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Video ItemInnovation Campus hosts STEM Discovery Fair for K-12 students , video
Students and parents attended a STEM Discovery Fair at Francis C. Hammond Middle School in Alexandria. The event was sponsored by the Innovation Campus, College of Engineering, Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity, College Access Collaborative, and the College of Science.
Date: Nov 02, 2023 -
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Closing the inclusion gap in computer science , articleIn the United States alone, National Center for Education Statistics show that in 2020, self-identified males constituted 77 percent of computer science graduates, and 36 percent of degree recipients self-identified as white — the largest single ethnic demographic in the discipline. The Department of Computer Science continues to fund an initiative to support diversity and inclusion in computing.
Date: Oct 24, 2023 -
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College of Engineering selects inaugural Dean's Fellows cohort , articleThe new program will help faculty and staff from across the college better understand how to take a project from ideation through implementation, and the first cohort will concentrate on graduate education, offering support to the college’s PROTEGE initiative.
Date: Oct 11, 2023 -
Video ItemSummer camp spotlights Black excellence in engineering , video
BEE VT (Black Engineering Excellence) is a summer camp for rising junior and senior high school students. The camp offers an opportunity to explore the many facets of engineering while learning about college life. During the two-week camp, staff from Bloomberg Industry Group visited with the students to provide feedback and advice on an engineering design project.
Date: Aug 02, 2023 -
Video ItemTechGirls exchange program bridges cultures through STEM , video
TechGirls is an international summer exchange program designed to empower and inspire young women from around the world to pursue careers in science and technology. These young women participated in STEM activities, including a final project that focuses on developing technology to benefit in their communities. The TechGirls program is offered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, and Legacy International in partnership with Virginia Tech. Learn more at https://techgirlsglobal.org/
Date: Aug 02, 2023 -
Video ItemC-Tech² explores engineering and campus life at Virginia Tech , video
The Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) offers this program to rising junior and senior high school girls. The two week camp focuses on hands-on learning activities to help guide budding engineers in their future college and professional career paths.
Date: Jul 05, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech joins regional coalition aiming to create mid-Atlantic clean hydrogen hub , articleThrough the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, the university has partnered with more than 60 others to potentially bring green hydrogen — and the good-paying jobs and improved energy security that comes with the zero-carbon fuel — to the Hampton Roads region.
Date: May 01, 2023 -
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Corporate Research Center-led coalition wins GO Virginia grant to advance green hydrogen in Hampton Roads , articleThe $1.6 million in state funding will build a hydrogen power demonstration lab at Tech Center Research Park in Newport News. It will also provide workforce training for the clean energy sector and deliver educational programming through the Center for Economic and Community Engagement and the Newport News Center.
Date: Apr 12, 2023 -
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Transforming the engineering graduate student experience , articleWith 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 -
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Alexandria City middle schoolers become NASA engineers during Project Red Rover , articleThis past week, 36 students from four Northern Virginia middle schools were called upon to help NASA launch a mock Mars mission. Dubbed the Project Red Rover Robotics Program, the mission tasked students with the building, programming, and automation of a Vex IQ robot that simulated a Mars rover.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
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Jim Egenrieder named 2023 National ACTE Postsecondary Professional of the Year , articleEgenrieder, who leads the STEM-focused Thinkabit Lab at Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church, received national recognition from the Association for Career and Technical Education for his commitment to helping students prepare for successful technical careers.
Date: Feb 22, 2023 -
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Planes, trains, and automobiles: How technology impacts critical decision-making , articleKostas Triantis is exploring how cognitive biases influence trust in automation and decisions to delegate tasks to automated technologies.
Date: Feb 14, 2023 -
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Black History Month events, programs, and celebrationsIn celebration of Black History Month (BHM) 2023, Virginia Tech, the Black Cultural Center, and a wide array of campus partners and programs honor the achievements of Black people and showcase the diversity of the Black community with programs and events throughout the month of February.
Date: Feb 02, 2023 -
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Bevlee Watford chosen to serve on National Science Board , articleWatford, the associate dean for equity and engagement for the College of Engineering, will help oversee the National Science Foundation and advise federal officials on policy matters related to science, engineering, and science and engineering education.
Date: Jan 19, 2023 -
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Building a network: The career journey of Irvine Sloan ‘05 , articleA sibling rivalry drove Sloan to become the first person at Virginia Tech to earn simultaneous degrees in mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, and he hasn't slowed his pace since.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
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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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Mitchell Hall design preview receives Board of Visitors approval , articleThe Board of Visitors approval marks an important milestone in the project’s planning and design phase and signifies that Mitchell Hall is progressing as scheduled.
Date: Nov 14, 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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Summer camp students build drones, explore STEM careers , articleA weeklong program of drone-themed activities gave underserved middle school students new engineering skills and a window into what the future could look like – for technology and for their own careers.
Date: Aug 05, 2022
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