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Article ItemDestination Areas continue to advance Virginia Tech’s transdisciplinary strengths, impacts , article
Destination Areas are designed to support and accelerate Virginia Tech’s transformation of areas of interdisciplinary strength into dynamic, transdisciplinary collaborations.
Date: Apr 01, 2021 -
Article ItemRaffaella De Vita elected fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering , article
De Vita joined Virginia Tech’s biomedical engineering and mechanics department as a visiting professor in 2006 and as a full-time faculty member one year later.
Date: Feb 15, 2021 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech named Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute managing member , article
CyManII will enter into a five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to lead a consortium of 59 proposed member institutions in introducing a cybersecure energy-ROI that drives American manufacturers and supply chains to further adopt secure, energy-efficient approaches.
Date: Dec 18, 2020 -
Article ItemNew lab opens doors to materials science , article
Two research institutes pooled their resources to create a facility with an extensive collection of equipment that will accelerate materials research all over campus.
Date: Nov 17, 2020 -
Article ItemFindings by physicist Rana Ashkar upend understanding of cholesterol’s effects on cellular membranes , article
Ashkar has published a new study with far-reaching implications in the general understanding of disease and the design of drug delivery methods in the effect of cholesterol in cell membranes.
Date: Sep 04, 2020 -
Article ItemDREAMS lab designs novel respirator for health care workers fighting COVID-19 , article
Led by mechanical engineering professor Chris Williams, the DREAMS lab has designed a novel respirator using rapid tooling and 3D printing resources from on-campus makerspaces and research labs.
Date: Aug 27, 2020 -
Article ItemMultiuniversity partnership receives $23 million NSF grant to accelerate U.S. research on glycomaterials , article
A new research hub will support computer-aided design and modeling of glycomaterials through a virtual user facility that will provide critical tools and services to the scientific community.
Date: Jul 29, 2020 -
Article ItemInnovations in science and engineering lead to 3D printed latex rubber breakthrough , article
This novel process could unlock the ability to 3D print a variety of elastic materials with complex geometric shapes.
Date: Jul 13, 2020 -
Article ItemMultifunctional porous carbon fibers show significant promise in capacitive desalination , article
Researchers in the College of Science have developed a material that is up to 40 times faster in desalinating small batches of water than other materials available today.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
Article ItemShielding medical professionals in the face off with COVID-19 , article
A Virginia Tech team is looking for volunteers who own or have access to 3D printers to help make headpieces for face shields. The shields will be delivered to hospitals in the Roanoke and New River valleys and to local emergency responders.
Date: Apr 29, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech engineers and Carilion Clinic physician upgrade breathing support device into makeshift ventilator , article
To help address potential ventilator shortages, mechanical engineers at Virginia Tech have partnered with a Carilion Clinic physician to upgrade bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines, commonly used for treating sleep apnea, into makeshift ventilators.
Date: Apr 17, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech community converges to help meet need for COVID-19 medical supplies , article
In mid-March, an interdisciplinary group of more than 75 faculty, students, and staff split into teams to carry out 10 projects in rapid science and production, working together to provide Southwest Virginia medical professionals with personal protective equipment and ventilation supplies, as well as the insights to inform their use.
Date: Apr 16, 2020 -
Article ItemNew institute directors are eager to tackle large, interdisciplinary challenges , article
Christopher Williams has been named the interim director of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute. Abby Whittington will serve as the director of the interdisciplinary macromolecular science and engineering Ph.D. program.
Date: Feb 17, 2020 -
Article ItemResearcher receives $1 million grant to develop DNA extraction technology for timber , article
Eli Vlaisavljevich, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics, will work to develop new technology that could help stem illegal timbering and the resulting effect on the environment.
Date: Feb 06, 2020 -
Article ItemChemists get boost from Destination Area support to advance battery materials research , article
The Economical and Sustainable Materials Destination Area supported a proposal for a $1 million DOE grant to advance a research team’s development of an innovative electrolyte for safe and higher energy density vehicle transportation batteries.
Date: Jan 29, 2020 -
Article ItemHume Center awarded $3.8 million for advanced manufacturing education by the Department of Defense , article
The goal is to establish programs to better position the current and next-generation manufacturing workforce to produce military systems and components that assure technological superiority of the department, according to the Department of Defense’s website.
Date: Jan 10, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech helps lead broadest study of battery electrode failure in new journal article , article
Feng Lin, an assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Science and an affiliated faculty member of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute, led efforts along with researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Purdue University, and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France.
Date: Jun 02, 2019 -
Article ItemThree faculty members named to lead planning for university shared research facilities , article
These three accomplished researchers are part of the inaugural cohort of the Faculty Fellows Program of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, which puts faculty leaders at the forefront of strategic research initiatives.
Date: May 20, 2019 -
Article ItemEconomical and Sustainable Materials SGA sponsors four Virginia Tech internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory , article
Four Virginia Tech students will take part in enrichment activities at ORNL, including professional development workshops, laboratory tours, lectures, seminars, and poster presentations.
Date: May 16, 2019 -
Article ItemSatellite built by Virginia Tech undergraduates ready for launch into space , article
An interdisciplinary team of 50 undergraduate students developed Virginia Tech’s CubeSat at the Center for Space Science and Engineering Research over the past several years.
Date: Apr 11, 2019
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