

Khaled wins the Librescu Award
Congratulations to Khaled, who won the 2017 Liviu Librescu Memorial Fellowship. From Dr. Shane Ross, the EM Graduate Coordinator, “This award is given to Engineering Mechanics graduate students with outstanding academic records and who have demonstrated strong leadership potential and commitment to professional or community service.” The award is considered one of the EM program’s top honors for graduate students. In honor of Dr. Librescu, this award equally values scholarshi


Ngozi headed to Space (Weather Science School)
Congrats to lab member and physics major Ngozi Nwoke, who won an award to attend the Space Weather Science School in Japan this summer. Fully funded!


Michelle wins poster competition
Congrats to Michelle Graham, who was awarded first place for her poster by the Iota Delta Rho (IDR) Interdisciplinary Honor Society. The poster session was a part of Virginia Tech's GSA Research Symposium held on March 29, 2017. Michelle's presentation was titled, "Jumping as a gap-bridging strategy in flying snakes".