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Drone strikes in Middle East highlight need for better defense at home, says expert , articleEric Jacques, who is leading a cross-disciplinary effort at Virginia Tech to design ways to protect people and infrastructure on the ground from drones without relying on costly and dangerous active electronic countermeasures, discusses how recent events in the Middle East reverberate here at home.
Date: Mar 12, 2026 - -
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$9 million effort will tackle soft biofouling on naval vehicles , articleA multi-institutional team, led by Virginia Tech, will study how thin biofilms on ship hulls affect drag and noise for the Office of Naval Research.
Date: Mar 05, 2026 - -
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Alum navigates the ‘valley of death’ with skills learned bringing a new lab to life , articleAs a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, Siddhartha "Sid" Gadiraju '18 helped build the Advanced Propulsion and Power Lab, gaining skills that were exactly what he needed to excel in his job at a climate tech startup.
Date: Mar 02, 2026 - -
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Justin Jaworski elected fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society , articleJaworski is an internationally recognized expert in unsteady fluid-structure interactions, avian aeroacoustics, and biomimicry design for flow-noise reduction.
Date: Feb 10, 2026 - -
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Marching to the beat of new drums , articleA wave of Giving Day generosity supplied the Marching Virginians’ drumline with new instruments, strengthening a tradition cherished by students and alumni alike.
Date: Feb 10, 2026 - -
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Research cooks up stronger, more resilient engineering materials , articleArtificial intelligence-based models are helping researchers speed up materials discovery for applications in aerospace.
Date: Feb 09, 2026 - -
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How Olympic athletes use science to win, according to an expert , articleAhead of the Winter Olympics, a Virginia Tech aerodynamics expert breaks down how air resistance can determine who medals — and how some athletes try to bend the rules.
Date: Feb 02, 2026 - -
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Virginia Tech rises in national research rankings, driven by strength in engineering and computing , articleThe university climbed in the latest National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey, reflecting sustained growth in externally funded research and continued leadership in engineering, computing, and natural resources.
Date: Jan 27, 2026 -
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Aerospace and Ocean Engineering In the News
- 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
- NASA HELIOPHYSICS STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY OFFICE: Early Career Spotlight, Samantha Kenyon
- 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