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Innovating around complex problems , articleVirginia Tech inventors who contributed to the innovation ecosystem last year by disclosing 169 new innovations, executed 30 new license agreements with commercial partners, and created 10 new start-up companies, were honored at the second annual Celebrating Innovation event, last Monday.
Date: Apr 28, 2023 -
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Engineering disciplines team up to fight plastic pollution , articleWith industry partner, Charlottesville-based NatureORAL Co., and collaborators at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Dentistry, Abby Whittington and her team have received $75,000 in seed money from the Virginia Commonwealth Commercialization Fund to begin a project that could reduce the growing problem of medical waste worldwide.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
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Seed funding jump-starts 20 transdisciplinary projects , articleSmall grants from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science lay the groundwork for big success stories.
Date: Feb 15, 2023 -
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Chemistry’s Feng Lin awarded $2.95 million grant to develop new electric vehicle batteries , articleFeng Lin, a Virginia Tech expert in the development of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has been awarded a $2.95 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). His funding is part of a larger campaign announced this week by the DOE as it funds 12 U.S.-based projects with $42 million to strengthen the domestic supply chain for advanced batteries that power electric vehicles.
Date: Jan 17, 2023 -
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3D printing the future of education, industry, and defense , articleVirginia Tech has received a U.S. Department of Defense grant that will fund up to $800,000 for the purchase of a computerized additive friction stir deposition machine that will be housed in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and be made available to interested researchers from across the university — and beyond.
Date: Jan 05, 2023 -
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Researchers to lead Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society , articleKathy Lu, a prominent College of Engineering researcher, was elected president, and Deborah Good, of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was elected director of the mid-Atlantic region of Sigma Xi in November. Both will serve three-year terms beginning July 1.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
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Hang Yu chosen for DARPA Young Faculty Award , articleYu's project will focus on autonomous manufacture and repair for austere environments like space.
Date: Nov 11, 2022 -
Video ItemFoundry fires up for hands-on fun , video
Corinne Wells, graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, helped run the this year's Open Foundry Day, hosted by the Kroehling Advanced Materials Foundry. Elementary- through college-aged students learned about the continued importance of foundry science and metallurgy to society and the career opportunities they provide, and everyone got to make their own cast iron artwork.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech's new Holden Hall is anything but boring , articleThe new Holden Hall and North Wing “is an essential part of developing sustainable energy sources and building the green economy of the future,” Virginia Tech President Tim Sands said.
Date: Sep 23, 2022 -
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Chemistry’s Feng Lin named Leo and Melva Harris Faculty Fellow , article
Lin's research program aims to advance fundamental and practical knowledge for manufacturing new materials that can lower battery costs by using cheaper, more abundant raw materials. Of particular interest is research that will improve the affordability, convenience, reliability, and safety of electric vehicles.
Date: Sep 23, 2022 -
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Engineering for the real world , articleLaunched this fall as an approved course and led by David Gray of engineering education, the Interdisciplinary Capstone is designed to bring together students from across the College of Engineering.
Date: Sep 13, 2022 -
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Meet the interns who have kept the drone park humming , articleThe Virginia Tech Drone Park is a place to fly, a testbed for new technology, and a hands-on laboratory where students of all ages discover the world of autonomous aircraft. It does all that thanks to the talented undergraduates who work there.
Date: May 25, 2022 -
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College of Science students win Beckman Scholarships for collaborative research projects , articleThree Virginia Tech students were awarded scholarships from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. They are Camille Bridgewater, double majoring in chemistry and physics; Sera Choi, a biological sciences major; and Nikki Keith, double majoring in biological sciences and clinical neuroscience.
Date: May 25, 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 -
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Suneel Kodambaka appointed head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering , articleKodambaka comes to Virginia Tech after a long career at the University of California, Los Angeles. He believes the future of electric vehicles, space travel, and other innovations will likely be cast from the mold of America’s metallurgical past.
Date: May 16, 2022 -
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Class of 2022: Julia Pimentel hopes to lead in the march to space , articleWith a job and an acceptance to graduate school secured, this high-achieving Hokie is crafting a career spanning aerospace, mechanical, and materials science and engineering.
Date: May 05, 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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New AI technique developed at Virginia Tech could lead to innovations in biomaterials , articleThe race for biomedical advances may be won at the intersection of artificial intelligence, chemical engineering, and materials science and engineering.
Date: Apr 05, 2022 -
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Research and industry partnership helps forge 21st century metallurgy , article
Research in the lab of Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Hang Yu is helping push forward a new 3D-printing process for high-value metals developed by Christiansburg's MELD Manufacturing.
Date: Mar 25, 2022 -
Video ItemChemical Engineering researchers develop new AI method for biomaterials discovery , video
Before Chemical Engineering doctoral student Soumil Joshi and Assistant Professor Sanket Deshmukh developed their computer assisted analysis tool for polymers, synthesizing new biomaterials was limited. This kind of groundbreaking work is what brought Joshi to Virginia Tech from Mumbai three years ago.
Date: Mar 22, 2022
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