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Gary McMurray is a principal research engineer with GTRI. (Photo by Rob Felt)

Meet Gary McMurray, Principal Research Engineer

Gary McMurray has his feet in both food processing and automotive research as he is the division chief for the Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division and an associate director for the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).
GTRI research engineer Konrad Ahlin operates a collaborative robot arm to automatically load a chicken carcass onto a cone, demonstrating a poultry processing task that could potentially benefit from robotics. (Credit: Steven Thomas)

Konrad Ahlin Named First R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Research Faculty Fellow in Poultry Technologies

Robotics engineer Konrad Ahlin has been named the R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Research Faculty Fellow in Poultry Technologies at the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP).
Text saying "GTRI Strategic Plan 2020-2030 The Next 10 Year" accompanied by six arrows making a mountain shape. (Credit Mel Goux)

GTRI’s Mission for 2021 and Beyond

In late 2019, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) formed a team to guide the development of a new strategic plan informed by the opinions and interests of all employees. Following the feedback contributed by over 600 volunteers in an appreciative inquiry process, GTRI’s strategic plan embraces, builds on, and enhances the organization’s success and culture by articulating goals and identifying intentional actions.
GTRI representatives at GEM's 2019 National Annual Conference.

GTRI Partners with the National GEM Consortium to Recruit Diverse Talent

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is pleased to announce that they are now an employer with the National GEM Consortium — a network of leading corporations, government laboratories, elite universities, and elite research institutions that empowers qualified students from underrepresented communities to pursue a graduate degree in a STEM field.
A simulated aerial view of aircraft flying over a valley.

GTRI’s Lessons Learned from 2020 AlphaDogfight Trials

In August this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) kicked off a virtual showdown between eight research teams from around the United States. The teams pitted their artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms against each other in a combat maneuver demonstration, formally known as the 2020 AlphaDogfight Trials.

Screen capture from high school summer interns final presentation. Shows a rendering of the wind tunnel along with the presenting students.

High School Students Engage in GTRI Virtual Internship

This summer, STEM@GTRI – the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) educational outreach program designed to inspire, engage, and impact educators and students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) – embarked on their first virtual High School Internship Program, working with 26 GTRI professionals across seven of the eight GTRI labs.
Samuel Porta (center) and his team won first place in Georgia Tech's annual InVenture event for their app, Queues. Credit: Samuel Porta

GTRI Helps College Students Succeed

Have you ever wondered what it is like to work at GTRI as a student? Our students are high-achieving and are receiving hands-on experience in the fields of research, ranging from machine learning to areospace and unmanned vehicles. Here are some of their stories.
COVID Central is intended to help members of the Georgia Tech campus check for symptoms of Covid-19 and access links to important campus resources.

COVID Central App Checks Symptoms, Provides Links to Key Campus Resources

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) researched created COVID Central, a web app to help students, faculty, and staff check for symptoms of Covid-19, access links to important campus coronavirus resources, and track infection reports in the campus community.
Members of the Georgia Tech community can use the NOVID exposure notification app to be anonymously notified if they have been potentially exposed to Covid-19.

Exposure Notification App Enlists Smartphones in Coronavirus Battle

The smartphones in everyone’s purse or pocket could soon become powerful tools in the effort to control coronavirus across Georgie Tech's campus. Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) researchers evaluated NOVID, an exposure notification app, for privacy protections to make sure it doesn’t record personal information that could identify users – and for cybersecurity issues to make sure it protects the device.
GTRI researcher Robert Harris shows the prototype portable UV disinfection chamber, which was designed to hold at least one face shield along with face masks. (Credit: John Stone)

Portable UV Disinfection Chambers Could Help Address PPE Shortage

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have built two prototype chambers to evaluate PPE disinfection using different sources of ultraviolet (UV) light.