U.S. Department of Commerce to Invest $7.4M to Support Georgia Timber Manufacturing Industry

Headshots of Andreas Bommarius and Chris Gaffney
Oct 29, 2026
The award comes from the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Disaster supplemental funding and is supported by $24 million in private investment.

Redesigning Hand Sanitizer and Donating 7,000 Gallons to Fight Covid-19

Hand sanitizer was about to run dangerously low across the U.S. but charitable volunteers from Georgia Tech rescued it by turning to fuel-grade ethanol and a special FDA waiver. Then they donated 7,000 gallons to hospitals and nursing homes. Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore
Jun 15, 2020 - Atlanta, GA
It was so obvious the country was going to have a hand sanitizer crisis, but few wanted to acknowledge it.
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