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New May Family Foundation Fellowship Challenge expands support for engineering graduate students , articleThe student‑centered challenge aims to accelerate the creation of endowed graduate fellowships that will strengthen the university's research enterprise and help recruit talented graduate students. It was initiated by a $1 million commitment from the May family.
Date: Jun 30, 2026 - -
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Virginia Tech teams rise to the top at the COSMIC Capstone Challenge , articleCompeting against 34 teams from around the country, the three teams from Virginia Tech finished third, fifth, and sixth overall.
Date: Jun 18, 2026 - -
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Virginia Tech undergraduate team takes third at 2026 NASA RASC-AL forum , articleVirginia Tech’s project earned third place overall, edged out by two teams from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Date: Jun 18, 2026 - -
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Todd Lowe named co-editor-in-chief of SAE International Journal of Aerospace , articleLowe will be working alongside current editor-in-chief Ravi Rajamani to strengthen the journal’s position as a bridge between academic research and industry practice.
Date: Jun 17, 2026 - -
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Researchers see potential benefits, astronomical challenges for orbital data centers , articleWhile operating data centers in low earth orbit could alleviate some of the issues they create on Earth, doing so also introduces a host of new challenges and costs.
Date: Jun 03, 2026 - -
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New student representatives named to Board of Visitors , articleRobert Waugh is the undergraduate student representative and Helen Phillips is the graduate/professional student representative for the next academic year. Their one-year terms begin July 1 .
Date: May 21, 2026 - -
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Students share research at Virginia capital , articleHosted by the Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia, the showcase in Richmond brought together students from colleges and universities across the commonwealth, including Hannah Blake, Morgan Lundberg, and Bryan Tomer, to present their work to lawmakers and agency officials.
Date: May 04, 2026 - -
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Class of 2026: Maggie Campbell exemplifies the power of experiential education , articleUndergraduate research and leadership roles have prepared her for a career in the U.S. Navy’s civilian workforce.
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Aerospace and Ocean Engineering In the News
- Scientific American: NASA’s Artemis II ‘free return’ trajectory lets gravity do the work
- WVEC Norfolk: From Florida to the Moon: NASA's Artemis II mission
- AIAA Book Series Webinar: The Anatomy of Autonomy
- WSLS: New Hypersonic Technology research at Virginia Tech
- WXFR: Roanoke residents still feeling confident about flying after two plane incidents
- WSLS 10: Roanoke-Bound Flight Involved in Plane Crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport
- Daily Mail: Do 'miracle seats' whose occupants can survive a plane crash exist? Experts reveal all after Air India's sole survivor escaped from 11A
- Richmond Times: For safer air travel, rely less on humans
- Aerospace America: Q&A Autonomy realist
- MSNBC: Investigators recover two black boxes from DC crash
- WSLS (NBC) Roanoke: Virginia Tech aerospace engineer speaks on plane-helicopter collision that killed 67 over D.C.
- Cardinal News: Virginia Tech drone sub fleet will search for microplastics in Chesapeake Bay
- Aerospace America: Advances reported in detonation-based systems and solid-fuel scramjets
- Forbes: Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora May Be Visible In U.S. For Two Years, Scientists Say
- DesignNews: Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites Must Minimize Astronomical Interference
- WSLS: The techniques Olympic athletes use to win gold
- Newsweek: In World First, Planemaker Introducers Automatic Takeoff Technology
- ABC News: Ship that struck Baltimore bridge had 4 blackouts before disaster. Here's what we know
- Newsweek: Boeing's New Problem Is Far From Its Crisis
- 800 STEM Students Nationwide Gear Up to Launch Weather Balloons on Eclipse Day
- Scripps - Stefano Brizzolara discusses ship safety mechanisms
- WDBJ: Virginia Tech experts say Baltimore bridge crash could have been prevented
- Business Insider: Here's the science refresher you need before diving into Netflix's '3 Body Problem'
- WSLS: Travelers unphased by recent airline scares
- WSLS: Local residents spot SpaceX Starlink satellites following launch
- US Navy: A Mighty Wind: Using Wind Tunnels to Measure Sound by Deadening the Noise
- Constellations: University Spotlight: A Test Environment for the Internet of Space Things
- New York Post: Structural issues with Titan sub hull could have caused implosion
- Washington Post: Titan’s experimental design drew concern even before its doomed dive
- WXFT Boston 25: Oxygen running out for crew on missing sub near Titanic wreckage
- Virginia Business: Universities offer logistics, maritime degrees
- Innovation News Network: Computational modeling in support of progress towards nuclear fusion energy breakeven
- Scripps News The WHY: Why don't we have flying cars yet?
- Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Virginia Tech announce new research partnership
- MIT Technology Review: Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not
- Forbes: Boeing's Wisk Is Going Full Robot With Its Electric Air Taxi While Competitors Stick With Human Pilots
- prattwhitney.com: Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engine donation expands opportunities for aerospace and propulsion undergraduate students at Virginia Tech
- Science.org: Scientists create their own GPS by spying on internet satellites
- NASA wants to harvest water on moon and Mars, and Virginia Tech team thinks it can help
- DataSkeptic podcast: Time Series at the Beach
- WSLS: How a Boeing 737 door opened mid-flight
- Radio IQ/WVTF: UAP's or Space Junk?
- Newsweek: What NASA's Mars Ingenuity Helicopter's First Flight Means for Future of Space Exploration
- WDBJ: Hume Center acquires new telescope and dome for space science research
- WFXR: Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus-15 launched from Wallops Island Saturday with VT’s ThickSat satellite onboard
- InsideGNSS: TRANSIT on Steroids: Doppler-Based GNSS Meets Large LEO Constellations
- WFXR: Virginia Tech educators and students want to bring your kids along for STEAM learning
- Radio IQ/WVTF: Preparing for the Next Pandemic by Counting Coughs
- Robotics and Automation News: Virginia Tech partners with Dive Technologies to launch autonomous underwater vehicle
- New York Times: How Do Flying Snakes Glide Through the Air? ‘It’s Hard to Believe’
- IEEE: Virginia Tech team creating a tube pump for desalination applications
- WDBJ7: Changing Technology for Prosthetic Limbs
- Forbes.com: These Smart Prosthetic Sockets Could Enable More Comfortable Prosthesis
- CNN: NASA's newest mission, ICON, has launched
- WDBJ: Virginia Tech researchers contribute to upcoming NASA mission
- WXFR: Late NASA pioneer leaves lasting mark on Virginia Tech
- WFXR: Virginia Tech students watch as rocket blasts off from Wallops Island
- WDBJ: Virginia Tech students send satellite to space
- WGR Radio: Brave New Atmosphere
- WSET: Virginia Tech partners with NASA for research in stability wind tunnel