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Video ItemVirginia Tech Global Distinction Vehicle tire wear creating air pollution , video
Associate Professor Hosein Foroutan in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering uses the Virginia Tech Smart Road to study how tire wear from driving gas-powered and electric vehicles contributes to air pollution.
Date: May 15, 2025 - -
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Category: research Tiny tech, big impact: Miniaturized gas-analyzing tech boldly moves research forward , articleSPOCK is the world’s first “miniature” gas chromatograph built with patent-pending technology that analyzes chemical composition and physical properties and delivers real-time results, revolutionizing aerosol work in industry safety, environmental science, and national security.
Date: Oct 25, 2024 - -
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Category: academics Renowned expert on water-to-air pollution to speak at College of Science J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series , articleKimberly Prather, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and distinguished professor at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will give a talk titled “From Water to Air: How Pollution Impacts Air Quality and Health in Coastal Regions" on Sept. 26.
Date: Sep 23, 2024 - -
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Category: research 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz talks about air pollution , articleIsaacman-VanWertz joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to talk about air pollution and its misconceptions. He shared his insights related to how plant and human emissions interact and what that means for our shared environment, as well as how he got into this field of study and his hope for the future.
Date: Mar 18, 2024 - -
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Category: research Making a CAREER on bridging scientific knowledge and AI , articleAnuj Karpatne, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a five-year, $595,738 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to explore a unified approach for accelerating scientific discovery using scientific knowledge and data.
Date: Aug 28, 2023 - -
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Category: impact Global Change Center expands commitment to innovative graduate education , articleWith membership spanning 20 institutions across the United States and Canada, Virginia Tech's Global Change Center joined ANGLES, a network of higher education professionals dedicated to graduate student leadership development centered in sustainability, environmental, and societal issues.
Date: Nov 14, 2022 - -
Video ItemCategory: research HokieTalks: Tracking air pollution to aid the design of healthy neighborhoods , video
Steve Hankey with the School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, gives his presentation "Tracking air pollution to aid the design of healthy neighborhoods."
Date: Oct 08, 2019 - -
Video ItemCategory: research Tracking air pollution with two wheels , video
Steve Hankey, assistant professor of urban affairs and planning at Virginia Tech, has developed a unique way to track air pollution. However, his experiments do not take place in a lab. They happen in the streets of Blacksburg on a bicycle.
Date: Oct 24, 2018 -