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Experts available: Solar eclipse, Baltimore bridge collapse fallout, March Madness, and more , articleThe Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding the total solar eclipse, fallout from the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, March Madness, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.
Date: Apr 01, 2024 -
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Seed grants fuel multidisciplinary, community-engaged mental health research , articleThe first seed grants from the newly formed Whole Health Consortium, housed within Virginia Tech's Institute of Society, Culture, and Environment, will support programs ranging from using artificial intelligence to help adults with autism to developing interventions for food insecurity among young children
Date: Mar 07, 2024 -
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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 -
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Building bridges in Bolivia , articleA group from Virginia Tech joined an Engineers in Action trip that focused on constructing a pedestrian bridge in a remote area outside the Bolivian capital. Students designed and helped build the bridge, aiding a community and gaining practical engineering experience in the process
Date: Aug 22, 2023 -
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Hesham Rakha named Canadian Academy of Engineering fellow , articleRakha, director of the Center for Sustainable Mobility at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, was nominated by current academy members for his dedication to reducing traffic congestion, reducing the transportation system’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancing transportation safety.
Date: Jul 31, 2023 -
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A heart for the homeless , articleKevin and Laura Cieslukowski established a nonprofit organization to help the homeless in San Diego. They live out Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) by hosting a dinner for the homeless once a week, providing clothing and hygiene items, and guiding those with substance abuse issues through their recovery efforts
Date: Jun 14, 2023 -
Video ItemCivil engineering students tour development sites in Charlotte area , video
Students toured a variety of development projects in the Charlotte, NC, area during this year's Annual LDDI (Land Development Design Industry) Spring Field Trip. Design engineers from LDDI sponsoring firms hosted each of the site visits, providing students with an opportunity to interact with industry professionals. "I love field trips, because you get to see the light bulb go off with the students," said Claire White. "We've talked about these concepts in class and now they see it in person."
Date: Mar 28, 2023 -
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As Black male students struggle nationwide, a Virginia Tech program works to get them to graduation , articleThe upcoming Uplifting Black Men Conference is just one way the organization BMEN keeps Black male undergrads academically and professionally on track.
Date: Feb 10, 2023 -
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Fralin Life Sciences Institute sponsors inaugural Infectious Disease Symposium , articleThe Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Anthropod-Borne Pathogens will host the symposium on Friday, Oct. 7, with keynote speakers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Health, and One Health Institute.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech receives several top-30 rankings in latest report , articleVirginia Tech received several top-30 rankings in the U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 Best Colleges report that came out Monday. The university was ranked as one of the top 25 public school universities nationally and received high marks in the areas of engineering, learning communities, and computer science.
Date: Sep 12, 2022 -
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Corps of Cadets develops leaders for New Cadet Week and beyond , articleThe Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets' cadre are the first students on campus for the fall semester, the earliest arriving three weeks before classes start. They will train the first-year cadets who arrive Aug. 11 for New Cadet Week.
Date: Aug 09, 2022 -
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Myers-Lawson School of Construction charts future of the discipline with move into College of Engineering , articleFollowing approval by the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia, the school’s transfer heralds increased opportunities and advances for students, industry, and the evolving landscape of construction.
Date: Jul 06, 2022 -
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Linsey Marr participates in White House virtual conversation on indoor air quality , articleAt the event related to COVID-19 and indoor air quality, Marr touted ventilation and filtration as two proven tools that reduce the spread of airborne viruses and other harmful aerosols indoors.
Date: Mar 31, 2022 -
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Team of researchers led by Virginia Tech seeks to mitigate flu and other respiratory viruses for children in indoor environments , articleLinsey Marr is leading a team of researchers that hopes to understand how behavioral and environmental factors affect transmission rates of the flu in order to identify the most effective interventions.
Date: Mar 03, 2022 -
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Bold decisions lead to successful career, life for Virginia Tech alumna , articleYing Huske overcame a modest upbringing in China, hurdled the language barrier while in the United States, and ultimately earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in the mid-1990s. Now, she’s a thriving spouse, the mother of an American Olympic swimmer who competed in Tokyo, and an information technology specialist for the Department of Navy.
Date: Nov 05, 2021 -
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Graduate student looks to inform coastal communities on how to respond to hurricanes , articleSince 2019, civil and environmental engineering graduate student Nick Brilli has participated in the U.S. Coastal Research Program’s During Nearshore Event Experience project in Duck, North Carolina, to help develop better methods for characterizing the erodibility of coastal sediments.
Date: Oct 05, 2021 -
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Alumnus wins paratriathlon national title , articleChris Marston, a 2003 graduate from the College of Engineering, hasn't let cerebral palsy stop him from becoming an elite paratriathlete. He won the national championship for his classification at the Toyota USA Paratriathlete National Championships and wants to achieve his dream of competing in the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris.
Date: Aug 26, 2021 -
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Eric Jacques selected by the Office of Naval Research for its Young Investigator Program , articleJacques, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering, serves as the director of the Shock Tube Research Facility, a space equipped with a large-scale gas-detonation blast simulator, where he and his team study structural and non-structural components subject to extreme blast loads.
Date: Jun 04, 2021 -
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Awad Abdelhalim and Ayella Maile-Moskowitz named 2021 Graduate Students of the Year , articleMaile-Moskowitz and Abdelhalim, from the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, have both been presented with the 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year award by the Virginia Tech Graduate School.
Date: May 11, 2021 -
Video ItemExplosive research is protecting people and infrastructure , video
Eric Jacques, assistant professor at the College of Engineering, is using a shock tube to research the effects of blasts on structures, be it a terrorist attack or an accidental explosion.
Date: Dec 03, 2019
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