NEWS ARCHIVE
December 31, 2015
The Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) has announced the approval of an agreement to set new energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers (WICF).
December 30, 2015
Dewberry will proceed with three task orders under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program (HMTAP).
December 30, 2015
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has announced the approval of a schedule for implementing the use of roadside safety hardware devices.
December 29, 2015
Stories about lap dogs are everywhere, but researchers at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering can tell the story of dog lapping.
December 28, 2015
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has published Façade Access Equipment: Structural Design, Evaluation, and Testing.
December 24, 2015
This year the Virginia FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Championship will be held in Doswell, VA at the Meadow Event Park Farm Bureau building on Saturday, February 13, 2016 for the top 52 teams in the state.
December 23, 2015
The John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame has released its fourth annual list of emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology for 2016.
December 22, 2015
A one-of-a-kind instrument built at Colorado State University lets scientists map cellular composition in three dimensions at the nanoscale, allowing researchers to watch how cells respond to new medications at the most minute level ever observed.
December 21, 2015
A $1.7 million grant awarded to two Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) researchers may lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of overactive bladder…
December 18, 2015
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) received two 2015 National Roadway Safety Awards recognizing highway safety improvement projects from…
December 17, 2015
The derailment of Amtrak train 188 in May of 2015 brought a system called Positive Train Control (PTC) into the headlines…
December 17, 2015
Goodwin Hall, the flagship building for the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has received the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification…
December 16, 2015
In the first published results from a $386,000 National Cancer Institute grant awarded earlier this year, a paper by Virginia Tech’s Scott Verbridge, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and Rafael Davalos, a professor of biomedical engineering, has been published…
December 16, 2015
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) recently sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), requesting that he consider placing within the omnibus spending bill an 18-month moratorium …
December 15, 2015
The American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) essential new book, Forward Osmosis: Fundamentals and Applications, examines solutions to easily and efficiently produce clean drinking water.
December 15, 2015
Rebecca LePrell assumes new position to lead CBF policy, advocacy, and restoration efforts across Virginia.
December 14, 2015
Three hundred team members, coaches and mentors from around Virginia spent Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Engineering attending the VirginiaFIRST FRC workshops.
December 14, 2015
NATE recognizes nine HARDI member companies for certification promotion efforts.
December 11, 2015
Two Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering faculty members are the lead investigators on a $1.37 million, international research project that may lead to higher performance for wireless networks in…
December 10, 2015
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) proposing requirements related to the enforcement of regional standards.
December 10, 2015
The Emerging Leaders Committee (EL) of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO has initiated a mentoring program for its contractor and associate members, Bev Garnant, executive director, announced recently.
December 9, 2015
Manufacturing Day 2015, including all events scheduled throughout the year, has far exceeded expectations of scale and impact, reaching more than 400,000 participants and improving the public’s perception of manufacturing.
December 8, 2015
Dewberry’s Gainesville, Virginia, office hosted local Troop 581 of the Boy Scouts of America for a survey merit badge day, held on October 10, 2015.
December 7, 2015
DuPont has been awarded the 2015 Corporate Impact Award from CRDF Global.
