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Article ItemFAA approves Virginia Tech’s updated test method for drones to fly over people , article
A new means of compliance developed by Virginia Tech's Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership allows the use of parachutes when assessing potential failure modes.
Date: Apr 12, 2024 -
Article ItemExperts available: Last-minute tax tips, solar eclipse, avian flu, and more , article
The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week on the solar eclipse, tax tips, cicadas, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.
Date: Apr 08, 2024 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Stefan Duma talks about the impact of the Helmet Lab , article
Duma shared how a military research conference led him to study helmets as well as the critical role the lab’s relationships with the Virginia Tech football and sports medicine programs have played in advancing its pioneering research.
Date: Apr 08, 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 -
Video ItemYouTuber behind Berm Peak visits the Helmet Lab , video
Seth Alvo, a content creator, entrepreneur, and cycling advocate with two of the largest and most popular mountain bike YouTube channels in the world, Berm Peak and Berm Peak Express, stopped by the Helmet Lab to learn what goes into evaluating the safety of bicycle helmets.
Date: Feb 19, 2024 -
Article ItemStefan Duma named interim head for Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics , article
A member of the university for over two decades, Duma founded the Helmet Lab and currently serves as director of the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Sciences.
Date: Sep 06, 2023 -
Article ItemBiomedical engineering and mechanics' Stefan Duma honored as University Distinguished Professor , article
Duma has dedicated his career to defining the fundamental engineering processes that unfold in bones and tissues when they’re damaged. As an internationally renowned expert in injury biomechanics, Duma has dedicated his career to preventing injuries by understanding how and why they happen.
Date: Jun 07, 2023 -
Video ItemUsing eye-tracking technology to study athlete head impacts , video
Graduate student Ryan McNeill is using eye-tracking technology and pupillometry to assess clinical eye measurements across Virginia Tech athletes. The project is primarily focused on soccer players and studying how their frequent head impacts compare to concussions.
Date: Dec 13, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Helmet Ratings expand to include equestrians , article
After two years of research, the Virginia Tech's nationally renowned helmet lab has released ratings for equestrian sports — which are responsible for more emergency room visits for head injury than any sport in the U.S.
Date: Dec 06, 2022 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech Helmet Lab develops rating system for equestrian helmets , video
The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab is renowned for their independent ratings of helmets for football, hockey, cycling, and other sports. Now they're adding equestrian helmets to the mix.
Date: Dec 05, 2022 -
Article ItemNew certificate program offers professional development for product safety experts , article
A new partnership between Virginia Tech and the Society of Product Safety Professionals will allow those working in product safety to receive certification and will establish a new assistantship to support doctoral students.
Date: Nov 28, 2022 -
Article ItemCycling for safety: Olympians visit Virginia Tech , article
While visiting the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the cyclists went for a bike ride around the Virginia Smart Roads, experiencing firsthand the capabilities available to researchers increasing cyclist safety.
Date: Nov 09, 2022 -
Article ItemRatings for whitewater helmets help protect adventure-seeking athletes , article
For the millions of Americans who climb into whitewater rafts and canoes every year, helmets are nonnegotiable equipment. Which ones will protect their heads from close encounters with rocky rapids? Virginia Tech engineers have the answers.
Date: Sep 13, 2022 -
Video ItemHelmet Lab puts whitewater helmets to the test , video
The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has released their ratings for whitewater helmets, evaluating how effectively headgear protects against head injuries like concussion. This is the eighth major ratings release for the lab, which has been redefining sports safety since they first published ratings for varsity football helmets in 2011. (Rafting and kayaking footage courtesy of Graham Copeland, RVA Paddlesports.)
Date: Jul 29, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Helmet Lab takes on snow sports , article
Helmets are much more common in skiing and snowboarding than they used to be. But which ones are most effective? The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has the answers.
Date: Feb 15, 2022 -
Article ItemTest methods for drones help put a crucial rule for safe flights over people into practice , article
Rules unveiled by the FAA at the end of last year promised to dramatically simplify the process of seeking permission for drone operations. Virginia Tech's test methods mean that drone companies now have a way to comply with them.
Date: Dec 16, 2021 -
Article ItemTen years of five-star ratings , article
A 2009 phone call from the football team's equipment manager led an injury biomechanics expert to launch a helmet ratings program that, 10 years later, would expand to include six sports and give players, parents, and coaches the power to select the most effective safety equipment.
Date: Sep 02, 2021 -
Article ItemRemembering: Former U.S. Sen. John W. Warner , article
Warner, who died at age 94 on May 25, was a powerful advocate for Virginia Tech research funding and an inspiring figure for many students who have explored their interest in public service through the Hokies on the Hill program since 2010.
Date: Jun 07, 2021 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech Helmet Lab director on flag football helmet ratings , video
Steve Rowson, the director of the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, discusses ratings for flag football protective headgear. Ratings can be found at www.vt.edu/helmet.
Date: Jun 27, 2019