All College of Engineering News and Stories
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Grant funds computer scientist's look into the hidden architecture of DNA , articleThe five-year, $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health will support Professor Alexey Onufriev’s inquiry into molecular simulations, artificial intelligence-assisted drug discovery, and the biological mechanisms behind aging and disease.
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Michael Bortner selected to join U.S. Defense Science Study Group , articleBortner's research focuses on advanced manufacturing processes and polymer-based materials with applications ranging from recyclable wind turbine blades and structural composites for transportation systems to advanced 3D printing technologies.
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Jih-Sheng 'Jason' Lai inducted as National Academy of Inventors fellow , articleLai is a globally recognized researcher in power electronics and has spent more than three decades advancing technologies that improve the efficiency of high-performance energy conversion systems used in electric vehicles, renewable energy, energy storage, and power infrastructure.
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As national drought deepens, a new AI model helps balance water demands , articleThe tool shows how decisions in one basin can affect farms, factories, and communities across state lines, offering policymakers a data driven way to allocate water use more efficiently.
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Raffaella De Vita awarded Kevin P. Granata Faculty Fellowship , articleDe Vita is globally recognized for her research in reproductive biomechanics.
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Pinar Acar named John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow , articleAcar is an expert in materials and AI-enabled design.
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Materials science and engineering students gain hands-on experience as part of a national manufacturing competition , articleFive engineering students put their design and manufacturing skills to the test in the Steel Founders' Society of America's Cast in Steel competition. The first season of the organization's YouTube series premieres on July 9.
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To defend your software, first teach AI to break it , articleFrom the lab to the field and back, researchers and a former doctoral student develop artificial intelligence-driven tools to expose software vulnerabilities.
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Nine faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards , articleOver the coming year with their Fulbright awards, the nine will conduct research in aerospace materials, artificial intelligence, environmental health, water resources, plastic pollution, sustainable design, agriculture, and next-generation wireless communications.
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Driver monitoring technologies could address one of the biggest traffic safety issues, experts say , articleVirginia Tech transportation safety experts Miguel Perez and Naomi Dunn share the pros and cons of biometric monitoring systems and how they could prevent impaired driving fatalities.
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Experts share how EV batteries could soon power data centers , articleVirginia Tech engineering experts Ali Mehrizi-Sani and Samji Samira explain how EV batteries could help power data centers and support the ever-increasing energy demands.
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Civil engineering expert available to discuss structural collapses in deadly Venezuela earthquakes , articleAs recovery efforts continue following a catastrophic 7.5 magnitude earthquake, Virginia Tech civil engineering expert Roberto Leon provides context on why some buildings collapsed, how soil conditions can exacerbate earthquake damage, and what we can learn from natural disasters like this to improve building design.
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New May Family Foundation Fellowship Challenge expands support for engineering graduate students , articleThe student‑centered challenge aims to accelerate the creation of endowed graduate fellowships that will strengthen the university's research enterprise and help recruit talented graduate students. It was initiated by a $1 million commitment from the May family.
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Lingjia Liu named Boeing Endowed Professor , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Liu is an internationally recognized leader in telecommunications, especially in the use of machine learning in dynamic and spectrum-constrained environments.
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Kirk Cameron named Boeing Endowed Professor , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2005, Cameron is an internationally recognized leader in data centers, energy-efficient high-performance parallel and distributed systems design, and server and supercomputer power-performance benchmarking.
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Computer scientists develop a new AI tool that rivals AlphaFold 3 in mapping RNA , articleThe method, called RNAbpFlow, was described in a study published on June 30 in Nature Methods, among the most selective journals in computational life sciences.
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From trivia nights to weddings, hospitality students bring events to life , articleThrough a semester of hands-on event planning and an immersive showcase, students leave the classroom with a deeper understanding of industry logistics and the confidence to present and pitch ideas to professionals.
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Engineering the next generation of semiconductor materials, one layer at a time , articleAs silicon approaches its physical limits, Ph.D. student Sengunthar Karthikeyan is helping explore what comes next for semiconductors.
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Graduate students upgrade EMT training program for Alexandria Fire Department , articleStudents use artificial intelligence to animate a 3D patient avatar as part of the part of a project-based learning initiative at the Institute for Advanced Computing.
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Virginia Tech hosts prestigious infectious disease research conference , articleResearchers from around the world gathered at Virginia Tech for the 23rd Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference (EEID) to talk about one of the greatest challenges facing modern society and the environment.
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Virginia Tech teams rise to the top at the COSMIC Capstone Challenge , articleCompeting against 34 teams from around the country, the three teams from Virginia Tech finished third, fifth, and sixth overall.
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Student-built system supports Virginia Spaceport Authority rocket launch , articleAs part of the Major Design Experience course, a six-member student team developed a centralized monitoring system for one of the four launch pads and a payload processing facility at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island.
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Jacob 'Jake' Grohs named W.S. 'Pete' White Chair for Innovation in Engineering Education , articleA member of the engineering education faculty since 2015, Grohs ’08, M.S. ’09, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. ’15 received the award to enable improving the learning process for engineers.
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Rolando Burgos awarded Electro-Mechanical Corporation Senior Faculty Fellowship , articleBurgos, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, has made a profound impact on the advanced manufacturing workforce pipeline.
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Eli Vlaisavljevich awarded the Bill and Lavinia Hall Faculty Fellowship , articleVlaisavljevich's research to develop novel treatments for liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, uterine fibroids, soft tissue sarcoma, osteosarcoma, and other applications has obtained more than $25 million in external grants.
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