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Accelerated master’s program student, Taylor Hendrick, leverages lifetime love for science and math into a career in biomedical engineering research

A love for science fiction and natural aptitude for math and science inspired Taylor Hendrick from a young age, eventually leading her to the VCU College of Engineering.

Graduate student James Vulcanoff researches efficient heat transfer for molten salt concentrated solar power

Vulcanoff is among more than 60 students sharing their work at the VCU College of Engineering Research Showcase on April 10th.

Stretching the Limit: Biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Kelly Ott furthers research in creating lab-grown replacements for tendons and ligaments

Ott continues at VCU, after receiving her undergraduate degree, to focus on musculoskeletal tissue engineering research.

Chemical and life science engineering students receive awards from the 2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference

Out of the 16 VCU Engineering students who attended the conference, four presented their research and two brought home awards.

Biomedical engineering alumni Ashley Bland receives VCU Alumni’s 10 Under 10 award for contributions to Richmond Public Schools

Bland was named Richmond Public Schools Teacher of the Year in 2021 and Virginia Region I Teacher of the Year in 2022.

With VCU contributors watching, NASA spacecraft begins its journey to the center of a planet

Engineering students developed an imaging system that will help study an asteroid’s composition, which could offer insight into the Earth’s core.

VCU Nuclear Engineering program wins four awards at the American Nuclear Society conference

Twenty-seven students attended to present their work with four winning awards, three for best presentations and one for best paper.

Graduate students awarded top honors from VCU Engineering for service, teaching and research

Graduate students are integral to VCU Engineering. They advance the College’s research objectives while also helping to educate our undergraduate students.

Beating the heat with Engineering students’ robotic gripper

The team’s invention was one of the finalists in the 2022 Collegiate Inventors Competition, which notes the gripper is designed to lower production time while reducing the cost of the part- making process.

Class of 2022: Dhruv Fomra thrived in rich research environment at VCU

Dhruv Fomra traveled to the U.S. from his native India to earn his doctorate in electrical and computer engineering.

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