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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.

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.

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.

Engineering and Society associate professor Peter Norton offers a historical perspective on how to reverse the rise in pedestrian fatalities in an in-depth story by Arizona Public Media.

Engineering and Society professor Peter D. Norton argues that embracing bike- and pedestrian-friendly streets could be an American thing after all — just look at history.

UVA academics join forces with the community to tackle some of the region’s biggest issues using social innovation, civic technology, and open data.

The center will seek to work with community stakeholders to apply data and technology in order to find creative solutions to sticky civic problems.

Science, technology and society associate professor Peter D. Norton says many factors influence auto insurance rates, but reducing our society’s dependence on cars would help bring down the cost.

W. Bernard Carlson, a historian of technology and chair of the Department of Engineering and Society, argues for adaptive regulation to allow disruptive innovations to push progress while protecting the public.

Historian W. Bernard Carlson will teach courses in TechInnovate, which offers master’s programs in entrepreneurship

Engineering and Society department chair W. Bernard Carlson will join the National University of Ireland Galway as a visiting lecturer in entrepreneurship during the 2019-2020...

In his latest column for Forbes, W. Bernard Carlson, Joseph L. Vaughan Professor of Humanities and chair of the Department of Engineering and Society, wrote movingly about a revered former colleague.