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- - Corina Sandu named Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Sandu is professor of mechanical engineering and associate department head for graduate studies in the College of Engineering.
- - Virginia Tech graduate programs continue to shine in latest U.S. News & World Report survey
    Programs offered across Virginia Tech’s colleges and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine are included in the U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate programs for 2021.
- - New institute directors are eager to tackle large, interdisciplinary challenges
    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.
- - Virginia Tech students win awards at Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
    Malikah Ajose and Jessica Gannon were honored for their outstanding presentations at ABRCMS - one of the largest communities of underrepresented minorities in STEM.
- - Robert and Beatrice Mahan’s French connection underlies their support of new faculty positions
    Robert Mahan, a researcher and professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, and his wife, Beatrice, a retired administrator, fell in love with the French language and culture. Now they are providing support for a French professorship in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and an estate gift to the College of Engineering.
- - Virginia Tech receives five Department of Defense instrumentation awards
    The awards are the result of a merit competition for funding conducted by the Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
- - X-ray images help reveal insects’ physiological responses to gravity
    A new study by Jake Socha, professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science journal shows that insects experience physiological effects of gravity similar to that of humans.
- - Virginia Tech awarded Nuclear Regulatory Commission Integrated University Program grants
    The nuclear engineering program in Virginia Tech’s Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded two grants totaling $850,000 for faculty development and graduate student fellowships.
- - Living, learning, and loving it
    Two years ago, Associate Professor and John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow Pablo Tarazaga and his family of six left their house in Blacksburg's Woodbine neighborhood to join 325 honors students in a residential hall on Virginia Tech's main campus.
- - Virginia Tech faculty honored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
    Wing Ng, an Alumni Distinguished Professor and the Christoper C. Kraft Endowed Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering, and Timothy Long, a professor of chemistry in the College of Science and director of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute, received 2020 Outstanding Faculty Awards.
- - Multidisciplinary project aims to make mining more efficient, safer
    Virginia Tech researchers are leading a team in a three-year, $900,000 project to improve the efficiency of dust scrubbers in underground mining operations, one aspect of many that impacts effective mining operation that industry constantly seeks to improve.
- - Chiton mollusk provides model for new armor design
    Assistant professor of mechanical engineering Ling Li's work, which was featured in the journal Nature Communications, is the result of a collaboration with researchers from various institutions.
- - Raffaella De Vita elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    De Vita, professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Tech, was honored for her significant contributions as an internationally recognized expert in biomechanics.
- - Corps of Cadets alumni deployed on the USS Lincoln named Wake Forest game Hokie Heroes
    Carrier Strike Group 12 is deployed in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan.
- - Mechanical engineering department offers new minor in nuclear engineering
    Beginning in January 2020, a minor in nuclear engineering will be available to College of Engineering and College of Science undergraduate students in addition to other majors who meet course requirements.
- - MII Technical Conference highlights polymer science and engineering research across Virginia Tech
    The theme of this year’s conference, which will be held at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, is “Macromolecular Materials Discovery at the Intersection of Science, Engineering, and Society.”
- - Virginia Tech vibration study aims to make footbridges better for pedestrians
    For Mehdi Setareh, his research team, and a group of 30 of Virginia Tech's cadets, the simple task of walking across a pedestrian bridge can help make future bridges better and safer for people.
- - Corps of Cadets alumnus 1st Lt. Andrew Benton named North Carolina game Hokie Hero
    Benton is an air support control officer deployed on the USS Boxer with the Amphibious Ready Group. He supervises and coordinates air operations across multiple ships.
- - Virginia Tech researchers develop smart prosthetic sockets to improve comfort and performance
    With a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers will study volume loss and develop smart prosthetic sockets to improve comfort and performance in prostheses.
- - Virginia Tech researchers aim to give robots bio-inspired gaits
    Kaveh Hamed, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering, and his research team have worked to enhance bio-inspired locomotion in robots alongside collaborators from within the department and from other universities around the country.

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