Tunstall High School’s Robotics Team placed fifth (out of 40 competing teams) at the FIRST Robotic Competition in Charlottesville recently, with help from a group of Virginia Tech mechanical engineering students from IALR. Read More
Forty area children attended “A Morning with Dr. Seuss” at IALR recently. Sponsored by IALR in partnership with Target, along with the Danville Police Department and the Piedmont Governor’s school, the event featured read aloud sessions and science-related activities. Read More
Regional high school students like Eric Davey (l.) recently completed a three-year course of study at IALR, enabling them to acquire IT skills in STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Math). Read More
This event, held statewide at various locations, connects students with financial resources essential for funding college. Over 200 people attended the event at IALR this year. Read More
A group of veterans is traveling across America to promote Clean Energy as a strategy to enhance national security. Read More
IALR has received funding from the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission to place approximately 45 college students with local businesses for an 8 week internship next summer. Read More
Tomonari Furukawa, Director of the Computational Multiphysics Systems Lab (CMS) at IALR, is leading a topnotch robotics team vying for the $1.6 million dollar prize in an international robotics competition. Read More
Governor Timothy M. Kaine appointed Liam Leightley to serve on the Southern Technology Council. Read More
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
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
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
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
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
