Announcements

VT BioBuild Program | International Living Future Institute Partnership Announced Today

Bullitt Center, ILFI Partnerships, VT BioBuild

**ANNOUNCEMENT**

Exciting new partnership announced between the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and VT BioBuild Program. This partnership will benefit BioBuild students in earning their Living Future Accreditation (LFA)

BIOBUILD FELLOW ZACH GOULD NAMED 2021 VA TECH IGEP STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to doctoral candidate and BioBuild Fellow Zach Gould for being named the 2021 Virginia Tech Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student of the Year! Zach has been involved in many exciting interdisciplinary projects during his time here at VT, but his work with mycorrhyzal networks as a model for hybrid solar microgrids and his contributions to the award-winning TreeHAUS Solar Decathlon Project in 2019 clinched him as the choice for this award. Let’s also not forget that Zach was part of VA Tech’s largest cohort of Fulbright Grant Recipients in the history of the university.

Biobuild Faculty Member to Present on Human-Centered Adaptation of Smart Buildings

Farrokh Jazizadeh and his research team consisting of Tianzhi He, and Wooyoung Jung, will be presenting on a very interesting topic this Friday. Dr. Farrokh is Director of VA Tech's INFORM Lab and he is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This Friday's presentation is titled: Human-Building Interaction in Smart and Connected Buildings. A brief summary of topics to be addressed is listed below: