Mark Stremler, Virginia Tech (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption Mark Stremler of Virginia Tech's Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is leading the $3 million Multi-Scale Transport in Environmental and Physiological Systems project, funded by NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program. MultiSTEPS is the fifth interdisciplinary program at Virginia Tech to be supported by IGERT, NSF's flagship training grant. Credit Virginia Tech Photo Usage Restrictions Photo of Mark Stremler may be used with news, announcement, or discussion of the MultiSTEPS program. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.