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Experts expanding the reach of engineering research , articleOne of the advantages of the research enterprise at Virginia Tech lies in its blend of experts with budding inventors. By employing specialists who both innovate and teach, a full body of knowledge is being passed on to the next generation of engineers.
Date: Apr 03, 2024 -
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Boiled bubbles jump to carry more heat , articleBubbles are an optimal way to carry heat, and Jonathan Boreyko's team has engineered a surface that makes them jump to carry even more.
Date: Dec 04, 2023 -
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Cross country, fast food, and authenticity: The journey of engineer Lianne Lami , articleLami ’88 had just started her career in engineering when it derailed. To make ends meet, she took a job at Taco Bell, where a customer asked her, “What do you normally do?” Her honest response jump-started a return to the field she has loved for almost 30 years.
Date: Oct 09, 2023 -
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Chemistry’s Michael Schulz awarded National Science Foundation CAREER award , articleThe award, which begins in May, comes on the heels of Schulz receiving a U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program award last year.
Date: Apr 03, 2023 -
Video ItemBrain School: Can the brain be changed without surgery? , video
Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
Date: Mar 09, 2023 -
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Unraveling the neutrino’s mysteries at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment , articleAt the Virginia Tech Center for Neutrino Physics, Camillo Mariani and Patrick Huber have woven theoretical and experimental physics together in contributing to the DUNE project.
Date: Jan 04, 2023 -
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Researchers team up to visualize radiation with virtual reality , articleThree Virginia Tech professors from nuclear engineering, physics, and industrial engineering are bringing together their expertise and inventions to create a highly innovative technology for high-fidelity, real-time monitoring of nuclear power plant cores.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
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Mining for the future , articleResearchers work toward sustainable ways to provide minerals that are critical to new technologies and a global green energy future.
Date: Sep 22, 2022 -
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Professor receives grant as part of $14 million industry collaboration to improve secure communications , articleThe goal of the award is to develop tools to decipher an ever-growing number of radio frequency signals in an effort to help secure mission-critical information.
Date: Jun 24, 2022 -
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Michael Karmis honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1978, Karmis made significant contributions to responsible mining through his work in rock mechanics and ground control, health and safety, sustainable development mining practices, carbon sequestration, and critical mineral recovery.
Date: Jun 23, 2022 -
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Dong Dong receives NSF CAREER Award to build more efficient power conversion platforms for high-voltage systems , articleTo increase efficiency of larger power systems like those found in the electrical grid, ships, and aircraft, Dong and his team will focus on the medium-voltage and high-voltage application of this technological research.
Date: Jun 22, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers look to modernize the electrical grid with support from the U.S. Department of Energy , articleChristina DiMarino is leading a team that recently received $2.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to tackle power grid sustainability, innovative approaches to power conversion, and related technologies.
Date: Jun 21, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech nanoscientist seeks to develop thin films with a big payoff , articleSatoru Emori, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, wants to create new thin films made of specially engineered magnetic materials, a project funded by a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CARRER Award.
Date: May 24, 2022 -
Video ItemWhat's Your Science? - Camille Bridgewater , video
Camille discusses her studies in environmental science and chemistry and her research in artificial photosynthesis.
Date: May 11, 2022 -
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Feng Lin helps lead team asking, ‘How do we develop batteries with long life and fast-charging capability?’ , articleFeng Lin, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, is part of a new international, multi-agency/university study that takes a new look behind the factors that drive a battery’s lifespan and how those factors change over time in fast-charging conditions. The end goal? The creation of next-generation, low-cost, fast-charging batteries.
Date: Apr 28, 2022 -
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Sonja Schmid appointed to Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee , articleSchmid, who specializes in nuclear history, safety, and emergency response, will be part of a diverse committee advising the Office of Nuclear Energy on its plans and policies.
Date: Apr 20, 2022 -
Video ItemCancer Research Alliance forges new collaborations, strengthens research programs at inaugural retreat , video
More than 100 cancer researchers from across Virginia Tech met at the first Cancer Research Alliance retreat hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on March 18.
Date: Mar 22, 2022 -
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Former energy center director prospects for Appalachian opportunity , articleMichael Karmis said although he's retiring after four decades in the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, he's not leaving the coalfields behind. He's now ready to use all the research, teaching, and networking he has done over the past four decades to help rural Virginia reverse economic decline from the falling fortunes of coal.
Date: Feb 03, 2022 -
Video ItemEfforts to reduce our carbon footprint begin in mining and minerals lab , video
"The fact of the matter is, is that to live in a sustainable climate, we need the critical minerals that we're doing the research on here," says Graduate Research Assistant Kris Strickland. "Without those, we can't have the solar energy, we can't have the wind energy, we can't have the electric vehicles that we're all pining for."
Date: Nov 29, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech researchers develop artificial intelligence to advance energy technologies , articleResearcher Hongliang Xin and his collaborators have devised a new artificial intelligence framework that can accelerate discovery of materials for important technologies, such as fuel cells and carbon capture devices.
Date: Nov 29, 2021
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