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Press Releases
VICIS, Schutt Helmets Top Updated Virginia Tech Football Safety Ratings
This week, the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab recalibrated its helmet testing protocols to better reflect how well helmets manage impacts tied to concussion risk, and both VICIS and Schutt helmets continue to meet and exceed these more rigorous safety standards while other popular models drop in rating. “We are proud that VICIS and Schutt helmets continue to set the gold standard as we protect the future of…
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NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and by a loosened ice jam. While there is currently no database that compiles satellite data on river flood waves, the new…
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New AI technique developed at Virginia Tech could lead to innovations in biomaterials
Innovation often leads to new products, but new methods can be just as groundbreaking. It was the chance to help develop those methods that drew chemical engineering doctoral student Soumil Joshi from his native Mumbai, India, to Virginia Tech in 2019. “It’s a great school, especially for the chemical engineering field, and it is really reputed for research on polymers, which I’m thankful to…
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