Two Virginia Tech engineers have put bacteria to work as tiny weavers of biomaterials and medical implants.

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Virginia Tech researchers have developed an energy harvester that produces greater electrical output than similar technology of the same size — slightly smaller than a credit card.

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Virginia Tech is the co-recipient of a $499,990 three-year National Science Foundation grant to study how cooperative education and related on-the-job experiences affect female undergraduate engineering students.

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Sandy Hancock, Renee Irvin, Julie Petruska, and Kathy Lowe were presented with Virginia Tech’s 2008 Outstanding Performance in a Lab Award on Oct. 2 at the Sixth Annual New Developments in Laboratory Technology Exhibits and Workshops.

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From shells to bones, the skeletons of organisms contain small amounts of impurity elements such as magnesium. Because the levels of these elements provide important clues to past environments, a considerable effort has focused on understanding how to relate impurity contents to the ancient environments in which an organism lived.

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