ME News

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Using ice to boil water: Researcher makes heat transfer discovery that expands on 18th century principle	Researcher 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
Alumnus and engineer collaborate on 3D printing to advance microfluidic systems	A collaborative project to 3D-print medical devices that was made possible by Virginia Tech’s network of trailblazers could open doors to bioinnovation now that it has received federal funding.	Date: Jan 04, 2022
Drones that fly away from a 3D printer: Undergraduates create science nonfiction	A 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
Seed investments set young ideas on the path to becoming fully fledged — and funded — projects	Ten faculty members have won funding that will give them the resources to pursue new ideas for collaborative projects.	Date: Dec 02, 2021
Student explores the broad engineering workforce with co-ops and internships	Spencer 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
Engineering student brings youth drone academy program to the Dominican Republic	The 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 23, 2021