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- - Virginia Tech researchers develop novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on Earth
    Because of its strength - graphene is one of the strongest materials ever tested on Earth - and its high thermal and electricity conductivity, 3D printed graphene objects would be highly coveted in certain industries, including batteries, aerospace, separation, heat management, sensors, and catalysis.
- - Virginia Tech researchers collaborate with global scientists to study vector behavior and disease transmission
    Virginia Tech researcher Leah Johnson, in collaboration with a colleague at Imperial College London, created VectorBiTE RCN to encourage the collection and consolidation of key data and development of analytical tools to better understand the behavior of vectors, such as mosquitoes and ticks, in disease transmission.
- - New approach to super slippery packaging aims to cut down on food waste
    Not only will the technique help sticky foods release from their packaging much more easily, but for the first time, it can also be applied to inexpensive and readily available plastics, such as polyethylene and polypropylene. These hydrocarbon-based polymers make up 55 percent of the total demand for plastics in the world today.
- - Heart association to support VTCRI biological sciences grad student's research into sudden cardiac death
    Patrick Calhoun is investigating how a viral infection that causes a mild cough in the lungs may have a much more severe effect in heart tissue.
- - A SMART combination: Graduate student credits Virginia Tech mentors, support programs with scholarship award
    Katrina Colucci-Chang, a biomedical engineering doctoral student, credits the support she received from faculty mentors and her involvement in various Virginia Tech programs with her Department of Defense SMART Scholarship.
- - Virginia Tech graduate student pursues innovative microbe-based cancer therapy
    Katherine Broadway, a Virginia Tech graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, is researching a cutting-edge, microbe-based cancer therapy as her dissertation project.
- - Virginia Tech receives Department of Defense instrumentation awards
    The awards will enable the university to support research and education in autonomous underwater vehicle, submarine, and ship hydrodynamics.
- - VTCRI scientist earns third concurrent grant from the National Cancer Institute to study breast cancer
    Deb Kelly, who is also an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, is working to better detect, prevent, and repair the mutations found in cancers related to the breast cancer susceptibility protein, BRCA1.
- - Professors in Ecuador learn teaching tips inspired by Virginia Tech graduate program
    The workshops are based on the Graduate School’s Transformative Graduate Education Initiative, which offers students across disciplines a range of programs, courses, and activities to help them succeed and prepare for any profession, not only academia.
- - VTCRI scientist awarded $2 million grant to study immune memory response
    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a new five-year grant to Ken Oestreich, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, to study immunological memory.
- - Virginia Tech releases ratings for bicycle helmets
    The ratings show that some helmets are better than others at reducing head injury risk. The ratings have been developed by the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, the research team that has helped drive innovation in the sports equipment industry with evidence-based, consumer-oriented safety testing.
- - Fish and wildlife graduate students receive research fellowships
    Master’s degree student Brian Case’s fellowship is from the National Science Foundation and doctoral student Corbin Hilling’s is from Virginia Sea Grant.
- - Associate Professor Roseanne Foti receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award
    Foti has mentored 30 graduate students, who have gone on to careers in academia and in professional fields.
- - University Libraries Data Transformation Lab builds collaboration and enhances research
    Graduate student Taylor Blackman uses his GIS knowledge to help fellow student researchers transform data in the Data Transformation Studio.
- - Associate Professor Michelle Theus receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award
    Theus' work focuses on stem cell therapy, especially the potential for "self-healing," which uses the patient's stem cells in the healing process.
- - FutureHAUS Dubai takes shape at Virginia Tech’s Research + Demonstration Facility
    Led by the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, students from five Virginia Tech colleges will compete as the only U.S. collegiate team in the Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai, November 2018. The team now has three months to complete the world’s smartest modular solar home – a prototype they hope will become a global model for housing sustainability.
- - VTCRI scientists, Carilion clinicians first to identify perinexus in human heart
    The research team was led by Steven Poelzing, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, and Soufian AlMahameed, who was a clinician associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the director of Carilion Clinic’s Center for Atrial Fibrillation at the time of data collection.
- - Professor Cliff Ragsdale receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award
    Those who nominated him noted that in all of his roles, he works closely with graduate students. He has been a member or chair of more than 30 graduate committees and received the outstanding faculty in doctoral education award from Pamplin College of Business in 2017.
- - Artists, sculptors, and artisans re-envision the chair for Moss Arts Center summer exhibition
    “Sitting Pretty: The Chair Re-Envisioned” features the inventive work of artists from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Also on view is an exhibition of photographs by the renowned artist William Wegman.
- - Associate Professor Holly Matusovich receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award
    Matusovich has received $5 million in sponsored research projects, including several collaborative projects with colleagues, and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters.

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