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GTRI 9 Top Technical Achievements collage of researchers and technology
08.22.24

Ninety Years of Innovation at the Georgia Tech Research Institute

Ninety years since its establishment, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has stayed true to its core mission: applying science and engineering to create practical solutions for the challenging problems of government and industry.

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GTRI is supporting the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), which is currently the Army’s top air and missile defense modernization effort. IBCS will ultimately replace older… Read More >>
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By unlocking the ability to control and read the states of ions in a tiny spinning crystal, scientists have set the stage for a new way of performing analog quantum simulations… Read More >>
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Ingenuity from a group of soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart – and help from engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) – has produced a possible solution for an… Read More >>
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GTRI recently placed first and third in the "expert-level track of the 2024 Southeastern Cyber Cup contest, building on its strong performance the previous year. Read More >>
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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is pleased to announce Padraic (Paddy) Heiliger as the new manager of the Huntsville Field Office. Read More >>
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Representatives from nearly two dozen makers of open-architecture equipment for DoD sensing-related applications met in early December at GTRI to demonstrate that their equipment… Read More >>
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GTRI has earned a top industry award for its co-development of a technology designed to prevent heat injuries in soldiers. Read More >>
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GTRI congratulates Moeiini (Moi) Reilly, who recently received the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award from Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC). The award recognizes Moi's… Read More >>
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All three members of GTRI Research Security’s (RS) Insider Threat Program (ITP): ITP Senior Official Dannie Lyvers and ITP analysts Chikita Sanders and Roshaun Brown, have… Read More >>
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Isabella Reyna, a data analyst in the Electronic Systems Laboratory’s (ELSYS) Test Engineering Division (TEN), has received the Young Professional Award from the Association of… Read More >>
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On Dec.13, we celebrate the National Guard's Birthday. It's a day to honor the resilience and versatility of the Guard and its members who seamlessly juggle their military… Read More >>
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Eric Grigorian, Chief of the Architecture & Systems Development Division in the Applied Systems Laboratory (ASL), is featured in the November 2024 issue of IEEE Spectrum, the… Read More >>
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A knowledge-driven robotics (KDR) system now under development at the Georgia Tech Research Institute could be integrated with diagnostics and other systems to help maintain… Read More >>
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GTRI has expanded its Defense-university Affiliated Research Traineeship (DART) Program to Tuskegee University, a historically Black institution in Alabama. The DART Program… Read More >>
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A new training system that can run on ordinary tablet computers is enhancing existing electronic warfare (EW) instruction for the crews of U.S. air mobility aircraft, including… Read More >>
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GTRI in Photos showcases our favorite pictures of GTRI research and operations in action. Read More >>
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Collaboration among three Georgia institutions of higher education on the operation of a new weather radar system will enhance student learning, provide new opportunities for… Read More >>
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GTRI is developing a physics-informed machine learning (ML) approach to predicting satellite spin rates, which could improve the accuracy of satellite spin predictions and… Read More >>
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By developing a deep and comprehensive understanding of what constitutes “normal” operations inside electric power systems, Georgia Tech cybersecurity researchers hope to identify… Read More >>
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Ninety years since its establishment, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has stayed true to its core mission: applying science and engineering to create practical… Read More >>
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Implantable and wearable medical devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, glucose monitors, nerve stimulators, and drug-infusion pumps are increasingly being used to improve… Read More >>
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GTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics. Read More >>
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The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Human Systems Division recently announced the election of Stuart Michelson, Associate Division Chief in the Applied Systems… Read More >>
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This spring, the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers (GSPE) presented awards at the 2024 Georgia Engineering Awards to esteemed individuals who have demonstrated excellence… Read More >>
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A virtual training environment developed for aircrews of U.S. Army rotorcraft has been deployed to training ranges in the U.S. and Europe to help familiarize warfighters with the… Read More >>
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GTRI's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) covers tuition and fees for eligible employees who attend a University System of Georgia (USG) institution. Read about three employees who… Read More >>
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Public health organizations worldwide now have a new mobile app available to help them gather information needed to battle disease and assess the needs of populations often facing… Read More >>
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GTRI is developing an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scoring system for the U.S. commercial real estate market, similar to a credit score, that stakeholders could use… Read More >>
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Four members of the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) faculty have been honored by the University System of Georgia's (USG) Board of Regents with 2024 Regents’ Researcher… Read More >>
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The command will also be testing out a collaborative mission autonomy software called Golden Horde, he said. Developed by the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Golden Horde will… Read More >>

