Tags
Results for: Mechanical Engineering
-
Article Item
Brian Lattimer appointed interim department head for Department of Mechanical Engineering , articleThree-time Hokie Lattimer, a professor in mechanical engineering, succeeds Azim Eskandarian, who was recently named dean of the VCU College of Engineering.
Date: May 23, 2023 -
Article Item
Four undergraduate students awarded 2023 Goldwater Scholarships , articleThe students, representing both the College of Science and the College of Engineering, are among 413 college students from across the United States receiving the prestigious scholarship.
Date: May 19, 2023 -
Article Item
Alireza Haghighat earns Gerald C. Pomraning Memorial Award , articleThe 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 Item
College of Engineering inducts six members into Virginia Tech Academy of Engineering Excellence , articleEstablished in 1999, the academy celebrated its newest class in April and brought its total membership to 179 alumni who have achieved exceptional career successes.
Date: May 12, 2023 -
Article Item
Virginia Tech and Special Olympics create a winning combination , articleVirginia Tech and Special Olympics have teamed to provide memorable experiences for more than three decades. In February, Virginia Tech became the first university in the state to earn national banner recognition from Special Olympics for its efforts to provide inclusive sports for those with and without disabilities
Date: May 05, 2023 -
Video ItemDisciplines merge in engineering capstone course , video
Undergraduates from a variety of disciplines are working side-by-side in the College of Engineering's Interdisciplinary Senior Design Capstone course. "At the minimum, we'd like the students to really start to appreciate what other disciplines can do," said Collegiate Assistant Professor David Gray.
Date: May 02, 2023 -
Article Item
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 -
Video ItemStudents provide a helping hand to a young woman in need , video
A team of undergraduate students in the Interdisciplinary Senior Design Capstone course in the College of Engineering have designed and fabricated a robotic, prosthetic hand for a team member's sister, who had part of her hand amputated after an accident. "It was something that would improve her quality of life a lot," said Talise Lindorf. "We just really wanted to help."
Date: Apr 20, 2023 -
Video ItemBart Raeymaekers talks about Everesting , video
Bart Raeymaekers took on the task of sifting through data submitted by cyclists who have completed an Everest challenge, where they bike to a total elevation equal to that of Mount Everest. Here, he breaks down those results. Published in Scientific Reports.
Date: Apr 19, 2023 -
Article Item
Provost leads delegation to India to inaugurate satellite office, develop new education and research collaborations , articleTraveling more than 2,400 miles across India, senior administrators and faculty members look to strengthen strategic partnerships with counterparts in the South Asia nation with the goals of increasing student and faculty exchange, joint research, dual degree programs, and other partnership activities.
Date: Apr 18, 2023 -
Article Item
Finding the dream team to beat the heat , articleJonathan Boreyko’s team has discovered the superior ability of ice to quickly quench heat from metal in research published in Chem.
Date: Apr 14, 2023 -
Article Item
Douglas Nelson honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1986, Nelson made significant contributions in the engineering and inter-disciplinary aspects of the thermal, electrical, and mechanical technologies of advanced vehicle systems.
Date: Apr 14, 2023 -
Article Item
Safety and reliability for planes: Researchers explore atmospheric hazards to aircraft engines , articleVirginia Tech researchers Changmin Son, Wing Ng, Todd Lowe, and Mark Caddick are working with industry leaders at Rolls Royce and Pratt & Whitney to expand critical information about the impact of airborne particles and weather on gas turbine engines.
Date: Apr 10, 2023 -
Article Item
Researchers clear the way for well-rounded view of cellular defects , articleCellular dynamics are most often studied on the flat environment of a Petri dish, but Amrinder Nain's team has discovered that observing cells in an environment similar to living tissue provides new insights.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
Video ItemRobotics program puts real-world STEM in the hands of Alexandria middle schoolers , video
Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus partnered with College of Engineering undergraduate and graduate students and faculty to provide a Red Rover Robotics Program to middle schoolers in Alexandria City Public Schools.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
Article Item
Michael Bartlett receives NSF CAREER award to study soft composite manufacturing , articleBartlett, 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 Item
Calls for new railroad transportation safety measures, Virginia Tech experts weigh-in , articleThere’s a new push for railroad safety measures - engineering and environmental - in the wake of two recent train derailments, including the one in East Palestine, Ohio. Virginia Tech experts in engineering and biological sciences weigh-in.
Date: Feb 21, 2023 -
Article Item
Grants support new faculty partnerships with HBCUs , articleSeed investments provide two years of startup funding to faculty members at Virginia Tech collaborating with colleagues at historically Black colleges and universities or other minority-serving institutions.
Date: Feb 20, 2023 -
Article Item
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 -
Article Item
3D printing breaks out of the box , articleStudents in the DREAMS lab have spent the last year pairing 3D printing with advanced automated assembly, creating a first-of-its-kind manufacturing process.
Date: Feb 10, 2023
Page 1 of 13 | 254 Results