Tweet Prologue: It’s #WomensMonth and I was asked to write a little bit about my perspective in interdisciplinary research. This is probably the hardest blog post I have had to write because I do not have … Continue reading
About the Author: Jacob Metch is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Tweet Bacteria definitely have their dark side occasionally, but … Continue reading
Tweet Writing about women in interdisciplinary research (IDR) at Virginia Tech and specifically VTSuN is a joy. As a young program, the origin history is intact and many of the individuals are still here at … Continue reading
Tweet (This post is written by Dr. Sean McGinnis, Director of the Green Engineering Program at Virginia Tech) “There is no such thing as a free lunch” goes the old adage. Applied to technology and … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Dr. Linsey Marr is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia and part of of VTSuN. Take a deep breath. You just inhaled about 1 million … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Today I am going to tell you about Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), a fascinating imaging technique. … Continue reading
Tweet At VTSuN, we perform research on a very special category of nanomaterials: viruses. Viruses are biological particles that can be as small as some nanomaterials and they, like the usual type of nanomaterials, exhibit some interesting … Continue reading
Tweet If you listen to the radio, you have probably listened to a Pulse of the Planet episode at least once. Episodes are only two minutes in length and they are often dispersed throughout the day’s … Continue reading
About the author: Gargi Singh is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Check out her profile on the VTSuN student page. Tweet Once upon a time, two roommates, Gagi and Saina lived happily in … Continue reading
Tweet For the past year, VTSuN has had the pleasure to host Dr. Yi Yang. She is a professor at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China and she is spending a 2-year sabbatical at Virginia Tech, … Continue reading