VCU School of Engineering presented Excellence in Design awards to 11 senior student project teams April 27 during its 10th annual Senior Design Expo held at the Science Museum of Virginia. Independent industry and engineering leaders from the greater Richmond...
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Victoria Hribar believes that art should be enjoyed by everyone - even those who are blind. That's why the Virginia Commonwealth University engineering senior is working on a device that helps blind and visually impaired people "see" art from tactile...
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering presents Senior Design Expo 2012, an annual event where teams of engineering students share their innovative research and design prototypes with the greater Richmond community. The event will take place at 9:30a .m....
Virginia Commonwealth University's goal of engaging students at every level in research, creativity and critical thinking helps prepare them to be leaders in 21st century. This interactive engagement is also a goal of the National Science Foundation, an independent federal...
Millions of people around the world create and share documents through Google Docs, upload and store music or photo files through Amazon.com or write and publish posts through blogging platforms such as WordPress. In these simple scenarios, and in much...
The VCU Engineering Foundation and Career Center's second annual Women in Engineering Luncheon welcomed Jane Y. Lewis, Ph.D. (B.S.'78/H&S), senior vice president, Tobacco Regulatory and Health Science for Altria Client Services as featured speaker to 150 attendees on Feb. 22--during...
Dr. James P. Neifeld (M.D.'72/M; H.S.'78/M), Stuart McGuire Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, decided to be a physician when he was just 5 years old. Samarth Gola (B.S.'11/En) started...
A graduate of Halifax County High School who spent last summer as an intern at ABB is now in India working on an engineering project. Brooks Gentry Brooks Gentry, 21, is among five Virginia Commonwealth University students working with professors...
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering faculty members are recipients of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early CAREER Development Award. This award supports junior faculty members who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, education and the integration of...
A gosling-loving couple and a team of Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have joined forces to save the beleaguered geese of Canterbury Lake. The geese, which live year-round on the little lake in the West End neighborhood, anger some residents by...
As a computer science student at Virginia Commonwealth University, Robert Szabo (B.S.'11/En) got the chance to help design a blackjack game for a student contest.Now three months after graduation and employed as a Java developer with CapTech, Szabo can be...
Jason T. Roe2000 Bachelor of ScienceSchool of Engineering Jason T. Roe completed his Bachelor of Science degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering about the same time that his wife-to-be, Erin Henretta Roe, finished her bachelor's at VCU. The...
Virginia Commonwealth University has received a contract totaling $2.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to develop and design a new class of permanent magnets to be used in energy-efficient electric car motors or generators....
J. Charles Jennett, Ph.D., has been appointed as interim dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering effective Sept. 15. Jennett is currently president emeritus of Texas A&M International University and a member of the board of Chicago Bridge...
The American Society for Engineering Education ranked the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering first among all U.S. engineering schools and colleges in the percentage of engineering master's degrees awarded to women in its recently released "Profiles of Engineering &...
Mark your calendars! Virginia Commonwealth University's Alumni Stars program is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. The VCU and MCV Alumni Associations will honor 11 of our most accomplished alumni before a university audience at a seated dinner and...
Russell Jamison, Ph.D., will step down as dean of the VCU School of Engineering to return to the faculty. He will serve as a full professor with joint appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Life Science...
Three recent Virginia Commonwealth University graduates have been awarded Fulbright Student Scholarships for the 2011-12 academic year.The new alumni will receive funding to travel abroad to conduct research or teach. The recipients, who each graduated in May, are Glenna...
George H. McArthur George H. McArthur IV, a doctoral candidate in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, has received the Whitaker International Fellowship to conduct research at Imperial College London starting this fall. The fellowship will allow McArthur, who...
The 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering Moonbuggy Team recently competed in the 18th annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race, taking home the rookie award for the fastest time amongst new competitors. The team came in 10th place among 40 returning...
VCU's School of Engineering presents Senior Design Expo 2011, an annual public event where teams of engineering students share their innovative research and design prototypes with the greater Richmond community. The expo has become a signature event for the School of...
Amber Smith is working on aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. VCU School of Engineering alumna Amber Smith (B.S.'09/E) knew she wanted to be a chemical engineer since she was a child, but she started having second thoughts after enrolling...
