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Researchers move closer to understanding chaotic motion of a solid body in a fluid

In a paper appearing in the Feb. 24 issue of the “Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A,” Virginia Tech Engineering Science and Mechanics Professor Hassan Aref, and his colleague Johan Roenby at the Technical University of Denmark shed new light on the chaotic motion of a solid body moving through a fluid. Continue reading

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Cornel Sultan joins growing list of CAREER awardees

Cornel Sultan, assistant professor of aerospace and ocean engineering in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, is the latest faculty member at the university to learn he has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. Continue reading

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Former Arthur Andersen partner to speak at Pamplin College’s annual ethics symposium

C.E. Andrews, a Pamplin College of Business alumnus and former partner at Arthur Andersen, will give the guest lecture at the 19th Annual Symposium on Business Ethics on Monday, March 1, at 7 p.m. at Virginia Tech’s Burruss Auditorium. Continue reading

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Engineers explore environmental concerns of nanotechnology

As researchers around the world hasten to employ nanotechnology to improve production methods for its various applications that range from manufacturing materials to creating new pharmaceutical drugs, a separate but equally compelling challenge exists. Continue reading

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Dennis Hong to headline 2010 Engineers’ Week Lynchburg banquet

Dennis Hong, an associate professor with the Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, will headline an Engineers Week industry banquet in Lynchburg, Va., on Feb. 18. Continue reading

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University spin-off company launches free energy-saving software for PC Windows users

MiserWare Inc. of Blacksburg, Va., founded by Professor Kirk Cameron and Joseph Turner in 2007 to commercialize energy-saving technologies developed at Virginia Tech for PCs, laptops, and servers, is giving away software. Continue reading

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Assistant professor hopes to stall malware threat by tracking human use behaviors

Danfeng Yao, an assistant professor in the computer science department at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, will use a $530,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to develop software that will differentiate human-user computer interaction from that of malware. Continue reading

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