Engineers' Forum

What’s Going On?  From September 10th to 12th, 2025, ten Virginia Tech students were given the opportunity to attend Tapia 2025 in Dallas, Texas. Organized by Dr. Sehrish Basir Nizamani and Dr. Mohammed Farghally, who are both assistant professors in the Virginia Tech Computer Science department, the Tapia conference celebrates diversity in computing . It provided our group with invaluable experiences, including networking with industry leaders, attending technical workshops,

or engineering students, internships can be career defining moments. They can be daunting but also very fulfilling. At the end of the day, jobs in the real world are what every engineering student is looking for. I am currently completing my first internship as a chemical engineer, and it has been a great first professional experience as well as a glimpse into my future. This internship has been informative and I feel that I have used a lot of my chemical engineering skills i

For the past year, I have had the honor of serving as the Company Relations chair for HackViolet. HackViolet, hosted by the Association of Women in Computing (a student run non-profit organization), is Virginia Tech’s 24 hour hackathon that encourages individuals to bridge the gender gap in the technology field. According to a 2025 study by TechTarget, women currently occupy only 27% of tech occupations. Additionally, women are significantly less likely to receive promotions,

The Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Program, also known as BEAM, held its second in-person career fair on September 16th. Running from 10 AM to 3 PM, the event provided students with ample opportunity to engage directly with recruiters in productive and in-depth conversations. The attending companies specialize in areas such as biomechanics related to injury and transportation crashes, computing and bioinformatics, clinical imaging and patient data, machine learning, and