January 21, 2014 To the Virginia Tech faculty and staff: It has been my custom to give you an update on the College of Engineering at the start of each semester. ................................................................................................................. Please permit me a word or two about three Virginia Tech presidents. Read more about A Message from Richard Benson, Dean of the College of Engineering

Simmons received the award to learn more about the influence of various factors in the choices undergrad engineering students make. Read more about Congratulations Denise Simmons upon receipt of the NSF CAREER Award!

On Dec. 6, 2013, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors appointed Timothy D. Sands as Virginia Tech’s 16th president, effective June 1, 2014. Sands will succeed Charles Steger, who steps down when Sands assumes office.Sands, 55, currently serves as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Purdue University. Read more about Bill Fairchild Meets the New Virginia Tech President

DesignIntelligence has released their 2014 rankings of the Best US Architecture Schools.  Hundreds of design educators and professionals participated in the 2014 survey to identify the profession’s biggest challenges, as well as just how design education is evolving to reflect those challenges and which schools are really producing students best equipped for the profession today. Read more about Virginia Tech Ranked in the top 5 for Construction Methods & Materials

Late in October, twenty-one construction students from both the Building Construction program and the Construction Engineering and Management program made school history as all three teams placed second in the ASC Region 2 competition, held in Peachtree City Georgia.  The three teams that participated in the competition included Heavy-Civil team, Commercial team and a LEED and Sustainability te Read more about Virginia Tech Construction Students Dominate the ASC Region 2 Competition