College of Engineering professor receives prestigious early career award from United States government
Nathaniel Kinsey, Ph.D., Engineering Foundation Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), has been selected for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent research careers.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers honors mechanical engineering professors for Career Research Awards
Assistant Professor Lane B. Carasik, and Associate Professor Carlos E. Castano, Ph.D., from the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, were recently honored as Rising Stars in mechanical engineering by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition meeting in Portland, Oregon in November.
Printing a sustainable future: Additive manufacturing reduces waste and improves supply chain resilience for magnet production
Radhika Barua, Ph.D., mechanical and nuclear engineering assistant professor, is paving the way to a sustainable future. Her research will transform magnet manufacturing, replacing the costly, energy-intensive processes for producing traditional rare-earth magnets.
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.
VCU Engineering professor Braden Goddard receives $1.08 million grant to develop advanced nuclear safety technology
Braden Goddard, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) receives a $1.08 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy to develop a computer model for a new radiation detection system.
Nuclear science summer program gives students introduction to isotope production and radiochemistry
Undergraduate students from Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University and Virginia Union University recently completed an intensive summer immersion program in nuclear science.
Poor air quality can impact your health, even when you can’t see it
While some forms of air pollution are detectable to the naked eye – like smog and wildfire smoke – poor air quality doesn’t have to be visible to cause respiratory health issues, VCU and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU experts say.
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 College of Engineering hosts second annual Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Day
Sponsored by the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Day brought together students, researchers and industry partners interested in advancing the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
Complex problems, SymPle solutions: VCU Engineers utilize hardware technology to change the future of safety-critical systems
Safety-critical systems are all around us – from everyday medical devices to aircraft control to the self-driving technology in your new car – these are the systems developed to keep us safe as technology advances. Researchers at the VCU College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are changing the way we develop these systems.
