Alumni and Their Programs
2005 Alumni and Their Programs
Altogether 13 faculty members participated in the 2005 IFDP. Faculty represented the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Engineering, Pamplin College of Business, Architecture and Urban Studies, Science, and Veterinary Medicine.
| Faculty | College | Institution Visited | Location | Project |
| Carlyle Brewster | CALS* | Institute of Zoology at the University of Neuchatel | Switzerland | Student exchange and collaborative research |
| Tom Burbey | COS | ETH; University of Padova; and Politecnico di Milano | Switzerland and Italy | Student and faculty exchange, dual degree program |
| Francois Elvinger | VMRCVM | WHO-Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Veterinary Public Health) and Wusterhausen (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit Institut für Epidemiologie) | Hannover and Wusterhausen, Germany | Collaborative research |
| Howard Feiertag | PCOB | Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) and EURAC (European Academy,Bolzano) | Switzerland and Italy | Student exchange and collaborative research |
| Conrad Heatwole | CALS | Agriculture University of Tirana; Federation of Farmers of Myzequja; USAID | Albania | Educational exchange, outreach program, and collaborative research |
| Anne-Marie Knoblauch | CAUS | Università degli Studi di Napoli Frederico II | Naples, Italy | International conference and student exchange |
| Vinod Lohani | CENG | Berne University of Applied Sciences; University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg; ETH; Engineering College of Copenhagen | Switzerland and Denmark | Student exchange |
| Heike Mayer | CAUS | University of Stuttgart | Stuttgart, Germany | International symposium, student exchange and collaborative research |
| Nancy McGehee | PCOB | University of Siena | Montova and Siena, Italy | Collaborative research |
| Scott Nelson | CLAHS | WTO, UNDP and UNFAO | Switzerland | Collaborative research |
| Wayne Neu | CENG | University of Zagreb (UZ); Brodarski Institute (BI-Ship Research Institute) | Croatia | Student exchange and collaborative research |
| Terry Papillon | CLAHS | Università degli Studi di Napoli Frederico II | Naples, Italy | International conference and student exchange |
| John Rossi | COS | University of Trier (UT) | Trier, Germany | Collaborative research |
* Key to college abbreviations
CALS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CAUS College of Architecture and Urban Studies
CENG College of Engineering
CLAHS College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
COS College of Science
PCOB Pamplin College of Business
VMRCVM Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
2006 Alumni and Their Programs
Fifteen faculty members were nominated for the 2006 IFDP, and a total of 13 participated in the full program. Faculty represented all eight colleges at Virginia Tech.
| Faculty | College | Institution Visited | Location | Project |
| Jan Helge Bohn | CENG* | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Darmstadt, Germany | Joint degree program |
| Traian Iliescu | COS | Universita di Pisa and Politecnico di Milano | Pisa and Milan, Italy | Student exchange and collaborative research |
| Joe Marcy | CALS | Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) | Wageningen, The Netherlands | Graduate research and faculty exchange |
| Mike Mortimer | CNR | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Madrid, Spain | Student exchange and collaborative research |
| Jim Pease | CALS | Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) | Wageningen, The Netherlands | Graduate research and faculty exchange |
| Susan Piedmont-Palladino | CAUS | Weimer and Bauhaus | Berlin, Germany | Student exchange and collaborative research |
| Tom Sanchez | CAUS | University of Westminster, School of Arch and Built Environment | London, UK | Collaborative research and international workshop |
| Madeleine Schreiber | COS | EAWAG | Zurich and Lucerne, Switzerland | Student and faculty exchange, collaborative research |
| Rob Stephens | CLAHS | University of Bielefeld | Berlin, Germany | Collaborative research |
| Bettye Walters | VMRCVM | Office for International Epizootics | Paris, France | Student exchange and collaborative research |
| Pamela Weaver | PCOB | MODUL, European Training Center for Hospitality and Tourism | Vienna, Austria | Student and faculty exchange |
| Jane Wemhoener | CLAHS | Anglo-American Institute and Institute for European Studies (IES) | London, UK | Interdisciplinary, cross-college study abroad program |
| Chris Zobel | PCOB | Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (WU-Wien) | Vienna, Austria | Student exchange and collaborative research |
2007 Alumni and Their Programs
Twelve faculty representing seven colleges at Virginia Tech participated in 2007.
| Name | College | Institution Visited | Location | Project |
| Tracy Cowden | CLAHS | Hochschule Musik und Theater, Zurich; Kantonschule Baden; Hindemith Music Centre | Zurich, Baden and Blonay, Switzerland | Joint summer music institute and performer exchange |
| John Tedesco | CLAHS | University of Koblenz-Landau | Landau, Germany | Collaborative research |
| Mary Leigh Wolfe | CALS | Joint Research Centre and Institute for Environment & Sustainability | Ispra, Italy | Collaborative research |
| A. Lynn Abbott | CENG | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Darmstadt, Germany | Student exchange programs |
| Joseph Wang | CENG | University of Surrey; Vienna University of Technology; Austria Research Centers GmbH | Surrey, UK; Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria | Collaborative student projects; collaborative research |
| Mary Connerley | PCOB | Wolseley | Theile, UK | Research collaboration |
| Kimberlee Weaver | PCOB | Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) | Lugano, Switzerland | Resesarch collaboration |
| Sonia Hirt | CAUS | Politecnico di Milano; USI | Milan, Italy and Lugano, Switzerland | Student and faculty exchange; individual research project |
| Michael Ermann | CAUS | L'Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, USI | Mendrisio and Lugano, Switzerland | Study abroad program |
| Eric De Sturler | COS | TU Berlin (TUB); Berlin Mathematical School (BMS) | Berlin, Germany | Joint PhD program; collaborative research |
| F. William Pierson | VMRCVM | UN Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome, Italy | Collaborative teaching in Transboundary Animal Disease |
| John Dascanio | VMRCVM | University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover | Hanover, Germany | Student and veterinary exchange; research collaboration |
* Key to college abbreviations
CALS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CAUS College of Architecture and Urban Studies
CENG College of Engineering
CLAHS College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
CNR College of Natural Resources
COS College of Science
PCOB Pamplin College of Business
VMRCVM Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine