The Virginia Smart Roads are state-of-the-art, closed test-bed research facilities managed by VTTI in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The Smart Road became one of the world’s most advanced testing facilities for transportation technology and safety research, with more than 30,000 hours of research conducted on the road since its opening.

Virginia Tech is home to the only food science program in Virginia and one of the premier food science programs worldwide, with a curriculum fully accredited by the Institute of Food Technologists. Since 1968, the Department of Food Science & Technology has been a leader in contributing to food quality, safety, marketability and availability through excellence in teaching, research and extension.

The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation is one of the top programs in natural resource management in the U.S. From protected areas management and economic policy to forest soil productivity, urbanization, and genomics, we seek to discover new knowledge and technology to address the global challenges to come.