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From VCU to UGA: How mentorship inspired a VCU engineer to pursue a career in academia

Racheida Lewis, Ph.D., a 2013 Virginia Commonwealth University electrical engineering graduate, credits her alma mater with providing the foundation for her career as an assistant professor at the University of Georgia.

World@VCU: Noor Bargaoui from Tunisia

'I didn’t expect to feel so connected to a community of students from all over the world.’

Class of 2024: Nadia Tasnim Ahmed is the nation’s first to earn this degree

She and VCU are trailblazers through the Ph.D. program in pharmaceutical engineering.

A year-end review of students and alums who earned prestigious scholarships through the National Scholarship Office

Recipients represent a variety of fields and backgrounds, and their scholarships will provide invaluable opportunities to deepen their studies, gain new perspectives and grow in their fields.

Class of 2024: Jonathan Lundquist didn’t have to look far for inspiration that led to three degrees from VCU

The Navy veteran saw his wife’s perseverance, and his Ph.D. in engineering marks another milestone in their journey.

A trip to France immerses students in unique, hands-on learning experience in nuclear fuel reprocessing

Embarking on the week-long visit to France, students visited the La Hague plant, the world's largest commercial scale nuclear reprocessing site, and the Melox plant, a uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant.

Four computer science Ph.D. graduates receive tenure track positions at research universities

Four Ph.D. graduates from the VCU College of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science have accepted tenure-track faculty positions at research universities across the country. 

VCU doctor honors mentor with endowed scholarship

In support of biomedical engineering students who aspire to attend medical school, Woon Chow, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.H.A. (B.S.‘03, B.S.‘03, Ph.D.’11, M.D.’11, H.S.’15, M.S.’24), and his wife, Sadia Sayeed, M.D. (H.S.’16), both faculty members in the Department of Pathology, made a generous gift in December 2023 to establish the Joseph and Leona Feher Endowed Scholarship for Distinction in Biomedical Engineering.

Accelerated master’s student Charles Cutler explores the diverse applications of data science through cross-departmental collaboration

Accelerated master’s student Charles Cutler has spent his time at the VCU College of Engineering investing in collaboration. From his senior capstone project working with VCU Health and the VCU School of Medicine, to working alongside chemical engineers and their complex patents, Cutler is bringing innovative data science solutions to difficult problems across many disciplines. 

VCU students score six wins at American Nuclear Society event

Competing against students from universities across the U.S. during the recent conference at Penn State University, the VCU College of Engineering sent more than two-dozen students, winning five Best Presentation awards and a Best Paper award.

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