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Article ItemCollege of Engineering inducts five members into the Academy of Engineering Excellence at Virginia Tech , article
The 2020 inductees were selected from among approximately 68,000 living Virginia Tech engineering alumni. Each academy member has made sustained contributions in engineering and/or leadership throughout illustrious careers.
Date: Sep 14, 2020 -
Article ItemResearchers find cuttlebone’s microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’ for lightweight, stiff, and damage-tolerant design , article
In a study published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Ling Li’s research team investigated the internal microstructure of cuttlebone, a highly porous internal shell designed by nature to be extremely lightweight, stiff, and damage-tolerant.
Date: Sep 11, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech research sees continued growth , article
Research expenditures are up and sponsored awards have increased by 15 percent, building upon the prior year’s expenditure total of $542 million, despite the impact of COVID-19 felt nationally by higher education institutes, according to preliminary fiscal year-end reports.
Date: Sep 04, 2020 -
Article ItemChemistry’s Robert Moore appointed as new director of MII , article
Moore, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named as director of the Virginia Tech Macromolecules Innovation Institute, an interdisciplinary science and engineering research center.
Date: Sep 01, 2020 -
Article ItemEarly career faculty earn 14 National Science Foundation CAREER awards , article
Over the past 25 years, Virginia Tech researchers have earned 171 National Science Foundation Early Career Development Awards (CAREER). For the 2020 fiscal year, 14 Virginia Tech early career scientists and engineers have been granted CAREER awards, totaling over $4 million in research funding.
Date: Aug 28, 2020 -
Article ItemDREAMS lab designs novel respirator for health care workers fighting COVID-19 , article
Led by mechanical engineering professor Chris Williams, the DREAMS lab has designed a novel respirator using rapid tooling and 3D printing resources from on-campus makerspaces and research labs.
Date: Aug 27, 2020 -
Article ItemProof-of-concept program from LAUNCH and VTIP fuels development of new technologies , article
Eligible projects involve technologies captured in the VTIP invention disclosure process and identified as candidates for licensing to established companies or to new technology startups.
Date: Aug 21, 2020 -
Article ItemTECH Together Campaign announces winners and finalists , article
After the TECH Together Campaign launched in July, a whopping 76 applications from 20 different colleges and departments were submitted. Of those, 10 finalists and 5 winners have been chosen to implement their creative, innovative, and integrated solutions for the reopening of Virginia Tech campuses this fall.
Date: Aug 20, 2020 -
Article ItemMachine learning reduces hazards in nuclear power plants , article
Predictable hazards to nuclear power plants are about to get an update thanks to the efforts of a group led by Juliana Duarte.
Date: Aug 18, 2020 -
Article ItemNovel method of heat conduction could be a game changer for server farms and aircraft , article
Jonathan Boreyko's approach to thermal management uses a thermal diode, allowing for the cooling of a hot object on one side while resisting heat from entering on the opposite side.
Date: Aug 18, 2020 -
Article ItemWave Drinker team wins a spot in Waves to Water Prize , article
A team of graduate and undergraduate students advanced in a national competition aimed at providing fresh water, powered by the motion of large bodies of water.
Date: Aug 11, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech nuclear engineering confers its first undergraduate minors , article
Virginia Tech's nuclear engineering program has experienced a revival in the past decade, and completed undergraduate minors are the latest fruits of its labors.
Date: Aug 06, 2020 -
Article ItemStudents advance sustainable change, new growth experiences in Climate Action Commitment update , article
Students have been key contributors in the ongoing Virginia Tech Climate Action Commitment revision process and have had the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in sustainability and invaluable professional development opportunities.
Date: Aug 03, 2020 -
Article ItemOumar Barry earns NSF CAREER Award to explore power line vibration monitoring by autonomous robots , article
This five-year, $500,000 award will fund Barry's research for a self-powered autonomous robot to prevent electric power line defects.
Date: Jul 28, 2020 -
Article ItemLing Li receives an NSF CAREER award to study the complex microstructures of biomaterials , article
This $520,000 five-year award will support Li’s research of how biomineralized starfish skeletons are designed and formed.
Date: Jul 24, 2020 -
Article ItemDroplet biosensing method opens the door for faster identification of COVID-19 , article
Virginia Tech researchers have found there’s significant room to improve the pace of coronavirus testing. A new method can detect all of the contents of a sampling droplet, and there is no extraction or other tedious procedure.
Date: Jul 17, 2020 -
Article ItemGeosciences’ Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs , article
Michel, an associate professor of geosciences, diverged from his normal path to lead a project involving numerous Virginia Tech faculty, alumni, and specialists from Carilion Clinic to use 3D printing to create nasopharyngeal swabs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
Article ItemLei Zuo named Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering , article
As a member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2014, Zuo’s scholarship has focused on the design, dynamics, control, and manufacturing of energy systems.
Date: Jul 13, 2020 -
Article ItemInnovations in science and engineering lead to 3D printed latex rubber breakthrough , article
This novel process could unlock the ability to 3D print a variety of elastic materials with complex geometric shapes.
Date: Jul 13, 2020 -
Article ItemChristopher Williams named L.S. Randolph Professor in Mechanical Engineering , article
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2007, Williams is an internationally recognized expert in the area of 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing.
Date: Jul 09, 2020
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