Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) bring together researchers from different disciplines to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech.
IRI Impact Areas
IRIs enable researchers to achieve goals that cannot be met within other structures at Georgia Tech. Faculty and students from all 7 colleges and 29 schools as well as GTRI participate in IRI activities, combining their different sources of expertise, interests, and approaches to pose new research questions, respond to existing challenges, and advance technology to improve the human condition. Every year, the IRIs provide measures of their impact in these five areas:
The IRIs seek to advance technology and deepen our understanding of the human condition through research in three intersecting directions: Towards Health and Wellbeing, Towards a Sustainable Planet, and Towards Prosperity Shared by All.
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
Bioengineering and Bioscience
The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) tackles complex bio-research problems by bringing together engineers, scientists, and clinicians to turn discoveries into game-changing solutions.
Data Engineering and Science
The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) pursues grand challenges in data science foundations and data-driven discovery in engineering and sciences through interdisciplinary multi-investigator endeavors.
Energy
The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) serves as a conduit for integrating, facilitating, and enabling institute-wide energy research and development programs.
Manufacturing
The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) brings together industry leaders, government partners, and top researchers to collaborate and find solutions for the most significant challenges facing U.S. industry today.
Matter and Systems
The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) is an evolution of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology and the Institute for Materials. It supports research in nanoscale science, materials, processes, and devices, and their incorporation into systems that solve complex scientific, technological, and societal grand challenges.
Neuroscience and Neurotechnology
The Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS) is distinctive in its use of cutting-edge technology to interface with the brain, its focus on deciphering the complex systems that govern the brain to transform our understanding, and its commitment to maximizing the overall benefit of responsible innovation to society.
People and Technology
The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) researchers support research, engage students, and collaborate with industry, government, and non-profit partners.
Renewable Bioproducts
The Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) delivers innovation in converting biomass into value-added products, developing advanced chemical and bio-based refining technologies, and advancing excellence in manufacturing processes.
Robotics
The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) serves as an umbrella under which robotics researchers, educators, and students from across campus come together to advance many diverse robotics activities.
Space
Through dynamic interdisciplinary collaboration, the Space Research Institute (SRI) explores the multifaceted connections between space and science, technology, culture, and commerce — spearheading innovative projects that deepen our understanding of space and its impact on the human experience.
Sustainable Systems
The vision for the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) is to create knowledge and technologies that will improve environmental, social, and economic outcomes.
