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Article ItemGrant projects to unlock potential, secure the future of open networks , article
Virginia Tech researchers Nishith Tripathi and Lingjia Liu received $4 million from the Innovation Fund to develop the future of O-RAN technology.
Date: Mar 22, 2024 -
Article ItemBuilding up the semiconductor workforce with $30 million partnership , article
Virginia Tech faculty Yang "Cindy" Yi and Luke Lester are taking on the challenge to bring more women into technology and semiconductor industries through UPWARDS, an international partnership between the U.S. and Japan.
Date: Mar 08, 2024 -
Article ItemAlumni Spotlight: Aiming for the stars with Megan Bennett '20 , article
Thanks to her electrical engineering degree from Virginia Tech, Megan Bennett EE’20 is headed to the moon. Not literally, of course. As an electrical design engineer at Blue Origin, Bennett works on the lunar development team and transportation unit, where she is building a lunar habitat and lander that will host NASA-selected astronauts to live and work in space.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 -
Article ItemYuhao Zhang receives 2024 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research , article
Utilizing cutting edge power electronics research, Zhang will study two different structural designs for semiconductors in naval power devices.
Date: Jan 15, 2024 -
Article ItemClass of 2023: Hayley Wisman seeks to help others through robotics , article
After graduating from the computer engineering program, Wisman will continue her education by getting a master's degree and working with the Assistive Robotics Lab.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 -
Article ItemClass of 2023: Fourth-generation Hokie Hayden Craun goes from farming to firmware , article
Fourth-generation Hokie Crayden Craun deviated from family tradition to major in computer engineering, and now he'll be joining Kollmorgen, a manufacturing company.
Date: Dec 11, 2023 -
Article ItemEmbedding fibers to undo the tapestry of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease , article
Associate Professor Xiaoting Jia receives a collaborative National Institutes of Health grant to embed bidirectional fibers in the brainwith the ultimate goal of reversing memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Date: Nov 27, 2023 -
Article ItemAiming for a home run with electrical engineering education , article
With a $944,231 National Science Foundation CAREER award, Nicole Pitterson in the Department of Engineering Education will develop models for how faculty can design and teach content for their courses in a way that aligns holistically with their students’ needs.
Date: Aug 09, 2023 -
Article ItemTransforming the engineering graduate student experience , article
With the support of a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the College of Engineering will focus on changing the graduate engineering education system by connecting, integrating, and improving numerous processes in addition to providing support for graduate students.
Date: Mar 30, 2023 -
Article ItemEngineering for the real world , article
Launched this fall as an approved course and led by David Gray of engineering education, the Interdisciplinary Capstone is designed to bring together students from across the College of Engineering.
Date: Sep 13, 2022 -
Article ItemRising Sophomore Abroad Program takes flight once more , article
After a two-year hiatus, nearly 100 undergraduate engineering students traveled to six countries during the two-week global education experience.
Date: Jun 13, 2022 -
Article ItemHomero Murzi receives NSF CAREER award to create the next generation of engineering education leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion , article
Murzi, who also leads the award-winning Rising Sophomore Abroad Program, brings a unique understanding on how to best educate the next generation of engineers and what global roles they might take on.
Date: Jun 13, 2022 -
Article ItemNew effort to connect college support networks for low-income engineering students , article
A team from the Virginia Tech's Department of Engineering Education, the University of Cincinnati, Weber State University, Northern Virginia Community College, and Florida International University will lead a $3 million research hub, one of the first in the nation.
Date: May 25, 2022 -
Article ItemQ&A: Exploring engineering education research with David Knight , article
When you think of making a life-changing decision, like where to pursue your doctoral program, what factors would affect your decision? Location? Faculty? Or is it which program provides the most funding?
Date: May 04, 2022 -
Article ItemCrafting a new way to explore engineering majors through Minecraft , article
In a world of lectures, brochures, and informational slideshows, Ben Chambers is taking a hands-on approach to engineering major exploration: Minecraft.
Date: Jul 22, 2021 -
Article ItemJeremi London receives NSF CAREER award to break down engineering education barriers , article
With her recent National Science Foundation CAREER grant, London is poised to tackle one of today’s most pressing questions for engineering: Who gets to be an engineer?
Date: Jul 12, 2021 -
Article ItemEngineering education endowment honors Bev Watford, creates new doctoral awards , article
Thanks to an anonymous $100,000 endowment, the Department of Engineering Education created two new doctoral awards in honor of Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement in the College of Engineering. Kirsten Davis and Cynthia Hampton are the inaugural recipients.
Date: Jun 15, 2021