Transdisciplinary Collaboration to Visually Map Government Policies to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Beverage Products to Children
The globalization of the food supply has fostered the widespread transnational marketing of highly processed food and beverage products high in fat, added sugars, and salt (HFSS) to young people worldwide. We conducted a scoping review 7 of published scientific peer-reviewed evidence and gray literature for voluntary and mandatory government policies related to food and beverage marketing to children in 13 countries from the Americas region.
Parametric Sign Shack
The Parametric Sign Shack is an exploration in curvilinear surfaces constructed of two dimensional panels.
Emergency Evacuation Planning for Lane Stadium
This project addresses the need to be prepared for a large-scale emergency crowd evacuation from Lane Stadium.
Impromptu Glorious Chorus Project
The project involves preparation for a performance for the Center for the Arts opening in November. The guest artist, Elise Witt, was invited by Ruth Waalkes to create an “impromptu glorious chorus,”
Embodied Virtual Reality for Training and Performance
A recent major milestone has been met to implement a realistic play scenarios, with consultation from a VT quarterback coach, that can simulate the many two play options a quarterback might face.
Marenostrum @ The Spacial Music Workshop & Cube Fest 2018
The Spatial Music Workshop 2018 was held August 4-9, 2018. It was organized by Eric Lyon with the collaboration of Tanner Upthegrove and DJ Malinowski. The workshop included full-day sessions of technical presentations (e.g., Reaper, Max, SuperCollider, Bukvic’s D4, Upthegrove’s spatial audio mastering techniques, Malinowski’s music production tools, or Lyon’s use of Myo’s bracelets, among others).
Virginia Tech Science Festival returns Oct. 27
The Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to campus Saturday, Oct. 27, with 93 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university, including physics, space, engineering, communication, geology, health and medicine, history, transportation, computers, chemistry, and more.
Engineering and arts join forces at Moogfest
It’s not often an engineer is featured on the lineup schedule for a music festival, but Mike Roan, a professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering has done it as part of Moogfest, a community of futurists who explore emerging sound technologies in Durham, North Carolina.
‘Badstar’ offers an immersive, experimental, and visually rich concert
he Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts will present “Badstar,” a one-of-a-kind musical and visual experience, in the Cube at the Moss Arts Center on Oct. 11–13 at 7:30 p.m.
The collaboration for the performance began in 2017, when violinist Charles Nichols, an assistant professor in the School of Performing Arts, and video artist Zach Duer, an assistant professor in the School of Visual Arts
We are a collection of artists, designers, engineers, and scientists coming together in a living laboratory that fosters creativity and promotes critical reflection.
The Cube is highly-adaptable and has been used to create immersive environments, intimate performances, audio and visual installations, research, and experimental investigations of all kinds.
Proposals must be transdisciplinary in nature and explore some aspect of technology and at least two of the following areas represented by the Institute and its studios...
