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2023

Amy Pruden
December 1, 2023

Amy Pruden, University Distinguished Professor and environmental scientist, to deliver fall 2023 University Commencement address

Concord visit
November 30, 2023

NanoEarth Hosts Concord University Undergraduate Students

Bahareh Behkam and graduate student work together in lab.
November 30, 2023

Researchers secure $2 million grant to develop airborne pathogen-monitoring technology

Linsey Marr
November 26, 2023

Highly Cited Researchers 2023: Linsey Marr

Linsey Marr video link
November 17, 2023

Five researchers named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list

Sand art
November 16, 2023

NanoEarth Visits Meadowbrook Library

Group photo
November 14, 2023

NanoEarth Hosts Roanoke Valley Governor's School

Elissa Hall with a HokieBird Statue
November 12-14, 2023

NanoEarth Participates in the 2023 VT HBCU/MSI Summit

VT Science Festival
November 11, 2023

NanoEarth at the VT Science Festival

Conference group photo
October 25-27, 2023

NanoEarth at the 2023 NNCI Annual Conference

60 Minutes crew captures segment of mannequin demonstration with Linsey Marr and John LaPook
October 26, 2023

'60 Minutes' will feature aerosol expert Linsey Marr

Mark Widdowson
October 11, 2023

Virginia Tech awarded $2 million to advance groundwater availability and quality

Group photo of the Dean's Fellows.
October 11, 2023

Vikesland Named to Inaugural College of Engineering Dean's Fellows Cohort

meeting
October 6, 2023

NanoEarth Participates in Nanotechnology Infrastructure Leaders Summit

Linsey Marr poses for a photo in a colorful interior space.
October 4, 2023

Virginia Tech’s Linsey Marr named 2023 MacArthur Fellow

Hunter Holden in Lab
October 3, 2023

Meet the User:
Hunter Holden

Angry Birds
September 25, 2023

2023 Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom Image Contest

Hokie for a Day
September 20, 2023

Hokie for a Day: Belle Heth Elementary

Linsey Marr video link
September 18, 2023

Marr Honored at VT Celebration of National Academies Inductees

Linsey Marr video link
August 8, 2023

Marr Leads Collaborative Research Project to Mitigate Flu

camper smiles at camera as others use SEM
July 21, 2023

NanoEarth Hosts Explore Physical Sciences Camp

SEM image of a tire particle
July 19, 2023

Zooming in on Microplastics

Peter Vikesland. Photo by Peter Means for Virginia Tech.
July 19, 2023

Technology-enabled Water Surveillance and Control Project Earns Grant

Linsey Marr poses for a photo in a colorful interior space.
June 28, 2023

Marr Receives SURA Distinguished Scientist Award

Observing through a microscope
June 21, 2023

NanoEarth Hosts Professional Development Workshop for High School Teachers

Cece Wood
June 16, 2023

Meet the User:
Cecelia Wood

Peter Vikesland. Photo by Peter Means for Virginia Tech.
June 8, 2023

Vikesland Receives Fralin Seed Funding for Technology-Enabled Water Surveillance and Control Center

Linsey Marr
June 7, 2023

Marr Honored as University Distinguished Professor

Photo of Sheena Deivasigamani, who participated in Virginia Tech’s innovative Chip-Scale Integration curriculum that had students work on a project with Micron Technologies Inc. during the 2022-23 academic year. She will intern with Micron this summer and return as a graduate student in the fall.
May 22, 2023

Virginia Tech partners with Micron Technology Inc., National Science Foundation, and 10 other universities to develop semiconductor talent in U.S. and Japan

Naimat Bari and advisors
May 4, 2023

NanoTechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge 2025 Winners

Eight scholars stand in front of a display board at the UN Water Conference
April 28, 2023

‘Left me with hope’: Virginia Tech researchers reflect on watershed United Nations conference

Looking at semiconductor wafer
April 21, 2023

Charging Foward with New Statewide Semiconductor Network

Showing off nano-kits
April 20, 2023

NanoEarth Visits Margaret Beeks Elementary

Group photo
April 19, 2023

NanoEarth Hosts Eastern Montgomery High School

Students measuring semiconductor wafers
April 12, 2023

Virginia Tech joins Northeast University Semiconductor Network formed by Micron Technology Inc.

