INNOVATE | ADVANCE
LEARN | INSPIRE
RESEARCH
THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE REQUIRES THINKING BEYOND WHAT
IS POSSIBLE. FROM NANO-SYSTEMS TO ROCKETS, RESEARCH INSPIRES
NEW IDEAS, NEW DISCOVERIES, AND NEW TRUTHS
At the very core of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is our relentless desire to conduct research
that pushes the boundaries, that takes what we’ve learned from the past and shapes it to fit the future.
We do this by being collaborative, innovative, and unafraid of failure. Working with our partners within the
university, and with contemporaries outside Blacksburg, mechanical engineering faculty embrace the value
of collaboration and open new avenues of discovery.
6 Revised and Corrected, Nov. 2019