News Stories

- - Nov 28, 2018 Students help fuel advanced-vehicle R&D for top companies in new VTTI internship program
    Virginia Tech students now have the rare opportunity to work directly with leading employers on accelerating driverless vehicle safety thanks to InternHUB, a unique paid internship program at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI).
- - Nov 27, 2018 Next phase of national concussion study relies on experts across the university
    Since 2015, researchers at Virginia Tech have been participating in the most comprehensive concussion study in the world. The massive project, funded jointly by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the U.S. Department of Defense, has received an additional $22.5 million to support two more years of research at universities across the country.
- - Nov 27, 2018 Biomedical, business, engineering students set for HS&T shark tank-style competition
    For the third straight year, the students are teaming up to pitch commercialization ideas. This year’s biomedical “shark tank”-style competition, called the HS&T Hokie Pitch because of its focus on health sciences and technology, will be at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) on Nov. 30. The exercise will simulate the commercialization of products in the biomedical and health sciences spaces.
- - Nov 19, 2018 New drug application stops spread of brain cancer cells caused by clinical treatment approach
    The study details the use of a drug that can block the way cancer cells respond to fluid flow. This work is part of a Munson-led five-year research grant project across multiple universities, examining the role of interstitial fluid flow in the spread of glioma cells.
- - Nov 02, 2018 Virginia Tech leads $2.6 million study of brain trauma, epilepsy connection
    BEAM faculty member and interim department chair Pamela VandeVord will serve as a key member of the team, studying specific aspects of the glial response in the brain.
- - Oct 23, 2018 What do bubbles, cells, and dancers have in common?
    Virginia Tech engineers have teamed up with a choreographer for a radical, creative approach to visualizing microscopic acoustic phenomena. The goal? Developing technologies that could lead to more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases.
- - Oct 02, 2018 Gilliam Fellowship will support graduate student’s investigation of racial disparities in medical research
    As a 2018 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study recipient, Cherice Hughes-Oliver will focus on the lack of racial representation in biomechanical research and hopes to discover how common research practices are limiting the generalizability of results.
- - Sep 20, 2018 New Virginia Tech biomedical engineering degree to focus on technology transfer, health care
    With the nation’s demand for health-related services, products, and professionals expected to skyrocket over the next decade, students in the new program will be uniquely trained to bridge the gap between traditional medicine and the technology needed to address emerging and complex health care problems.
- - Sep 17, 2018 VTCRI scientist awarded new federal grant to study cardiac conduction in health, disease
    Steven Poelzing, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, has received a new five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
- - Sep 17, 2018 World’s first passive anti-frosting surface fights ice with ice
    While the inconvenience of scraping or defrosting car windows may define cold mornings for many drivers, the toll frost takes on the larger economy is more than just a nuisance. From delayed flights to power outages, ice buildup can cost consumers and companies billions of dollars every year in lost efficiency and mechanical breakdown.

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