VCU Engineering students attend ASME EFx events, placing in multiple competitions throughout the event weekend
The VCU College of Engineering’s student section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently competed in the annual ASME EFx competitions, hosted by Virginia Tech and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
VCU Engineering faculty receive promotions and tenure
Congratulations to our recently-promoted VCU Engineering faculty! These advancements reflect their outstanding dedication and accomplishments.
Inspired to design: Student follows mechanical engineering passion and becomes DoD SMART Scholar
Isaac Asimov and inventors like Henry Ford are inspirations for Lars Axberg, a mechanical engineering sophomore who recently received the Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship.
Innovation Lab 3D-prints face shields for student lab safety
Students conducting research inside VCU Engineering’s laboratories have an additional layer of protection, thanks to the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Innovation Lab.
Community partnership gives elementary school students a glimpse into the world of engineering
Fifth-grader Khiarae Fuller already knows she wants to get a degree in engineering thanks to her participation in the Engineering in Vision program, a partnership of VCU’s College of Engineering, the Kiwanis Club of Richmond and John B. Cary Elementary School in Richmond.
Mechanical and nuclear engineering student awarded U.S. Department of Energy scholarship
Tristan Villarreal, a junior in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, is one of 42 students in the country to win the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) undergraduate scholarship.
VCU Health’s innovative decontamination process mitigates N95 mask shortage in hospitals
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System has begun a pilot program to safely decontaminate N95 masks using equipment and a method developed by VCU Health and VCU Ventures.
Engineering researcher and medical experts design DIY ventilator kit
To address supply shortages resulting from COVID-19, an interdisciplinary team at VCU has designed a ventilator that hospitals, health systems or makerspaces can produce using a few tools and a 3D printer.
VCU Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering opens Innovation Laboratory
At the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, students are designing the future – and printing it in 3D in the new Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering (MNE) Innovation Laboratory. VCU’s Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering worked with 3D printing industry leader MakerBot to establish the Commonwealth’s first Innovation Laboratory featuring a MakerBot Innovation Center. The […]
