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- ACC schools collaborate on global course through Virginia Tech Construction CenterNystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-11-28)Students enrolled in the Virginia Tech sponsored course, Project Management in the Global Village, participated in a six week study abroad experience to Vietnam, working alongside indigenous community professionals to perform on-site needs assessments of technological and sociological factors of relief and development in several villages in the Mekong Delta.
- Accelerator supercomputers dominate Green500 List's Top 10Mackay, Steven D. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-12-03)
Accelerator-based supercomputers hold eight of the top 10 spots on The Green500 List, released today.
- Accomplished alumna once told she would never succeed in engineeringNystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-02-24)In tenth grade, Andrea Hill's algebra II/trigonometry teacher told her in front of her entire class that she was not "smart enough" to attain her dream -- to be an engineer. Instead of being totally embarrassed and crawling into a hole never to be seen again, as many young teenagers might have considered doing, Hill vowed to get the highest grade in the class. When the final exam grades were posted that semester, her eyes scanned the sheet, and her single word response was "Yes!"
- Aerojet donates $50,000 to support Virginia Tech student team's Scramjet design projectMackay, Steven D. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-10-23)Aerojet Corp. has donated $50,000 to support the Virginia Tech College of Engineering's Hy-V Scramjet launch student design team.
- Aerospace engineer earns Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph Powe Junior Faculty AwardDaniilidi, Christina (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-08-20)Michael Philen, assistant professor of aerospace and ocean engineering at Virginia Tech, has recently received the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award.
- Aerospace engineering students design mission Athena, win first placeNystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-08-30)
A Virginia Tech design of a reliable and cost effective system to send a minimum of two astronauts to a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) and return them safely to earth has won the team first place in the 2010 American Institute of Aerospace and Aeronautics (AIAA) Team Space Transportation Design Competition.
- Aerospace engineering, Honors Program student wins Fulbright and NSF grantsCrumbley, Liz (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-06-26)Thomas Reppert of Mechanicsville, Va., who graduated summa cum laude from the Virginia Tech College of Engineering in May with a bachelor's degree in aerospace and ocean engineering, has been awarded grants for graduate studies from both the U.S. State Department's Fulbright program and the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship program.
- Air Force funded researcher engineers enzymes to advance the hydrogen economyTrulove, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-11-02)Y. H. Percival Zhang, assistant professor of biological systems engineering at Virginia Tech, has received an Air Force Young Investigator award to advance development of an onboard process to convert a cellulosic material into hydrogen to power fuel cell vehicles.
- Ali Butt helps spearhead National Academy of Engineering's U.S. Frontiers symposiumMackay, Steven D. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-09-23)
Ali Butt, an assistant professor with the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech's computer science department, is helping spearhead the National Academy of Engineering's 16th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Also attending are Virginia Tech's Dennis Hong and Leigh McCue-Weil.
- Alumnus Chris Kraft presents Moon rock to College of EngineeringNystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-09-30)The man who led the U.S. mission to the Moon in the 1960s was honored at Virginia Tech Sept. 30 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for his direction of America's space program. Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., a 1944 aerospace engineering graduate of Virginia Tech, received NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award.
- Alumnus provides critical junior-level faculty support for engineering educationNystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-01-24)In 2003, Virginia Tech's College of Engineering commenced an innovative Faculty Fellows program, designed to acknowledge and reward faculty in the junior ranks who have shown exceptional merit in research, teaching and/or service. At the time, each recipient received $5,000 a year for up to three years as discretionary operating funds.
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers -Virginia Tech scholarship presented to Justin KleinNystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-10-01)The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) presented its first ASME/Virginia Tech Memorial Scholarship to mechanical engineering graduate student Justin Klein of Catonsville, Md.
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers honors Srinath Ekkad with FellowshipMackay, Steven D. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-09-29)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers names Srinath Ekkad, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, as a Fellow of ASME.
- Anbo Wang named Clayton Ayre ProfessorCrumbley, Liz (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-06-14)Anbo Wang, professor of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was named the Clayton Ayre Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting June 12.
- Ann Turpin receives 2010 President's Award for ExcellenceOwczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-05-12)Ann Turpin, a housekeeper in the Physical Plant Department at Virginia Tech, received the university's 2010 President's Award for Excellence.
- Art McKinney named Distinguished Engineering Alumnus for 2009Nystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-05-14)Some 12 years ago, the entrepreneurial spirit in engineer Art McKinney steered his now 30-year-old full service design firm away from big box, high technology manufacturing and into the sophisticated challenges of the life sciences where there are demands for bio-safety containment.
- Assessing efficiency of road contracts can lead to less risk, more innovation says civil engineerNystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-01-08)The most recent survey of the nation's highway infrastructure, conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2005, indicated that the U.S. road system is in poor condition, a marked contrast from the 1988 survey by the National Council on Public Works Improvement. At that time, the nation's roads were cited to be in better than fair condition.
- Assistant professor hopes to stall malware threat by tracking human use behaviorsMackay, Steven D. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-02-02)Danfeng Yao, an assistant professor in the computer science department at Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, will use a $530,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to develop software that will differentiate human-user computer interaction from that of malware.
- Assistant professor of biomedical engineering continues outreach to New Jersey hometown schoolsMackay, Steven D. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-09-30)A Virginia Tech College of Engineering assistant professor will use part of a $175,000, two-year National Science Foundation grant for artificial bone scaffolding research to continue outreach efforts with inner-city New Jersey school children. This effort includes bringing high school students to Blacksburg for a four-week summer program in 2010.
- Assistant professor wins grant to help enrich graduate student careers with e-portfoliosMackay, Steven D. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-10-18)
Lisa McNair, an assistant professor with the department of engineering education, has won a $403,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to help engineering graduate students develop as reflective practitioners by using e-portfolios that could enrich their own careers.