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Destination Areas: Building Transdisciplinary Communities

Transdisciplinary communities at Virginia Tech are working collaboratively to address complex problems that impact the human condition. Teams are working across disciplinary boundaries to address challenges in rural health, infectious disease, coastal mitigation, brain health and development, and security.

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Tech for Humanity
A university-wide effort that emphasizes Virginia Tech’s role as one of the top human-centered comprehensive universities.
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2019 Boeing Innovation Challenge
Boeing offers students the opportunity to showcase their creativity, innovation and technical skills during the second annual Boeing Innovation Challenge (BIC).
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Destination Areas, Virginia Tech

Transdisciplinary Communities

Nine areas of focus combine our existing academic and research strengths with innovative transdisciplinary teams, tools, and processes.

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Adaptive Brain and Behavior

Creativity + Innovation

Data and Decisions

Economical and Sustainable Materials

Equity and Social Disparity in the Human Condition

Global Systems Science

Integrated Security

Intelligent Infrastructure for Human Centered Communities

+Policy

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Adversity & Innovation: Virginia’s Economic Recovery & the Focused Role for Higher Education
Join us on June 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for plenary remarks and two round-table discussions.

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Courses

We welcome students seeking to reach beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries to find the innovation that exists in the intersections of diverse fields.

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Faculty Spotlight

Chen-Ching Liu, the American Electric Power Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, is one of 87 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2020.

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Faculty Spotlight, Virginia Tech

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