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Article ItemIn memoriam: Hampton Clay Gabler III, professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics , article
Gabler, professor and chair of the undergraduate biomedical engineering program in biomedical engineering and mechanics, was the Samuel Herrick Professor at Virginia Tech, where he enjoyed a long, illustrious, and rewarding career.
Date: Jan 21, 2021 -
Article ItemInterdisciplinary team identifies mechanism that produces rapid acceleration in clicking beetles , article
A new study by a team that included Jake Socha, professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, shows that a snap-through unbending movement of the body is the main reason for the clicking beetle’s fast acceleration.
Date: Jan 18, 2021 -
Article ItemJennifer Wayne elected fellow of the Orthopaedic Research Society , article
Wayne, department head and professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics, has demonstrated exceptional achievements throughout her career in engineering.
Date: Jan 14, 2021 -
Article ItemiTHRIV announces health research pilot project recipients , article
Multi-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson’s disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
Article ItemPamela VandeVord appointed engineering’s associate dean for research and graduate studies , article
VandeVord will work closely with leadership from Virginia Tech engineering and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, as well as faculty, departments, institutes, and external constituents to move the college’s research priorities forward toward targeted milestones.
Date: Jan 04, 2021 -
Article ItemShocking the cellular world: Engineers’ collaborative work discovers force signature of cells undergoing electroporation , article
Electroporation has been used in many medical applications, such as gene transfection and electrochemotherapy, since the 1980s. In this study, the researchers improved upon an established method of electroporation, in which medicines or genes are injected into holes formed in a cell’s membrane.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
Article ItemSocially distant cell growth: biomedical engineering experiential learning during a pandemic , article
Yong Woo Lee, associate professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics and instructor of the cohort’s biomedical engineering cell course, knew it was important to offer experiential learning methods to enable his students to understand cell growth and cell replication.
Date: Nov 23, 2020 -
Article ItemNSF grant unites diverse Virginia Tech team to improve in-home physical therapy , article
The VTC Smart Rehab Lab will use the $1.1 million National Science Foundation award to further development of tools and an innovated fused human and machine knowledge base that could open the door to wider access to physical therapy.
Date: Nov 23, 2020 -
Article ItemBiomedical engineering and mechanics faculty receive NSF grant to study oxygen delivery in insects , article
With support from an NSF grant, two faculty members in biomedical engineering and mechanics have combined forces to answer questions pertaining to insects’ breathing, which may lead to new applications in microfluidics.
Date: Nov 19, 2020 -
Article ItemFralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists provide new evidence of elusive electrical pathway in the heart , article
Associate Professor Steven Poelzing and Research Assistant Professor Gregory Hoeker, of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, recently published a study that helps explain why our classical understanding of heart beats and the mathematical models don’t add up.
Date: Nov 12, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech’s Animal Cancer Care and Research Center opening a grand occasion for region’s pets , article
Accommodating the relocation and expansion of the oncology service from the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Blacksburg, the brand-new Animal Cancer Care and Research Center is a vital part of the Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, Virginia.
Date: Nov 11, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech scientists, engineers to talk about steps to stop cancer in virtual public session , article
A year ago, Virginia Tech united its biomedical and technical expertise into a Cancer Research Alliance to take on the second leading cause of death in the United States. Now, scientists and engineers will talk about some leading-edge projects in breast cancer, brain cancer, and noninvasive cancer treatments in a public Zoom discussion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Date: Nov 02, 2020 -
Article Item'It’s science and creativity': Alumnus Victor Stewart is half-NASA engineer, half-YouTube chef , article
The 2013 biomedical and mechanics engineering graduate traces his passions and skills to his time at Virginia Tech.
Date: Oct 23, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers still have much to learn from flying snakes , article
With a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Virginia Tech will continue to study flying snakes - specifically the fluid mechanics of deforming articulated bodies, extensible to movement of flexible bodies in other contexts.
Date: Oct 15, 2020 -
Article ItemPamela VandeVord elected fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society , article
Earlier this year, VandeVord became the associate dean for research and graduate studies for the College of Engineering.
Date: Oct 15, 2020 -
Article ItemFluid flow in the brain: Sorting the good and the bad , article
Ian Kimbrough, an assistant professor in the School of Neuroscience, and Jennifer Munson, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, are taking research learned from brain tumors to help fight Alzheimer’s.
Date: Sep 23, 2020 -
Article ItemDoctoral student receives NSERC award to study innovative brain cancer treatment , article
Zerin Mahzabin Khan, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering and mechanics as well as the computational tissue engineering program, was awarded the Postgraduate Scholarship-Doctoral award from NSERC for her work developing a minimally invasive treatment for glioblastoma. She is the first-ever Virginia Tech student recipient of this award.
Date: Sep 02, 2020 -
Article ItemCustom face shields aim to block droplets, tackle COVID-19 for football players , article
Engineers, athletic staff, and football players had two months to design a face shield that could reduce the risk of transmitting the coronavirus on the football field.
Date: Sep 02, 2020 -
Article ItemResearcher receives NIH grant to study noninvasive treatment for metastatic breast tumors , article
The aim of this project is to develop a novel, noninvasive method that combines nanoparticles with ultrasound to selectively target and kill cancerous cells in the breast tissue.
Date: Aug 27, 2020 -
Article ItemProof-of-concept program from LAUNCH and VTIP fuels development of new technologies , article
Eligible projects involve technologies captured in the VTIP invention disclosure process and identified as candidates for licensing to established companies or to new technology startups.
Date: Aug 21, 2020
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