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Alfred Wicks honored with associate emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 39 years, Wicks was sought after as a researcher in signal processing tools, sensors, transducers, and autonomous and intelligent vehicle systems.
Date: May 11, 2026 - -
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Engineering alum guides NASA rocket launches from countdown to liftoff , articleAs the deputy chief of the Sounding Rocket Program Office at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Scott Bissett '07 organizes more than a dozen rocket launches each year from locations like Norway and Alaska.
Date: Apr 29, 2026 - -
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Aerospace engineer explains the challenges and significance of Artemis II , articleThe successful launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission has started four astronauts on a 10-day journey to fly above the dark side of the moon and return to Earth. Virginia Tech aerospace engineer Samantha Parry Kenyon, who designs and builds sensors for satellites intended to last in the harsh environment of space, answers questions about Artemis II.
Date: Apr 02, 2026 - -
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From Virginia Tech to the eye of the storm , videoHurricane hunter and Hokie Rebecca Keller ’18 recently returned to Virginia Tech to speak with students and alumni about her work with NOAA at the Student Engineers’ Council 2026 Distinguished Lecture, part of Engineers Week. A graduate of Virginia Tech’s aerospace engineering program, Keller shared her passion for her unique job flying into the eye of the storm to gather data that improves weather forecasts. She credits the problem solving skills she learned at Virginia Tech with her career success in engineering. Want to learn more about hurricane hunters? Read more: eng.vt.edu/magazine/stories/fall-2024/hurricane-hokies.html
Date: Mar 13, 2026 - -
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Wired for InnovationWhether advancing satellite communications, developing MIMO antenna arrays, or spearheading spectrum sharing, Virginia Tech researchers have consistently led the way. Their research continues to influence how we live, work, and connect every day.
Date: Mar 12, 2026 - -
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Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land , articleVirginia Tech geoscientists demonstrate how satellite data can help us understand how rivers and streams move sediment and shape the Earth's surface.
Date: Jan 16, 2026 - -
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Valerie A. Thomas awarded Thomas M. Brooks Forestry Professorship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2007, Thomas is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of remote sensing of forest ecosystems, forest cover and condition, and forest change.
Date: Dec 15, 2025 - -
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First management system for drone traffic soars , articleThe Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership worked with government agencies and industry to operationalize uncrewed aircraft systems traffic management for the first time in the U.S.
Date: Jun 30, 2025 - -
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From microorganisms to Mars: Undergraduate research explores how to successfully grow crops in space , articleWith support from the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, biological systems engineering senior Jessica Dodson looks to bridge synthetic biology and space agriculture, with potential applications for NASA and climate-resilient farming on Earth.
Date: May 13, 2025 - -
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Class of 2025: Jacob Davis is making giant leaps in advancing spaceflight missions , articleIn his four years on campus, Davis has developed a strong passion for human spaceflight and fluid dynamics, forged professional and leadership skills, and worked with younger generations to bolster their interests in engineering and aerospace.
Date: May 08, 2025 - -
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Radar maps wind over lakes , articleVirginia Tech geoscientists created the first large-scale high-resolution map of wind speed and direction over small bodies of water.
Date: Mar 31, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech researchers pioneer ultraviolet camera system for CubeSats to advance space weather studies , articleThe heart of the CubeSat is the electron multiplying charged coupling device, which will make it possible to detect nitric oxide with a really low level of light, which is crucial given the small telescope size.
Date: Oct 28, 2024 - -
Video ItemNASA coastal stabilization study on imperiled shorebirds , video
NASA operates a flight facility at Wallops Island on the Virginia coast. Sarah Karpanty and her students in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are conducting research as part of a five-year project funded by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources to study the ecological impacts of NASA's shoreline stabilization on imperiled shorebird species that live and migrate along the coast.
Date: Oct 02, 2024 - -
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NASA funds Virginia Tech research to investigate space weather , articleVirginia Tech researchers, along with several partners and collaborators, received a $2 million grant for a proposed future satellite mission that will investigate the region where space weather clashes with the lower atmosphere.
Date: Aug 21, 2024 - -
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New research shows unprecedented atmospheric changes during May's geomagnetic superstorm , articleOn May 11, Virginia Tech researchers captured surprising data using a NASA instrument to measure charged particles as they moved around the earth. The data gathered during the strongst geomagnetic storm in 20 years revealed patterns of particles that swirled and migrated from the poles in a manner that hadn’t been recorded before, raising the question: Has this ever happened before?
Date: Aug 16, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech researcher explores collision avoidance with space debris , articleThe NASA-funded project proposes nontraditional strategies to prevent predicted collisions without adding to the accumulation of space junk.
Date: Aug 01, 2024 - -
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Media Advisory: Virginia Tech students will deploy scientific weather balloons for NASA project during solar eclipse in Missouri , articleA team of students from Virginia Tech will launch high altitude scientific weather balloons along the total solar eclipse path in Missouri as part of the National Eclipse Ballooning Project for NASA. Media are invited to attend a public demonstration on Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Poplar Bluff's Ray Clinton Park. The balloon launch takes place April 8.
Date: Mar 31, 2024 - -
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Out-of-this-world technology supports agricultural insurance initiatives with NASA Harvest partnership , articleBuilding on an earlier phase of NASA Harvest’s research that showed using remotely sensed data can help rapidly identify agricultural conditions and weather extremes over large areas, researchers at Virginia Tech are now working to help translate this work into applications for agricultural risk management products, such as agricultural insurance.
Date: Jan 15, 2024 - -
Video ItemStability Wind Tunnel project seeks better data for aerodynamic models , video
The project is sponsored by NASA through their Transformational Tools and Technologies program. It's a part of a broader initiative to enable the aerospace industry to rely more on computer simulations for certifying aircraft. The Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel generates highly documented aerodynamic data from experiments that can be used to test whether simulations are up to the task.
Date: Oct 31, 2023 - -
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Astrophysicists to wield James Webb Space Telescope in three new supernova studies , articleFor Chris Ashall's research group, the chance to study a rare, nearby, and young supernova over the course of the James Webb Space Telescope’s lifespan, recently projected to last up to 20 years, was irresistible.
Date: Jul 31, 2023 -
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