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- - Chemistry researcher plans to layer nanofibers over glass to ease energy consumption in buildings, vehicles
    Guoliang "Greg" Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, will use a five-year, $585,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to create super-thin nanofibers that can cover windows in buildings and cars in a multi-prong effort to cut energy consumption and reduce the often bright, blinding glare of the sun.
- - Virginia Tech’s director of the Center for Power Electronics Systems takes on grand challenge
    Over the next 30 years, present electrical grids are projected to quadruple. Virginia Tech’s new director of the Center for Power Electronics Systems Dushan Boroyevich is working toward solving this challenge.
- - Physics researchers eye experimental box as key to tracking nuclear activity by rogue nations
    Researchers at the Virginia Tech College of Science have built an experimental neutrino detector that they say could lead to a turning point in how the United Nations tracks rogue nations that seek nuclear power.
- - Virginia Tech earns spot to compete in 2017 AutoDrive Challenge
    The university has been chosen as one of eight teams to take part in the SAE International AutoDrive Challenge. The team will be provided a 2017 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle with the challenge to make the car autonomous within three years.
- - Virginia Tech’s Dushan Boroyevich honored as University Distinguished Professor
    For the past 30 years, Boroyevich’s research has focused on making electronic power systems smaller and more efficient, mostly for transportation applications and more recently for future sustainable electrification.
- - Virginia Tech's Marc Edwards honored as University Distinguished Professor
    Edwards, the Charles Lunsford Professor with the Virginia Tech Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, is an established expert on water treatment and corrosion who most recently gained international praise for his ongoing work in Flint, Michigan.
- - National Academy of Engineering member Dushan Boroyevich to lead Energy Innovation Initiative at Virginia Tech
    The initiative is part of a broader push to expand the scope and impact of the university's discoveries and to deepen research partnerships with leading companies. The university recently announced it is creating a Business Engagement Center in support of such efforts.
- - Climate scientist James Hansen to give keynote talk at Appalachian Studies Conference
    Hansen, who was among the first scientists to argue that the burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet, will visit Virginia Tech on March 10.
- - Lighting upgrades to Derring Hall will save the university $128,000 annually
    About 2,500 obsolete lighting fixtures in Derring Hall have been replaced with new LED fixtures and lamps, a change that is expected to reduce the university's annual energy and maintenance costs.
- - Virginia Tech flexible solar panel goes where silicon can't
    Researchers have made a flexible solar panel to go inside buildings, on clothing, and much more, harvesting energy from indoor light sources as well as sunlight.
- - New lab to help establish databases to improve nuclear reactor safety, design
    The lab, to be built in Randolph Hall, will help nuclear engineers develop and test databases to enable engineers to design safer, more-efficient reactors.
- - Mechanical engineering professor earns $1 million grant to produce nuclear radiation energy-harvesting device
    Associate Professor Lei Zuo will develop a monitor for spent nuclear fuel rod containers that will run on the radiation energy in the container with grant funds from the Department of Energy.
- - Energy-harvesting backpack to lighten load for U.S. soldiers
    Associate Professor Lei Zuo, John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow of Mechanical Engineering, is working with the U.S. Army to create an energy-harvesting backpack to use the walking motion of soldiers to replenish batteries that power everything from GPS to night vision goggles.
- - Ocean wave energy harvesting nets $2 million Department of Energy grant
    The U.S. Department of Energy confirmed a $2 million grant for Associate Professor Lei Zuo to produce a new prototype ocean wave generator.
- - Squid-inspired wave energy converter turns ocean's power into electricity
    Engineers at Virginia Tech recently tested a wave energy converter inspired by the way squid propel themselves through water during the second round of competition for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize, which will eventually award more than $2 million in funding.
- - Energy-efficient rental housing can save residents more than $600 per year, study says
    A study conducted by the Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech for Housing Virginia found significant monthly savings on energy bills for energy efficient housing and the potential for additional savings through education and incentives.
- - Forestry geneticists develop tree biomass crop to grow on marginal lands
    They are investigating the genetic regulatory networks so trees important for bioenergy can be bred to grow in less than ideal soils and climate.
- - Dushan Boroyevich named to National Academy of Engineering
    Dushan Boroyevich elected to National Academy of Engineering for 2014.
- - Energy-efficient chilled water plant is online, will support future campus growth
    Virginia Tech energy-efficient chilled water plant is online, saving money and keeping things cool.
- - Virginia Tech saves energy, money during winter break
    Virginia Tech significantly cut energy consumption and saved more than $230,000 by reducing heating and electrical usage during the winter break

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