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Article ItemAnswering the call for affordable housing , article
Through two public-private partnerships, faculty and students in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction are pioneering high-tech, data-driven methods to make quality housing more affordable.
Date: Dec 16, 2020 -
Article ItemMatthew Mauldon honored with emeritus status , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2001, Mauldon’s scholarship has contributed greatly to improvements in fractured rock characterization, tunneling, and real-time mapping of engineering geologic data.
Date: Dec 15, 2020 -
Article ItemRandy Dymond honored with emeritus status , article
The research and scholarship of Dymond, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering, have contributed greatly to knowledge in numerous areas of water resources and hydrologic engineering by developing state-of-the-art solutions to urban watershed issues and providing software tools for engineering applications in stormwater management.
Date: Dec 11, 2020 -
Article ItemManaging salt pollution to protect drinking water resources and freshwater ecosystems , article
Researchers recently received a $3.6 million grant to catalyze solutions for salt pollution by merging ideas, approaches, and technologies from widely diverse fields of knowledge to stimulate innovation and discovery.
Date: Dec 09, 2020 -
Article ItemStudent volunteer group donates $10K in grocery cards to help fellow Hokies , article
A volunteer group created by Virginia Tech graduate students recently donated $10,000 worth of grocery-store gift cards to help efforts to address the problem of food insecurity.
Date: Dec 01, 2020 -
Article ItemStudy shows cloth face coverings help protect both wearers and those nearby , article
A newly released Virginia Tech study examining the efficacy of common face coverings may help a concerned public breathe a sigh of relief.
Date: Nov 23, 2020 -
Article ItemVeterinary college's annual event brings together interprofessional student teams to solve cases using a One Health approach , article
On Nov. 7, the One Health Working Group, based in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, held its annual One Health Case Competition in conjunction with International One Health Day, which falls on Nov. 3 every year. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s event was held virtually on Zoom.
Date: Nov 19, 2020 -
Article ItemResearchers refine antibiotic resistance surveillance tools in Puerto Rican watersheds after Hurricane Maria , article
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Virginia Tech researchers and collaborators developed a new way to apply metagenomics to track antibiotic resistance in watersheds, identify targets for stopping its spread, and help keep antibiotics working for future generations.
Date: Nov 18, 2020 -
Article ItemThe Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens announces team-building pilot grant awards , article
Funded by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 10 interdisciplinary research teams were awarded team-building pilot grant awards to tackle some of these complex zoonotic and vector-borne emerging infectious disease problems.
Date: Nov 16, 2020 -
Article ItemCorps of Cadets alumnus U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chris Eckel named Liberty game Hokie Hero , article
Eckel is stationed at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6. He is with the USS Nimitz in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Oman on his second combat deployment flying the MH-60S in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Inherent Resolve, and Freedom Sentinel.
Date: Nov 08, 2020 -
Article ItemTeam taps into wastewater antibiotic-resistant gene monitoring , article
“This really excites me because we can really be proactive,” said Liqing Zhang, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and NSF principal investigator. “The need for wastewater monitoring has been recognized internationally, but there is no unified cyberinfrastructure system in place to enable the monitoring.”
Date: Oct 07, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech's Marr, leading researchers urge terminology update, shift in COVID-19 guidance , article
Scientists affiliated with leading research institutions across the U.S. , including Virginia Tech, state in a letter published Monday in the journal Science that researchers across disciplines must converge to deliver clear public health guidance about how SARS-CoV-2 is spread in the air.
Date: Oct 05, 2020 -
Article ItemNanoscience group wins a second nod from the NSF , article
A Virginia Tech center with unique expertise in Earth and environmental nanotechnology has again been selected for a prestigious national network funded by the National Science Foundation.
Date: Sep 24, 2020 -
Article ItemLinsey Marr shares airborne virus knowledge, COVID-19 tips during virtual conversation , article
Marr, an expert in the airborne transmission of infectious disease, spoke with Virginia Tech President Tim Sands on what has been learned about the virus and ways to limit its spread.
Date: Sep 15, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech research sees continued growth , article
Research expenditures are up and sponsored awards have increased by 15 percent, building upon the prior year’s expenditure total of $542 million, despite the impact of COVID-19 felt nationally by higher education institutes, according to preliminary fiscal year-end reports.
Date: Sep 04, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers begin testing campus wastewater for COVID-19 , article
The advance will allow the university to monitor clusters of campus buildings on a daily basis, testing for the presence of the virus in fecal matter. If the testing shows positive results, the university can then conduct targeted testing among individuals to zero in on possible infections.
Date: Sep 03, 2020 -
Article ItemA trans-Atlantic journey: how microbes and dust travel from Africa to the Americas , article
A team led by Virginia Tech researchers in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of La Laguna in the Canary Islands received a $1.1 million grant from NASA to study microbial diversity in dust plumes and the physics behind the transport of dust and microbes along superhighways in the sky.
Date: Sep 01, 2020 -
Article ItemTECH Together Campaign announces winners and finalists , article
After the TECH Together Campaign launched in July, a whopping 76 applications from 20 different colleges and departments were submitted. Of those, 10 finalists and 5 winners have been chosen to implement their creative, innovative, and integrated solutions for the reopening of Virginia Tech campuses this fall.
Date: Aug 20, 2020 -
Article ItemGeorge Filz honored with emeritus status , article
Filz, the Charles E. Via Jr. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of Charles E. Via Jr. Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Aug 18, 2020 -
Article ItemBuilding construction program partners with organization to highlight energy literacy, human-centric design , article
To facilitate student interest and education in human-centric construction, the Myers-Lawson School of Construction collaborates with Community Housing Partners, a local organization that welcomes and provides classes for Virginia Tech students to learn about sustainable and affordable housing.
Date: Aug 13, 2020
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