March 16, 2005 -- Virginia Tech has been designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) for academic years 2005-2008. This designation recognizes Virginia Tech as one of a select group of universities across the United States that play a key role in educating professionals to reduce vulnerabilities and protect America’s cyberspace. (Click here for more)

Alexandria, VA, September 29, 2004 - In celebration of the creation of Virginia Tech's College of Engineering's Northern Virginia Division, an open house was held at the Alexandria Research Institute (ARI) on Oct. 11, 2004. Virginia Congressman Jim Moran attended the event that was hosted by Virginia Tech's president, Charles Steger, and ARI's director, Saifur Rahman.

"Congressman Moran's visit gives us an opportunity to showcase the research achievements of Virginia Tech in Alexandria," said Saifur Rahman, director of the Alexandria Research Institute. Hosted by Charles Steger, president of Virginia Tech, the open house began with a welcome and an introduction to leaders of the Northern Virginia Division. Presentations of engineering research projects and themes ranging from ad hoc networks to bioengineering (including studies on breast cancer and diabetes) to information about energy and the global environment were followed Steger's comments. Open house speakers included Saifur Rahman, ARI director; Dave Sebring, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's director of corporate and federal relations; and Roe-Han Yoon, professor of Mining Engineering at Virginia Tech. Click here for images.

Contact: Latricia Nell
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ARI will host the DC/NOVA Chapter of the IEEE PES Society on June 24, 2004 at Old town, Alexandria, starting 5:30 pm. Guest speaker is Prof. Mini S. Thomas from the IEEE Delhi Section. For more info contact Monica Mallini.

ARI is organizing a workshop on "Nationwide Internet Access & Online Applications"
May 22-25, 2004, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Click here for more info!

A national conference on "The Hydrogen Economy: Its Impact on the Future of Electricity," was organized and chaired by Professor Saifur Rahman of ARI and the IEEE in Washington, DC, 19-20 April 2004. Click here for more info!

Coming soon: ARI is formulating an Information Assurance Program (IAP) that will study network and data security issues. Click here for more info!