Small Steps Have Outsized Impact
The Advanced Materials Synthesis Research Experience for Undergraduates site will immerse rising sophomores through seniors in...
Engineering and Society: Equipping future engineers to apply judgment as well as analysis to global challenges
For UVA Engineering graduates to confront the difficult challenges of the 21st century, they must possess both high-level analytic skills and the ability to apply those skills ethically in ways that reflect the cultural, economic and political context. The Department of Engineering and Society is where UVA Engineering students learn to integrate analysis and judgment so they can create innovative solutions that are effective and sustainable because they are appropriate.
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Students in Science, Technology and Society Class Propose Ritual for Fourth-Year Students to Enshrine UVA Engineering Ethos
Students in science, technology and society professor Kay Neeley’s fourth-year ethics course created a UVA Engineering version of...
Can Removing Highways Fix American Cities?
Engineering and society professor Peter Norton provides historical context for a New York Times article on proposals to undo the...
Online Ethics Center Finds Natural Home at UVA Engineering
Center is the go-to resource for engineering and science educators, researchers and practitioners to help them integrate ethics in...
Our Faculty
Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook
Assistant Professor in Science, Technology, and Society
Research Areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Science, Technology and Society
James W. Lark, III
Asst. Professor, Applied Mathematics Program, Department of Engineering and Society, Affiliated Faculty, Department of Statistics, Systems Engineering Program
Research Areas
- Computational Statistics and Simulation/Statistical Modeling
- Risk and Decision Analysis
- Optimization Models and Methods
Benjamin Joseph Laugelli
Assistant Professor in Science, Technology, and Society
Research Areas
- Science, technology and society: technology and religion, technology and science fiction, design and values, and design and sustainability
More About Our Department
Works in Progress
The Engineering & Society Department leads a culture of entrepreneurship at UVA Engineering. We support the Works in Progress community of student entrepreneurial projects. Watch the Works in Progress video.
Entrepreneurship
True engineering success comes from moving ideas and knowledge out of the laboratories and into the marketplace. This video explains our philosophy of entrepreneurship in engineering.