Beyond the Finish Line: VCU students engineer safer supports for winter para-athletes
A team of four seniors designed a real-world, high-performance residual limb warmer for winter para-athletes, winning them third place at the nonprofit “Project S.E.R.V.E.” Annual National Design Competition.
Tracheotomy device – and the amazing story behind it – inspires VCU engineering students
VCU engineering students developed a sensor-guided automatic tracheotomy prototype inspired by Kathy Crockett’s harrowing survival story, aiming to provide a safer, more precise emergency airway solution for life-threatening situations.
Graduating seniors share how clubs helped build community and create opportunity at the VCU College of Engineering
Graduating seniors at VCU’s College of Engineering share how leadership roles in organizations like BMES and NSBE fostered community, provided research opportunities, and built essential foundations for their future careers.
Meet seven of the nearly 500 VCU students who presented their research this week at a prestigious conference
Nearly 500 VCU students recently presented diverse projects at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, showcasing innovative work in dance, biology, engineering, and the arts at this prestigious national gathering.
Koerner Family Foundation presents fellowships to three VCU College of Engineering doctoral researchers
Three VCU College of Engineering doctoral researchers—David Bordenkircher, Logan Schorr, and Leia Troop—have been awarded Koerner Family Foundation fellowships for their innovative work in sensor management, collaborative robotics, and musculoskeletal tissue engineering.
Rare earth elements, joint pain and addiction treatment are highlighted in VCU faculty research receiving new awards
VCU researchers recently received Commercialization Fund awards to advance five innovative projects, including a synthetic protein for cleaner rare earth element extraction and new treatments for joint pain and addiction.
To measure the force of TBIs, this VCU lab builds a better brain
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University are 3D-printing lifelike hydrogel rat brains. These "phantoms" mimic brain viscosity to accurately measure the physical impact of forces like concussions, aiming to improve TBI research.
Anuradha Godavarty, Ph.D., joins the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the VCU College of Engineering
Her research in optical imaging positions VCU Engineering to become a significant contributor to medical device research.
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering professor John Speich, Ph.D., advances bladder biomechanics research through collaboration with VCU School of Medicine
25 years ago, Speich had never even heard of neurourology and urodynamics. Today, he has 19 articles published in the journal of the same name.
VCU College of Engineering receives $4.5 million of funding for research supporting blind-visually impaired individuals
Split across two grants, the awards help Dianne Pawluk, Ph.D. and collaborators create BVI tools that create equal opportunity.
