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Wayne Carter, Daniel Carrasco, Andrew Pitt,
Sean Gardner, and Kristine
Adriano (missing, Brian
Smith)stand next to an
improved bumper meant for
large tractor trailer trucks.
The bumper is designed
to help reduce the severity
of collisions by limiting or
preventing under-ride from
vehicles impacting tractor
trailers from the rear. The
students were invited to
present their design to the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in May.
Judges stop to
look at a robot
created for NASA's
2016 Robotic Mining Competition.
The Virginia Tech
team placed 9th
out of 45 competitors. The university has signed on
to compete in the
competition again
in 2017.
A project design that allowed for computer controlled and automated
cataract surgery was a huge
demonstration hit at the
expo.