Solar Jackets Team Leader Nathan Melanson works on solar powered car
Georgia Tech has 21 endowed chairs and 23 research centers that include significant a sustainability component or focus. Interdisciplinary research centers, corporate partnerships, NSF and SEED funding all support major sustainability research at Georgia Tech. We have many highly referenced (h-index), green chemistry award-winning (including Presidential Green Chemistry Award-winning) researchers as well as many accomplished graduate and undergraduate researchers in the area of environmental sustainability. The collaborative research culture at Georgia Tech invites all members of the campus community to take part in the innovation.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Georgia Tech undergraduate students have many opportunities to participate in research with faculty across campus.
President's Undergraduate Research Award
Competitively funds individual requests by student/faculty teams to support undergraduate student involvement in faculty research.
Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Energy and Environment Research
- Georgia Tech Ireland: Sustainable Energy
- Severe Storms Research Center (SSRC)
- The Office of Policy Analysis and Research (OPAR)
- Environmental Radiation Center (ERC)
Other Research Areas
- Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols & Clouds
- Brooks Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
- Center for Biologically Inspired Design (CBID)
- Center for Geographic Information Systems
- Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies (FC/BT)
- Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
- Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE)
- Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD)
- Expanding Closed-loops in Production Systems (ECLIPS)
- Geochemistry
- Geophysics
- Georgia Water Resources Institute
- Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship
- Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST)
- Manufacturing Institute
- National Electric Energy Testing, Research, and Applications Center (NEETRAC)
- Oceanography
- Remote Sensing
- Reverse Production Systems
- Strategic Energy Institute (SEI)
- Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM)
- Sustainable Industrial Systems for Urban Regions (SISFUR)
- Technology Policy and Assessment Center