Students gain valuable experience working with faculty and researchers with the College of Engineering’s summer REU program.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program gives students the opportunity to do industry standard research in their field of interest.
With a hint of ‘Spider-Man,’ VCU engineering senior looks to build a better tiny scaffold
Caleb Wells is testing biodegradable polymer scaffolds that can help in engineered tissue vascular grafts for coronary artery bypass surgery.
Undergraduates apply knowledge to real-world questions during VCU Engineering summer research program
This summer, several students took part in VCU Engineering’s National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) curriculum.
Mechanical and nuclear engineering doctoral student’s research honored by ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
An article first-authored by Johane Bracamonte Baran, a doctoral student in VCU’s Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, was named 2020 Editor’s Choice by the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, a publication of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Doctoral student receives ASME’s inaugural James Truchard scholarship
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has awarded the James Truchard Scholarship for 2020-21 to Johane Bracamonte, a doctoral student in VCU’s Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.
2020 Undergraduate Research Poster Showcase
Normally, VCU’s undergraduate research symposium is an in-person event held each spring. But 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic, has not been normal.
VCU Engineering’s 2020-21 VCU Undergraduate Research Fellows and mentors
A number of VCU Engineering undergraduates and faculty mentors will receive funding through VCU’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) for collaborative research projects during the summer and upcoming academic year.
A ‘Tom Sawyer type of adventure’: Sam Cole’s path from tugboat deckhand to VCU research lab
Sam Cole remembers the hard work he put in as a deckhand and later as a tankerman on a tugboat while in his early 20s. Cole spent the days tying rope and working with the crew to guide vessels along the Gulf Coast. He was exhausted at the end of each day.
‘A gym for cells’: VCU Engineering doctoral student is awarded an American Heart Association fellowship
Sarah Saunders (B.S.’17), a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, has received a prestigious American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship.
