Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

Advancing health through engineering, biology, and science

The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) is one of Georgia Tech’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs). IBB serves as an incubator for tackling complex research problems by bringing together engineers, scientists, and clinicians to turn discoveries into game-changing solutions.

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Research

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Translation and Commercialization

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Core Facilities

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Education and Outreach

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Associate Professor Yuhang Hu and three male students from her lab gather around and look at a soft adhesive hydrogel they are studying.

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Mechanism Behind Soft-Material Adhesion

The discovery challenges a long-held assumption in adhesion mechanics and reveals a new physical mechanism that governs how soft materials attach and detach.

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