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- - Hanumanthrao “Rao” Kannan appointed assistant professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Kannan's research is focused on developing new mathematical foundations of systems engineering with particular emphasis on decision-making.
- - Xiaowei Yue appointed assistant professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Yue's research focuses on real-time data or "big data" generated from complex systems that provide unprecedented opportunities for improving complex system operations.
- - C. Patrick Koelling honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1987, Koelling was principal or co-principal investigator on both government and commercial grants and research projects on applications of industrial engineering totaling more than $10 million.
- - Home of the future takes first place at international competition
    After years of research and development contributed by over 100 Virginia Tech students and faculty, the FutureHAUS Dubai team has officially built the world’s best solar home.
- - House of the future and team that built it head to international competition
    FutureHAUS Dubai, an innovative, interdisciplinary, and ambitious project to design and build a futuristic, modular smart home, is the lone American team competing against 14 other university teams at the Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai.
- - Myounghoon Jeon appointed associate professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Jeon’s research is focused on human-computer and human-robot interactions, specifically how to bring more human features, like emotions and learning, into computer programs and robots.
- - What do drones, augmented reality, and quadditch have in common?
    Virginia Tech received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for inspection of civil infrastructure.
- - Researchers study Iron Man-like exoskeletons to improve worker productivity, safety, and well-being
    With a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation, Virginia Tech researchers will perform fundamental research to develop whole-body powered exoskeletons for augmenting human performance in industrial use and to understand the dramatic impacts they may have on the socio-technological landscape of jobs.