 rankings across several categories.
The award recognizes outstanding scientists conducting field research that both explores the natural world and leverages collaboration.
Jaden Wang, a Ph.D. student in mathematics and master’s student in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, has received a prestigious NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity. His research will focus on improving spacecraft landings by developing a curved-space geometry around optimal covariance steering.
Scientists at Georgia Tech have teamed up with researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Columbia University to better understand how certain types of air pollution increase the risk of developing dementia.
As people age, walking often becomes slower and less efficient, limiting mobility and independence. To address these challenges, three Georgia Tech researchers have received a $3.2 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA).
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Research led by Georgia Tech physicist Itamar Kolvin has found that the presence of small imperfections or heterogeneities in materials can have a dual effect on their strength and resilience. While heterogeneities were historically believed to make materials stronger by creating an obstacle course for cracks, the new study shows that in some complex materials, heterogeneities can actually accelerate crack propagation and weaken the overall structure. The findings have implications for how engineers design and reinforce materials to optimize their toughness.
Atlanta Today February 27, 2026Assistant Professor Zhu-Xi Luo and Ph.D. student Yi-Lin Tsao from Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Physics have demonstrated a novel mechanism for stabilising physical phases vulnerable to topological defects. Their work addresses a fundamental problem in condensed matter physics: the destabilisation of phases like superfluids by thermally-induced defects such as anyons and vortices.
Quantum Zeitgeist February 25, 2026
