Teams

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  • NEW TEAM: Africa: Serve, Learn, Sustain

    This VIP team will focus on accelerating sustainable development in Africa. As the population rapidly increases (more than 2 billion projected by 2050), there are pressing needs in multiple areas. Students are invited to analyze, assess and discuss efforts to achieve sustainable development in Africa, and contribute projects on sustainable development there. Projects may...
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  • AccessCORPS

    AccessCORPS will train students (and others) to systematically assess the accessibility of GT course materials, to determine any barriers a student with an impairment or disability or other challenge may face when taking the course. The AccessCORPS team members will then work with the course instructor(s) to reduce access barriers in the materials and other aspects of the course, while also...
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  • Bits of Good

    The Bits of Good VIP team is closely linked to the Bits of Good student organization. In order to participate in the VIP, you will need to be a member of the BoG student organization, as this is where teams, roles, and training will take place. As a member of VIP, you will have some additional responsibilities to support the assignment of individual grades for the VIP. These...
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  • Brain Trauma Assessment Protocols

    Goals: To build a suite of mobile applications for iOS and Android devices that will be used to administer and collect data from individuals who have suffered brain traumas with lingering effects (e.g., stroke leading to Aphasia, Alzheimer’s, etc.).
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  • Building for Equity and Sustainability

    This VIP takes as its main focus Georgia Tech’s new Living Building – the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design – and its efforts to advance social equity as one of seven key performance areas in the Living Building Challenge. Students in this class work closely with community partners to support the...
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  • Climate Innovations

    The Climate Innovations VIP (formerly National Parks: Diversity & Sustainability) will explore technologies and practices to assess the impacts of climate, man-made and natural events on regional ecosystems. Building on the foundational research of diverse teams from prior US national park and Patagonia sustainability and outreach projects, the class will utilize tools including AI and...
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  • Digital Deliberation

    The team develops apps for online debates and collaborative projects that focus on problem solving and building consensus in conflicts. More specific goals include: ...
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  • Global Assistive Technology Innovation

    There are more than 2.5 billion people who need Assistive Technology (AT) to live productive and dignified lives and nearly one billion of them do not have access to the AT they need. Access to AT can be as low as 3% in Sub-Saharan Africa. This VIP aims to enable students to participate in creative problem-solving toward bridging this AT access gap. Students will be introduced to concepts of...
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  • HumaniTech

    We are comprised of several teams, made up of both undergraduate and graduate students, all working on different projects to solve global development issues. These solutions include: economic technologies for rural farmers, nutrition and farming engineering, vulnerability analyses, and accessible healthcare technology. We value human-centered design and co-creating with communities to ensure...
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  • Industry Innovation: Circular Economy

    This transdisciplinary design-build VIP is a design-build seminar focusing in Sustainable Industry Innovation for a more Circular Economy. This VIP will explore necessary changes in the Design, Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing and Operation of Solutions. Explore new value and business models that enable and foster a transition from a linear economy (relying on linear supply chains often...
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  • Robotic Human Augmentation

    The EPIC (Exoskeleton and Prosthesis Intelligent Controls) Lab research areas include automation & mechatronics and bioengineering with a focus on the control of powered robotic prostheses and exoskeletons to assist human movement. We implement biological signal processing, intent recognition, and control systems based on EMG and mechanical sensors to improve human-machine capabilities....
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  • SDGs: Resilient Infrastructures and Sustainable Innovation

    This VIP class integrates United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9 and 16. Building resilient Infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable Industrialization, and fostering Innovation are the themes for SDG9. The SDG16 promotes peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development and building inclusive institutions at all levels. This VIP will bring together ideas,...
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  • Soccer, Community, Innovation, Politics (SCIP)

    The SCIP VIP leverages the beautiful game of soccer and other sports to understand and to accelerate community and youth transformation.  Teams study various forms of innovation, work with local organizations that use soccer to transform youth in the state of Georgia and beyond, produce children’s books and other media, generate resources for community development, create new soccer...
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