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Article ItemVirginia Tech research continues to grow federal support , article
Virginia Tech was responsible for almost half of the growth in federally sponsored research expenditures in Virginia’s institutions of higher education in fiscal year 2023, according to the National Science Foundation’s latest Higher Education Research and Development survey.
Date: Dec 17, 2024 -
Article ItemTech and tactics unite to outsmart stealthy submarines , article
Funded by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, a collaboration between Virginia Tech and the United States Naval Academy aims to ensure the Navy can make the best use of its resources to track enemy submarines in vast ocean areas while staying ahead of emerging threats.
Date: Dec 09, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech's counterintelligence work recognized with federal award , article
First announced in June, the university was among five of more than 12,000 eligible organizations in the United States to receive the 2023 Jack Donnelly Award for Excellence in Counterintelligence.
Date: Dec 04, 2024 -
Article ItemDefense Civilian Training Corps develops workforce through specialized internships , article
Co-led by the Hume Center for National Security and Technology, part of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute, and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, the program provides students with full tuition and fees, a $2,000 monthly stipend, and internship and job placement opportunities within the Department of Defense.
Date: Sep 27, 2024 -
Article ItemBuilding wireless infrastructure , article
Virginia Tech's Lingla Liu's research focuses on NextG wireless, networking, and computing systems that may have potential impacts for the future of NextG standards across the globe.
Date: Sep 16, 2024 -
Article ItemResearchers seek to better understand population mobility in the Indo-Pacific , article
A research team led by Anamaria Bukvic in the Department of Geography received a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to evaluate how efforts to adapt to climate change affects population mobility in coastal areas in the Indo-Pacific.
Date: Sep 09, 2024 -
Article ItemUniversity's counterintelligence work earns federal award , article
In June, Virginia Tech was among five out of more than 10,000 eligible organizations in the United States to receive the 2023 Jack Donnelly Award for Excellence in Counterintelligence from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
Date: Jul 23, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researcher among recipients of Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program award , article
Vassilios Kovanis, a quantum systems research professor within the Virginia Tech National Security Institute, is on one of the multi-university teams awarded. The project comes after the Institute has made recent investments in quantum research as part of Virginia Tech’s initiative to advance the quantum frontier.
Date: Jul 11, 2024 -
Article ItemScholarship, creative activities, and innovation from across Virginia Tech spurs research growth , article
Virginia Tech reported a record $419 million in extramural research expenditures for fiscal year 2023, surpassing the university’s strategic plan goal of $410 million two years earlier than planned.
Date: Jun 11, 2024 -
Article Item$900,000 Department of Defense award will assess impact of sinking land on military installations , article
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $3.2 million contract to a consortium of four universities — Virginia Tech, Tulane, University of Central Florida, and California Polytechnic State University — to evaluate dangers from sinking land and rising seas for the more than 1,800 military installations across the globe.
Date: May 31, 2024 -
Article ItemNext generation of energetic materials to be developed at Virginia Tech , article
The Department of Defense has awarded the university $3 million to research new additive manufacturing processes to develop safer and more efficient energetic materials.
Date: Feb 29, 2024 -
Article ItemUniversity's research portfolio surges forward , article
Based on fiscal year 2023 data estimates, federal, state, local, and private research awards grew a combined 17 percent, while research expenditures rose to more than $650 million — a 13 percent increase over last year's totals.
Date: Nov 06, 2023 -
Article Item$9 million award from the Department of Defense will fund groundbreaking FutureG research , article
Lingjia Liu, professor of electrical and computer engineering and an inaugural faculty member at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, will lead a crossdisciplinary team in researching large-scale wireless networks for FutureG technology..
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
Article Item$10 million award from the Department of Defense will fund pioneering Sensing and Cyber Center of Excellence , article
The center will engage in groundbreaking research with potential military and commercial implications.
Date: Sep 29, 2023 -
Video ItemStudents pursue futures with the Department of Defense , video
Scholars from the Defense Civilian Training Corps, a pilot program for students to build civilian careers in the Department of Defense, gathered Friday at the Corps of Cadets' obstacle course for team-building exercises.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
Article ItemMedia Advisory: National Security Institute pioneers Department of Defense workforce program at Virginia Tech , article
Virginia Tech is one of four universities selected by the Department of Defense to pioneer the Defense Civilian Training Corps pilot program. The students and cadets in the first cohort of the Defense Civilian Training Corps will undergo their first team building exercise as they face the challenge of the Virginia Tech Obstacle Course.
Date: Aug 22, 2023 -
Article ItemInaugural cohort of students prepares for Defense Civilian Training Corps , article
Virginia Tech is one of four universities selected by the Department of Defense to participate in the newly created interdisciplinary scholarship program called the Defense Civilian Training Corps. The program will provide students with defense-related coursework, internship placement, and job placement within the Department of Defense upon graduation.
Date: Aug 10, 2023 -
Article ItemSkillBridge program prepares service members to enter the civilian workforce , article
The U.S. Department of Defense’s career transition program allows separating service members to explore career opportunities through internships and apprenticeships.
Date: Jun 28, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech selected to participate in pilot Defense Civilian Training Corps program , article
The new interdisciplinary program is open to any Virginia Tech student with an interest in national defense careers related to acquisition, digital technologies, critical technologies, science, engineering, and finance — particularly cadets in the Citizen-Leader Track of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.
Date: Jun 27, 2023 -
Article ItemJutras Lab awarded $1.2 million to create rapid and accurate Lyme disease testing , article
Virginia Tech researcher Brandon Jutras envisions a the possibility of a rapid, at-home test for Lyme disease with support of a $1.3 million award from the Department of Defense.
Date: May 01, 2023
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