VCU College of Engineering News

With the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association's (ESRA) 2026 Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) on the horizon, the College of Engineering’s student-led organization Ram Rocketry is gearing up to take home the gold. 

This award marks the first time the university has earned this national distinction and places VCU Engineering in the top 10% of more than four hundred student chapters.

Jocelyn Alvarez will use the support to pursue a Master’s of Science in Engineering Management at the VCU College of Engineering.

In earning his Ph.D. from the College of Engineering, with research into biomedical applications, he builds on his mindset of serving others.

Three recent Virginia Commonwealth University alums have merged their own experience, as well as their College of Engineering skills, into Pickup: Connect & Play Sports, a year-old app that facilitates game time for the casual player.

Biomedical engineering students share how VCU’s High Performance Research Computing core facility aids their investigations.

Athira Varma Jayakumar (M.S.’20), a senior software engineer at DISTek Integration Inc., is an innovative leader in autonomous vehicles and safety-critical technologies that are advancing the future of mining and heavy equipment automation.

The College of Engineering’s Security and Forensics Engineering (SAFE) Lab researchers showcased their excellence after championing the Hardware Hacking Competition at the 18th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) and being selected as a finalist for the Best Paper Award. 

Pursuing her doctorate in computer science, Hala Ali wins national recognition for her research into memory forensics.

The biomedical engineering major is helping lead the Rams’ A-10 title push, while, off the field, she is interested in developing prosthetics for those with limb loss.