Playing with kinetic sand
March 21, 2023

NanoEarth Visits Blacksburg Library

Cary Hill, Ph.D., Vice President of NanoSafe Inc.
March 13, 2023

Meet the User:
Cary Hill

Amy Pruden
March 1, 2026

Amy Pruden speaks at Global Leaders Group meeting on antimicrobial resistance

Linsey Marr
February 9, 2023

Linsey Marr named to National Academy of Engineering

NanoEarth’s Diversity and Outreach Coordinator Sylvianne Velasquez and VT Animal and Poultry Science Undergrad Aniyah Cooke pose with NanoEarth's demo booth
February 1, 2023

Hokie for a Day: Belview Elementary School

Dr. Marc Michel speaks with 8th-grade Earth Science students at Blacksburg Middle School
January 13, 2023

NanoEarth Visits Blacksburg Middle School

NTEC Award Winners from 2018
January 9, 2023

Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge (NTEC) Call for Proposals

2022

Group photo of students and NanoEarth
November 14, 2022

NanoEarth Visits Christiansburg Library

Cecilia Wood, Sylvianne Velasquez, Zachary Aycock, and Mikun Adewole host the NanoEarth booth at the VT Science Festival
November 12, 2022

NanoEarth at the 2022 VT Science Festival

Darren Anderson Seminar
November 5, 2022

NanoEarth Industry Speaker: Darren Anderson

Students investigating ferrofluid
October 12, 2022

Hokie for a Day: Christiansburg Elementary

Concord University Visitors
September 30, 2022

NanoEarth Hosts Concord University

Roanoke Valley Governor's School Students
September 27, 2022

NanoEarth Hosts Roanoke Valley Governor's School

Kevin Dreher presents to Roanoke Valley Governor's School Students
September 27, 2022

NanoEarth Industry Speaker: Kevin Dreher

Adrian Hornby
September 16, 2022

Meet the User:
Adrian Hornby

Group photo of campers and NanoEarth team
July 21, 2022

NanoEarth Hosts Explore Physical Sciences Camp

As a high school teacher uses the SEM, Steve McCartney gives pointers from the background
June 24, 2022

Nanoscience Teacher Professional Development Workshop 2022

Nano EES-RC Workshop
May 16-18, 2022

NNCI Nanoscience in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Community Virtual Workshop

Left to Right: Top Overall Winners University of California at San Diego Amer Yaghi, Tom Park, Dr. Yves Theriault, Abdal Abdulhameed; Diversity Award Winner North Carolina A&T Wesley Williams
May 4, 2022

Winners Announced for the 2022 NanoTechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge

A Virginia Tech student helps a child put on a VR headset at the Benthos 360 exhibit at the Accelerate Festival
April 19, 2022

At the river's bottom - High-tech exhibits wow Smithsonian visitors at ACCelerate Festival

Ramesh Raliya Seminar
April 5, 2022

NanoEarth Industry Speaker: Ramesh Raliya

synthetic tree project
April 5, 2022

NanoTechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022 Cohort

Linsey Marr was one of five experts who spoke at a virtual event held by the White House Office of Science and Technology. Photo by Ryan Young for Virginia Tech.
March 31, 2022

Linsey Marr participates in White House virtual conversation on indoor air quality

The MITIGATE FLU leadership team at the kickoff meeting in Michigan in January.
March 3, 2022

Team of researchers led by Virginia Tech seeks to mitigate flu and other respiratory viruses for children in indoor environments

Sheri with TEM
February 21, 2022

DNP123 Interview with Sheri Singerling

2018 Nano Entrepreneurs
January 12, 2022

NanoTechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge (NTEC) Call for Proposals 2022

Linsey Marr
January 7, 2022

Linsey Marr receives Virginia's highest faculty honor

Mohsen Hosseini views the images produced by the JEOL IT500 scanning electron microscope, located in the Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory. Photo by Reilly Henson for Virginia Tech.
January 4, 2022

Researchers find whimsy at the nano scale

2021

Karen Sorber, Greg Redick and Tornadic One Pass
December 20, 2021

Micronic Commissions Tornadic One-PassTM

Brett Malone
December 15, 2021

Advisory Board Member Brett Malone Highlighted as Industry Leader

A small child in a winter coat stands alone in front of a huge projection screen showing an image of the bottom of a river.
December 3, 2021

Discovering the hidden world of freshwater mussels with immersive technology

Photo of Antibiotic Resistance NRT group
October 29, 2021

Combating antibiotic resistance with data-driven surveillance

Mike Hochella
October 7, 2021

Michael F. Hochella honored with two society medals for research

SEM image with lotus flower added
September 24, 2021

NanoEarth Plenty of Beauty at the Bottom Winners

VTCRC GameChanger - August 24, 2021

From Crystals to Quantum: Envisioning the NCFL of the Future

Ivonne Gonzales-Gamboa in Lab
June 17, 2021

Fifth year of College of Science Dean's Discovery Fund supports faculty research

Global Nanoparticle Sources
May 24-26, 2021

NNCI Nanoscience in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Community Virtual Workshop

Awad Abdelhalim and Ayella Maile-Moskowitz from the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, have been presented with the 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year award by the Virginia Tech Graduate School. Photo by Peter Means.
May 11, 2021

