28 MOMENTUM • VIRGINIA TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
The Virginia Tech Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science ( ICTAS ) awarded Engineering Faculty Organization ( EFO ) Opportunity Seed Investment Grants to two mechanical engineering faculty .
Juliana Pacheo-Duarte was selected to receive an ICTAS EFO Opportunity Seed Investment Grant of $ 10,000 for the proposal , “ Accelerated Experiments to Investigate Chloride-Induced Stress Corrosion Cracking .”
Jiangtao Cheng was selected to receive an ICTAS EFO Opportunity Seed Investment Grant of $ 10,000 for the proposal , “ Handy Seawater Desalinator by Heat Localization in Photothermal Film .”
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics chose the technical paper , “ Development of a Ducted Propulsor for BLI Electric Regional Aircraft – Part I : Aerodynamic Design and Analysis ,” co-authored by Wing Ng , as the 2019 AIAA Inlets , Nozzles , and Propulsion System Integration Best Paper Award from the 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition .
Graduate student Ahmed Sallam won first-place award in the Frank Pao CEHMS Research Competition , for his virtual presentation on “ Reflective acoustic holograms for fine manipulation of sound .” Sallam works in the lab of Assistant Professor Shima Shahab . His research area is investigating Acoustic Holographic Lenses used in biomedical and automotive sensing applications .