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Article ItemFour undergraduate students awarded 2023 Goldwater Scholarships , article
The 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 ItemCybersecurity research aims for impact at Virginia Tech , article
The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative in Southwest Virginia is investing in researchers working at the intersection of data, autonomy, and security. Proposals for the next round of Cybersecurity Research grants are due June 9.
Date: May 19, 2023 -
Article ItemChemistry’s Daniel Crawford receives 2023 Cottrell STAR Award , article
Crawford's work models molecules by computer, a process that helps determine the handedness of molecules isolated from plants and animals and found to have beneficial health effects.
Date: May 18, 2023 -
Article ItemInnovating around complex problems , article
Virginia 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 -
Article ItemQuantum researchers collide , article
Researchers from departments across the university came together to discuss the current state and future possibilities of quantum research at the first Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering symposium.
Date: Mar 10, 2023 -
Article ItemResearchers team up to visualize radiation with virtual reality , article
Three Virginia Tech professors from nuclear engineering, physics, and industrial engineering are bringing together their expertise and inventions to create a highly innovative technology for high-fidelity, real-time monitoring of nuclear power plant cores.
Date: Feb 17, 2023 -
Article ItemCan we really be “Everything Everywhere All at Once”? Virginia Tech physics expert shares thoughts on the multiverse , article
Top Oscar Best Picture contender "Everything Everywhere All at Once" has brought the concept of the multiverse to the Academy Awards. Virginia Tech physics professor Djordje Minic discusses how a multiverse might work, or not work.
Date: Jan 30, 2023 -
Article ItemProgram fuels development of new quantum-aware cybersecurity strategies , article
The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative in Southwest Virginia and the Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering issued two awards for the Quantum Aspects of Cybersecurity program to fuel research in quantum information science, engineering, and technology related to cybersecurity.
Date: Jan 30, 2023 -
Article ItemPhysicists model cell migration to learn how cancer cells navigate tissue , article
In a study published by Biophysical Journal, scientists Wenya Shu and Nadir Kaplan explored mesenchymal migration through cell simulations and mathematical modeling.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
Article ItemUnraveling the neutrino’s mysteries at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment , article
At the Virginia Tech Center for Neutrino Physics, Camillo Mariani and Patrick Huber have woven theoretical and experimental physics together in contributing to the DUNE project.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
Article ItemTwo Hokies among 2022 class of Astronaut Scholars , article
Undergraduates Lennon Headlee and Tim Proudkii have earned spots in the 2022 class of Astronaut Scholars and have been recognized as exceptional students in science, technology, engineering, and math for initiative, creativity, and excellence in their respective fields of study.
Date: Dec 20, 2022 -
Article ItemSeed funding to foster student-inspired, interdisciplinary teamwork , article
The Macromolecules Innovation Institute has awarded seed funding to two Virginia Tech research teams: one investigating methods for enhancing the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines, and the other seeking to improve methods for studying liver fibrosis.
Date: Nov 04, 2022 -
Article ItemAstrophysicist using James Webb Space Telescope to study supernovae as source of heavy elements in universe , article
Chris Ashall, an assistant professor of astrophysics in the Virginia Tech College of Science, will collect data on the presence of heavy elements — the building blocks of life — in exploding dying stars, or supernovae.
Date: Oct 19, 2022 -
Article ItemIn its sixth year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports wide array of research , article
This year’s grants exceed $160,000 for projects focused on cancer research, battery materials, inflammatory bowel disease, age-related distractibility, the development of antibiotics, and more.
Date: Oct 19, 2022 -
Article ItemNeuroscience’s Matt Howe seeks to better understand how ingredients interact with people's dopamine system , article
To figure out how individual foods affect the dopamine system and what happens when all of the ingredients are presented in combination, Matt Howe recently was awarded a five-year, $1.8 million National Science Foundation grant.
Date: Oct 12, 2022 -
Article ItemPhysics’ Sophia Economou named T. Marshall Hahn Chair in Physics , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2015, Economou’s research examines theoretical quantum information science, which is of worldwide interest due to the technological revolution it can enable in communications and computing.
Date: Sep 30, 2022 -
Article ItemDiversifying the quantum workforce , article
Virginia Tech partnered with historically Black colleges and universities for a five-day quantum workshop for faculty members at the Virginia Tech Research Center in Arlington.
Date: Aug 31, 2022 -
Article ItemCelebrating a summer of science education , article
Nearly 160 high school and middle school students attended one of four youth camps, with 46 at Explore Science for 7th-9th graders, and – all geared toward 11th-12th graders – 35 participants at Explore Data Science, 32 at Explore Physical Science, and 45 at Explore Life Science
Date: Aug 19, 2022 -
Article ItemKevin Pitts named Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Chair in the College of Science , article
Pitts, chief research officer at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was named as dean of the College of Science at Virginia Tech in February.
Date: Jun 13, 2022 -
Article ItemCommonwealth Cyber Initiative researchers at Virginia Tech explore how quantum networks could transform cybersecurity , article
In a cross-disciplinary research collaboration, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative researchers at Virginia Tech are designing the quantum architecture that may one day secure our everyday communications and connect us to the power of quantum computation.
Date: Jun 02, 2022 -
Article ItemLong-standing partnership provides student research fellowships , article
Since 1990, the Virginia Space Consortium has provided 475 scholarship and fellowship awards totaling $2.1 million to Virginia Tech undergraduate and graduate student researchers, intended to supplement and enhance research support.