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Gregory Louden, Principal Research Engineer in the Georgia Tech Research Institute's Advanced Concepts Laboratory (ACL), and head of its Advanced Warfighting Technologies… Read More >>
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At a recent media event, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and Norfolk Southern unveiled a new digital train inspection portal near Jackson, Georgia, marking the… Read More >>
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While big data has garnered much attention in recent years, small datasets and artificial intelligence (AI) can provide valuable benefits on the battlefield, according to… Read More >>

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In a recent interview, Haynes shared how he plans to leverage his expertise in hydrogen and industrial efficiency in his new role on the U.S. Department of Energy’s inaugural… Read More >>
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More than 3 years after a federal report downplayed holes in a network that enables advanced warning of dangerous storms, dozens of regions remain vulnerable....

The… Read More >>

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GTRI Principal Research Engineer Jud Ready has been selected to join the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) 2024 Class of Senior Members, a group of 124 academic inventors… Read More >>
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Modernization efforts utilizing the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA™) standard have enabled the rapid development and… Read More >>
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To spot defects on moving trains, Norfolk Southern Railway (Atlanta, GA, USA) is building train inspection portals on tracks in the United States. The Georgia Tech… Read More >>

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To address concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) applications, researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), in collaboration with the National Security Agency’… Read More >>
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GTRI in Photos showcases our favorite pictures of GTRI research and operations in action. Read More >>
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A technical paper titled “Rapid exchange cooling with trapped ions” was published by researchers at Georgia Tech Research Institute.

“The trapped-ion quantum charge-… Read More >>

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A new National Science Foundation award to Georgia Tech will help researchers learn much more about mysterious cloud top discharges (CTDs), which reach as high as 70 kilometers (… Read More >>
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ATLANTA — For Capt. Chris Aliperti, January’s “hackathon” — an… Read More >>

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A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs),… Read More >>

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A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs), potentially… Read More >>
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Dr. Craig Arndt, Principal Research Engineer in ELSYS and Division Chief of the Human Centered Engineering Branch, was recently awarded the “Expert Systems Engineering… Read More >>
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Long-term image sequences of materials exposed to space conditions could help the designers of future spacecraft know what to expect from a new generation of advanced materials. Read More >>
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Salvus, LLC, a CJB Company, has entered into a licensing agreement with Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) to gain access to PFAS sensing technology for… Read More >>

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Collaboration between Norfolk Southern Corporation and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has led to the development of digital train inspection portals that use… Read More >>

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Collaboration between Norfolk Southern Corporation and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has led to the development of digital train inspection portals that use advanced… Read More >>
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The Digital Edition of GTRI's 2023 Annual Report provides an overview of our accomplishments, research investments and outreach programs. Read More >>
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The GTRI Research Internship Program (GRIP) is accepting student applications for the Summer 2024 session! Encourage any graduate and undergraduate students to apply! Read More >>
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GTRI is developing a Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) platform that standardizes the development and testing of artificial intelligence (AI) and ML models to enhance the speed… Read More >>
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GTRI marches into 2024 smartly with the Third Annual Marne Innovation Workshop, a collaborative event co-hosted with the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) and the Georgia Tech Army ROTC… Read More >>
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Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute recently combined machine learning, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), graphics processing units (GPUs), and a novel… Read More >>

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A team of three GTRI researchers made it to the finals and came home with second place in the "Southeastern Cyber Cup" competition, a multi-day national-level higher education… Read More >>
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GTRI and Georgia Tech are developing an application of quantum computing to solve proof-of-principle problems in computational fluid dynamics that could streamline efficiencies… Read More >>
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GTRI, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing have conducted a study using wearable sensors to better understand how… Read More >>
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Early next year, the public will have access to a new tool that makes the cost of health care more transparent — it’s a statewide database of insurance claims.

