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Mechanical Engineering in the news
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Experts available: Wildfires and flooding, AI executive order and in the classroom, keeping kids off screens, and more , articleExperts from Virginia Tech can discuss news in the headlines, including causes of wildfires and their impact on air quality and flooding, the expected executive order on AI, integrating AI in the classroom, how to keep teens engaged over the summer, and more.
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Category: impact Experts explain wildfire causes, and how they can worsen flooding, air quality , articleExperts from Virginia Tech can speak to the cycles that lead to wildfire season, how to monitor and deal with resulting poor air quality, and why prior wildfires have exacerbated some of the recent flooding.
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Category: impact Headlights to stage lights: Duane Rollins moves from mechanical engineering to Broadway , articleRollins ’08 discusses his time at Virginia Tech and how his education prepared him for a surprising career change.
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Category: research Virginia Tech fog harp gets an upgrade , articleEngineering and industrial design faculty came together in 2018 to create the fog harp, a new approach for harvesting water from fog. Seven years later, the team has dramatically improved its design by developing a hybrid harvester that combines the best aspects of existing nets and harps.
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Category: academics Student satellite set to launch into space , articleAfter winning a national competition, the inspireFly student design team's ContentCube satellite will head to low-Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX rocket later this year, enabling earthlings to take a selfie from space.
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction When architecture listens , articleAssistant Professor Alaa Algargoosh is pioneering research at Virginia Tech that integrates architecture, neuroscience, and technology to design sound-responsive spaces that enhance well-being, focus, and sustainability.
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