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Virginia Tech Science Festival to return on Nov. 11 , articleThe event on the Blacksburg campus will showcase more than 50 exhibitors with science experiments ranging from biology and physics to mathematics and robotics.
Date: Nov 07, 2023 -
General ItemVirginia Tech Science Festival to be held Nov. 11
The Virginia Tech Science Festival celebrates science as a way of thinking. Please join us on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at the Moss Arts Center and the Newman Library, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Date: Oct 27, 2023 -
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Jake Grohs named interim director of Center for Educational Networks and Impacts , articleIn the position, Grohs will bring his experience facilitating collaboration between Virginia Tech researchers, schools, and industries in Southwest Virginia communities to help the center, part of the Institute of Creativity, Arts, and Technology, evolve to its next level.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
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Virtual solar system transforms young learners into astronauts , articleWith support of a National Science Foundation grant, a team of developers in the Applied Research in Immersive Experiences and Simulations program in University Libraries is using virtual reality to develop an interactive universe. In the experience, users become virtual astronauts and move through space to visit all of the celestial bodies in our solar system.
Date: Sep 18, 2023 -
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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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Alexander Brand receives NSF CAREER award to discover the mechanisms that make concrete work , articleThe assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering will research ways to establish future directions for concrete materials.
Date: Aug 22, 2023 -
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Hosting a Hokie experience , articleOffered through the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology’s Center for Educational Networks and Impacts, Hokie for a Day to gives about 1,200 elementary students an up-close experience with Virginia Tech, each year. The visit includes being introduced to university faculty, research, and facilities, as well as students, members of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, and student athletes.
Date: Jun 15, 2023 -
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Roanoke Center teams up with area schools to build excitement around STEM , articleStudents of all ages from across Southwest Virginia learn about coding, engineering, circuits, and even space travel through a growing lineup of creative, customizable STEM programs at the Commonwealth Campus Center.
Date: May 16, 2023 -
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Using art and innovation to solve industry’s problems , articleVirginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology has been named a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab. With this designation, researchers will apply a framework for a new model of innovation that seeks to explore the relationship between basic and applied scientific research.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers receive National Science Foundation award to secure vegetable production in a changing environment , articleResearchers in the Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture and the Virginia Tech Applied Research Cooperation will use the $750,000 Convergence Accelerator program grant to develop climate-smart, economically efficient, and environmentally sustainable precision agricultural practices.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
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Nutshell Games offer a fun speaking competition for graduate research students , articleAre cows afraid of the dark? Are bees OK with weedkiller? Do mothers really know best? These are only a few of the research topics that will be explained as 30 Virginia Tech graduate students compete for $500 in professional development funding in this year’s event.
Date: Feb 02, 2023 -
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Children befriend robots in playful after-school research program , articleA team of Virginia Tech researchers is studying the ways that children process technical information while learning the fundamentals of robotics.
Date: Nov 21, 2022 -
Video ItemAfter-school program blends arts and robotics to spark students' interest in STEAM education , video
Virginia Tech researchers Koeun Choi and Myounghoon Jeon are introducing students at Eastern Montgomery Elementary School to various robotics theories through creative outlets such as music and dance. The thirteen week after-school program will culminate in a theater performance featuring robots programmed by the students.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
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Augmented reality brings museum exhibits to life , articleDinosaur exhibits become portals between the physical and digital realm through a new augmented reality application created by University Libraries student employees and faculty. The project aims to close the gap between static skeleton displays in museums and digital access to the wealth of information they possess.
Date: Oct 19, 2022