George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

09/08/2026

Six Trailblazing Alumni. One Conversation. Endless Inspiration. 🐝

Join the Woodruff School for Conversations with Woodruff School Alumni: 40 Under 40 Honorees and hear from six accomplished Yellow Jackets about their career journeys, experiences, and paths to success.

The panel will feature Woodruff School alumni from the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2026, offering students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to learn from and connect with alumni who are making an impact across their fields. 💛

📅 Friday, Sept. 18
⏰ 10–11 a.m.
📍 Love Building, Room 128

Doors open at 9:30 a.m., and light refreshments will be provided.

09/04/2026

The Woodruff School recently welcomed incoming graduate students at Graduate Student Orientation. Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. School Chair Carolyn Seepersad, an alumna of the School, gave opening remarks and shared a bit about her experience as a graduate student. Associate Chair for Graduate Studies Andrei Fedorov also spoke with students about the School, its programs, and resources.

In addition, the orientation included breakout sessions with faculty and graduate student representatives, giving students an opportunity to learn more about course scheduling and program-of-study curriculum planning.

📸 View a photo gallery from the event: https://bit.ly/4gD5TAU

09/03/2026

Attention students: The Woodruff School and the Georgia Tech chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will host the Fall 2026 Career Fair on Monday, September 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Exhibition Hall, Midtown Rooms, on the Georgia Tech campus.

The career fair is open to all mechanical engineering undergraduate and graduate students. No registration is required.

09/03/2026

Matthew McDowell, professor in Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed to a National Academies committee examining future battery technologies for defense applications. The committee's work will help identify promising technologies and research opportunities that could strengthen the nation's battery capabilities in the years ahead.

Read more: https://www.mse.gatech.edu/news/matthew-mcdowell-named-national-academies-committee-future-battery-technologies

09/02/2026

Last week, students enrolled in Capstone Design for the Fall 2026 semester heard industry sponsors pitch their projects during the Capstone Pitch Session.

Capstone Design is a culminating course offered to undergraduate students in several disciplines at Georgia Tech. Students work in teams to design, build, and test prototypes with real-world applications. At the end of each semester, students showcase their efforts at the Capstone Design Expo.

📸 View a photo gallery from the pitch session: https://bit.ly/4i8YJFK

09/01/2026

This summer, Woodruff School alumnus A.J. Milner, ME 2015, traveled to Le Mans, France, as part of the Bosch Motorsport on-site support team for the 94th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world's most iconic endurance races.

Shortly after returning home, he was back in France to participate in the first fire-up of Ford's new hypercar at Oreca's facility in Provence.

Milner works in Bosch's Motorsport division, where he helps supply and support hybrid systems for endurance car racing teams, including Cadillac, BMW, Porsche, Alpine, Hyundai/Genesis, Acura, and, beginning next year, McLaren and Ford. His role takes him to endurance races around the world, providing on-site technical support for teams competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. 🏎️🐝

08/31/2026

🐝 The Woodruff School is proud to present the next issue of our magazine, Woodruff Buzz, produced annually for our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.

This edition looks back on a helluva year and is filled with buzzworthy stories highlighting student success, research preeminence, and community and culture — the three key focus areas of our strategic plan.

Read the 2025-26 edition of Woodruff Buzz: https://bit.ly/2025-26-Woodruff-Buzz

08/28/2026

🍷🐝 The Woodruff School enjoyed connecting with fellow Yellow Jackets at our inaugural Wine-Down with Woodruff event at Deep Roots Wine Market & Tasting Room!

Roswell-area alumni gathered for an evening of networking and reconnecting, with opportunities to meet School Chair Carolyn Seepersad and other Woodruff School leaders over wine, light bites, and great conversation.

📸 View the photo gallery: https://bit.ly/4izURgZ

08/27/2026

A new paper co-authored by Aaron Young, professor and James R. and Sarah R. Borders Faculty Fellow in the Woodruff School, was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence.

The paper, “A roadmap for end-to-end task-agnostic exoskeleton control,” examines how artificial intelligence could enable lower-limb exoskeletons to provide assistance across a wide range of human movements and activities.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gW0moZ

08/26/2026