U.S. News & World Report college rankings: Virginia Tech ranked No. 70 in the nation

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Virginia Tech ranked No. 70 in the nation

Posted: Monday, September 14, 2015 7:36 pm

Lauren Pak, news staff writer

In the 2015 U.S. News & World Report, Virginia Tech ranked No. 70 of all national universities, tied with Texas A&M University, and No. 26 of public institutions. Both rankings are one position ahead from last year.
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The Virginia Tech college of engineering ranked No. 8 among public institutions and No. 15 among all national institutions, defending its titles since last year and tying again with Texas A&M University.
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Virginia Tech’s department of biomedical engineering and mechanics, which was established in 2014 as a product of a merge between the department of engineering science and mechanics and the biomedical engineering program, was ranked No. 4 among engineering science programs. Several of Virginia Tech’s engineering programs, including civil and industrial, were among the top 20 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation.

Along with the highly ranked school of engineering, the Pamplin College of Business earned a No. 27 spot among public universities and No. 43 among national institutions. The U.S. News & World Report went on to describe Virginia Tech as a “research powerhouse.”

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1. Take THAT Baylor and Rutgers!!!

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2. Excellent. My dad graduated from Va Tech in engineering. I have his class ring that he was proud of.

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3. Without checking, I'm going to guess that

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VT engineering rakes in a lot more research dollars than UVa engineering.

The engineering school at UVa is sort of an afterthought. Again, I haven't checked lately, but it used to be the case that engineering students at UVa had the highest average SATs of any of the schools (College of Arts and Sciences, Architecture, etc.) at UVa.

Also, at one time, a higher percentage of the engineering students were women than at any other engineering school in the U.S. I couldn't tell you what the situation is now.

VT engineers are no slouches. They get around.

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4. Proud mama of a UVA Engineering grad, our daughter :) nt

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5. More engineering pride, though not from Virginia

The Ig Nobels are out

Winner, 2015 Ig Nobel Prize for Physics:

Most Mammals Take 21 Seconds to Pee

Jul 7, 2014 11:40 AM ET // by Megan Gannon, Live Science News Editor

An elephant's bladder can hold nearly 5 gallons (18 liters) of fluid, and yet, it can pee just as quickly as a cat.

A new study reveals that most mammals larger than rats urinate for about the same amount of time: 21 seconds. That's because their urethras are appropriately scaled to be a "flow-enhancing device," the researchers said.
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"I have a toddler at home and was changing her diaper and began thinking about how much urine an elephant would have," study leader David Hu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, said of the inspiration for the research.

To compare peeing rates across the animal kingdom, Hu and his colleagues turned to two venues where it's easy to find fauna: the zoo and the Internet. The team looked at 28 videos of animals urinating on YouTube, and visited Zoo Atlanta to gather their own footage of 16 animals peeing and to collect urine in pieces of empty soda bottles.

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