Tim Wright
Adam Brumbaugh's first day on the job at Dynamic Aviation was not what he expected. And he never imagined he'd eventually find himself working on the company's most important restoration project: a four-engine Lockheed Constellation that happens to be the very first Air Force One.
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Mary Coughter, a Ph.D. student at Virginia Commonwealth University, explains how human activity causes antibiotic resistant microorganisms in the James River and how these microbes can potentially affect life in, and along, the river. -
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month explore these resources that share the contributions of Latina and Hispanic people who have impacted and continue to make their mark in STEM fields.
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Two summer interns talk about their experiences working with the creative teams at NASA.
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Explore what it takes for James Madison University's first Rocketry Team to build a rocket and compete in the NASA Student Launch competition.
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Emerge freshwater science program of which VCU is a participant, will be featured in the STEM for All video showcase, May 10-17, 2022.
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Master organbuilders Robin Côté and Alex Ross combine science, physics, sound, and architecture as they finesse the sound of 1400 individual pipes in a one of a kind choir organ their company, Juget-Sinclair, recently installed in Richmond’s Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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The Indy Autonomous Challenge is the first competition to pit full-size driverless cars against each other at the iconic speedway. The vehicles will be identical--a cutting-edge race car retrofitted for automation--but the team behind each one will have spent months perfecting its ability to outmaneuver the others. Among the 39 teams competing will be the University of Virginia’s Cavalier Autonomous Racing Club. Madhur Behl, an assistant professor with UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, is the faculty advisor guiding more than a dozen students through the process of programming a winner.
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The Virginia Department of Education, CodeVA, and the Virginia Association of Science Teachers have created a new way to engage youth in exploring the pathways and possibilities of STEM opportunities and careers. The “Game of STEM” is not a game yet – but a chance to use eye-catching visuals to pull you through a landscape of opportunities. It illustrates pathways for STEM careers that require varying levels of education, from high school diplomas, certifications, associates and bachelor’s degrees, and graduate programs. It also shows a breadth of jobs and careers that expand across various professions and incorporate a wide range of passions and interests.
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From speakers embedded in the mural “Freedom Constellations: Dreaming of a World Without Youth Prisons,” voices of teenagers describe their hopes for the future without youth incarceration in Virginia. Learn more about these young artists and coders who brought this mural and important message to life.
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Excellent educational and interactive resources for parents and educators to help engage and excite students about STEM career paths.
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In just a few short years, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, sometimes called drones) has risen dramatically. You may know someone who flies one as a hobby, and you’ve certainly seen the breathtaking bird’s-eye footage they can produce for movies and television. -
Most of us don’t realize how dependent we are on electricity until a storm or accident suddenly takes it out. Our work, our entertainment, the comfort of our homes, even the safety of our food all depend on a steady flow of electrical power.
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Just about everything you can do on a computer—checking your email, posting to Facebook, online banking and shopping—is powered by software. The people who come up with that software, and keep it working efficiently, are behind the scenes of a big portion of our lives.
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Gummie vitamins have become a popular way to get a good dose of nutrients each day. It’s a routine many of us don’t give much thought to, but a lot of science goes into that little bite: everything from its color to its digestibility was studied and perfected in a lab.
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The medications we use today, to treat everything from coughs to cancer, were developed through a series of steps to figure out how safe and effective they are. It’s a long and expensive process, from lab tests to human subjects, before the drug can be made widely available.
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How do you track a disease? How do you determine if a blood sample contains a virus or a bacteria that could make millions of people sick? What type of information would you need to know to stop a disease from spreading? If you are interested in these questions then being an “Illness investigator” or a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) might be the right career path for you.
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Saint Gertrude High School’s all-girl robotics team has built a robot that walks, talks, hands out business cards and collapses easily into a suitcase. “Ellie” is the name of SGHS’ fabulous female robot that will premiere at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6-9 and then travel between Germany, France and the US. Watch this Science Matters Video to learn more about how these young women accepted a challenge to build a “Girlbot” and all they have learned along the way.
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Why is Engineering a Hot Job? Listen to 3 students from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Engineering to find out. During the recent VCU Capstone (Senior) Design Expo hundreds of engineering students solved problems and developed new products that will make a difference. Learn why these three students went into Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Why is Engineering a Hot Job? In the words of recent graduate Eric Henderson, You get to work with friends in teams, you get to make a lot of cool objects and toys, and you get to make a lot of money." Check out the resources below and see if Engineering is the career path for you.
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Recently, 150 middle school girls from across Central Virginia participated in a mini hackathon designed by Capital One and RichTech. These young women had the opportunity to explore technology by working with mentors and trying their hand at coding and app development. Techsters is an annual program and partnership between Capital One and RichTech and is part of Capital One's five-year, $150 million Future Edge initiative, which is designed to help empower more Americans to succeed in an ever-changing digitally-driven economy.
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What do you call the intersection of Engineering - Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Computer Science - and Biology? Biomechanical Engineering. This hot STEM career combines these important fields of science and technology to create products and treatments to improve the quality of our lives. Science Matters visited Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Engineering recently to learn about the research and development of a cutting-edge device, a Nano-Tattoo, being developed by a team of students led by Dr. Woon-Hong Yeo Assistant Professor in VCU's Department of Mechanical Nuclear Engineering and the "Bio-interfaced NanoEngineering Lab. The VCU team is collaborating with several other departments in VCU's School of Engineering as well as teams located at other universities across the U.S. to develop this new technology.
