RESEARCH CENTERS
One of the top three producers of research nationally among schools of architecture and the arts, research initiatives range from developing simulation models for building efficiency to radical new ways of listening to and composing music, and are sponsored by corporate, nonprofit, and government agencies including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Military Health System, and major software developers, among others.
Director: Jon Sanford
CATEA is a multidisciplinary engineering and design research center dedicated to enhancing the health, activity and participation of people with functional limitations through the application of assistive and universally designed technologies in real world environments, products and devices.
Director: Subhro Guhathakurta
A leader in the development and application of geo-spatial technologies for more than 15 years. With a strong track record of interdisciplinary research collaborations at Georgia Tech and across the nation, the Center has helped local, state, and national governments, not-for-profits, and private enterprises in planning, maintaining, and evaluating critical infrastructure for sustainable urban growth.
Director: Catherine L. Ross, Ph.D.
CQGRD produces, disseminates, and helps implement new ideas and technologies that improve the theory and practice of quality growth. We help society achieve a sustainable, equitable, superior quality of life through sound planning, policy, and design.
Director: Charles Eastman
The Georgia Tech Digital Building Laboratory's purpose is to develop a strong research and development link between the building industry and the building research-related capabilities of Georgia Tech to improve the innovation cycle.
Director: Gil Weinberg
The Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT) is an international center for creative and technological research in music, focusing on the development and deployment of innovative musical technologies that transform the ways in which we create and experience music. Our mission is to provide a collaborative framework for committed students, faculty, and researchers to apply their musical, technological, and scientific creativity to the development of innovative artistic and technological artifacts.
