Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 3 No. 1 Spring 2018 | Page 12

STORY & VIDEO BY ERICA CORDER
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Almunus donations creates
Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs
Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Alumnus Nick Des Champs of Las Vegas,
Nevada recently donated $2 million to
establish a faculty chair in the Department
of Mechanical Engineering within Virginia
Tech’s College of Engineering.
Des Champs' gift creates a generous fund
under the direction of Azim Eskandarian, who
now holds the designation of Nicholas and
Rebecca Des Champs Chair in Mechanical
Engineering.
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"I am humbled, honored, and thankful to
have received this professorship as the de-
partment head of mechanical engineering at
Virginia Tech. On behalf of the Department
of Mechanical Engineering and myself, I
would like to express our deepest appreciation
to Nick Des Champs, Becky Des Champs,
and their family for this generous gift and the
opportunities it creates for our department
and students,” Eskandarian said. “This is
setting a new legacy under their name for new
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