Georgia Tech College of Engineering

Allow us to introduce TechMade: A new initiative across the College of Engineering, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, and Georgia Tech College of Design that will give students hands-on exposure to the full sweep of product realization, from design to manufacturing, no matter their major. b.gatech.edu/3ZcBFwb The goal is to unify the widespread design and creation opportunities on campus and add new facets while building a collaborative design community across the Institute. The initiative kicks off this fall with a new undergraduate course on product design and realization crafted for third-year students plus the first group of TechMade graduate fellows – Taylor Allen, Madison Hales, Mahsa Hedayati & Jamila Khanfri.

One way AI is empowering engineers to do good: detecting and treating cancer. Listen to biomedical engineer Anant Madabhushi explain how on the latest Generating Buzz podcast. He also talks about his mission to expand access to cancer testing while reducing the financial and emotional strain of treatment for patients and providers. b.gatech.edu/3Xv9TtJ

Biomedical engineering faculty member Cassie Mitchell will be in Paris this week at her fourth straight Paralympic Games. She’s competing in the discus for a fourth Paralympic medal, and chasing the gold that has eluded her three times before. She says it may be harder than ever to reach the medal stand this time, but she’s working harder than ever to make it happen. b.gatech.edu/46ZY160

A busy fall is on tap for Maryam Saeedifard, who’ll accept two big awards from IEEE. She’s being recognized for her work on renewable energy integration and transmission as well as for her research on modeling and controlling multilevel converters for energy conversion systems. Congratulations! b.gatech.edu/4dVcwu1

Allow us to introduce you to the newest Georgia Tech - Aerospace Engineering facility — a 10,000 sq. ft. hangar for designing and testing advanced aircraft systems and designs. As Professor Brian German put it at our recent groundbreaking, “The Hangar represents the beginning of an ecosystem of flight research related to advanced air mobility.” Think core aviation technology, electric propulsion, large-scale prototype aircraft, and more. b.gatech.edu/3WVCbfr

As a high school student, Priya Soneji was frustrated trying follow moving organisms under a microscope as she studied them. So she approached Saad B. in the Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with an idea to create a low-cost, easy-to-assemble, autonomous tracking microscope. It would be useful for high school labs, and also in any research setting where it would be cost-prohibitive to purchase an expensive device. Thus was born the Trackoscope, the latest frugal science innovation from the Bhamla Lab, with help from Elio Challita. b.gatech.edu/3T33RxR

Who better than a Georgia Tech engineer to help NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration prepare for living on Mars? School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (CEEatGT) alumnus Ross Brockwell, P.E., S.E. reflects on a year in a simulated Mars habitat: b.gatech.edu/4fvem6u

We asked some of the alumni and corporate leaders on our advisory board to offer insight about AI in two key areas: how the technology is already shaping engineering practice — and what it will mean for the students and professionals of the future. A sampling… “… I consider it similar to the advent of other technologies from the past, where people overestimated its impact in two years and underestimated the impact in five years.” “Incorporating AI as a part of the engineering skillset will become a standard, basic requirement, just as search engines and internet research are today.” “As AI continues to advance, the engineering mindset and engineers’ problem-solving abilities will play a crucial role in shaping business outcomes. AI has the potential to greatly enhance operations, from design and development to production and maintenance.” The whole conversation is worth a few minutes of your time: b.gatech.edu/3zV4ClI

How bioengineering Ph.D. student Gianna Slusher and collaborator Caitlin Reina are using a smartphone, thermal imaging, and a special mount to create an at-home breast cancer screening tool that’s an effective alternative to traditional early detection tests: b.gatech.edu/3SgqkXu

A group of 12 universities and 12 national labs led by Anna Erickson has received a second $25 million to continue their work developing emerging technologies in nuclear nonproliferation, threat monitoring, emergency response, and more. They’re supporting the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) by linking the universities’ research with the capabilities of the labs and creating the next generation of engineers and scientists to work on nonproliferation. b.gatech.edu/4bMF5s4