Applicant Eligibility Narrative

0055-EX-PN-2017 Applicant Eligibility

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Program Experimental License with File Number 0055-EX-PN-2017 and Confirmation Number EL861618 Applicant Eligibility Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) is a public research university with a graduate research program in engineering accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The university is home to Wireless @ Virginia Tech, a multi-disciplinary research group comprised of world-leading engineering faculty and students with a 26-year history of solid research results and innovation. Virginia Tech is among the “serial” holders of experimental licenses with demonstrated expertise in radio spectrum management. With a research portfolio of $504 million in fiscal year 2015, Virginia Tech is in the top 50 of the National Science Foundation rankings for research expenditures. The university has institutional processes to monitor and effectively manage a wide variety of research projects. The program area identified in our license application is our main campus area in Blacksburg combined with the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center all of which is under the control of the university. If this application is approved, we will seek to add a second campus area around the Kentland Experimental Aerial Systems (KEAS) Laboratory also under the control of the university.


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