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VT-FIRE students, inspired by the MSE4424 student video, prepared an excellent voice-over presentation of their talk for the Birmingham Chapter Student Casting Competition!  Let's all wish them the best for a successful showing at the conference! 

 

 

 Materials Processing Lab Students make a video on their semester project -- the Ceramic Education Council Annual Mug Drop Competition!

Two Ph.D. graduate assistanceships in nuclear materials available immediately!

 

The 2011 Graduate Edition of the U.S. News and World Reports is out and VT MSE is ranked 22nd in the nation.  The Undergraduate program is ranked 17th in the nation according to the 2011 Undergraduate Edition.  Congratulations to our students, faculty and staff!  

CONGRATULATIONS MEPS MUG DROP TEAM!

First Place with "Ugly Mugly" - the first ever entry by a VT team! 

 

   If that wasn't enough, our students also won a Material Advantage Chapter of Excellence Award!   

 

Congratulations to ALL of our students! 

They are the best!

 

 
1960 Alum Thomas G. Digges, Jr., inducted into COE Academy of Excellence - Friday, April 06, 2012

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Alan Druschitz does it again! Best Paper Award! - Thursday, January 12, 2012

For the second time in as many years, Alan Druschitz has been awarded winner of the Best Paper Award by the American Foundry Society.  The Lost Foam Casting Division gave the award for "Vacuum Assisted Filling of A356 Aluminum Alloy Engine Blocks Using the Lost Foam Casting Process.)

Congratulations Dr. Druschitz!

 
Kelly Ramsburg wins DOD SMART Scholarship! - Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Kelly Ramsburg, a Junior in MSE, has won a Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service through the Department of Defense.  This program aims to increase the number of civilian scientists and engineers working in DoD laboratories. Her scholarship includes full tuition for two years, a cash award, and a paid summer internship.  After graduation, Kelly will work in the Sensors Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory for two years.  More information about the SMART program can be found at http://smart.asee.org/.

 
 
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