Ayella Maile-Moskowitz Named 2020 Graduate Student of the Year

Amy Pruden
April 21, 2021

The value of testing waste water

Amy Pruden
April 8, 2021

Pruden honored as University Distinguished Professor

Linsey Marr
March 22, 2021

Linsey Marr honored with Ut Prosim Scholar Award

Amy Pruden
March 18, 2021

Amy Pruden named 2020 International Environmental Award Winner

Matthew Hull
March 16, 2021

Matthew Hull in the Spotlight

Linsey Marr
March 10, 2021

Marr to Testify Before Congress on COVID-19

Interdisciplinarity in Nanotechnology: A Snippet with Matt Hull

2020

NanoFabNet Bucky-Ball Handover
October 9, 2020

NanoFabNet Greetings to US National Nanotechnology Day 2020

Sampling wastewater treatment plants efforts are led by Virginia Tech graduate students Connor Brown in the genetics, bioinformatics, and computational biology interdisciplinary Ph.D. program and Ayella Maile-Moskowitz in the civil and environmental engineering program.
October 7, 2020

Team taps into wastewater antibiotic-resistant gene monitoring

Particles in Progress
October 2, 2020

Particles of Progress

Debora Berti inserts a sample into the TEM chamber
September 24, 2020

Nanoscience group wins a second nod from the NSF

Amy Pruden (kneeling) and Peter Vikesland examine a wastewater sample. Photo by Dawn Jefferies for Virginia Tech.
September 24, 2020

Virginia Tech researchers test wastewater to learn more about COVID-19

Amy Pruden (kneeling) and Peter Vikesland examine a wastewater sample. Photo by Dawn Jefferies for Virginia Tech.
September 3, 2020

Virginia Tech researchers begin testing campus wastewater for COVID-19

Matt Hull testing with a VT Football helmet
September 2, 2020

Custom face shields aim to block droplets, tackle COVID-19 for football players

People using TEM
August 24, 2020

NSF renews investment in National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure

matt-hull
August 20, 2020

Hull supports accessible face masks for deaf and hard of hearing

Little Da Vinci's interview of Matt Hull YouTube screen
April 10, 2020

Little Da Vincis: Interview with Dr. Matthew Hull, Founder at NanoSafe, Inc.

Marc Michel, an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, holds up a nasopharyngeal swab that he 3D printed in a lab at Steger Hall. Michel, out of focus, is wearing gloves, a PPE mask, and googles in accordance with safety standards.
July 14, 2020

Geosciences' Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs

Linsey Marr
May 19, 2020

Spurred by COVID-19, researcher Linsey Marr evaluates the efficacy of sterilized N95 respirators, alternative mask materials

Linsey Marr
April 16, 2020

Virginia Tech community converges to help

The air over in Delhi, India, is shown as heavily polluted
February 4, 2020

Study: Nanoparticles produced from burning coal result in damage to mice lungs, suggesting toxicity to humans

Mike Hochella
February 4, 2020

Q&A: Geosciences' Michael Hochella discusses study involving toxic nanoparticles produced by burning coal

2019

High School teachers at nano workshop
July 3, 2019

College of Science brings high school teachers to campus for nanoscience lessons, experiments

Mike Hochella
April 5, 2019

Department of Geosciences' Michael Hochella honored with emeritus status by Board of Visitors

Nanomaterial Cycle
March 29, 2019

Natural, incidental, and engineered nanomaterials and their impacts on the Earth system

2018

Amy Pruden
November 29, 2018

Seed grants helping to grow Virginia Tech’s transdisciplinary capacities, contributions

Amy Pruden and Marc Edwards
November 5, 2018

Water experts to study emerging threat of antibiotic resistance

Trichia Cadette, Angelina Hargrove, Matt Ferby, Taylor McFadden, and Courtney Lawrence, all HBCU alumni who now are Virginia Tech graduate students, answer questions from visiting undergraduate students at the HBCU/MSI Research Summit.
October 23, 2018

HBCU/MSI Research Summit draws hundreds to Virginia Tech

Undergraduate students tackle experiments in a new nanomedicine lab headed by Collegiate Assistant Professor Chixia Tian, all part of the College of Science'S Academy of Integrated Science.
September 19, 2018

College of Science launches first of its kind nanomedicine major for undergraduates

The scale of things
August 11-12, 2018

Nanoscience in the Earth and Environmental Sciences--From Theory to Practice

Linsey Marr
May 25, 2018

Linsey Marr appointed Charles P. Lunsford Professor

Peter Vikesland with AFM Raman
May 24, 2018

Peter Vikesland named the Nick Prillaman Professor

University Distinguished Professor Marc Edwards, at left, works with students to assemble water-sampling kits.
May 23, 2018

Diverse perspectives on display at upcoming exposome symposium

Marc Edwards
April 25, 2018

Virginia Tech awarded $1.9 million EPA grant to research lead exposure in drinking water

