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Mechanical engineering department offers new minor in nuclear engineering , articleBeginning 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.
Date: Oct 29, 2019 -
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MII Technical Conference highlights polymer science and engineering research across Virginia Tech , articleThe 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.”
Date: Oct 24, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech vibration study aims to make footbridges better for pedestrians , articleFor 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.
Date: Oct 22, 2019 -
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Corps of Cadets alumnus 1st Lt. Andrew Benton named North Carolina game Hokie Hero , articleBenton 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.
Date: Oct 20, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech researchers develop smart prosthetic sockets to improve comfort and performance , articleWith 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.
Date: Oct 08, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech researchers aim to give robots bio-inspired gaits , articleKaveh 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.
Date: Sep 27, 2019 -
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Walter O'Brien honored with emeritus status posthumously , articleO’Brien was the J. Bernard Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering. He passed away on July 25, 2019.
Date: Sep 19, 2019 -
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Robin White seeks better agriculture by harnessing new technology , articleIn her five years at Virginia Tech, White has taken a lead role in harnessing advancements in technology to study livestock and convert big data into applications for producers. During Friday's State of the University address, White described the SmartFarm Innovation Network and its effect on animal health and sustainability.
Date: Sep 06, 2019 -
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Engineering students win $25,000 in international product-pitching competition , articleAn exoskeleton concept put Maroon Assistive Technologies in first place in the Virginia Tech Global Entrepreneur Challenge, a pitch competition won last year by a student team from Chile.
Date: Sep 02, 2019 -
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Lockheed Martin on campus Sept. 4 and 5 to recruit students , articleLockheed Martin will be at the Inn at Virginia Tech on Sept. 4 and 5 to recruit a variety of engineering and business majors, including computer science, aerospace engineering, computer programming, software development, finance, and accounting.
Date: Aug 29, 2019 -
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In memoriam: Walter F. O'Brien Jr., J. Bernard Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering , articleO'Brien was a member of the Virginia Tech faculty for more than 52 years, and was the first faculty member from the mechanical engineering department to receive a named professorship.
Date: Jul 26, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech Hyperloop team appears at fourth pod competition , articleAfter a year of designing and fabricating their pod, seven Hokies flew out to Los Angeles for the competition, including a recent graduate and two graduate students who served as advisors to the team.
Date: Jul 22, 2019 -
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Multi-containment filters key to recycling pollutants, creating cleaner energy , articleA mechanical engineering professor will analyze panel-bed filters that could be used to absorb pollutants to be recycled.
Date: Jul 01, 2019 -
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'Sneezing' plants contribute to disease proliferation , articleVirginia Tech researchers have found that jumping droplets have an impact in the spread of wheat leaf rust spores.
Date: Jun 20, 2019 -
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Students win international vehicle safety design competition , articleA group of engineering graduate students won the international championship for the 2019 Collegiate Student Safety Technology Design Competition, hosted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the Netherlands last week.
Date: Jun 19, 2019 -
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Bubble of an idea leads to new research on freezing , articleA mechanical engineering professor and his students studied soap bubbles to learn how the "snow globe" effect takes place and learned about the nature of freezing.
Date: Jun 18, 2019 -
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Student engineering team advances to global vehicle safety design competition , articleA team of Virginia Tech engineering students is advancing to the global round of the Student Safety Technology Design Competition, sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They will present their prototype safety system aimed at reducing injuries for vehicle occupants during a rear-end collision.
Date: Jun 07, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech engineers victorious with another first place at agBOT , articleThe agBOT competition consisted of two separate contests: a weed and seed event and a competition to design an autonomous system that can collect, store, and prepare a soil sample for analysis.
Date: Jun 04, 2019 -
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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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