Career Readiness: Be Job Ready by Your Senior Year
SBIO 2026 Graduates
Career Readiness
Job-Ready Virtual Live Info Sessions, Fall 2026
Join any of our free live virtual info sessions! They will be focused towards the major listed, but contain info that would be helpful for all. These are all on Wednesday evenings, August to November, 2026. Each evening the live virtual session will be held from 7:00p.m.– 7:45p.m. ET on Zoom. RSVP through the links provided for each session. Once you RSVP, you will be sent the Zoom link for the session.
Info sessions for Packaging Systems and Design majors!
Wednesday, August 5th, 7:00p.m.
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Wednesday, August 26th, 7:00p.m.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 7:00p.m.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 7:00p.m.
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Wednesday, October 28th, 7:00p.m.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 7:00p.m.
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Info sessions for Sustainable System Science majors!
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
By graduation, PSD students have designed, tested, and improved real packaging for real companies — and have the credentials to prove it.
- A portfolio of industry projects, plus ISTA Packaging Dynamics Professional certification.
- Fluency in mechanical testing, materials science, design software, and sustainability.
- The confidence — and the network — to step straight into a $78K+ engineering role.
S3 graduates leave able to measure, model, and improve the sustainability of whole business systems.
- Hands-on command of LCA, Material Flow Analysis, and systems-thinking tools.
- A capstone project (SBIO 4724) that tackles a real sustainability challenge end-to-end.
- The analytical skills consulting, energy, and corporate-sustainability employers are hiring for.
February 24th, 2026 - Energy Engineers from Trane Technologies visit Sustainable Biomaterials students to demonstrate an energy audit at the Brooks Forest Resource Center. (Photo by Luke Hayes/Virginia Tech)