2018 Nano Entrepreneurs
February 27, 2018

Students find ways to use nanotechnology for good, win funds to develop their ideas

In these reactors, designed to act like miniature wastewater treatment plants, thousands of species of microbes work together to break down pollutants. Nanoparticles can shift the balance, according to a new study.
February 13, 2018

To untangle the effects of nanoparticles on microbes, look at the genes

Marc Michel puts samples in an XRD
January 3, 2018

Marc Michel named Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellow

2017

students learn about TEM from Chris Winkler
October 31, 2017

HBCU alumni at Virginia Tech share perspectives with current HBCU students at research summit

Marc Michel puts samples in an XRD
October 25, 2017

Geosciences faculty member seeks to advance crystallization research to boost multiple fields

Amy Pruden
October 17, 2017

Virginia Tech team brings relief to well owners following hurricanes Harvey and Irma

NanoSafe Logo
September 19, 2017

EPA Awards Nearly $100,000 to NanoSafe, Inc. to Develop Technology That Will Measure Lead in Drinking Water

Vinod Lohani, a professor of engineering education, directs a Research Experiences for Teachers site focusing on interdisciplinary water research. Here, Lohani, center, works with local teachers and Virginia Tech researchers to collect water samples at his lab's Stroubles Creek field site.
August 23, 2017

Summer program immerses local teachers in interdisciplinary water research

People using TEM
August 12-13, 2017

Nanoscience in the Earth and Environmental Sciences—Research and Teaching Opportunities

Mike Hochella
August 8, 2017

Virginia Tech researchers discover potentially harmful airborne nanoparticles produced through burning of coal

Linsey Marr was one of five experts who spoke at a virtual event held by the White House Office of Science and Technology. Photo by Ryan Young for Virginia Tech.
August 2, 2017

Virginia Tech research team calls for examination of connection between human health and environment in Central Appalachia

National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure Logo
July 27, 2017

NanoEHS Webinar: National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) and Environmental Research

Research scientist A.J. Prussin, at right, doctoral student Rebekah Martin, and research scientist Dongjuan Dai
July 18, 2017

Virginia Tech researchers study the relationship between the indoor environment and health

Linsey Marr
May 30, 2017

Civil engineering professor Linsey Marr appointed to visionary committee tackling 21st-century issues

Amy Pruden
May 23, 2017

Engineering professor Amy Pruden receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award

Kelsey speaking at podium with laptop
January 11, 2017

Virginia Tech team works in Louisiana testing water

2016

In November 2016, Pan Ji (left) and Christina Devine, both doctoral students in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, assisted Flint resident Lee-Anne Walters in the fourth-round of water testing in Flint, Michigan.
December 6, 2016

Flint water continues to improve, but bottled water or filters still recommended

Amy Pruden
June 17, 2016

Amy Pruden named W. Thomas Rice Professor in Engineering

Flint Water Study Team
April 22, 2016

The Flint Water Study Team receives Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence

Professor Marc Edwards works with his student team to assemble water test kits that will be sent to Flint, Michigan, for residents to test their water for lead.
February 19, 2016

Virginia Tech study team assembles water-testing kits bound for Flint, Michigan

Marc Edwards
January 26, 2016

Flint Water Study research team led by Marc Edwards to present on water crisis Thursday night

Michael F. Hochella Jr., University Distinguished Professor of Geosciences, is a recipient of the 2016 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award.
January 7, 2016

Hochella receives 2016 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award

2015

Peter Vikesland
December 16, 2015

Peter Vikesland explores methods used for detecting environmental pollutant

Peter Vikesland
October 19, 2015

Disease free water, a global health challenge, commands an international team effort

Michael Hochella uses Titan TEM
September 17, 2015

Nanotechnology expertise earns Virginia Tech a place in National Science Foundation network

Marc Edwards
September 14, 2015

Engineering’s Marc Edwards heads to Flint as part of study into unprecedented corrosion problem

Antibiotic Resistance Team
May 20, 2015

Engineers, scientists to examine antibiotic resistance in food chain from farm to fork 

Amy Pruden
May 11, 2015

Amy Pruden receives best paper award from Environmental Science and Technology

Professor Linsey Marr and postdoc Eric Vejerano in lab.
January 27, 2015

In a severe flu season, Virginia Tech researcher searches for better ways to prevent infections

Linsey Marr
January 14, 2015

Linsey Marr studies health impacts of engineered nanomaterials

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Peter Vikesland
November 17, 2011

University receives Grand Challenges Explorations funding

Peter Vikesland and Linsey Marr
February 10, 2010

Engineers explore environmental concerns of nanotechnology

figure from Science 2008 paper on Mn cycling
March 21, 2008

Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles, and Earth Systems