Six students have simulated a Mars mission, while dozens more operated a mission control center in Atlanta.

Beckett Zhou will lead Georgia Tech's role in a NASA University Leadership Initiative developing advanced tools to help predict and reduce noise from urban air mobility vehicles in city environments. 

A $1.5 million NASA award will support aerospace education, workforce development, and entrepreneurship programs across Georgia.

 

Assistant Professor Cristina Riso has been selected for the National Academy of Engineering's Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium, recognizing outstanding early-career engineers and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.

STEP Camp is expanding across the state, giving high school students hands-on engineering experience through immersive, team-based challenges.

Student teams in AE’s inaugural entrepreneurship program developed solutions to improve airport and bridge safety and manufacturing efficiency.

Professor Joe Oefelein’s RAPTOR framework uses Frontier to advance simulations for supersonic propulsion.

Professor Masatoshi Hirabayashi helped select the target asteroid and developed the spacecraft’s final orientation and trajectory for the encounter.