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  • Osmotic Power Debuts in Norway
    The world's first osmotic plant opened today in Tofte, Norway, harnessing the saltiness of the sea, along with freshwater, to produce electricity through a polymer membrane.

  • College of Engineering's Naren Ramakrishnan named Distinguished Scientist
    Naren Ramakrishnan, Virginia Tech professor of computer science, is one of 84 professionals worldwide to be recognized as a 2009 Distinguished Member by the Association for Computing Machinery.

  • ICTAS Professors Invited to DAAD Science Tour 2009
    Roop Mahajan and Thomas Campbell have been selected to participate in the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Science Information Tour.

  • Researchers, collaborators receive award from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for occupational safety, health in construction
    Virginia Tech researchers and their collaborators from five other institutions will soon engage in research on new construction safety and health made possible by a recent award of more than $7 million over a five-year period from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Virginia Tech, Howard University partner, receive award to create engineering-oriented center for intelligence community
    The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the sponsor of these academic centers, made eight awards from the more than 40 proposals submitted for 2009. Virginia Tech and Howard are now among 21 CAE's across the country.
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  • Jon Greene named program manager for the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science

    Virginia Tech names Jon Greene as a program manager for the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).

  • Dennis Hong honored among "Popular Science's" Brilliant 10 of 2009
    The annual listing honors top scientists younger than 40 years of age from across the United States. Honorees are chosen from among hundreds of nominees each year.

  • Cancer-fighting bone implants
    ICTAS researcher Michael Hochella, a University Distinguished Professor of geosciences, is quoted.

  • Robotic Hand Captures Top Mechanical Engineering Award
    The Virginia Tech College of Engineering's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) has captured a top award for its updated robotic hand.

  • Bad drinking water at schools goes untreated
    ICTAS Researcher Marc Edwards on the condition of drinking water in public schools.

  • Six graduate students named 2009 Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Doctoral Scholars
    Six Ph.D. candidates, representing three colleges and six departments, have been selected as the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Doctoral Scholars beginning in the fall semester 2009.

  • Assistant professor of biomedical engineering continues outreach to New Jersey hometown schools
    Joseph Freeman of the Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences and director of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Laboratory won the grant for new research into rebuilding bone from its innermost core to the exterior layer.

  • College of Engineering team to design and study liver mimics
    Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers will use more than $1 million in grant funding to study engineered tissues that mimic the liver, one of the human body's most complex organs.

  • Nano-Bio convergence conference set for Oct. 14-15 in Roanoke
    Virginia Tech's Continuing and Professional Education is hosting Nano-Bio: The Next Transformative Convergence, Oct. 14-15 at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center in Roanoke.

  • The secrets of the lowly ground beetle could lead to better tissue engineering
    Article highlighting the work of ICTAS researcher Jake Socha and support from the National Science Foundation.

  • Howard, Virginia Tech Join Program Preparing Students for U.S. Intelligence Jobs
    Howard University and Virginia Tech have joined forces in a $2.5 million academic program funded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence designed to teach undergraduates skills that are critically needed by the nation's intelligence agencies.

  • Virginia Tech research funded by Recovery Act exceeds $20 million, and growing
    As of Monday, Aug. 24, Virginia Tech researchers had received 45 grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), totaling $20.3 million, for projects ranging from determining the cause of cell defects to planning for a program that will facilitate graduate study by veterans.

  • Wu Feng receives international industry award
    Wu Feng, associate professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech, is one of 38 recipients worldwide to receive the NVIDIA Professor Partnership Program Award.

  • The future of biofuels in Virginia
    While Virginia Tech researchers and their peers around the country search for bio-based alternatives to fossil fuels, Virginia Cooperative Extension is ensuring that the state's farmers and industry leaders have access to the latest opportunities and information regarding biofuels in Virginia.

  • Students Developing A Car For The Blind
    Vehicle Uses Laser Technology, Sensors, And Vibrations To Help Guide Drivers

  • Thomas Campbell named associate director for special projects for Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science
    Thomas A. Campbell has been named associate director for special projects with the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at Virginia Tech.
    • Captain Shelia Patterson, USN, and President Charles Steger, VT, at the August 11 signing ceremony.
  • Virginia Tech, Navy center sign cooperative research and development agreement
    Almost a year of discussions has resulted in a five-year, $7.5 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract and a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Virginia Tech and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).

  • Five faculty members named American Chemical Society Fellows
    Kevin Edgar, who directs the ICTAS Bio-based Materials Center, is named.

  • Virginia Tech engineering professor Romesh Batra receives Engineering Science Medal
    Romesh C. Batra received the Engineering Science Medal of the Society of Engineering Science.

