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NASA funds Virginia Tech research to investigate space weather , articleVirginia Tech researchers, along with several partners and collaborators, received a $2 million grant for a proposed future satellite mission that will investigate the region where space weather clashes with the lower atmosphere.
Date: Aug 21, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering ranks highly in the U.S. News & World Report Graduate Rankings for 2024 , articleIn 2024 Virginia Tech's College of Engineering was ranked 31st in the nation, and rose in its aerospace, biological, industrial and systems, and computer engineering programs, while holding steady in civil and environmental engineering.
Date: Jun 18, 2024 -
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Rose Hu appointed head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , articleThe next-generation wireless expert brings nearly 30 years of research experience and will serve as the department’s first female head in its 135-year history.
Date: May 06, 2024 -
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Wind turbine blades get a sustainable upgrade , articleWith a $2 million grant from the Department of Energy, researchers from Virginia Tech have pioneered processes to make this sustainable energy source even more efficient. The research team will be using new methods of additive manufacturing, computational design, and a recyclable, high strength thermoplastic material.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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Powerhouse professor receives honorary doctorate for contributions to power electronics , articleFor Dushan Boroyevich, power electronics isn’t just a career or area of research, it’s a passion. In November, that passion was recognized by the University of West Bohemia, where Boroyevich was awarded with the honorary title of doctor honoris causa.
Date: Feb 20, 2024 -
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A catalyst for change: New research aims to design atomically efficient and selective catalysts , articleA team led by chemical engineering Professor Ayman Karim has been awarded $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation to observe how single atom catalysts change and evolve during a reaction. The goal is to capture how artificial intelligence can help model these chemical structures and build high-fidelity models that can be used on a larger, more complex scale in the future.
Date: Oct 31, 2023 -
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'60 Minutes' will feature aerosol expert Linsey Marr , articleThe transmission of infectious diseases via airborne particles is a topic that Marr is used to speaking about. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, the civil and environmental engineering expert has done more than 500 interviews with news outlets around the world. Today, she is considered one of the world’s leading experts on airborne transmission of viruses and her expertise landed her on the CBS newsmagazine.
Date: Oct 26, 2023 -
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Future Mitchell Hall brings promise for engineering research and experiential learning , articleOn Aug. 29, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors' Buildings and Grounds Committee approved the design review for Mitchell Hall, a state-of-the-art engineering and research building that will provide engineering students, faculty, and staff with innovative lab space and ample opportunities for experiential learning.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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In memoriam: Howard Joseph Moses, former technical director of Virginia Tech’s Center for Power Electronics Systems , articleAfter retiring from his more than 40-year industrial career in engineering and research for three major aerospace companies, Moses joined the research faculty at the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1999. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed technical director of CPES.
Date: Aug 22, 2023 -
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From wafers to chips: Virginia Tech is satisfying the craving for semiconductor advancement , articleThe College of Engineering will play an important role in the years ahead when it comes to increased semiconductor development and manufacturing in the commonwealth.
Date: Jul 21, 2023 -
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Zooming in on microplastics , articleThese tiny particles are creating big challenges worldwide and are at the core of emerging fields of study for researchers, including many at Virginia Tech.
Date: Jul 19, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers find vulnerabilities in code of popular reverse engineering tools , articleThrough the team's mathematical proofs, software programmers can now be sure that their code is free of unintended behaviors attractive to hackers.
Date: Jul 05, 2023 -
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Engineering student claims top prize at overclocking world championship , articleSebastian Marrufo won the G.Skill Overclocking World Cup in Taipei City, Taiwan, on June 2, after competing against some of the most experienced overclockers in the world.
Date: Jun 30, 2023 -
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The picture of health: Virginia Tech researchers enhance bioimaging and sensing with quantum photonics , articleResearchers from Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering and College of Science are using their expertise in quantum photonics and nanotechnology along with funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation to develop a groundbreaking nanodevice that can transform low-energy light into high-energy light across a broad spectrum.
Date: Jun 26, 2023 -
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Electrical and computer engineering students experience industry during trip to Germany , articleStudents visited Germany as part of Virginia Tech's green engineering curriculum. The two-week study abroad experience, in collaboration with Aalen University, focused on the importance of green engineering and how sustainability practices are incorporated at scale.
Date: Jun 26, 2023 -
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Chen-Ching Liu named foreign fellow of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering , articleFellow is the highest professional distinction in the organization. The award honors those who have made extraordinary accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology or practice in power engineering or have made outstanding contributions to the progress of society and the organization.
Date: May 25, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech partners with Micron Technology Inc., National Science Foundation, and 10 other universities to develop semiconductor talent in U.S. and Japan , articleVirginia Tech is a founding member of an 11-university network spanning the U.S. and Japan that has partnered with Micron Technology Inc. and the U.S. National Science Foundation to cultivate a more diverse and robust talent pipeline for the semiconductor workforce.
Date: May 22, 2023 -
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Class of 2023: Mody Kutkut named outstanding senior for the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , articleKutkut was born in the United States to a family of immigrants. Through their struggles, he learned the importance of expressing gratitude for the things that many take for granted.
Date: May 02, 2023 -
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Environmental impact of AI and its sustainability , articleArtificial intelligence’s rapid growth has led to advancements like autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, and ChatGPT. But AI technologies and the training of AI models require a lot of energy, increasing concerns about the environmental impact of AI and its sustainability.
Date: Apr 07, 2023 -
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For chatbots and beyond: Improving lives with data starts with improving machine learning , articleAssistant Professor Ruoxi Jia in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech has received an NSF CAREER Award to investigate fundamental theories and computational tools needed to measure the value of data.
