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Girl Power

womenComing into Virginia Tech’s engineering program, Angela Walker knew that as a woman, she would be in the minority. That’s why she chose to live in Hypatia, an all-female engineering community, her first two years. “Nothing can replace the ability to walk down the hallway and get help on homework,” says Walker, now a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. “If it weren’t for the network of people you meet through this program, many girls might feel intimidated to the point that they decide to drop out of engineering,” she says. “We empower each other.”

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Action Replay

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Amateur and pro athletes turn to engineers to analyze their every move.

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Run Run Michael

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Bionic limbs give wounded soldiers a leg up.

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Engineering Is: Curing Illness

Biomedical Engineering
The chemotherapy drugs that Mark Davis’ wife needed to battle breast cancer made her horribly ill. Davis, a chemical engineer at the California Institute of Technology, resolved to find a better way. Most chemo drugs attack healthy as well as cancerous cells, thus causing awful side effects.

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Engineer Spotlight: Tamara Hayes

tamara_hayesIn the future, it may not be our family doctor, or our friends, or even our family who are the first to notice when our memory starts to slip. If Tamara Hayes’ research is any indication, the first warnings that our health is flagging will come from our houses.

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