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Using ice to boil water: Researcher makes heat transfer discovery that expands on 18th century principle , articleResearcher Jonathan Boreyko and graduate fellow Mojtaba Edalatpour have made a discovery about the properties of water that could provide an exciting addendum to a phenomenon established over two centuries ago. The discovery also holds interesting possibilities for cooling devices and processes in industrial applications using only the basic properties of water.
Date: Jan 21, 2022 -
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Drones that fly away from a 3D printer: Undergraduates create science nonfiction , articleA Virginia Tech undergraduate student team is developing a 3D-printing system capable of autonomously creating drones that could fly away as soon as their fabrication is complete.
Date: Dec 10, 2021 -
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Student explores the broad engineering workforce with co-ops and internships , articleSpencer Macturk has immersed himself in the work of co-ops and internships, connecting what he learns in the classroom to industry. He aims to finish five such experiences by the time he graduates.
Date: Nov 29, 2021 -
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Engineering student brings youth drone academy program to the Dominican Republic , articleThe program was modeled on part of the Malawi class co-founded by Assistant Professor Kevin Kochersberger, putting materials in the hands of students to build motorized foam gliders to test the laws of aerodynamics, electricity, and surfaces.
Date: Nov 19, 2021 -
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Reza Mirzaeifar named John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2014, Mirzaeifar has a notable record of conducting research in the area of advanced materials, including metal-graphene composites, 3D printed alloys, thin films, and shape memory alloys/polymers with particular emphasis on studying the mechanical behavior of these materials at nano, micro, and macroscales.
Date: Nov 18, 2021 -
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Shima Shahab receives NSF EAGER award to study acoustic holograms , articleShahab, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Multiphysics Intelligent and Dynamical Systems Laboratory, is the principal investigator on a study that will investigate the way sound waves are reshaped as they encounter an engineered lens, and the reshaping of a wave within body tissues.
Date: Nov 17, 2021 -
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Jiangtao Cheng named fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers , articleThe status of fellow is bestowed upon members of the society with 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership, as described by the organization. Roughly 3,000 fellows have been chosen out of the more than 100,000 members.
Date: Nov 05, 2021 -
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Through the eyes of underwater creatures , articleWith funding from the Office of Naval Research, mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Michael Bartlett is putting a bio-inspired sensory system to work in a series of soft electronics to be worn by humans.
Date: Nov 03, 2021 -
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Fighting fire with foam, the eco-friendly way , articleTwo Virginia Tech researchers have been awarded $1.2 million to develop an electronic molecular toolbox that uses machine learning and analytical techniques to support the development of environmentally friendly, firefighting foam.
Date: Oct 25, 2021 -
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Researchers learn how swimming ducks balance water pressure in their feathers while diving , articleA team of students working with Jonathan Boreyko, associate professor in mechanical engineering, has discovered the method ducks use to suspend water in their feathers while diving, allowing them to shake it out when surfacing.
Date: Jun 02, 2021
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