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- - More strong performers in new batch of bike helmet ratings
    The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab released ratings for 20 additional bicycle helmets, including nine 5-star models, but none outscored the reigning top performer.
- - 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.
- - Drone integration moves forward, one industry standard at a time
    An international committee charged with developing consensus standards for unmanned aircraft met at Virginia Tech for the second year in a row.
- - With the right resources at the right time, research institute accelerates discovery
    The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science provides pivotal support that propels early-stage collaborations forward.
- - Water experts to study emerging threat of antibiotic resistance
    Through the awarding of two contracts, the Centers for Disease Control is tapping the expertise of Amy Pruden and Marc Edwards in a wider effort to address emerging public health priorities.
- - NSF awards two grants for polymer research
    Professor Kevin Edgar’s research focuses on drug delivery within the body while Assistant Professor Li Shuai’s research examines the utilization of lignin.
- - HBCU/MSI Research Summit draws hundreds to Virginia Tech
    Hosted by the Graduate School, the two-day summit, now in its third year, aims to foster connections between Virginia Tech and students and faculty at the visiting institutions.
- - Conference explores what’s next for unmanned vehicles
    The Ridge and Valley chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International met to reflect on a banner year for unmanned systems in Virginia.
- - DARPA director will explore the art of technological surprise in upcoming lecture
    Steven H. Walker will deliver the 2018 Hugh and Ethel Kelly Lecture, pulling back the curtain on DARPA's wide-ranging research portfolio and its role in national security.
- - Collaboration with State Farm helps secure FAA waiver for drone operations related to Hurricane Florence
    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver combines permissions for two types of operations that are typically tightly restricted: operations over people and flights beyond the operator’s visual line of sight. These provisions are approved over four states impacted by Hurricane Florence.
- - Investment institutes create interdisciplinary research opportunities
    The four institutes invest in high-risk, high-reward ideas, expanding Virginia Tech's research portfolio and opening up new opportunities for its faculty and students.
- - Kevin Edgar has been named Graduate School associate dean
    Edgar will assist with the academic enterprises at the Graduate School, including the graduate teaching assistant workshop and professional development.
- - Town hall meeting is an opportunity to discuss university policy on drone use
    The Sept. 5 meeting provides a forum for Virginia Tech's thriving community of drone users to learn more about the policy, which balances the technology's incredible potential for research and education with the unique considerations of operating in a campus environment.
- - The future of delivery
    A popsicle arrived in a Blacksburg backyard as part of the most advanced drone-delivery testing ever performed in the United States, conducted by Wing and the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership.
- - VT-FAST: A new resource for Virginia Tech faculty
    VT-FAST is a virtual team of faculty and staff across campus who support faculty at Virginia Tech in all aspects of grant and proposal development. Their goal is to facilitate proposal preparation, formatting, and editing, thereby allowing faculty to focus more directly on their research plan.
- - Virginia Tech drone users: Be familiar with the university drone policy
    Anyone flying an unmanned aircraft on or with Virginia Tech property is required to abide by the university's drone policy, which enables flights on campus when certain conditions are met.
- - 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.
- - Stefan Duma reappointed as Harry Wyatt Professor in Engineering
    Duma is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics in the College of Engineering and director of the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at Virginia Tech.
- - 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.
- - Marc Edwards' seminar to explore the pursuit of scientific truth amid a culture of tribalism
    The Flint and D.C. water crises will be presented as case studies in government and scientific misconduct in the June 22 seminar.

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