Georgia… Read More >>

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The International Journal of Aeroacoustics has recently published a special issue dedicated to Dr. Krishan "Krish" Ahuja, marking 50 years of his groundbreaking research in the… Read More >>
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GTRI researchers are developing the software necessary to integrate new control, radio, and cryptographic capabilities into the Army's UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. Read More >>
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You probably keep a backup of important personal files, photos, and videos on a flash drive or external hard drive. In the not-too-distant future, you might store that data in… Read More >>

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The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is collaborating with Georgia Tech and the Georgia… Read More >>

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The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is collaborating with Georgia Tech and the Georgia… Read More >>

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Groundbreaking research being done for the Federal Aviation Administration by researchers at Georgia Tech and Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace could lead to quieter operation… Read More >>
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Stefan Abi-Karam, a member of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been honored… Read More >>
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GTRI in Photos showcases our favorite pictures of GTRI research and operations in action. Read More >>
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Recently, GTRI leadership and research faculty were joined by State of Georgia leaders, corporate representatives, and educators to celebrate a notable milestone for an important… Read More >>
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State policymakers, health care researchers, and others will have a clearer picture of the health of Georgia citizens thanks to a new database of medical, dental, and pharmacy… Read More >>
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Training ranges help pilots and aircrew members stay at the top of their game while adopting new tactics and equipment. A training solution known as WarRoom is helping fulfill the… Read More >>
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Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of America’s largest rail freight companies has begun deploying Digital Train Inspection Portals which it hopes will enhance rail safety… Read More >>

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Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is deploying Digital Train Inspection Portals to enhance rail safety across the company's 22-state network. The portals feature cutting… Read More >>

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Norfolk Southern (NS) on Oct. 26 announced that it is deploying Digital Train Inspection Portals to enhance rail safety across the Class I railroad’s 22-state network.
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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has named Terence Haran as the new Director for the Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory (EOSL), effective Oct. 1. Haran will be… Read More >>
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STEM@GTRI is the Georgia Tech Research Institute's K-12 outreach program. STEM@GTRI strives to inspire, engage, and impact Georgia's students and educators through hands-on… Read More >>
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As GTRI Principal Research Engineer Alan Nussbaum can tell you, the value of an education never gets old.
At 72 years old, Nussbaum recently earned his Ph.D. from Georgia… Read More >>
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As the number of elements on phased array antennas continues to grow, so does the volume of data that must be processed to extract information from the signals gathered.… Read More >>

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As the number of elements on phased array antennas continues to grow, so does the volume of data that must be processed to extract information from the signals gathered.… Read More >>

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Clouds of tiny structures that are lighter than feathers – and whose properties can be remotely controlled by radio frequency (RF) signals – could one day give U.S. warfighters… Read More >>
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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has announced the selection of Linda Viney as the new director for the Applied Systems Laboratory (ASL). Viney assumed the role on… Read More >>
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Originally from Mississippi, Richard Truly earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. During his time in school, he was a… Read More >>

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For its inaugural Defense-University Affiliated Research Traineeship (DART) Program, GTRI recently partnered with Alabama A&M University to conduct research for the U.S. Army… Read More >>
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U.S. pilots and aircrews will be safer flying into contested airspace thanks to training provided by a 142-ton threat simulator system that shows them how radars built to guide… Read More >>
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With a mission to ensure seamless transition and integration of military personnel into the civilian workforce, the Hiring Our Heroes program (HOH) is indicative of GTRI's… Read More >>
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Meteorologists call them 'gigantic jets' — powerful and vanishingly rare trees of lightning that contain 50-times more energy than the typical lightning bolt. A Puerto Rico-… Read More >>

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A new research project might one day lead to the development of a pill or capsule able to boost the effectiveness of traditional vaccines against influenza. Read More >>
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Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new approach to intelligently processing data from phased-array antennas closer to where it is generated - on the antenna subarrays… Read More >>
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Principal Research Engineer W. Dale Blair, Ph.D., of the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL), has been awarded the prestigious Warren D. White Award for… Read More >>