Engineers are problem solvers – we look for ways to make people’s lives better. And sometimes that means working for the greater good. Here at Tech and across the College of Engineering, there are programs for our students to focus on humanitarian efforts and make a social impact around the world. But also in our hometown of Atlanta.

Joy Harris is the director of the Engineering for Social Innovation center here at Tech. She’s also involved in Doctors without Borders, Enterprise to Empower, Grand Challenges and CREATE-X.

If there’s anyone out there that can benefit from advances in sports medicine, it’s baseball players. From torn rotator cuffs to knee injuries, pro baseball players are extremely hard on their bodies. 

Today, innovations in sports medicine are helping to both prevent and treat athletic injuries. Dr. Omer Inan is an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is focused on developing clinically relevant medical devices and systems for patients. A varsity athlete himself from his days at Stanford, Omer has a special interest in sports medicine.

Personalized medicine today is allowing doctors to become even more targeted with patient care. They are better to able predict how we will respond to a treatment or determine what diseases we may be at risk for. It also means – more effective treatments. Your own stem cells could be the main ingredient in your own personalized cure.

Manu Platt talks about his work in medicine and healthcare – specifically HIV and Sickle Cell and how personalized medicine fits into the diseases we face.

The human brain starts remembering things as early as in the womb. Memories make us who we are, which is why Alzheimer’s is so devastating.

Annabelle Singer discusses neural decoding and how it can help advance Alzheimer’s therapies.

Man set foot on the moon in 1969, and since then we’ve been reaching ever deeper into our solar system. Learn about Georgia Tech's space travel and technological innovations happening at the School of Aerospace Engineering with professor Brian Gunter.

Brian Gunter discusses space exploration at Georgia Tech and his small satellite missions that make it possible.

Drone technology is quickly evolving – no longer just delivering packages or pizzas, but also helping with search and rescue missions. They’re also starting to crowd the skies at inopportune times. George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering assistant professor John Rogers discusses the future of drone technology at Georgia Tech.

Can timing urination of an elephant and a human impact engineering? David Hu talks about animals – more specifically, how we can solve complex human problems by studying animal functions. How exactly do snakes move without legs? How can some spiders seemingly walk on water? These answers can inform how we engineer new technologies.

Hu is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology (as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics) in Georgia Tech's George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. Hu leads the Hu Biolocomotion Lab at Georgia Tech.

Travel behavior, or the how, why, and when we travel, has a great impact on our community and our lives. Pat Mokhtarian discusses how these travel decisions are changing through emerging technologies.

Emerging technologies are reshaping how we work and how we get around, from teleworking to rideshares to autonomous vehicles. Pat Mokhtarian discusses what considerations and expectations inform our travel decisions.

Mokhtarian is a Susan G. and Christopher D. Pappas Professor & Group Coordinator in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.

Today, cybercrime is everywhere, and no one is immune. Listen to this latest podcast episode to learn the extent of the reach of cybercrime.

Brendan Saltaformaggio discusses cybercrime, data security, and cyber forensics tools and its impact with mobile phones and computer systems. 

Saltaformaggio is an Assistant Professor at both School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Computer Science (By Courtesy) at Georgia Tech.

Gene therapy is an experimental technique that uses a person’s genes to treat or prevent a disease. 

While it’s still in its formative stages, in the future, gene therapies might take the place of invasive surgeries or drugs. James Dahlman works at the intersection of nanotechnology and genetics, and discusses his work with experimentation, research design, and gene therapy applications.

Dahlman is an Assistant Professor in School of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dahlman leads the ​The Dahlman Lab for Precision Therapies at Georgia Tech.