Date: Apr 07, 2023 -
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In memoriam: Walling R. Cyre, associate professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering , articleIn the late 1980s, Cyre was part of the initial faculty group at Virginia Tech that implemented and taught the department’s new computer engineering degree.
Date: Mar 08, 2023 -
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The metaverse: Where reality and virtual reality collide , articleWalid Saad has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to explore a new type of connectivity for digital twins in hopes of enhancing their role within the metaverse and beyond. The research team will address current challenges of connectivity in these digital replicas by introducing the Internet of Federated Digital Twins.
Date: Feb 22, 2023 -
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Preventing grid cyberattacks with the flip of a switch , articleChen-Ching Liu, American Electric Power Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Power and Energy Center, has received a $3 million Department of Energy grant to work alongside academics and industry professionals for the next three years to improve grid cybersecurity.
Date: Feb 07, 2023 -
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Electrical and computer engineering department soars to No. 4 in latest U.S. News rankings , articleVirginia Tech’s Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has generated an electrifying climb in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings for best global universities for electrical and electronic engineering in the United States.
Date: Jan 26, 2023 -
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Professor receives National Science Foundation grant to improve 6G access for all , articleLingjia Liu, a professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of Wireless@VT, has been awarded an $800,000 grant to help create next generation mobile broadband networks that increase the availability of access to users.
Date: Jan 12, 2023 -
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Harpreet S. Dhillon elected fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , articleIn addition to this most recent honor, Dhillon has received some of the most prestigious technical awards in his discipline for analyzing and designing heterogeneous cellular networks using novel ideas from stochastic geometry.
Date: Dec 19, 2022 -
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Class of 2022: Engineering student finds her community 1,000 miles from home , articleHouston native Madalyn Killian applied to Virginia Tech because of its reputation for having one of the best engineering programs in the country. Now, after a great academic experience, she’s walking away with much more.
Date: Dec 08, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech engineers receive NSF grant to research optically driven semiconductor technology , articlePrincipal investigator Yuhao Zhang and three other professors from the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems flagship program, ASCENT.
Date: Dec 07, 2022 -
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Professor weighs in on 5G networks and climate change at fireside chat with U.S. Sen. Mark Warner , articleAt a Punchbowl News event, Associate Professor Ali Mehrizi-Sani described his team's work on a 5G testbed in preparation for implementing more renewable energy sources and maximizing efficiency and cybersecurity.
Date: Nov 21, 2022 -
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Beauty is only skin deep. As it turns out, so is disease detection. , articleProfessor Masoud Agah has received a National Science Foundation grant to develop a novel skin sensor that provides insight into an individual's health.
Date: Nov 10, 2022 -
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6G vision: The future of wireless communications can be seen through your phone’s camera lens , articleProfessors Walid Saad and Harpreet Dhillon of Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering have been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technologies that use current and emerging wireless systems to “view” and map the surrounding environment.
Date: Nov 09, 2022 -
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A path to human-like machine intelligence , articleJoAnn Paul, associate professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a National Science Foundation grant to investigate methods to design a computer architecture that emulates the way the human brain operates.
Date: Oct 20, 2022 -
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner visits Virginia Tech to discuss CHIPS Act potential , articleWarner visited Virginia Tech's campus to brainstorm ways that academic leaders, industry partners, and government can come together to leverage the opportunity of the CHIPS Act.
Date: Sep 26, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech professor focuses on underexplored brain cell to better understand neurological disease , articleElectrical and Computer Engineering Professor Guoqiang Yu received a $3.43 million grant to study astrocytes, the most abundant cell in the brain, to explore new brain disease treatments.
Date: Jul 27, 2022 -
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Professor receives grant as part of $14 million industry collaboration to improve secure communications , articleThe goal of the award is to develop tools to decipher an ever-growing number of radio frequency signals in an effort to help secure mission-critical information.
Date: Jun 24, 2022 -
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Naval scientist tackles Virginia Tech’s Master of Engineering program , articleJohn Robie always knew he wanted to continue his education, and he seized the opportunity of the master's degree program and the flexibility that went along with its virtual/hybrid option.
Date: Jun 23, 2022 -
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Dong Dong receives NSF CAREER Award to build more efficient power conversion platforms for high-voltage systems , articleTo increase efficiency of larger power systems like those found in the electrical grid, ships, and aircraft, Dong and his team will focus on the medium-voltage and high-voltage application of this technological research.
Date: Jun 22, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers look to modernize the electrical grid with support from the U.S. Department of Energy , articleChristina DiMarino is leading a team that recently received $2.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to tackle power grid sustainability, innovative approaches to power conversion, and related technologies.
Date: Jun 21, 2022 -
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Class of 2022: Electrical engineering student sets sights on graduation, infinity, and beyond , articleKathryn Robertson will graduate from Virginia Tech with a degree in electrical engineering and then head to a job at NASA's Johnson Space Center as a full-time electronics engineer. She has known that she wanted to be an engineer since she was in the third grade.
Date: May 09, 2022 -
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Alan Michaels elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors , articleMichaels, the director of the Spectrum Dominance Division at the National Security Institute and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech, is the inventor of 44 awarded U.S. patents with approximately 80 more international issuances.
Date: Mar 07, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech is satisfying the craving for semiconductor advancement , articleBy increasing opportunities through the development of new majors and professional programs for lifelong learning, Virginia Tech is securing a pipeline of talent to continue to support the semiconductor industry in the commonwealth and across the globe.
Date: Nov 07, 2023 -
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Class of 2024: Victoria Rambo's Passion found at Virginia Tech's foundry , articleWomen make up only 17 percent of those working in primary metals and fabricated metal products. Victoria Rambo is hoping to spark change and encourage more women to pursue the materials science and engineering major by sharing her experience.
Date: May 10, 2024
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