Georgia Tech students build the largest collegiate liquid rocket launch rail in the country.

Engineering and computing researchers create simple metal tags with unique ultrasonic fingerprints to detect door openings and other movements. 

AE Assistant Professor Bolei Deng and AE Ph.D. student Xinyi Yang built a robotic swarm with no electronics, no batteries, and no brains. 

Keerthi Padmanabhan (MSE), Zeina Rmaile (AE), Riva Sharma (AE), and Saragha Surendra (AE) will embark on summer internships while gaining executive-level mentors and building a strong professional network. 

Georgia Tech student and inventor Akos Vida won first place and a $15,000 prize at the inaugural University System of Georgia (USG) Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition with AdaptaPlay, a modular gaming controller add-on that improves accessibility for those with disabilities.

U.S. News & World Report ranks the AE School No. 1 among public institutions.  

Students raced, built, and solved engineering challenges across campus during the inaugural Helluva Makerspace Race, a new event designed to introduce the campus community to the resources available at Georgia Tech’s makerspaces.

Georgia Tech alumni, including some with NASA leadership roles in this week’s launch, reflect on the first crewed launch to the moon in more than 50 years. 

Farah Khemani Zuberi, AJ Piplica, and Christopher T. Jones among the 2026 honorees.