Three College of Engineering students apply their skills to the workplace with Eaton internships
This summer, College of Engineering undergraduate students Jacob Macina, Maxwell Chan and Wilfredo Rosales participated in an internship program with Eaton, a power management company that manufactures energy-efficient products and services.
Chemical and life science engineering students receive 2025 National Scholarship Award
Two undergraduate students from the College of Engineering’s Department of Chemical & Life Science Engineering were honored with prestigious national scholarships from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
VCU tied at No. 72 among best public universities in U.S. News ranking
Five undergraduate programs also are cited in the 2026 report, and VCU is in the top 100 of Best Colleges for Veterans.
College of Engineering’s Mechanobiology REU gives student practical experience in regenerative medicine
While working alongside Ph.D. students Kelly Ott and Leia Troop under Jennifer Puetzer, Ph.D., associate professor from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, she gathered information for a project revolving around how to make lab-grown ligaments more functional.
Pharmaceutical engineering programs at the VCU College of Engineering attract manufacturers like Eli Lilly to invest in Virginia
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) College of Engineering’s pioneering doctoral program in pharmaceutical engineering played a pivotal role in attracting Eli Lilly’s $5 billion manufacturing facility to Goochland County.
VCU announces recipients of 2025 faculty awards for scholarship, teaching excellence
Interim Provost Beverly J. Warren today announced 30 winners of VCU’s National/International Recognition Awards and 25 winners of the Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation Awards.
VCU College of Engineering’s Michael McClure, Ph.D., named chair of Orthopaedic Research Society’s Skeletal Muscle Section
Michael McClure, Ph.D., associate professor from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and affiliate faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and in the Institute for Engineering and Medicine, has been named chair of the Orthopaedic Research Society’s (ORS) newly launched Skeletal Muscle Section.
The Sky’s the Limit: Researching surface impacts to improve the durability of aircraft
Associate professor Ibrahim Guven, Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering is conducting a research project funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) that explores building aircraft for military purposes and civilian transportation that can travel more than five times the speed of sound.
VCU’s race car team returns to the fast lane
With a new student crew and an electric dream, Ram Racing revs up for the national Formula SAE competition in spring 2026.
College of Engineering student honored in national optical design competition
Mohammad (Md.) Ariful Hoque Sojib, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), has been named a winner in the 2025 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition, hosted by Synopsys.