  • Research funded by Recovery Act benefits local economy, builds nation's capacity for innovation
    ICTAS faculty are represented.

  • VA Rated One of 5 Best for Entrepreneurs (pdf)
    When it comes to starting a business, the question of where can be just as important as what and how. Some states offer better business climates for budding entrepreneurs who need all the help they can get in today's economy.

  • Remote-control closed system invented for inserting radio-active atoms inside fullerenes
    Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry C. Dorn, Emory and Henry College chemistry Professor James Duchamp, and Panos Fatouros, professor and chair of the Division of Radiation Physics and Biology at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine have co-invented a hands-off process for filling fullerenes with radio-active material.

  • Building a future at Tech
    Jason Kovac, a 2002 architecture graduate, is the project manager for ICTAS II, a new building for Tech's Institute of Critical Technology and Applied Science.

  • Virginia Tech computer science professor selected for HP Innovation Award
    Feature on an ICTAS Researcher.

  • Medical, engineering school team up to tackle big research
    The article mentions the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences and the positive effects it has had on both universities.

  • Six new Virginia Tech Carilion research projects address infectious disease, develop medical technology
    Tom Campbell is quoted.

  • IDTechEx's Energy Harvesting Awards announced
    One of the judges, Shashank Priya, of the Materials Science and Engineering of Virginia Tech, is quoted.

  • Energy harvesting and storage Europe wrap-up
    The Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems, an ICTAS I / UCRC, is mentioned.

  • Students make own biodiesel derived from waste vegetable oil to fuel vehicles
    A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project for the department of mechanical engineering.

  • New seal for solid oxide fuel cells could speed market availability
    Article quotes Peizhen (Kathy) Lu, assistant professor of materials science and engineering.

  • Low Cost, Dexterous Robotic Hand Operated By Compressed Air
    The Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech has developed a unique robotic hand, said Dennis Hong, director of the lab.

  • New partnership between Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Center for Injury Biomechanics receives first research grant
    A team of three Virginia Tech faculty members -- Stefan Duma, Warren Hardy, and H. Clay Gabler -- was recently awarded $2.6 million from U.S. Army Research Acquisition Activity to study the biomechanics of head, neck, and chest injury prevention for soldiers.

  • Stefan Duma to head SBES
    Stefan Duma will serve as the new head of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, effective Aug. 10, 2009.

  • Environmental engineer Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech conducted an investigation which revealed that water was the sole source of the blood poisoning in some homes.

  • Virginia Water Center, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science launch joint water seminar series
    Virginia Tech's Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center are co-sponsoring an upcoming water seminar series. This series will explore sustainable water solutions, among other topics, and run from March 27 to April 27.

  • ICTAS Doctoral Scholar Karthik Pillai publishes a peer-reviewed journal article:
    Cation-&pi Interactions as a Mechanism in Technical Lignin Adsorption to Cationic Surface

  • Dr. Chris Rylander's (Assistant Professor, Joint Appointment, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences & Mechanical Engineering) work on Mechanical Tissue Optical Clearing Devices: Enhancement of Light Penetration in Ex Vivo Porcine Skin and Adipose Tissue was published in Lasers in Surgery & Medicine, published by Wiley.

  • Tiny bacteria weave big solutions
    University researchers Paul Gatenholm and Rafael Davalos, both of the College of Engineering, are using bacteria to weave biomaterials that can support cartilage and bone tissue growth and medical implants.

  • U.S. Navy, Virginia Tech Announce Agreement to Benefit Students and Navy Technology Programs
    Virginia Tech and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division signed a memorandum of understanding that will benefit the university's students and faculty in addition to Navy technology programs.

  • Cutting edge nanotechnology: Back in 2006, researchers introduced the concept of a carbon nanotube (CNT) knife that, in theory, would work like a tight-wire cheese slicer.

  • Pulaski is big on nanotech: A proposed venture in Pulaski County could unite the region's high-tech research and industry.

  • Hydrogen Fuel From Woodchips And Other Non-food Sources

  • Virginia Tech, Wright State, Air Force team to design future aerospace vehicles

  • University engineers investigate energy independent monitoring system for bridges

  • CNT cheese wire cuts bio-samples to size: Carbon nanotube stretched between two tungsten needles slices up cells for imaging

  • Water Assessment Is Murky
    Washington, D.C. City Council discusses findings of a report from Virginia Tech professor Mark Edwards of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Children's National Medical Center linking the crisis to potential harm to fetus and children younger than 2 during the water crisis.

  • Associate professor to provide asset management training to water supervisors

  • A glimmer of hope in effort to safeguard kids: Marc Edwards, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his research on lead in the water.

