Associate professor Saied Taheri and Virginia Tech students in the Intelligent Transportation Lab at the Institute developed a trailer that houses equipment to test tires on actual roads and road conditions. Read More
Effort to become ‘green government’ starts with installations of LED lighting. Read More
Green jobs training is coming, thanks to a $97,000 grant. Shown here are members or the training partnership. Read More
ISRR Researchers have developed a prize-winning daylily in “Hokie colors." Read More
Six students, chosen from among Graduates of Merit from Pittsylvania County Schools and Graduates of Distinction from Danville City Schools, were awarded $500 college scholarships. Read more about the winners, shown here. Read More
House of Representatives has approved $502,000 to further its research into high value horticulture crops, announced Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello, who supported the FY10 Agriculture Appropriations Bill of which the IALR funding is a part. Read More
Numerous school groups tour IALR every year. This group from Piedmont Summer Regional Governor's School got hands-on experience with plant biology in the ISRR. Read More
Return to Roots Southern Virginia (RTR SoVA) launched at the IALR on Friday, June 12. Via video conference, multiple locations across Southern Virginia participated in the event featuring Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Patrick Gottschalk, shown here. Read More
Dr. Liam Leightley (l.) congratulates Betty Davenport of Chatham (r.) on her election as the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR). Read More
Celebrity Rocker Neil Young is serious about fuel efficiency. He recently brought his Lincoln Continental to the VIPER drive train motorsports research facility at VIR to test its fuel efficiency as part of his bid to win the Automotive X Prize Competition. Read More
Fifteen prospective graduate students visited IALR during the Mechanical Engineering Department’s Graduate Student Weekend at Virginia Tech. Students are shown here with JOUSTER’s Will Brown, far left. Read More
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research's role as a catalyst for economic and community transformation will be accomplished through strategic research, advanced learning programs, advanced networking and technology, and community outreach. Central to this goal of transformation is researc... Read More
The mission of the Intelligent Transportation Lab (ITL) is to improve road transportation safety through development and application of state-of-the-art sensors, actuators, and control systems. Saied Taheri, shown here, directs the lab. Read More
The mission of the Vehicle Terrain Performance Lab is to improve vehicle system performance by studying the interactions between vehicles and terrain. Read More
The Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research is focused on achieving unprecedented advances in racing performance by combining performance engineering research with world-class racing facilities. Read More
The Institute for Sustainable and Renewable Resources (ISRR) is jointly affiliated with the Departments of Horticulture and Forestry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The ISRR has brought together expertise in plant tissue culture, plant molecular biology, ge... Read More
IALR research centers drive commercialization crucial to regional economic success.
The research centers at IALR, selected based on existing regional assets, focus on these areas:
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Institute for Sustainable and Renewable Resources
Advanced & Applied Polymer Processing Institute
Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research
Performance Engineering Research Lab
Vehicle Terrain Performance Laboratory
Intelligent Transportation Lab
Bio-Inspired Technology Laboratory
Computational Multiphysics Systems Lab
