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COVID-19 Info Dashboards Come to the CDC With Georgia Tech Help
Researchers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create new dashboards which increase the productivity of sorting public health data, specifically related to COVID-19.
STEM@GTRI Goes Virtual
As a program deeply rooted in partnerships and in-person collaborations, STEM@GTRI — the K-12 educational project of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) — suddenly found itself needing to pivot plans in the era of social distancing.
Improving Military Training with Machine Learning and AI
Military members are constantly training, but their window for physical improvement is narrow. GTRI is analyzing data to create a “virtual coach” to help people in top tiers of fitness improve. The new project aims to advance the art of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in human performance and adaptation.
Georgia Tech Produces Key Components for Governor’s Coronavirus Test Initiative
Gaps in the supply of coronavirus tests are propelling initiatives to fill them across the country. At the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), bioscience researchers are working to produce key components for tests in the state of Georgia.
Will Smartphones Help Us Keep COVID-19 Under Control?
Smartphones could provide a critical service of automating contact tracing to control future COVID-19 outbreaks.
Simple, Low-Cost Ventilator Builds on Available Resuscitation Bags
A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances — and widely available in hospitals — has been designed by a team of researchers from Georgia Tech, Cranfield University, and Emory University.
$25 Million Project Will Advance DNA-Based Archival Data Storage
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity’s (IARPA) Molecular Information Storage (MIST) program has awarded a multi-phase contract worth up to $25 million to develop scalable DNA-based molecular storage techniques.
Lynn Fountain Named Woman of the Year in Nonprofit Educational Institutions
It has been nearly three decades since Lynn Fountain joined the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) as a researcher, not long after earning her doctorate in physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
This month, she was named a winner of the Woman of the Year Award in Nonprofit Educational Institutions by the organization Women In Technology, an Atlanta group that encourages women and girls to pursue career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
Novel Solar Cells Arrive at International Space Station for Testing
Five different types of solar cells fabricated by research teams at the Georgia Institute of Technology have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to be tested for their power conversion rate and ability to operate in the harsh space environment as part of the MISSE-12 mission. One type of cell, made of low-cost organic materials, has not been extensively tested in space before.
Study Provides New Guidance on Use of First-Line Antihypertensive Drugs
Thiazide diuretics demonstrate better effectiveness and cause fewer side effects than ACE inhibitors as first-line antihypertensive drugs, according to a report published October 24 in the journal Lancet.