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Bats have an ambulance in their ears , articleEngineering researchers think the study of ear-generated Doppler shifts in bat biosonar could give rise to new sensory principles that could enable small, yet powerful sensors.
Date: Jun 03, 2019 -
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Jumping drops get boost from gravity , articleResearchers from Virginia Tech are seeking the best way to shed moisture from condensers to increase the efficiency of a variety of items including power plants or anything that requires heat exchange.
Date: May 24, 2019 -
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Class of 2019: Doctoral student credits ‘lab family’ with accomplishments , articleIn addition to his prodigious publishing and mentorship efforts while at Virginia Tech, Farzad Ahmadi also helped solve a notoriously difficult problem in fluid dynamics, one that many senior engineers had already given up on: How to create a cheap, durable, and passive anti-frosting surface.
Date: May 08, 2019 -
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Students develop open-source hops dryer design to share with growers everywhere , articleA team of mechanical engineering students partnered with researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to develop a low-cost solution to drying hops.
Date: May 01, 2019 -
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College of Engineering inducts four members into the Academy of Engineering Excellence , articleThe academy consists of 156 alumni out of Virginia Tech's approximately 68,000 living engineering alumni who have achieved exceptional career successes.
Date: Apr 30, 2019 -
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Wing Ng appointed Alumni Distinguished Professor , articleNg, the Christopher C. Kraft Endowed Professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, has been named an Alumni Distinguished Professor by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Apr 09, 2019 -
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Three engineering faculty elected as AIAA Fellows , articleThree faculty members of the College of Engineering were elected as Fellows in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Date: Mar 14, 2019 -
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Interdisciplinary team discovers double helix structure in synthetic macromolecule , articleThe discovery that a high-strength polymer called "PBDT" has a rare double helix structure opens possibilities for use in a variety of applications.
Date: Mar 07, 2019 -
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Rayne Zheng receives Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award , articleZheng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, has received the award to study rational design and additive manufacturing of 3D piezoelectrics with arbitrary anisotropy for maritime self-sensing structures.
Date: Feb 28, 2019 -
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Mechanical engineers develop process to 3D print piezoelectric materials , articleNew printing technique and materials could be used to develop intelligent materials and self-adaptive infrastructures and transducers.
Date: Jan 21, 2019 -
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Changmin Son named Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor , articleSon has excelled at scholarship, teaching, service, and outreach throughout his career, which began as a research assistant at Oxford University.
Date: Dec 20, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech researchers create a bacteria-based drug delivery system that outperforms conventional methods , articleResearchers have developed a process to chemically attach nanoparticles of anti-cancer drugs onto attenuated bacteria cells, which they have shown to be more effective than the passive delivery of injections at reaching cancer sites.
Date: Dec 19, 2018 -
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Home of the future takes first place at international competition , articleAfter 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.
Date: Nov 28, 2018 -
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Researchers engineer nano-textured surfaces to reduce medical device infection , articleVirginia Tech mechanical engineers and chemists are researching methods to apply a nano-textured biofilm on such items as urinary catheters. The research could lead to products that lower the instance of device-associated infections.
Date: Nov 27, 2018 -
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Researchers expand breakthroughs in 3D printing Kapton, the “ultimate” polymer , articleAn interdisciplinary team of researchers at Virginia Tech's Macromolecules Innovation Institute have developed a new process to 3D print one of the most-desired materials in the electronics and aerospace industries.
Date: Nov 16, 2018 -
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House of the future and team that built it head to international competition , articleFutureHAUS 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.
Date: Nov 06, 2018 -
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Immersive theatrical installation brings the works of Edgar Allan Poe to life , articleA theatrical installation in the Cube of the Moss Arts Center titled "Poe's Shadows," opens on Oct. 31 and includes a series of short expert talks on related and complementary topics.
Date: Oct 26, 2018 -
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Researchers study Iron Man-like exoskeletons to improve worker productivity, safety, and well-being , articleWith 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.
Date: Oct 17, 2018 -
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Engineering and arts join forces at Moogfest , articleFaculty in mechanical engineering, a media engineering with the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, and a commercial audio company teamed up to create a concert experience that could change the way artists approach sound in a live performance.
Date: Oct 01, 2018 -
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Thinking inside the box lands students $10,000 prize , articleThree mechanical engineering seniors received a $10,000 prize from Lockheed Martin after solving one of the company’s toughest engineering problems.
Date: Sep 24, 2018
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