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With VCU contributors watching, NASA spacecraft begins its journey to the center of a planet
Engineering students developed an imaging system that will help study an asteroid’s composition, which could offer insight into the Earth’s core.
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Mechanical and nuclear engineering professor receives $5 million Department of Energy grant
DOE’s RENEW initiative supports 40 minority-serving institutions to build a diverse STEM workforce.
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Lane Carasik, Ph.D., is one of 93 researchers chosen nationwide and the first of VCU faculty to receive this prestigious award.
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VCU researchers developing affordable, noninvasive treatment for RDS in newborns
Worth Longest and his team received a $3 million grant to create an aerosolized surfactant - a substance that lowers liquid surface tension - and a device to deliver it.
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Joseph Lee, a recipient of the Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship, wants to create things never seen before.
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VCU mechanical engineering undergrad follows an unexpected blueprint for summer
Alyssa Cadua contributes to a nuclear plant’s digitization project, with VCU’s Internship Funding Program helping her seize the opportunity.
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More than ever, startups at VCU are turning ideas into businesses
Where science meets commerce, TechTransfer and Ventures is helping inventors find an audience beyond campus.
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Engineering students from VCU’s Ram Rocketry student organization competed at Battle of the Rockets.
Students participated in the deployable payload sensor event, working together to design, engineer, code and launch a rocket.
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VCU Nuclear Engineering program wins four awards at the American Nuclear Society conference
Twenty-seven students attended to present their work with four winning awards, three for best presentations and one for best paper.
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Mechanical engineering undergraduate applies his knowledge on the test track at BMW
Mustafa Tewfig’s paid co-op with BMW provided valuable professional experience and networking opportunities.
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