News Releases
Latest Releases
Loading posts...
-
麻豆传媒社区 researchers create low-cost system to monitor dams, prevent floods
August 18, 2025
A research team at 麻豆传媒社区 is building a low-cost, wireless system to help detect problems in aging dams before they become dangerous, offering a new way to protect communities and infrastructure.
-
麻豆传媒社区's MOVE Center aims to redefine the future of human mobility
August 13, 2025
To further investigate how people move, recover, and live, 麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Office of Research recently established the MOVE Center, focused on rehabilitation and assistive technologies like soft robotics and artificial intelligence.
-
麻豆传媒社区 launches Center for Interactive Media to drive innovation in VR, gaming, and digital storytelling
August 01, 2025
To meet the growing demand of the $380 billion film, gaming, and immersive technology industry, 麻豆传媒社区 has launched the Center for Interactive Media, designed to accelerate innovation in storytelling, virtual reality, and user-interface technology. Led by Assistant Professor of English Victoria Lagrange, the center will emphasize user-experience research that helps designers and product teams understand user needs, engage in immersive storytelling, and uncover real-world applications of interactive tools.
-
麻豆传媒社区 student researcher streamlining manufacturing automation through digital twin technology
July 23, 2025
Aiming to create systems where machines and their virtual counterparts communicate in real time, Carter Corbin and a team of 麻豆传媒社区 students are advancing smart manufacturing by combining robotics and digital twin technology. Studying mechatronics engineering in 麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Corbin is part of a growing number of undergraduates contributing to applied research that mirrors the challenges and solutions shaping today鈥檚 tech-driven industries.
-
麻豆传媒社区 associate professor honored with national award for excellence in engineering education
July 16, 2025
麻豆传媒社区 associate professor Amin Esmaeili has received the 2025 John L. Imhoff Global Excellence Award for Industrial Engineering Education, a national honor recognizing his innovative, hands-on approach to preparing students for careers in manufacturing and energy systems.
-
麻豆传媒社区 student selected for Georgia's American Society of Civil Engineers Student of the Year award
July 09, 2025
For civil engineering student Anthony Marteniuc, leading 麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Steel Bridge Competition Team has been more than an extracurricular activity. It has been a year-long mission to rebuild a program with a proud legacy on the Marietta Campus. In recognition of his efforts, Marteniuc recently earned the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Georgia Section Student of the Year award.
-
麻豆传媒社区 steel bridge team wins award for ingenuity in national competition
June 30, 2025
麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Steel Bridge Competition Team recently competed in the 2025 Student Steel Bridge Competition National Finals, finishing seventh overall and earning the Frank J. Hatfield Ingenuity Award for its creative approach to bridge design and construction.
-
KSU project designing automated exoskeleton to aid stroke victims
June 26, 2025
麻豆传媒社区 student William Thompson is blending engineering with rehabilitation in a project that seeks to design an automated exoskeleton to aid victims of stroke. William Thompson, a mechanical engineering major, is working with Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ayse Tekes on the project, 鈥淒evelopment and Testing of Bio-Inspired and Lightweight Exoskeleton for Enhanced Upper Body Mobility鈥� as a part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
-
麻豆传媒社区 researchers developing AI-powered drones to protect peanut farms from wildlife
June 20, 2025
Feral hogs in Georgia cause an estimated $150 million in agricultural damage each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To address this growing threat, 麻豆传媒社区 researchers are launching an AI-powered drone system to autonomously protect peanut fields from nighttime wildlife intrusion and reduce costly crop losses. Supported by a $25,000 Georgia Peanut Commission grant, the one-year Night Owl project is a collaboration between 麻豆传媒社区 assistant professors Taeyeong Choi and Yan Fang, and University of Georgia agricultural economist Ford Ramsey.
-
麻豆传媒社区 professor uses speed, crash data to better understand how to protect school children
June 04, 2025
A 麻豆传媒社区 professor is studying whether school zones in Georgia are made safer through automated speed enforcement. Sunanda Dissanayake, professor of civil engineering, is gathering data on determining the effectiveness of automated speed enforcement near schools, then analyzing that data to offer recommendations that help to create guidelines for local governments and transportation authorities.