Engineers' Forum

A Deep Dive into the IIHS Vehicle Research Center On a foggy October morning, a group of Virginia Tech engineering students, organized by the growing Virginia Tech SAE Chapter (commonly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers), traded the familiar sights of Blacksburg for the sprawling campus of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Vehicle Research Center in Ruckersville, Virginia. We were hosted by Luke Riexinger, a former Virginia Tech professor now servin

What is the HEVT? Imagine a vehicle that operates cleaner, smarter, and safer than what we are used to in today’s world. Thanks to dedicated students and members of Virginia Tech’s Award-Winning Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT), this dream is actively becoming a reality. The HEVT competes at the EcoCAR EV Challenge, where participants select a project to integrate energy-efficient electric propulsion and Vehicle-to-Everything connectivity. Through this competition, HEVT is

At Virginia Tech, a group of students work late nights and early mornings, buzzing with the thrill of bringing a race car to life. It’s a formula-style race car built from the ground up by members of the Formula SAE team. Every part of the car is carefully designed, crafted, and tested by students, guided only by a bare-bones rule set provided by the Society of Automotive Engineers. These rules encourage the team to push the boundaries of creativity and technical expertise, c