Engineers' Forum

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

The Quality of Life Plus program (QL+) is a national nonprofit organization whose objective is to design and produce personalized solutions for injured veterans to improve their quality of life. QL+ partners with universities across America, providing engineering students with the opportunity to design real-world solutions for the daily challenges faced by injured veterans. These collaborations allow students to create a wide variety of custom assistive devices at no cost to

Since its founding in 2024, the Dataism Lab for Quantitative Finance at Virginia Tech has become a cutting-edge interdisciplinary organization standing at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and economics, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of opportunity in the field of quantitative finance for Virginia Tech students. DLQF aims to not only enhance students’ leverage in industry recruitment processes, but also strives to empower its members to conduct cutting

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

Undergraduate research is one of the most rewarding experiences students can take on. It can not only give you crucial experience, usually without requiring any qualifications, but it often helps students realize interests related to their major by working on impactful projects. Plus, research typically has the added benefit of gaining course credit towards your degree, or getting paid a student wage. In addition to honing in on a whole host of technical skills, the soft skil