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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: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Equity, mentoring, Legos, and Googling: Student Joseph O’Such brings an eclectic worldview to campus with help from scholarships , articleO’Such spent a lot of his childhood with his family in Lane Stadium, shouting “Hokie hi” on Saturday afternoons with thousands of other fans. As a budding engineer, he also envisioned himself walking the Blacksburg campus as a student one day. With the help of two key scholarships, that dream became a reality.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Fast friends: Faculty runners win national cross-country championship , articleA fleet-footed team of over-50 faculty members is logging miles, earning medals, and going the extra mile for each other.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Virginia Tech celebrates its inventors , articleThe Virginia Tech inventions highlighted span a wide array of technology areas, including those related to vaccine development, cyber solutions, communications and advanced manufacturing technologies, and antimicrobial films that suppress the transmission of deadly diseases.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Engineering students give life to Cassell cutouts , articleThe 112 shifting cutout faces, installed in the Cassell Coliseum student section, are a result of about five months of work by seven Virginia Tech mechanical engineering students.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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3D printing breaks out of the box , articleStudents in the DREAMS lab have spent the last year pairing 3D printing with advanced automated assembly, creating a first-of-its-kind manufacturing process.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Research turns robotic hardware into flatware , articleEating meals can be a challenge for people with limited mobility. Virginia Tech researchers have created a new robot-friendly utensil to assist.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Mechanical engineers develop process to 3D print piezoelectric materials , articleNew printing technique and materials could be used to develop intelligent materials and self-adaptive infrastructures and transducers.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Inaugural workshop looks at building a next-gen manufacturing workforce , articleThe three-day event earlier this month brought together industry, government, and academia to shape future curriculum around the cutting-edge technologies of advanced manufacturing.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 - -
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Ling Li looks to sea urchins for stronger ceramic foams , articleLi, assistant professor in mechanical engineering, has unlocked a mystery in the porous microstructures of sea urchin exoskeletons that could lead to the creation of lightweight synthetic ceramics. His findings were published in Nature Communications.
Date: Jun 14, 2026 -
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