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- - Virginia Tech Transportation Institute names Marcia Donnelson director of proposal development
    Marcia Donnelson of Platte Center, Neb., has joined the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute senior administrative team. Donnelson will be serving as director of proposal development.
- - Hesham A. Rakha named Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering
- - NASCAR comes to Virginia Tech to test tires on a unique machine that can spin rubber at 200 mph
    National Tire Research Center is the go-to facility to test Goodyear race for tires for NASCAR
- - Researchers to design vehicle-to-vehicle communication integration framework
    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awards $1 million to Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to build vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology.
- - New England Journal of Medicine study: Virginia Tech researchers find novice teen drivers easily fall into distraction, accidents
- - Virginia Tech climbs NSF research rankings, remains No. 1 research university in Virginia
    Rising one slot to No. 40 in university research expenditures in the United States, Virginia Tech is the only Virginia institution in the top 50 of National Science Foundation rankings and remains among the top 25 public research universities.
- - Virginia Tech Magazine reflects on President Charles W. Steger's outstanding career, launches digital app
- - Virginia Tech Transportation Institute opens doors, Virginia Smart Road for 25th anniversary celebration
    The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute will open its doors and the Virginia Smart Road to the public on Nov. 15, 2013, as part of its 25th anniversary.
- - Virginia Tech Transportation Institute signs partnership with Paris-based transportation research group
    The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute has signed a collaborative agreement with the Paris-based French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks.
- - Gov. Bob McDonnell helps Virginia Tech Transportation Institute launch Virginia connected vehicle test bed
    On June 6, Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell attended the official launch of the Virginia Connected Test Bed, a public-private partnership spearheaded by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
- - White House to honor Virginia Tech Transportation Institute's Tom Dingus as 'Champion of Change'
    Thomas Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, will be honored May 8 by the White House as a Champion of Change, a group of Americans seen as making positive change.
- - 11th annual Undergraduate Research Conference to be held April 19
- - Day or night, driving while tired a leading cause of accidents
    Analysis of the 100-car naturalistic driving study demonstrated that fatigue is much more often the cause of accidents than was previously thought.
- - Graduate student award-winning research documents road surfaces that quiet tire noise
    A graduate student's award-winning research on the measurement of tire noise identifies quieting road surface treatments.
- - If you think seatbelt use inconvenient, consider the inconvenience of being injured
    Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researchers determine that occasional seatbelt users often only buckle-up for high speed roads.
- - Future cruise control to have environmental, safety features
    A new cruise control system will reduce fuel use and emissions.
- - Transportation research leader heads connected vehicle/roads research operation
    A veteran smart cars/smart roads researcher will head Virgnia Tech Transportation Institute's operation in the National Capital Region
- - Myra Blanco receives international award for transportation research, leadership, work-life balance
    Myra Blanco has received an international award recognizing her professional contributions while overcoming personal challenges.
- - Virginia Tech ranking for research spending jumps; remains tops in Virginia
    With more than $450 million in research expenditures for fiscal year 2011, Virginia Tech continues to rank in the top 5 percent of research universities and colleges in an annual survey of more than 900 institutions conducted by the National Science Foundation.
- - Work on automatic control of driverless vehicles through intersections receives recognition
    A paper about a simulator tool to control unmanned vehicles through intersections wins an award.

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