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Nine of this year's 23 Double Hoo Research Grants have one or more UVA Engineers on the team. Some students will continue research they have already started; for others, it will be an opportunity to start something new.

For almost a decade, Demarest served as an electrician on nuclear submarines, operating, repairing and maintaining their power plants. This firsthand experience has convinced him...

John Scully has weighed in on a number of issues of public concern: offshore drilling equipment, nuclear waste storage, lead pipes and bridge safety. Recently awarded the T. J...

Prasanna Balachandran, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will be collaborating with professors from EE and Physics, working to shrink computing memory bits on a nanoscale level using tiny magnetic structures called "skyrmions.”

Additive Manufacturing partnership links students, Navy, and University expertise

“This has enabled us to work with some outstanding students, and we hope to establish a long-term relationship with Dahlgren that enables us to continue attracting the best...

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Assistant professor Shawn Russell combines biomechanics and orthopaedics--the outcome is life-changing for patients AND students.

Madeline Morales studies the high-temperature oxidation of ceramic matrix composites for use in aircraft gas-turbine engine components as a member of the Opila Research group. In describing the fourth year who won a Harrison Undergraduate Research Award, Beth Opila offers that “Maddy is tackling...

With Research in Autonomous Systems, Smart Cities and Smart Health, the Link Lab Will Catalyze the Cyber Age

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...

Charles “Chip” Blankenship has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Arconic Board of Directors, effective January 15, 2018. Blankenship, who holds a Ph.D. from UVA's Materials Science & Engineering Department, is a 24-year veteran of General Electric who spent much...

The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia seeks to hire multiple Research Scientists and Post Doc (Research Associates) to support the newly...