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Alan A. Kornhauser honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the university community since 1989, Kornhauser served as the associate director of the Energy Management Institute, which involved direction of educational outreach activities and the organization of many workshops and short courses.
Date: Sep 14, 2018 -
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Lockheed Martin on campus Sept. 4 and 5, job offers and virtual reality demos , articleLockheed Martin, developing critical technologies to solve global security issues, will be at the Inn at Virginia Tech, to recruit a variety of engineering disciplines, including computer science, aerospace engineering, computer programming, software development, finance, and accounting.
Date: Aug 28, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech researchers develop novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on Earth , articleBecause 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.
Date: Aug 15, 2018 -
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Through partnership with local rescue squad, Virginia Tech students develop lifesaving device , articleThe device, called the Emergency Lift Assist, operates by safely and quickly rolling a patient onto a tarp. Once strapped in, a hydraulically powered set of frames lifts the patient with just the push of a button.
Date: Aug 07, 2018 -
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New approach to super slippery packaging aims to cut down on food waste , articleNot 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.
Date: Aug 03, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech graduate student pursues innovative microbe-based cancer therapy , articleKatherine 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.
Date: Jul 20, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech receives Department of Defense instrumentation awards , articleThe awards will enable the university to support research and education in autonomous underwater vehicle, submarine, and ship hydrodynamics.
Date: Jul 18, 2018 -
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Engineering students take lifesaving concept to market with help from university environment and donors , articleStarting a company as a student is no easy feat. But Virginia Tech’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and financial support from investors like Ray Zinn are emboldening students to start building their empires early.
Date: Jul 11, 2018 -
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FutureHAUS Dubai takes shape at Virginia Tech’s Research + Demonstration Facility , articleLed 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.
Date: Jun 20, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech agBOT autonomous watermelon harvester takes top prize , articleThe Virginia Tech agBOT team clinched first place in the third annual agBOT Challenge at Gerrish Farms in Rockville, Indiana.
Date: Jun 14, 2018 -
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Mechanical engineer creates 3D-printed multimaterial with programmed stiffness , articleA new method of microscale 3D printing features in-situ resin mixing, delivery and exchange, and a robotic material cleansing system to allow switching between materials of different modulus without cross contamination between properties.
Date: Jun 14, 2018 -
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Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team powers way to fourth place , articleVirginia Tech's Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team placed fourth overall in the EcoCAR 3 competition's fourth and final year - after turning a stock Chevy Camaro into a fuel sipping hybrid.
Date: Jun 13, 2018 -
Article ItemRobert Sturges honored with emeritus status , article
A member of the university community since 1997, Sturges made significant contributions to the understanding of assembly processes through the joining of mechanical and industrial engineering principles.
Date: May 31, 2018 -
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Azim Eskandarian named Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs Chair in Mechanical Engineering , articleThe Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs Chair in Mechanical Engineering was established in honor of Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs. Nicholas Des Champs enjoyed a distinguished career in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, or HVAC, industry.
Date: May 31, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech’s Design Build Fly Team places second at international AIAA competition , articleMeticulous planning, countless test flights, and good old-fashioned math were key to Virginia Tech’s recent second-place finish at the international AIAA Design Build Fly competition.
Date: May 23, 2018 -
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Despite bumps in the road, engineering team places third in North American autonomous vehicle competition , articleVirginia Tech’s AutoDrive team faced challenges at home before ever stepping foot in Yuma, Arizona, to compete against seven other universities from the U.S. and Canada.
Date: May 10, 2018 -
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Class of 2018: Mechanical engineering student top graduating senior in College of Engineering , articleAhmed Elnahhas received the Phi Kappa Phi Medal as the top graduate in the College of Engineering April 9. A mechanical engineering senior, Elnahhas is graduating with a 4.0 grade point average.
Date: May 08, 2018 -
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Class of 2018: Graduating senior Genevieve Gural spent undergrad career learning beyond her major , articleGural began her undergraduate career as a member of Hypatia, the College of Engineering's living-learning community for women.
Date: May 07, 2018 -
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New U.S. site for Mahindra’s mega-research arm bolsters Virginia Tech’s Corporate Research Center , articleThe new center seeks to create breakthrough products for North American markets, while the company’s Virginia Tech research project in mechanical engineering aims to advance emerging farm technologies like fruit-picking robots.
Date: May 01, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech team one of eight to compete in international autonomous vehicle competition , articleFifteen Virginia Tech faculty, undergraduates, and graduate engineering students will travel to Yuma, Arizona, with an autonomous vehicle they built for the first-ever AutoDrive Challenge Competition.
Date: Apr 27, 2018
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