Centers, Labs, Groups

In research labs and groups across UVA Engineering, our faculty and students are making discoveries and disseminating their breakthroughs across the globe.

  • Center for Research in Intelligent Storage & Processing in Memory

    UVA Engineering leads the $29.7 million, 10-university Center for Research in Intelligent Storage and Processing in Memory (CRISP) as part of the Semiconductor Research Corporation's Joint University Microelectronics Program. CRISP researchers are working to unlock the power of big data to solve some of society's biggest challenges by removing the computing "memory wall," which refers to the separation between computer memory that stores data and the processors that operate on the data. Director: Kevin Skadron.

  • Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems

    The UVA Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems (The Center), recognized worldwide for its contributions to risk, resilience, and reliability, brings together UVA's technical expertise in collaborations across the University. The Center develops theory, methodology, and technology to identify and manage risk for engineering systems.

  • Center for Transportation Studies

    Our mission is to improve transportation through innovative education and development of future transportation leaders, and to provide practical, relevant, career-building training for transportation professionals.

  • Center for Visual & Decision Informatics

    This is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. The center’s mission is to research and develop next-generation technologies in data science, big data analytics, including visual analytics, augmented intelligence, and decision informatics to enable decision makers in government and industry to fundamentally improve the way their organization’s information is interpreted and analyzed. UVA Site Director: Peter A. Beling.

  • Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering

    CESE addresses the technologically critical fields of corrosion and electrochemical science and engineering which affect the performance and reliability of most products manufactured in the world today.
    Capabilities
    • Corrosion Resistant Alloy Design,
    • Modeling of atomistic to the mesoscale localized corrosion
    • Corrosion protection, coatings, inhibition and prevention
    • Multi-scale characterization modeling and characterization

  • Choi Laboratory for Optoelectronic Materials

    Professor Joshua Choi's research group aims to advance the fundamental understanding of relationships between the structure of semiconductor nanomaterials, and their optical, electrical and magnetic properties.

  • Clarens Lab

    Professor Andrés Clarens and his interdisciplinary group of scholars apply the tools of environmental engineering to help solve complex problems related to decarbonization of our infrastructure.

  • Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems (CCALS)

    CCALS is a consortium of industry, government and universities that adapts and transforms advanced logistics systems for market-ready solutions. CCALS engages and benefits its members through applied research and innovation in data analytics, cyber-physical systems, and strategic investments. Contact: Thomas Polmateer.

  • Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM)

    CCAM is a public-private research partnership created by the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, Canon, Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik Coromant, Siemens, and Sulzer Metco. The center’s overall goal is to accelerate new technologies from initial creation through application and proof of concept and into commercial practice by bringing researchers from the universities and industry into a shared collaborative environment. UVA Advanced Manufacturing Fellow: Richard Martukanitz.

  • Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group

    The Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group, led by Professor Bi-Cheng Zhou, focuses on research areas that include computational thermodynamics and kinetics (the CALPHAD method), Ab initio modeling of thermodynamics and diffusion based on density functional theory, physical metallurgy and theoretical modeling of phase transformations in alloys, oxidation and corrosion in high-temperature systems, electrochemical corrosion of alloys.