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Engineering and Society Chair Joins Eminent Scholars Contributing to Distinguished Lectures at Caltech
Historian W. Bernard Carlson explores the nexus between Nikola Tesla's technological contributions and his penchant for showmanship.
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UVA Alumnus Chris Hellings Joins Engineering School Faculty to Teach Applied Math
Christian Hellings brings experience and a knack for connecting with students as Engineering and Society’s newest faculty in applied math.
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Ethics Center Moves From National Academy of Engineering to UVA Engineering
The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science has a new home, but its leadership remains in the capable hands of UVA Engineering and Society associate professor Rosalyn Berne.
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Engineering and Society’s Caitlin Wylie Part of UVA’s New Arctic Research Center
UVA researchers received a five-year, $3 million grant through the National Science Foundation’s “Navigating the New Arctic” initiative for a multidisciplinary research collaboration.
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What Technology Has Accidentally Killed the Most People?
How does the combustion engine kill? Science and technology historian Peter D. Norton counts the ways.
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Viewing One’s Car as a Safety Zone Is Natural Inclination for Some, Says Technology Historian
The New York Times writes that cars let life in quarantine go on; Engineering and Society’s Peter D. Norton notes we’ve thought of our vehicles as personal protective equipment before.
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Fighting Traffic in the Time of COVID-19
Associate professor Peter D. Norton of the Department of Engineering and Society discussed how the pandemic is changing our perception of urban outdoor spaces with historical context.
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For Good: Bridging the Diversity Divide
Nathaniel Donkoh-Moore, Third-Year Student, Systems Engineering
People become engineers because they have a passion for creating knowledge and technologies that serve society. UVA Engineering’s "For Good" series shares their voices.
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The Wizard's Story
Joseph L. Vaughn Professor of Humanities and technology historian W. Bernard Carlson was on BYU Radio recently talking about what fired inventor Nikola Tesla’s imagination.
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Reacting To History
First-Year engineering students tour UVA’s decommissioned nuclear reactor building and learn about their roles in designing the future
UVA Engineering students learn about the nuclear reactor that once existed here and the consequential role engineers play in developing technology that can help or hurt humanity.