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Article ItemJyotishka Datta receives CAREER award to create improved statistical models , article
Datta is developing scalable statistical methods to extract meaningful patterns from complex, high-dimensional data.
Date: Dec 02, 2025 - -
Article ItemNational Science Foundation funding brings smarter and stronger advanced manufacturing , article
Five faculty members are bringing together their teams to develop a new additive manufacturing process to create the next generation of nature-inspired smart materials.
Date: Nov 24, 2025 - -
Article ItemSmarter robots could help autistic adults thrive in manufacturing jobs , article
Virginia Tech researchers are hopeful AI-powered collaborative robots could help autistic adults find meaningful work and fill gaps in manufacturing industries.
Date: Nov 13, 2025 - -
Article ItemNew fellows to further research integrity , article
The first cohort of Innovative Research and Ethical Impact Fellows launched this fall, its members charged with honing their abilities to identify and address ethical research-related issues and then share that skill set with colleagues across the university.
Date: Nov 10, 2025 - -
Article ItemMathematicians model the menace of mosquitoes , article
Resarchers tap a new method to model mosquito disease transmission.
Date: Nov 06, 2025 - -
Video ItemUncovering the mystery of dark matter, one rock at a time , video
Over the past 50 years, physicists have conducted all manner of dark matter experiments in hopes of uncovering evidence of its existence. In an unconventional approach, physicist Patrick Huber and a transdisciplinary team are looking at the crystal structure of ancient rocks for signs of dark matter interaction.
Date: Oct 13, 2025 - -
Article ItemWenjie Xiong receives CAREER award to fight against stealthy computer attacks , article
With her more than $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award, Xiong will focus on mitigating transient execution attacks with new testing methods, stronger encryption methods, and improved hardware design to protect computer memory.
Date: Oct 02, 2025 - -
Article ItemChemist brings precision with polymers to high school science , article
Chemist Adrian Figg works to create the foundation for the materials of the future by working with a type of macromolecule called polymers. High school students will get to play a key role in his research, getting to do polymer science in their own classrooms.
Date: Sep 29, 2025 - -
Article ItemNew grant supports study of AI’s role in protecting cybersecurity systems , article
Most approaches to cybersecurity focus on detecting or neutralizing a specific kind of threat, such as malware or network breaches. But Bimal Viswanath’s collaboration intends to create a framework that can significantly enhance threat detection across several domains.
Date: Sep 25, 2025 - -
Article ItemResearch awards strengthen communities, Virginia, and the nation , article
From predicting pandemics and advancing drone defense to developing new treatments for traumatic brain injuries, new research awards secured by faculty in fiscal year 2025 will drive a wide range of discoveries with a shared goal of improving lives in communities near and far.
Date: Sep 23, 2025 - -
Article ItemAI vs. cyberattacks: CAREER award funds research to make cybersecurity smarter , article
A five-year, $625,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award will support Peng Gao's vision of intelligent, knowledge-enhanced, context-aware, and human-inspired cyberthreat protection powered by artificial intelligence.
Date: Sep 18, 2025 - -
Article ItemXuan Wang’s CAREER project makes sense of scientific discovery , article
A biological researcher turned computer scientist, Wang is building an accurate and trustworthy artificial intelligence system that can organize data from masses of published scientific papers so that it's easily searchable.
Date: Aug 29, 2025 - -
Article ItemRescue effort begins for disappearing hellbenders in Virginia streams , article
A collaboration with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources aims to stabilize Eastern hellbender populations by collecting eggs from at-risk nests, raising the larvae in captivity, and releasing them back into their native streams.
Date: Aug 21, 2025 - -
Article ItemResearchers join international environmental stewardship collaboration , article
With support from the National Science Foundation, researchers will help build a global network of community-driven observatories.
Date: Aug 11, 2025 - -
Article ItemTina Rost receives CAREER award to explore a new class of modern materials , article
With a $797,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, Rost will explore controlling the disorder in a relatively new class of materials called high-entropy ceramics.
Date: Jun 27, 2025 - -
Article ItemResearchers develop recyclable, healable electronics , article
Electronics often get thrown away after use because recycling them requires extensive work for little payoff. Two Virginia Tech researchers have found a way to change the game.
Date: Jun 02, 2025 - -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers develop new metallic materials using data-driven frameworks and explainable AI , article
Associate Professor Sanket Deshmukh and his team have designed a new alloy with superior mechanical properties using the supercomputing power of explainable artificial intelligence. Their findings, supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, were recently published in Nature’s npj Computational Materials.
Date: May 15, 2025 - -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Bryan Hsu talks about the role of bacteriophages in the gut , article
Hsu explained the role of bacteriophages, commonly called phages, in the gut microbiome as well as their potential in phage therapy and the potential as a tool against antibiotic resistance.
Date: May 12, 2025 - -
Article ItemDigital twins and virtual reality transform utility workforce training , article
Virginia Tech researchers are leading the way for the future of workforce development by combining virtual reality with digital twin technology to create safe, immersive, and effective training.
Date: Apr 29, 2025 - -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Matt Wisnioski and Michael Meindl talk about the magic behind 'The Magic School Bus' , article
Wisnioski and Meindl discuss the enduring impact of “The Magic School Bus,” which is best known as a long-running educational television show for children.
Date: Apr 28, 2025 -
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