Virginia Tech ICTAS

Join us TOMORROW for Drone Safety Day @ the Virginia Tech Drone Park! Info sessions, flying & a chance to win a Potensic Atom 2 drone. Register for event updates via the link below! brnw.ch/21x278y

Come visit us at the Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference happening today at the Virginia Tech Graduate Life Center!

Join us on Monday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m. at the University Club for the 2026 Hugh and Ethel Kelly Lecture. Ken Belson, New York Times sports business writer and author, will discuss his book, Every Day Is Sunday. Click the link to register! brnw.ch/21x1PFM

Join us on Saturday, May 2 for Drone Safety Day! The Virginia Tech Drone Park welcomes the community to join us for an afternoon of informational sessions and flying, weather permitting! Learn more by clicking the link below! brnw.ch/21x1HjV

Mark your calendars for April 27 at 1:30 p.m.! Ken Belson, New York Times sports business writer and author, is our 2026 Kelly Lecture guest speaker. Belson will discuss his book, Every Day Is Sunday. Visit the link below to learn more and register. brnw.ch/21x1CkS

Join us for our annual Gabler Lecture and Student Awards this Thursday, April 9, at 3 p.m. in 310 Kelly with speaker Amanda Agnew, Ph.D. No registration is required. In-person or via Zoom (Meeting ID: 811 3970 8885).

Dr. Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr., namesake to the Tiedemann Materials Characterization Lab in Kelly Hall, will be the Bradley Distinguished Lecture speaker. Register to attend on Wednesday, April 8. brnw.ch/21x1j0i

Congratulations to ICTAS-affiliated faculty member Kevin Edgar, professor of biomaterials and associate dean of the Graduate School, on being named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow! brnw.ch/21x1ftS

A wonderful afternoon celebrating research and scholarship. We’re so proud of our doctoral scholars and their incredible work! Congrats to our poster winners: • 1st - Mariam Hasan (BME) • 2nd - Rizwanul Kabir (BME) • 3rd - Joshua Heuler (Biological Sciences)

Join us for our annual Doctoral Scholar Symposium! Our doctoral scholars will showcase and answer questions about their work. No registration is required. Thursday, March 26 from 2-4 p.m. in Kelly Hall room 310.

Congratulations to all of the ICTAS affiliated faculty who helped Virginia Tech earn this prestigious distinction!

Seeking exceptional Virginia Tech Ph.D. students to help advance state‑of‑the‑art research infrastructure! ICTAS Matter Labs - including NCFL, MCL, and BioMCL - are hiring Graduate Research Assistants. Apply by March 27! brnw.ch/21x0SUA

Join the Nanoscale Characterization & Fabrication Laboratory for a Lunch & Learn on March 17! Ph.D. student Anugrahaprada Mukundan will share insights from her study on additively manufactured tungsten heavy alloys. Register here: brnw.ch/21x0IT2

The Exploring Biology Through Electron Microscopy Workshops originally scheduled for today (1/26) & tomorrow (1/27) have been postponed. Help us finalize the new date! Indicate your availability & preferred date(s) by filling out this poll. brnw.ch/21wZpnF

Join us for a hands-on workshop focused on biological sample preparation for TEM & SEM. Gain theoretical understanding & practical exposure to sample preparation, instrumentation, & troubleshooting techniques. Space is limited. Registration required. brnw.ch/21wZ7vT

The #VirginiaTech Helmet Lab has released its first-ever ratings for youth hockey helmets. Using its STAR system, researchers tested 33 helmets, with 10 earning a top five-star rating to help families make informed choices about impact protection. 🙌 🔗: brnw.ch/21wYr9O

@CNN Health spotlighted @virginia_tech’s Helmet Lab (@VTHelmetRatings), for its science-based helmet safety research – giving athletes, coaches, and families the data they need to choose the safest head protection. edition.cnn.com/health/virgini…

Have you heard about the dentist who decided to become a quantum physicist? 🤔 That’s not a joke. He’s a #VirginiaTech graduate student. Seven years ago, he was an oral surgeon and faculty member in dental medicine at Cairo University in Egypt. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

Want to fly your drone at Virginia Tech? Check out your options! Have additional questions? Contact the Virginia Tech Drone Park at vtdronepark@vt.edu.

Join us for a workshop focused on biological sample preparation for TEM & SEM. This workshop will provide participants with theoretical understanding & practical exposure to sample prep, instrumentation, & troubleshooting techniques. Register today ➡️ brnw.ch/21wXebD