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This Georgia Tech graduate is now determined to get spinal cord injury patients out of wheelchairs, including himself.

Rising to the Challenge

By Victor Rogers December 14, 2018

Even when the odds weren’t in his favor, Ignacio Montoya always managed to find his way.

After his mother died when he was 5, Montoya and his father left Cuba for the United States to pursue the American Dream. His dream of being a pilot stayed with him until he was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident that changed everything.

In December 2012, he had almost reached home when the driver of a minivan ran the traffic light and t-boned his motorcycle as he drove through an intersection.

This Georgia Tech graduate is now determined to get spinal cord injury patients out of wheelchairs, including himself.

Spotlight

A Photo Finish: Getting the Perfect Graduation Shot

Tech offers a variety of picturesque spots for great Commencement photo opportunities

No Bleeding Required: Anemia Detection Via Smartphone

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Tech Brought Opportunity, Surprises to Biomedical Engineering Graduate

After graduation, Sarah Bush plans to continue working on her startup company and applying to bioengineering Ph.D. programs.

Four Georgia Tech Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows

Four Georgia Tech faculty members have been named 2018 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Campus and Community

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Celebrating Commencement: Meet Carson Hooper

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International Affairs Graduate Pursuing Nonprofit Path

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Computer Science Graduate Takes 'Progress and Service' to Heart

When Marisa Hoenig was researching colleges, Georgia Tech was just a name on a list.

From Dropout to Summa Cum Laude: Andrew Kell Makes the Grade

Andrew Kell, a Georgia Tech dropout, decided to give it another try. Now he is graduating with a bachelor’s degree and a 4.0 grade point average in...

Deck the Halls or Bah Humbug? Tips for Managing the Holidays

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5 Things to Read this Winter Break

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Tech Brought Opportunity, Surprises to Biomedical Engineering Graduate

After graduation, Sarah Bush plans to continue working on her startup company and applying to bioengineering Ph.D. programs.

Will Your Vehicle Pass the Test?

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Leadership Begins Review of Ethical Culture Indicator

Last week, representatives of the University of North Georgia’s BB&T Center for Ethical Leadership — which was contracted to facilitate the...

De-stress during Finals

The weeks surrounding final exams can be a tough time for students at Tech. Luckily, student organizations across campus are ready to help.

Tech Graduate Named President of College of Charleston

A Georgia Tech graduate was elected president of the College of Charleston last week.

What Not to Wear: Commencement Edition…and Other Tips For Your Graduation Day

For those who are still scrambling for the picture-perfect Commencement attire, here are some tips to help out.

Tech Ranks Among Top Universities Globally in Computer Science, Engineering

Georgia Tech was the top American public institution in both rankings from the Times Higher Education.

Four Georgia Tech Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows

Four Georgia Tech faculty members have been named 2018 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Bras Shares ‘Lessons Learned’ in Ethics Speaker Series

In his talk, titled “Ethical Lessons in My Leadership Journey,” Provost Bras shared the personal leadership journey that led him to Georgia Tech.

Comprehensive Administrative Review Process Moves Forward

When the University System of Georgia initiated the Comprehensive Administrative review process last year, Georgia Tech stepped forward to serve as...

Staff Members Elect 6 New Representatives to Council

As its fourth full year of operation winds down, the Georgia Tech Staff Council anticipates the arrival of four new faces and two returning ones in...

Hidden Georgia Tech: Student Competition Center

The Student Competition Center fosters innovation among hundreds of students who design, build, and compete using a variety of vehicles or robotic or...

Science and Technology

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No Bleeding Required: Anemia Detection Via Smartphone

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Georgia Tech Develops Safety App for Social Workers

The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services partnered with the Georgia Tech Research Institute to create an emergency response system.

Catalog of Cosmic Cataclysms Helps Establish Gravitational Wave Astronomy

A new catalog of cataclysmic events supports the development of gravitational wave astronomy.

Solving a 75-Year-Old Mystery Might Provide a New Source of Farm Fertilizer

Solving a 75-year-old mystery could provide a new way to produce farm fertilizer.

When Boy Fish Build Castles to Impress Girl Fish, Boy Genes Get a Rise

Instinctive behavior may be directly driven be gene regulation, at least researchers were able to match the two up.

Cotton-Based Hybrid Biofuel Cell Could Power Implantable Medical Devices

A glucose-powered biofuel cell that uses electrodes made from cotton fiber could someday help power implantable medical devices.

'Demolition Handshakes' Kill Precursor T Cells that Pose Autoimmune Dangers

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Stripping the Linchpins From the Life-Making Machine Reaffirms Its Seminal Evolution

An experiment way too bold delivers whopping evidence of the translational system's seminal appearance in evolution.

