Governor McAuliffe announces agreement to continue operation of the Virginia Commercial Space Authority

Chris Graham

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced this week an agreement has been reached between the Commonwealth of Virginia and Orbital ATK regarding repair costs and insurance coverage following the October 2014 launch mishap that damaged portions of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS).

Virginia Tech researcher develops energy-harvesting suspension for vehicles

Chris Graham

The 255 million cars on the road in the United States account for 40 percent of the country’s fuel consumption. Most of that fuel is wasted. Lei Zuo, an associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, may have a partial solution: harvesting energy from the car’s suspension.

Virginia Community Economic Network, VT KnowledgeWorks launch new strategic partnership

Contributors

The Virginia Community Economic Network and VT KnowledgeWorks have entered into a partnership to improve the competitiveness of communities across the Commonwealth of Virginia and expand the visibility and availability of community and economic development resources across the Commonwealth of Virginia.