Research
Cutting Edge Research Tackles Global Challenges
Our growing innovation network supports new outreach and partnership opportunities that advance research and learning, empowering graduate students to address global-scale problems from our nation’s capital.
- Advanced Research Institute
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute – Cancer Research Center - DC
- Institute for Advanced Computing
- Virginia Tech National Security Institute
- Coalition for Smart Construction
- Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
- Virginia Alliance for Semiconductor Technology
- Center for Energy and the Global Environment
- Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability
- Center for Power Electronics Systems
- Hume Center for National Security and Technology
- Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
- Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center
- Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
- Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center
Building Wireless Infrastructure
Developing next-generation wireless systems that use artificial intelligence to think as fast as data moves through the air.
Innovating for Secure and Resilient Communities
Ensuring communities are prepared to face global threats, from climate change to cybersecurity to national defense through advances in preparation, defense, mitigation, and recovery.
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Positive Change
Crafting a future where artificial intelligence is a force for positive change in our communities. Discover how researchers are harnessing machine learning to unlock the deeper motivations behind how social workers make decisions—insights that have the power to transform lives.
Quantum technologies help advance disaster relief
Quantum entanglement is opening the door to secure communications without relying on fiber optic or wireless networks.