Airbus and Georgia Tech Open Center for Overall Aircraft Design

Airbus and Georgia Tech have opened a new overall aircraft design research center.

NASA Pushes Exploration of Oceans in Our Solar System in Georgia Tech-Led Alliance

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Finally, a Robust Fuel Cell that Runs on Methane at Practical Temperatures

Cheap fuel, cool temperatures, low material costs: This fuel cell could spread to homes and cars.

New Chip Measures Multiple Cellular Responses to Speed Drug Discovery

Nano-electric technology may improve the drug development process.

Origami, 3D Printing Merge to Make Complex Structures in One Shot

Researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures.

How Animals Use Their Tails to Swish and Swat Away Insects

A new study shows how animals use their tails to keep mosquitoes at bay.

Microfluidic Molecular Exchanger Helps Control Therapeutic Cell Manufacturing

Researchers have demonstrated an integrated technique for monitoring specific biomolecules.

Looking Back in Time to Watch for a Different Kind of Black Hole

A new simulation may help astronomers watch for signals indicating the formation of black holes in early galaxies.

3D-Printed Tracheal Splints Used in Groundbreaking Pediatric Surgery

With support from Georgia Tech, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta placed 3D-printed tracheal splints in a pediatric patient.

Trailblazing Molecular Jungles with New Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Consortium

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Buzzing Cancer Drugs into Malignancies in the Brain

As a new anti-cancer drug delivery method heads into phase I clinical trials, researchers explore the tissue-level mechanisms that make it work.

Business and Economic Development

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Elavon Invests in FinTech Innovation with Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center

Investment will create valuable partnerships to spur greater innovation in payments.

Georgia Tech taps John Avery to lead Advanced Technology Development Center

Technology veteran brings record of success in startups and corporate innovation.

The Business of Medicine: Georgia Tech and Morehouse School of Medicine Prescribe a Joint MD/MBA Degree

Georgia Tech and Morehouse School of Medicine are partnering to offer a joint, five-year MD/MBA degree.

GPA, Georgia Tech, Center for Innovation sign MOU

New agreement strengthens Georgia Tech's relationship with Ports Authority.

Lifting Communities with Smart Technology

Georgia Smart Communities Challenge helps small and large cities improve quality of life.

Goldman Sachs Joins Engage

Georgia Tech and leading global companies started Engage, the largest-ever strategic grouping of major corporations in an independent venture firm.

More Startups Join Engage

Eight startups join Engage Ventures, an early-stage venture fund created by Georgia Tech and 10 leading global corporations.

FireHUD Receives NSF Small Business Grant

The 2016 InVenture Prize winners will use an NSF award to conduct additional research and development on a system to protect first responders.

Manufacturing Disaster Assistance Program to help Georgia companies prepare for natural disasters

Manufacturers in seven Georgia counties can participate in new program offered by the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Disclosing Weaknesses Can Undermine Some Workplace Relationships

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Apprenticeship Program Helps Students Gain Skills

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Master’s Class Act: AT&T and Accenture

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Companies selected for new Tech Square-based venture firm

Engage Ventures is an early-stage venture firm created by Georgia Tech and 10 leading global companies.

It's Gonna Be a Bright, Sunshiny Day

Atlanta startup Quest Renewables helps power Atlanta’s new football stadium with technology developed at Georgia Tech.

Delta Officially Opens New Advanced Manufacturing Facility at Georgia Tech

New advanced manufacturing facility to allow collaboration between Delta and Georgia Tech.

Cross Discusses State of American Science

Georgia Tech’s executive vice president for research meets with national media to discuss federal funding and scientific research.

Boeing, Georgia Tech Unveil New Research Center

The Boeing Manufacturing Development Center works to implement automation in industrial applications.

Startups Have a New Way to ‘Engage’ With Companies, Georgia Tech

Engage Ventures is accepting applications for the three-month program, which is supported by the country’s largest companies.

Georgia Tech launches $1 million retail technology initiative at ATDC

Gift will fully fund the retail technology startup initiative through 2022.

Innovation Soars at The Hangar in Tech Square

Delta’s global innovation center in Georgia Tech’s Technology Square works to improve operations and the customer experience.

Earth and Environment

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Pilot Project Will Use Campus Wastewater to Grow Vegetables

$5 million grant funds project to test sustainable hydroponic farming in urban areas.

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Previously Overlooked “Coral Ticks” Weaken Degraded Reefs

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Lifting Communities with Smart Technology

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Making the Oxygen We Breathe, a Photosynthesis Mechanism Exposed

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Silence to Sound

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Researchers Chosen to Examine Antarctic Glacier at Risk of Collapsing

Researchers will send Icefin under the ice of a remote glacier in West Antarctica.

