I described meeting Steven Mackay, College of Engineering Communications Coordinator, at the visit of Google CEO Eric Schmidt to Blacksburg, Virginia, October 23, 2008.
I asked for the top three cool things going on in the engineering school at Virginia Tech. Steven sent me four.
Here's Cool Thing #1:
Engineers began the paradigm shift in the manufacturing of power electronics products
Some 12 years ago, Intel, a multibillion-dollar global company that increased its operating revenue by some 45 percent in 2007 alone, became such a fan of Virginia Tech’s Fred Lee and his power electronics center that it asked his help in developing the next generation computer processor. By 2000, every Intel processor used a revolutionary power supply source, known technically as a multi-phased voltage regulator module (VRM) that Virginia Tech helped to develop. Today, Lee said all manufacturers of computer processors use the multi-phased VRM concept.
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