Sept. 9 Pregame HokieTalks
| Speaker |
Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Matthew Gabriele College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences |
“Thinking about the Middle Ages with Game of Thrones” | The medieval is all around us, with references in the news, architecture (Burruss looks like a castle!), and pop culture. Gabriele, from the Department. of Religion and Culture, is a medieval historian who teaches a popular course at Virginia Tech on Game of Thrones. He will discuss why we think about the Middle Ages when we watch the show and where those references come from. Learn more:
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| Assistant Professor David Goldsmith College of Architecture and Urban Studies |
"Constructing the Future: How we are using robots, drones, and 700 MPH trains to impact the future" | Goldsmith co-advises Virginia Tech’s Hyperloop team, which placed fourth at the international SpaceX competition in 2016. The team is gearing up for another SpaceX competition in January. Goldsmith will talk about the process of building a passenger carrying pod that is propelled through a near-vacuum tube at more than airliner speed. Learn more: |