Severe Storms Research Center Works to Improve Tornado Warning Time

The Severe Storms Research Center is helping improve the ability to forecast tornados and other severe storms.

Southface Gives Fulcrum Award to Kendeda Building Project

The Kendeda Building is already receiving accolades before construction is completed.

Using Data Mining to Make Sense of Climate Change

New methodology depends more on actual data rather than a researcher’s interpretation.

One in Five Materials Chemistry Papers May be Wrong, Study Suggests

A new study assesses scientific papers in materials chemistry.

Cold Suns, Warm Exoplanets and Methane Blankets

Early Earth probably would have frozen solid, if not for greenhouse gasses, and a new model shows how they could have feasibly arisen.

Georgia Dome Demolition Wakes Up Atlanta

The Georgia Dome is imploded, 25 years after a Tech grad made it a reality.

A Popular Tool to Trace Earth’s Oxygen History Can Give False Positives

A system to determine the presence of ancient oxygen by testing rock layers may need to be taken with a grain of salt.

Living Building Launches on Campus

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Society and Culture

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How Communication Among Cells Affects Development of Multicellular Tissue

A new study shows how intercellular communication affects the differentiation of an embryonic stem cell colony over time.

Georgia Tech Places 34th in World University Ranking

A new study ranks Georgia Tech 34th among world universities.

Drones, Driverless Cars and Difficult Decisions

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Georgia Tech, Georgia State University Establish $2.25M Atlanta Global Studies Center

The new foreign language center is supported funded by a $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Kosal: Space Force Unlikely to Improve U.S. Position in Space

The proposed Space Force is not the best way to assure U.S. dominance of space, professor argues.

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Georgia Tech Uses Nanotechnology to Create World’s Smallest Ad

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Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Experts React to Singapore Summit

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Why We Love Han Solo

Science fiction expert Lisa Yaszek explains the allure and backstory of Han Solo.

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag: Why Researchers Disclose Results Ahead of Publication

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Dr. Isbell Goes to Washington – Again – to Discuss Artificial Intelligence

The White House is hosting a meeting of technology leaders to discuss advancing AI in the U.S.

Iran Nuclear Deal Withdrawal “Terribly Misguided,” says Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Scholar

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Ivan Allen Science Fiction Scholar Lisa Yaszek Featured on AMC Series

• The six-part series features Yaszek’s expertise on aspects of science fiction from time travel to robots.

A Georgia Tech Expert in Afrofuturism Reflects on the 'Black Panther' Phenomenon

"Black Panther's" Princess Shuri can be found at Georgia Tech.

Easy as 1, 2, 3! Really?

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MLK Lecture Keynote Speaker Joy-Ann Reid Shares Insights on the Past, Present, and Future of Nonviolent Political Protest

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Disclosing Weaknesses Can Undermine Some Workplace Relationships

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Georgia Tech's Racing Roots, Part 2: The Need for Speed

As cars became an American obsession and racing grew popular, Tech students, alumni, and faculty made their mark on the sport.

Robot Uses Deep Learning and Big Data to Write and Play Its Own Music

A marimba-playing robot with four arms and eight sticks is writing and playing its own compositions in the School of Music.

Social Media Study Identifies Mental Health Culture at Top-Ranked Campuses

Using social media, researchers create a mental health index for country's top-ranked colleges.

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

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No Bleeding Required: Anemia Detection Via Smartphone

This smartphone app can check hemoglobin levels with 97% accuracy.

'Demolition Handshakes' Kill Precursor T Cells that Pose Autoimmune Dangers

A mechanism tries to stop our T cells from causing autoimmune disorders, and it's like a tight handshake that kills overly aggressive T cells.

Delivering Antibodies via mRNA Could Prevent RSV Infection

Getting antibodies directly to the lungs protected mice from the virus.

Synthetic Organelle Shows How Tiny Puddle-Organs in our Cells Work

Just tiny puddles. That's what some of our cells' organelles are, and this synthetic organelle, engineered in the lab, shows how they can...

Summer Lab Experience Helps Launch Industry and Research Careers

Undergraduate students from around the United States spent their summer learning about cell manufacturing.

Dehydration Alters Human Brain Shape and Activity, Slackens Task Performance

Visible proof that dehydration messes with the brain and cognitive performance.

New Health Economics Lab and $3.3 Million in Funding Coming to Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

The center will research cost and payment models in medical imaging.

Neuroscientists Team with Engineers to Explore how the Brain Controls Movement

Emory and Georgia Tech researchers recently received a $200,000 Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award from the McKnight Foundation

Integrated Sensor Could Monitor Brain Aneurysm Treatment

A proof-of-concept sensor could help with monitoring treatment of brain aneurysms.

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