Recent Honors & Awards
2022 National CLARION
Patel was part of the VCU team which developed an innovative definition for “radical belonging” and devised an education program to promote equity, inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
Fellow
Orthopedic Research Society (ORS)
Research Grant
Digital Forensics Experiential Learning Program with Virginia State Police
First place winner
P4Pi in ACM SIGCOMM 2021 Hackathon
Engineering Research Building
The Engineering Research Building (ERB) supports advanced research and economic development initiatives with a design that emphasizes makerspaces, collaborative research facilities and flexible gathering areas. The ERB is situated on the southeast corner of Cary and Belvidere Streets, in close proximity to Engineering East Hall and the VCU School of Business.
Explore VCU Engineering
At VCU Engineering, you’ll design what never existed before. Then you’ll roll up your sleeves and make it. In the heart of a creative capital city, you’ll discover ways to turn your big idea into reality.
News and Events
Recent news
Faculty members receive promotions and tenure 2022
Please join us in congratulating faculty members who have received academic promotions and/or tenure.
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Additional financial aid, new buildings, cancer research funding and more
Newly approved two-year state budget provides VCU with a ‘historic level of funding.’
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Quenching pharma’s thirst for more targeted aerosol drug delivery systems
As a Minnesota biotech company chases life-saving applications for their research, two VCU professors press forward on their work to use aerosols — tiny particles released into the airways — to deliver advanced drugs to those in need.
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VCU Engineering’s Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D., honored with two engineering distinctions
Atulasimha recently received two notable distinctions: the Richmond Joint Engineering Council (RJEC) Engineer of the Year for 2021 and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2021 Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Active and Multifunctional Materials Outstanding Contribution Award.
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Recent headlines
June 17, 2022
Virginia's new economic engine: an affordable drug hub - Radio IQ | WVTF
May 31, 2022
Has the ‘great resignation’ hit academia? - Nature
April 15, 2022
Attack of the Zombie Crabs - With Good Reason
April 8, 2022
Going with the Phlow - Pharmaceutical Commerce
April 3, 2022
VCU is reducing the cost to make COVID medications. But the funding expires this year. - The Roanoke Times
April 1, 2022
VCU is reducing the cost to make COVID medications. But the funding expires this year. - Richmond Times-Dispatch
March 4, 2022
Tips to help protect yourself online - MSN
Events
Sep 14 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Fall 2022 On-Campus Engineering Internship and Career Fair
East Hall Atrium and ERB Atrium
09/14/2022 10:00:00 EDT
Sep 13 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Fall 2022 Virtual Engineering Internship and Career Fair
Virtual
09/13/2022 14:00:00 EDT