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Galipatia Living and Learning
Wing Ng, the Christopher Kraft Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering, poses with members of the Galipatia Living
Learning Community in November. Ng discussed career development with the students there. The talk, part of Galipatia's 'Slush
Rush' event, focused on what students could expect post-college in the career world, what they could expect as they moved
into graduate school, and details about reaching out as an entrepreneur. Ng began the company Techsburg about 20 years ago.
Today the business attracts global clients in the aerospace industry.

ME junior receives Fralin Undergraduate Fellowship
The department congratulates Ahmed Elnahhas,
a junior ME major for his selection as one of 14
students who started work as Fralin Life Science
Institute’s first undergraduate research Fellows.
The program, created by Dennis Dean, director of
the Fralin Life Science Institute and the university’s
Stroobants Professor of Biotechnology, in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research, is
a competitive award open to all VT undergraduates
with a goal of increasing diversity in research.

The fellowships will be available each year for the
next decade and will be funded by donations from
Dean.
Students from underrepresented groups, including,
but not limited to, ethnic minorities, first-generation
college students, students from low income areas,
students with disabilities, and LGBTQ students, are
strongly encouraged to apply.

Each Fellow receives $1,000 to conduct research
with a Virginia Tech faculty mentor over the course
of one academic year.
“We are really pleased with this inaugural group of
Fellows,” said Keri Swaby, coordinator of the Office
of Undergraduate Research. “In their applications,
these students demonstrated academic excellence
and innovative ideas for research. We can’t wait to
watch their projects develop throughout the year.”

Ahmed Elnahhas