Your Final Assignment: Build a System To Improve UVA Swim Starts
UVA electrical and computer engineering students built a high-tech “smart” starting block as a training tool to help swimmers launch faster — potentially shaving crucial milliseconds off race times.
Recycling Solar Panel Electronic Waste — With Laser Light
By 2050, the world will be grappling with an estimated 78 million tons of solar panel e-waste, says UVA professor Mool Gupta. He is working on a solar-panel recycling solution.
Teaching Robots to Read the Room: UVA Engineering’s Bezzo Wins DARPA Young Faculty Award
Electrical and computer engineering professor Nicola Bezzo is pioneering empathetic, resilient robots that can anticipate human needs in complex environments.
UVA’s Moon Robot Collects Awards in NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge
UVA Engineering’s moon rover team won top innovation and other awards at the 2025 NASA competition by drawing on tried-and-true engineering principles and past experience.
UVA Engineering Announces Newly Promoted and Tenured Faculty
The University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science is proud to recognize the outstanding faculty members who have been promoted this year.