OMS CS courses will feature more than talking heads, as this screen grab from the Software Development Process course being created by Associate Professor Alex Orso of the School of Computer Science hints. (Image courtesy of College of Computing)

Online Master’s Program Admits 400

Atlanta, GA

More than 400 applicants will be admitted to the first cohort of the College of Computing’s massive online offering of its Master of Science in Computer Science, according to the college’s Office of Academic Administration.

Image shows how power is generated by sliding two materials together and then creating a gap between them. This effect could be used to produce power for portable electronic devices. (Credit: Inertia Films)

Harvesting Electricity: Triboelectric Generators Capture Wasted Power

Atlanta, GA

Researchers are developing a family of generators that provide power by harnessing the triboelectric effect.

The Search for More Life in the Solar System

Atlanta, GA

Study shows that the subsurface of Jupiter's moon Europa may have deep currents and energy transfers capable of sustaining life.

Georgia Tech researchers Jud Ready (left) and Graham Sanborn pose with equipment used to grow carbon nanotubes at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in Atlanta. The nanotubes are being tested for potential use in future electrically-powered ion propulsion systems. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Carbon Nanotube Field Electron Emitters Will Get Space Testing

Atlanta, GA

A pair of carbon nanotube arrays will be flying in space by the end of the year to test technology that could provide more efficient micro-propulsion for future spacecraft.

Martin Maldovan, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has published a review article on phononics in Nature. Credit: Rob Felt.

Fantastic Phonons: Blocking Sound, Channeling Heat With “Unprecedented Precision”

Atlanta, GA

Recent progress in phononics has led to the development of new ideas and devices that are using phononic properties to control sound and heat, according to a new review in Nature.

A single-sided wiring pattern for an Arduino micro controller was printed on a transparent sheet of coated PET film.

Georgia Tech Develops Inkjet-Based Circuits at Fraction of Time and Cost

Atlanta, GA

Researchers from Georgia Tech, the University of Tokyo and Microsoft Research have developed a novel method to rapidly and cheaply make electrical circuits by printing them with commodity inkjet printers and off-the-shelf materials.

Charlie Kemp, director of the Healthcare Robotics Lab, is working with Henry Evans, who lives with quadriplegia. As part of the Robots for Humanity project Evans briefly used a robot to shave. Evans is at his home using the robot.

Georgia Tech researchers study aging with disabilities

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech has received a five-year $4.6 million grant to increase understanding of the aging process for people with disabilities and use data gleaned from the study to develop technologies that will benefit them and others.

This montage includes images of carbon nanotube forests. New research explains why the CNT forests have less stiffness than expected. (Images courtesy of Justin Chow)

“Waviness” Explains Why Carbon Nanotube Forests Have Low Stiffness

Atlanta, GA

A new study helps explain why forests of carbon nanotubes aren't as stiff as scientists expected.

Screenshot from an architectural "rule checking" project sponsored by the Digital Building Laboratory 

College of Architecture’s Digital Building Laboratory awards $148,850 in grants at members meeting

Atlanta, GA

College of Architecture’s Digital Building Laboratory awards $148,850 in grants at members meeting

Georgia Tech School of Physics associate professor Elisa Riedo poses with instrumentation used to study how the properties of confining materials affect the effective viscosity of water at nanometer size scales. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Glass or Plastic? Container’s Properties Affect the Viscosity of Nanoscale Water

Atlanta, GA

At the nanoscale, the properties of containers holding liquids can affect their viscosity.