Whats New
5.21.2013
Physicochemical regulation of endothelial sprouting in a 3D microfluidic angiogenesis model
Comparison of the biomechanical performances of old-fashioned leather and modern football helmets
Researchers at the Center for Injury Biomechanics at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia compared the relative safety afforded by two 1930-vintage leather football helmets and 10 modern football helmets during impacts to players' heads. These researchers found that all 10 modern helmets provided significantly more protection than leather helmets used in the first half of the 20th century, and demonstrated that differences also exist between modern helmets.
5.8.2013
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Rylander, Dr. John Robertson, and Dr. John Rossmeisl for being recognized as a TechConnect Innovation Awardee at this month's TechConnect-National Innovation Summit, Washington, D.C.
4.28.2013
Scientists Share Skills to Crack Cancer Cell Secrets
In its November 2012 report, "Transformation and Opportunity: The Future of the U.S. Research Enterprise," the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) encouraged the Federal Government to adopt policies that enable researchers to collaborate more efficiently. The recommendation recognized that interdisciplinary collaboration can increase productivity and innovation by ensuring that the best expertise and widest range of capacities are brought to bear on the toughest problems.
4.25.2013
Scientists image nanoparticles in action
The macroscopic effects of certain nanoparticles on human health have long been clear to the naked eye. What scientists have lacked is the ability to see the detailed movements of individual particles that give rise to those effects.
4.12.2013
RMBS Award Winners!
4.12.2013
2013 Winners of the Paul E Torgerson Graduate Student Research Excellence Award
4.6.2013
Engineering Faculty Receive Dean's Awards for Excellence
4.5.2013
Research highlighted as Featured Article in Biomicrofluidics' Special Issue on Cancer
4.3.2013
Collaborations forged to create innovative solutions to children's health issues
Virginia Tech, Children's National Medical Center, and George Washington University have partnered in a unique program to create research breakthroughs in children's health.
3.25.2013
Joel Stitzel Appointed Associate Head of SBES
It gives us great pleasure to announce the appointment of Joel Stitzel, Ph.D., as Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Wake Forest University, and Associate Head of the Virginia Tech – Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, effective March 1, 2013.
3.12.2013
Kirk and Spock joined at the hip: The feeling of computing
Kirk and Spock may not need a Vulcan mind meld to share cognition: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have found that our cold reasoning and hot feelings may be more intimately connected than previously thought.
3.6.2013
Event Announcement: Advanced Technologies and New Frontiers in Injury Biomechanics Conference to be held April 3 in Washington, DC
2.19.2013
Helmet Research aims at reducing concussions
Virginia Tech Athletics and Academics are teaming up to make football a safer sport.
The Tech football team and the College of Engineering are working together to reduce the risk of concussion and brain damage in football.
2.4.2013
Professor seeks way to limit concussions on the football field
Stefan Duma loves football. He tracks play calls and watches stand-out plays from games, sometimes on frame-by-frame playback. He examines defensive alignments and blocks, predicting the next move or wondering where a referee's call went so right or so wrong.
1.31.2013
Why NFL Helmets Will Never Be Concussion-Proof
Experts agree, even if a concussion-proof helmet were possible, such a solution would bring new injuries of its own--to the sport and its players.
1.29.2013
Researchers Revise Helmet Rating System
Researchers whose ratings for football helmet quality have become popular throughout the industry have revised their system to create a more complete method of determining the probability that a player wearing certain helmets will sustain a concussion.
1.28.2013
Computer scientists win award for their research on a new way to study molecular networks
In biology, molecules can have multi-way interactions within cells, and until recently, computational analysis of these links has been "incomplete," according to T. M. Murali, associate professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.
1.8.2013
The Helmet That Can Save Football
Athletes in the U.S. suffer 3.8 million sports-related concussions each year.