Department News: Engineering Systems and Environment
Recent news about the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment
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Recent news about the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment
Julia Suozzi (computer engineering ’18) is the national winner of the American National Standards Institute’s seventh annual student paper competition.
Donna Chen, assistant professor of civil engineering at UVA, examined traffic data from Virginia’s toll roads to find out if the time they save is worth the cost.
This powerful fellowship program is a critical reason UVA Engineering is attracting outstanding and diverse new graduate students.
The department bridges students, faculty and staff from UVA’s civil, environmental and systems engineering disciplines for an innovative approach to modern challenges.
Engineering and Society historian Peter Norton tells Southern California Public Radio that city streets changed to accommodate cars and they can change again.
Engineering and Society history professor Peter Norton writes in an op-ed for Wired magazine that pedestrians should not have to take a back seat to autonomous vehicles.
UVA Engineers are working with a multidisciplinary team in two pan-university institutes tackling global challenges such as the rapidly changing climate.
Civil engineering students Austin Angulo, Xiaoxiao Zhang and Wesley Daugherty teamed with computer engineering’s Mahmoud Elnaggar to win VDOT’s SmarterRoads Hackaton with their navigation app, FlexiRoute.
Prof. Cody Fleming discusses why "safety drivers" have trouble reacting to obstacles.
Soon, roadways will be filled with driverless vehicles. Robots will help all surgeons operate more precisely and safely. Homes will sense how their occupants want to live, and...