Drawing on her experience as a Georgia Tech alumna, Carolyn Seepersad shares her priorities for the School, the importance of philanthropy and alumni engagement, and her vision for advancing student success, research leadership, and growth in the years ahead.

Celebrating the lives and legacies of Frank K. Webb and Jeff Donnell, the competitions recognize undergraduate and graduate students who excel at translating technical ideas for real audiences. This year, students are invited to participate in the Explain It! Engineering Concept Video Competition and the Quick Talks Research Communication Challenge. Cash prizes are available in each competition.

The Woodruff School has launched a new safety initiative that equips students with personal safety kits designed to support their work in experiential learning environments. The effort was funded through a gift from Mark and Jackie Ligler, whose commitment to student safety helped move the project from discussion to reality.

The Woodruff School joined eight schools from three colleges on Dec. 1 at McCamish Pavilion as more than 620 students showcased 118 senior design projects — including 42 from mechanical engineering students.

At Georgia Tech, Kinsey Herrin, principal research scientist in the Woodruff School, combines engineering, clinical insight, and purpose to create wearable devices that help people move — and live — more freely.

The Woodruff School is ranked No. 4 in the 2026 U.S. News and World Report undergraduate rankings, No. 2 among public mechanical engineering programs. 

A historic $100 million bequest from the late Georgia Tech alumnus John W. Durstine will forever transform the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. The landmark gift — the largest single gift in Tech’s history — will establish endowed chairs, professorships, and faculty awards, ensuring that the School continues to recruit, develop, and retain world-class faculty for generations to come. 

The Woodruff School's annual magazine, Woodruff Buzz, is filled with buzzworthy stories related to student success, research preeminence, and community and culture — the three key focus areas of our strategic plan.

The Woodruff School's mechanical engineering program is ranked No. 5 in the nation, while the nuclear engineering program is ranked No. 9, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2025-26 edition of Best Graduate Schools.

Meet Georgia Tech mechanical engineering students Andrew Grant and Sana Hafeez who share their academic journey and what they enjoy about the Woodruff School. Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair Devesh Ranjan and Woodruff Professor Carolyn Seepersad explain what's unique about the undergraduate program, ranked #2 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, and how it prepares students for their careers and beyond.