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Article ItemCollege of Engineering selects inaugural Dean's Fellows cohort , article
The 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 -
Article ItemBuilding bridges in Bolivia , article
A 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 -
Article ItemHesham Rakha named Canadian Academy of Engineering fellow , article
Rakha, 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 -
Article ItemA heart for the homeless , article
Kevin 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 -
Article ItemAs Black male students struggle nationwide, a Virginia Tech program works to get them to graduation , article
The 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 -
Article ItemFralin Life Sciences Institute sponsors inaugural Infectious Disease Symposium , article
The 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 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech receives several top-30 rankings in latest report , article
Virginia 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 -
Article ItemCorps of Cadets develops leaders for New Cadet Week and beyond , article
The 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 -
Article ItemMyers-Lawson School of Construction charts future of the discipline with move into College of Engineering , article
Following 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 -
Article ItemLinsey Marr participates in White House virtual conversation on indoor air quality , article
At 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 -
Article ItemTeam of researchers led by Virginia Tech seeks to mitigate flu and other respiratory viruses for children in indoor environments , article
Linsey 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 -
Article ItemBold decisions lead to successful career, life for Virginia Tech alumna , article
Ying 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 -
Article ItemGraduate student looks to inform coastal communities on how to respond to hurricanes , article
Since 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 -
Article ItemAlumnus wins paratriathlon national title , article
Chris 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 -
Article ItemEric Jacques selected by the Office of Naval Research for its Young Investigator Program , article
Jacques, 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 -
Article ItemAwad Abdelhalim and Ayella Maile-Moskowitz named 2021 Graduate Students of the Year , article
Maile-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 -
Video ItemCongratulations, College of Engineering class of 2019 , video
Welcome to the Hokie alumni family.
Date: May 23, 2019