Date: Jun 01, 2022 -
Article ItemResearch drives cybersecurity innovation, inspiration in Southwest Virginia , article
As the urgency of cybersecurity reaches a higher pitch, the Southwest node of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative gathered on Virginia Tech’s campus in late October. The event allowed collaborators to meet in person for the first time and advance cybersecurity strategies throughout the region and the commonwealth.
Date: May 25, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech nanoscientist seeks to develop thin films with a big payoff , article
Satoru Emori, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, wants to create new thin films made of specially engineered magnetic materials, a project funded by a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CARRER Award.
Date: May 24, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech mother and son both earn Ph.D.s this spring , article
Sharon Stidham and her son, James, shared an apartment and encouraged each other’s work as they pursued their degrees.
Date: May 20, 2022 -
Article ItemThree colleges launch new travel grant for faculty to pay for dependent care , article
The pilot program, sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs, aims to ease the financial burdens of faculty members who have to arrange care for dependents while they travel for conferences or research.
Date: May 16, 2022 -
Article ItemPhysicist S. James Gates to present virtual talk as part of J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series , article
The College of Science’s J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series will host its third virtual event March 28 with Brown University theoretical physicist S. James Gates Jr.
Date: Mar 24, 2022 -
Article ItemPhysics Teacher Education Coalition again honors Virginia Tech as part of ‘5+ Club’ , article
The honor puts Virginia Tech in the top 1 percent of universities for training future physics teachers.
Date: Mar 23, 2022 -
Article ItemPhysics instructor Alma Robinson receives national teaching award for first-year experiences , article
As a co-teacher of the physics First-Year Experience course, Robinson works to create an inclusive classroom in STEM and to encourage students to "think like a physicist."
Date: Mar 21, 2022 -
Article ItemFor undergraduates, research can be a route to self-discovery , article
Students in any major can find an undergraduate research project that ignites their curiosity. A new fellowship can help them spend more time with those projects.
Date: Mar 17, 2022 -
Article ItemRobert Weiss named director of Academy of Integrated Science in College of Science , article
The academy was started in 2011 by the late Lay Nam Chang, then dean of the College of Science, with the mission of exploring powerful new approaches to current complex scientific problems.
Date: Mar 08, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech’s Orbital Launch Vehicle Team celebrates successful launch in California , article
Two years since its last launch, the undergraduate design team has been building toward its long-term goal of putting a launch vehicle into low Earth orbit.
Date: Feb 15, 2022 -
Article ItemRandy Heflin named Research and Innovation’s senior associate vice president , article
Previously the associate dean for research and graduate studies for the College of Science, Heflin’s appointment further strengthens Virginia Tech’s position in growing its research enterprise.
Date: Feb 14, 2022 -
Article ItemJ. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series continues online with Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell , article
The Virginia Tech College of Science’s J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series returns Feb. 8, 2022, as a virtual event with guest speaker Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a visiting academic at Oxford University’s Department of Physis and the Chancellor of the University of Dundee, Scotland.
Date: Feb 07, 2022 -
Article ItemKevin Pitts named dean of the College of Science at Virginia Tech , article
Pitts, chief research officer at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will officially step into his new role June 13, taking over from Ron Fricker, who has served as interim dean since January 2021.
Date: Feb 03, 2022 -
Article ItemPhysics’ Leo Piilonen awarded Lifetime Fellowship by American Association for the Advancement of Science , article
Piilonen is a professor in the Department of Physics, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science. AAAS is honoring Piilonen for his “distinguished contributions to experimental elementary particle physics, particularly for leadership in the Belle and Belle II collaborations and in their muon and K-long meson detection and identification.”
Date: Jan 26, 2022 -
Article ItemQuantum center unites Virginia Tech’s broad expertise in a vital field , article
The Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering will bring together talented researchers already leading the way in this increasingly vital field, and provide the structure and resources to maximize the impact of their work.
Date: Jan 19, 2022 -
Article ItemA nuclear pioneer’s collection stars the Milky Way, nuclear explosions, and shock waves , article
Atomic bombs, white dwarf stars, shock waves, nuclear explosion, and Albert Einstein are frequent references that University Libraries Archivist Bess Pittman saw while processing the mesmerizing collection of Robert E. Marshak, a Virginia Tech professor and promoter of shared science. Thanks to a grant from the American Institute of Physics, this collection is now more accessible for researchers and science enthusiasts alike.
Date: Dec 02, 2021 -
Article ItemOctober surprise? Scientists find no hint of sterile neutrino in international MicroBooNE experiment , article
New results from the MicroBooNE experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory deal a blow to a theoretical particle known as the sterile neutrino. There is no such thing. Among the researchers involved is Camillo Mariani in the College of Science's Department of Physics.
Date: Oct 28, 2021 -
Article ItemStudy examines diversifying STEM research for underrepresented students , article
Without a concerted effort to recruit and support underserved students in STEM, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to erase progress that has made and to exacerbate long-standing inequities and racial disparities by further stratifying STEM fields.
Date: Oct 07, 2021 -
Article ItemNew physics research reveals fresh complexities about electron behavior in materials , article
A new Virginia Tech study expands upon existing physics theories and can be applied to improving electronic devices and quantum computers.
Date: Sep 15, 2021