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Article ItemZhenhua Tian receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop invisible acoustic tweezers , article
The ability to precisely move small objects such as embryos, cells, and bacteria without physical contact could be a valuable tool for health care. Tian’s research group is developing these techniques with the $649,000 award.
Date: May 13, 2024 -
Article ItemProfessor emeritus wins prestigious national award from the American Chemical Society , article
S. Ted Oyama is the 2023 recipient of the George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry.
Date: May 13, 2024 -
Article ItemRodrigo Sarlo receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to create structural digital twins on campus , article
Sarlo's research will facilitate the conversion of sensor data to structural models, which has applications in structural monitoring for safety and maintenance.
Date: May 01, 2024 -
Article ItemBridging the software-hardware divide , article
With applications that require more robust processing speed and efficiency, the pressure is on to make every server in every data center work harder. Under the auspices of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award, Huaicheng Li's group will work to bridge the gap between emerging hardware technologies and the needs of modern software applications.
Date: Apr 24, 2024 -
Article ItemRock talker: Robert Bodnar excavates secrets from deep space, deep Earth, deep past , article
Bodnar studies ancient droplets of fluid trapped within minerals from deep under the Earth and from outer space. His findings have shed light on future volcanic eruptions, life on other planets, and the location of deposits of “critical minerals,” identified as vital to our economic future and national security. For these accomplishments and more, Bodnar will be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences on April 26.
Date: Apr 23, 2024 -
Article ItemRock reader: Shuhai Xiao deciphers the geologic past to prepare for the future , article
Xiao studies the interactions between life and Earth, especially at a critical point in geologic history when animals first emerged on the scene. Among his many accomplishments, Xiao discovered the earliest known evidence of a moving animal. On April 26, he will be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
Date: Apr 23, 2024 -
Article ItemSix Virginia Tech faculty elected AAAS Fellows , article
The newly elected lifetime fellows represent the fields of biological sciences, chemistry, medical sciences, and engineering followed by neuroscience and physics.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 -
Article ItemAlba Yerro-Colom to use National Science Foundation CAREER award to better predict and prevent landslides , article
Alba Yerro-Colom is developing a numerical framework to study how different rainfall patterns affect the interaction between water, roots, and soil during a landslide.
Date: Apr 15, 2024 -
Article ItemSait Tunc receives NSF CAREER award to optimize health care systems for equitable outcomes , article
Tunc, assistant professor at Virginia Tech, has received over $500,000 for this five-year project to innovate health systems and improve wellness outcomes.
Date: Apr 05, 2024 -
Article ItemMichael Bartlett, Steve Rowson named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors , article
The award recognizes Bartlett and Rowson as rising leaders in their fields with success in patents, licensing, and commercialization and for producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society.
Date: Mar 08, 2024 -
Article ItemDylan Losey receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to build assistive AI , article
Losey leads a team that has explored the possibilities of human-robot interaction, and now he will expand that research to develop robots that understand — and are understood by — their everyday users.
Date: Feb 27, 2024 -
Article ItemRobin McCarley elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors , article
As visionary leader of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, McCarley was elected fellow for his groundbreaking contributions to the first clinically available test for HIV as well as personalized medicine diagnostic devices for the detection of cancer and treatment-resistant bacterial infections.
Date: Dec 15, 2023 -
Article ItemEric Burger elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors , article
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Research Director Eric Burger has been named a 2023 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Over the past 40 years, Burger’s contributions to the advancement of communications networks have been significant and far-reaching.
Date: Dec 15, 2023 -
Article ItemAccomplishments, scholarship, and impact honored at research celebration , article
More than 70 Virginia Tech faculty members were recognized during the annual event on Oct. 10.
Date: Oct 16, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech’s Linsey Marr named 2023 MacArthur Fellow , article
The University Distinguished Professor is one of 20 people who will receive an $800,000 award, a highly prestigious award commonly called a “genius grant.”
Date: Oct 04, 2023 -
Article ItemPinar Acar receives NSF CAREER award to design the materials of the future , article
Acar’s team specializes in creating digital profiles of materials. In this project, the team will be creating digital models set to music.
Date: Jul 27, 2023 -
Article ItemAlireza Haghighat earns Gerald C. Pomraning Memorial Award , article
The prestigious award recognizes key contributions to the fields of mathematics and computation and their applications to the field of nuclear science and engineering. Haghighat, the Robert E. Hord, Jr. Endowed Professor in Mechanical Engineering, is director of the department's nuclear engineering program.
Date: May 18, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech’s Robert J. Bodnar and Shuhai Xiao elected to the National Academy of Sciences , article
Bodnar, University Distinguished Professor of Geochemistry, and Xiao, a renowned paleobiologist and geobiologist, are among 120 new members and 23 international associates recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Date: May 03, 2023 -
Article ItemMichael Bartlett receives NSF CAREER award to study soft composite manufacturing , article
Bartlett, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will use the $590,600 National Science Foundation CAREER award to research and understand new strategies for manufacturing liquid metal-based soft composites.
Date: Feb 28, 2023 -
Article ItemA legacy of inventors , article
Home to a number of serial inventors with nearly 1,000 inventions under active management in wide ranging areas of science and technology, Virginia Tech is making major contributions to the innovation ecosystem.
Date: Feb 08, 2023
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