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Southwest Center helps teachers meet unique demands of pandemic classrooms , articleThere has never been a more important time to plug into the expertise at Virginia Tech to address the needs of the commonwealth’s K-12 teachers, Director Penny McCallum says.
Date: Jan 08, 2021 -
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Diversity seed investments cement new partnerships , articleA program that helps Virginia Tech faculty jump-start new collaborations with colleagues at HBCUs is reaching more departments and continuing to attract external funding.
Date: Dec 17, 2020 -
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Low oxygen levels in lakes and reservoirs may accelerate global change , articleIn a first of its kind study, researchers at Virginia Tech have experimentally tested, at the whole ecosystem-scale, how different oxygen levels in lakes and reservoirs affect the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and contribute to global change.
Date: Dec 09, 2020 -
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Bracing for busier skies with drone traffic management research , articleIn the second year of an FAA pilot program, the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership partnered with four companies to test a crucial suite of technologies for coordinating drone traffic safely.
Date: Nov 17, 2020 -
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New lab opens doors to materials science , articleTwo research institutes pooled their resources to create a facility with an extensive collection of equipment that will accelerate materials research all over campus.
Date: Nov 17, 2020 -
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Federal program marks a new phase in drone integration , articleThe Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership will manage Virginia's team in a drone-integration program that aims to move beyond initial trials to routine operations.
Date: Oct 30, 2020 -
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GO Virginia, Office of Economic Development work to address COVID-19 , articleVirginia Tech's Office of Economic Development is helping university researchers, local businesses, and organizations secure state funding for projects addressing the economic and public health challenges during the COVID-19 crisis.
Date: Oct 26, 2020 -
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Disaster resilience sociologist Liesel Ritchie joins Center for Coastal Studies , articleThroughout her career, Ritchie has studied the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Hurricane Katrina, and various earthquakes across the globe.
Date: Oct 08, 2020 -
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Nanoscience group wins a second nod from the NSF , articleA 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 -
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Drones deliver time savings to customers, new revenue to businesses , articleA new economic impact report takes a close look at what drone delivery could do for consumers, businesses, and the environment in three representative communities.
Date: Sep 16, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech research sees continued growth , articleResearch 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 -
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Custom face shields aim to block droplets, tackle COVID-19 for football players , articleEngineers, 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 -
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Chemistry’s Robert Moore appointed as new director of MII , articleMoore, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named as director of the Virginia Tech Macromolecules Innovation Institute, an interdisciplinary science and engineering research center.
Date: Sep 01, 2020 -
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DREAMS lab designs novel respirator for health care workers fighting COVID-19 , articleLed 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.
Date: Aug 27, 2020 -
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TECH Together Campaign announces winners and finalists , articleAfter 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 -
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TECH Together Campaign wants students to create innovative campus solutions , articleThe Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund has initiated a campus-wide competition open to Virginia Tech students, seeking proposals for creative, innovative, and integrated solutions for a safe reopening of Virginia Tech campuses this fall.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
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Radio tests address a central challenge for long-distance drone flights: Communications , articleVirginia Tech and NASA collaborated with two companies on flight tests that advance a long-running effort to secure access for drones to licensed wireless spectrum.
Date: Jul 10, 2020 -
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COVID-19 research projects propelled by Rapid Response Seed Fund , articleTo support COVID-related research and provide immediate support for Virginia Tech researchers, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation collaborated with Virginia Tech institutes and colleges to establish a COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund. As a result, nine projects were selected for funding.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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Spurred by COVID-19, researcher Linsey Marr evaluates efficacy of sterilized N95 respirators, alternative mask materials , articleSince March, Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering professor Linsey Marr, an expert in the airborne transmission of infectious disease, has been testing the efficacy of sterilized N95 respirators and alternative mask materials in filtering out particles.
Date: May 19, 2020
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