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Article ItemExperts available: Wildfires and flooding, AI executive order and in the classroom, keeping kids off screens, and more , article
Experts 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.
Date: Jul 21, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: impact Experts explain wildfire causes, and how they can worsen flooding, air quality , article
Experts 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.
Date: Jul 21, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: campus experience Sea urchins may be key to developing lightweight engineered cellular materials , article
Studying the sea urchin is part of a $540,000 National Science Foundation grant being investigated by Ling Li.
Date: Jul 02, 2025 - -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Global Distinction When architecture listens , article
Assistant 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.
Date: Jun 30, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: impact Headlights to stage lights: Duane Rollins moves from mechanical engineering to Broadway , article
Rollins ’08 discusses his time at Virginia Tech and how his education prepared him for a surprising career change.
Date: Jun 16, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: research Virginia Tech fog harp gets an upgrade , article
Engineering 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.
Date: Jun 12, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: academics Student satellite set to launch into space , article
After 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.
Date: Jun 10, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: research Researchers develop recyclable, healable electronics , article
Electronics often get thrown away after use because recycling them requires extensive work for little payoff. Two Virginia Tech researchers have found a way to change the game.
Date: Jun 09, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: research Virginia Tech’s fog harp harvests water even in the lightest fog , article
The superior efficiency of Virginia Tech's fog harp could dramatically increase the number of regions worldwide where fog harvesting is viable.
Date: Jun 03, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: impact Second cohort of Dean's Fellows advances College of Engineering strategic plan , article
Over the past year, 17 faculty members were given an inside look at how to create large-scale, transdisciplinary research centers with the potential for big impact.
Date: Jun 03, 2025 -
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