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        <description><![CDATA[ Extension specialists in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are working with industry professionals and utilizing new technologies to enhance the hardwood market in Appalachia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Feng Lin of the Department of Chemistry will use a new National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to develop rechargeable batteries that he hopes could one day impact the energy market. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Destination Areas are designed to support and accelerate Virginia Tech’s transformation of areas of interdisciplinary strength into dynamic, transdisciplinary collaborations.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two research institutes pooled their resources to create a facility with an extensive collection of equipment that will accelerate materials research all over campus.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ashkar has published a new study with far-reaching implications in the general understanding of disease and the design of drug delivery methods in the effect of cholesterol in cell membranes.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Led by mechanical engineering professor Chris Williams, the DREAMS lab has designed a novel respirator using rapid tooling and 3D printing resources from on-campus makerspaces and research labs. ]]></description>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/07/cnre-glycomip.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new research hub will support computer-aided design and modeling of glycomaterials through a virtual user facility that will provide critical tools and services to the scientific community. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This novel process could unlock the ability to 3D print a variety of elastic materials with complex geometric shapes. ]]></description>
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        <title>Multifunctional porous carbon fibers show significant promise in capacitive desalination</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers in the College of Science have developed a material that is up to 40 times faster in desalinating small batches of water than other materials available today.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A Virginia Tech team is looking for volunteers who own or have access to 3D printers to help make headpieces for face shields. The shields will be delivered to hospitals in the Roanoke and New River valleys and to local emergency responders.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ To help address potential ventilator shortages, mechanical engineers at Virginia Tech have partnered with a Carilion Clinic physician to upgrade bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines, commonly used for treating sleep apnea, into makeshift ventilators. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In mid-March, an interdisciplinary group of more than 75 faculty, students, and staff split into teams to carry out 10 projects in rapid science and production, working together to provide Southwest Virginia medical professionals with personal protective equipment and ventilation supplies, as well as the insights to inform their use. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Christopher Williams has been named the interim director of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute. Abby Whittington will serve as the director of the interdisciplinary macromolecular science and engineering Ph.D. program. ]]></description>
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        <title>Researcher receives $1 million grant to develop DNA extraction technology for timber</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Eli Vlaisavljevich, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics, will work to develop new technology that could help stem illegal timbering and the resulting effect on the environment. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Economical and Sustainable Materials Destination Area supported a proposal for a $1 million DOE grant to advance a research team’s development of an innovative electrolyte for safe and higher energy density vehicle transportation batteries. ]]></description>
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        <title>Hume Center awarded $3.8 million for advanced manufacturing education by the Department of Defense</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The goal is to establish programs to better position the current and next-generation manufacturing workforce to produce military systems and components that assure technological superiority of the department, according to the Department of Defense’s website. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech helps lead broadest study of battery electrode failure in new journal article</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/06/mii-battery-failure-study.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Feng Lin, an assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Science and an affiliated faculty member of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute, led efforts along with researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Purdue University, and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France. ]]></description>
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        <title>Three faculty members named to lead planning for university shared research facilities</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ These three accomplished researchers are part of the inaugural cohort of the Faculty Fellows Program of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, which puts faculty leaders at the forefront of strategic research initiatives.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Four Virginia Tech students will take part in enrichment activities at ORNL, including professional development workshops, laboratory tours, lectures, seminars, and poster presentations. ]]></description>
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        <title>Satellite built by Virginia Tech undergraduates ready for launch into space</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An interdisciplinary team of 50 undergraduate students developed Virginia Tech’s CubeSat at the Center for Space Science and Engineering Research over the past several years. ]]></description>
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        <title>Researchers develop method to improve 3D-printed prosthetics by integrating electronic sensors</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/04/eng-johnson3dprintedsensors.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A Virginia Tech professor and his interdisciplinary team of undergraduate student researchers have made inroads in integrating electronic sensors with personalized 3D-printed prosthetics — a development that could one day lead to more affordable electric-powered prosthetics. ]]></description>
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        <title>Interdisciplinary team discovers double helix structure in synthetic macromolecule</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/mii-interdisciplinary-team-discovers-double-helix-structure-synthetic-macromolecule.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The discovery that a high-strength polymer called &#34;PBDT&#34; has a rare double helix structure opens possibilities for use in a variety of applications. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Tim Long, a professor of chemistry at Virginia Tech, and Tim Showalter, a radiation oncologist at UVA’s Cancer Center, are testing a gel that could be used during radiation treatment for cervical cancer. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech faculty and graduate students recently visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to further collaboration and provide faculty and students with a better understanding of ORNL capabilities and research interests. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Virginia Tech&#39;s Macromolecules Innovation Institute have developed a new process to 3D print one of the most-desired materials in the electronics and aerospace industries. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Kevin Edgar’s research focuses on drug delivery within the body while Assistant Professor Li Shuai’s research examines the utilization of lignin. ]]></description>
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