The 2010 Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), formerly known as the Graduate Symposium, took place this past Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the Georgia Tech Hotel. The event allowed the 349 graduate student participants to present their research to their peers and advisors in a competition for roughly $70,000 in total prizes.

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Remember when Google Earth first came out? Many of your friends, classmates and even your parents began to check their computers and phones to get a glimpse of the birds-eye view of landscapes across the globe. Maybe you were one of those people that fully zoomed in on your address or street, hoping to snatch a view of your house.

What used to only be found in instrument panels and holiday lightbulb strings, LED (light-emitting diode) technology shows great promise in lighting the way for Tech to a more economic and environmentally-friendly direction.

Associate professor of Public Policy in Ivan Allen College Julia Melkers was awarded over $1.1 million to study women in science by the National Science Foundation (NSF). In particular, her research area addresses collaboration and social network issues for academic scientists.

Uzi Landman, a professor who has been with the physics department for over 20 years, was recently awarded the Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists.

Nick Feamster, professor in the College of Computing, and Kim Cobb, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Science, were awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for their early research efforts.

Advances in nanotechnology have paved the way for a wide array of wearable or implantable electronic devices aimed at solving important problems, but each of these new devices inherently presents a new issue: how to maintain a steady and abundant supply of power to keep them running. The reliable functioning of devices like implantable blood pressure sensors and trackers used in military operations can literally mean the difference between life and death.