  • Our pledge to keep the District's water safe:Marc Edwards, lead author of the latest study, is not an epidemiologist.

  • Substantial work ahead for water issues, say scientists

  • D.C. officials want probe on water-lead connection

  • 'Science fraud' alleged in urban lead incident Or so charges Marc Edwards, environmental engineer and lead author of a paper that details repercussions of the incident.

  • Engineers have created Center of Excellence in Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management

  • Engineers Have Created ICE in Order to SWIM

  • Engineering professor wins $100,000 Air Force Young Investigator Award

  • Thin films researcher lands Air Force grant Shashank Priya, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a $100000 three-year renewable grant.

  • Center for Injury Biomechanics wins Department of Defense award for new dummy design and development

  • ICTAS Associate Marc Edwards to deliver keynote addresses at 2008 Fall Commencement ceremonies
    • University names Thomas Campbell to position at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science

    Thomas A. Campbell has been named assistant director for research and operations for the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and program manager for the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science.

  • In Memoriam: Malcolm McPherson, former College of Engineering interim dean

  • Invention controls weavers of nanoscale biomaterials

  • Professor spearheads documentary highlighting crumbling United States infrastructure

  • A Catalyst for Growth: ICTAS

  • The 4th Energy Harvesting Workshop is scheduled for January 28-29, 2009 at The Inn at Virginia Tech

  • Workshop on incorporating new experimental techniques into your research offered

  • Virginia Tech part of $14 million National Science Foundation nanotechnology grant

  • Wireless technologies used today are based on decades of work at Virginia Tech

  • Institute Directors selected to lead the Virginia Tech Medical Research Institute

  • Naren Ramakrishnan, VT, and Upinder Bhalla, NCBS of India, found that cells can make use of thousands of switches to support important biological functions

  • Engineering professor works to prevent falls and save lives.  Thurmon Lockhart is solving the mysteries of mobility and stability in the Locomotion Research Lab.

  • Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science names associate director for research

  • Ten graduate students named 2008 ICTAS Doctoral Scholars

  • Engineering Deans Awards for Excellence presented for 2007-08

  • Citrate appears to control buckyball clumping but environmental concerns remain

  • Rakesh K. Kapania named Norris and Laura Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering


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  • ICTAS congratulates RV Davalos, GJ McGraw, TI Wallow, AM Morales, KL Krafcik, GJ Fiechtner, Y Fintschenko, EB Cummings, and BA Simmons, authors of the publication entitled "The application of insulator-based dielectrophoresis polymer microfluidic devices as particle separators and the impact of dynamic surface coatings on performance" which was featured on the cover of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol 390(3), pp 847-855 February 2008 edition.

  • Congratulations are extended to two ICTAS affiliated faculty, Drs. Stefan Duma and Michael W. Ellis, on their appointment as John R. Jones Faculty Fellows in Mechanical Engineering. The appointments were announced by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors on November 12, 2007.

  • Roop Mahajan Receives Ralph Coats Roe Medal

  • Roop Mahajan honored for increasing public awareness and appreciation of engineering's value to society

  • ICTAS announces thrust on nano-biomaterials

  • Top researchers in high performance computing were recognized by the Supercomputing Conference 2007 (SC07) held recently in Reno Nevada.

  • Virginia Tech unveils new research building (Roanoke.com article)

  • Dr. Roop Mahajan was recently interviewed by Gabrielle Amos Minnich , Public Relations Coordinator/Producer-Director Visual and Broadcast Communications/University Relations. The completed one minute spot will be broadcast during half time of the November 1st football game against Georgia Tech on the ISP Radio Network. Locally, that's FM 105.3.

  • New Molecular Imaging Approach Promises Extremely Sensitive Method for Identifying Tumors in Mice

  • Wyatt receives NIH grant to study brain aging

  • Mahajan Named Inaugural ICTAS Director

  • Researchers from Virginia Tech and beyond meet to advance nanocomputing

  • ICTAS on Team that Won $99M Contract

  • Lesko and Case Parlay ICTAS Investment into Major Contract

  • Governor's Budget Includes Funding for ICTAS II and Nanotechnology Initiative

  • ICTAS Figures Heavily in Governor's Funding Plan - December, 2005

  • ICTAS Poised to Solve Nation's Problems - October, 2005

  • The School of Biomedical Engineering and Science (SBES)

  • Virginia Tech, Wake Forest biomedical research program grows at a record pace - September, 2005

  • Engineering schools broaden programs to prepare students for the 'real world' - June, 2005

  • Term director named for critical technology and applied science institute - January, 2005

  • Research aims to improve the health and safety of construction workers -November, 2004

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