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VT to host 9th Fluid Mechanics Symposium

Virginia Tech will host the 9th Fall Fluid Mechanics
Symposium Nov. 16 in Kelly Hall. The symposium
is open to all interested faculty and students and
there is no registration fee to attend.
The annual symposium brings together a diverse
group of fluid mechanics researchers to present
their recent findings. It is anticipated that many
of the presentations will also be given at the APS
Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics and the
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

Prof. John Sader from the University of Melbourne,
Australia who will speak about Molecular Scale
Sensing in Gas and Liquid with Nanoelectromechanical Systems. Details of the symposium and abstract
submission may be found here.
The symposium is supported by the Department
of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics. For more
details, visit the symposium webpage.

All presentations should be formatted for 10
minute talks with five minutes for questions and
discussion.
Poster presentations and entries into the Gallery
of Fluid Motion are also encouraged.
The invited plenary presentation will be given by

Prof. John Sader

Staff earn 10 certificates in diversity and administrative
programs with University Professional Development
Members of the Mechanical Engineering staff
earned 10 certificates from the University Organizational and Professional Development's Employee
Development Certificate Program during the annual
awards ceremony in July.

The Diversity Development Institute issues certification on three levels - Ally, Advocate, and Ambassador.
Four ME staff members received their Ally certificate.
They are: Annette Ben-Tzvi, Diana Israel, Sara Vallejo,
and Melissa Williams.
The Office Software Skills Certificate was awarded to Ashlin Jackson.
Research Administrator Level I was earned by
Elizabeth Kersteter, Lauren Mills, and Lance
Yelton.

Ben-Tzvi

Israel

Jackson

Kersteter

Vallejo

Williams

Kersteter and Jackson also earned Research
Administrator Level II certification.

Mills

Yelton