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Sustainability in Energy, Manufacturing and Transportation

We are leveraging our strong success in thermal management, high-speed propulsion, turbo-machinery, and additive manufacturing. Our research will continue to transform manufacturing, hypersonics, energy systems, and quantum materials at the national level, and grow our relationships with government agencies and industry.

Research Labs

Aerogel Research Laboratory

Aerogel Research Laboratory

Lab Director: Pamela M. Norris

Aerogel production, material modification techniques, characterization studies, acoustic studies; development of thin film coatings for electrical, acoustical, and thermal isolation in sensors

Aerogel Research Laboratory
Aerospace Research Laboratory

Aerospace Research Laboratory

Lab Director: Christopher P. Goyne

Founded in 1986, the Aerospace Research Laboratory spans a wide range of basic and applied research efforts in advanced aerospace technologies.

Aerospace Research Laboratory
Experiments and Simulations in Thermal Engineering (ExSiTE)

Experiments and Simulations in Thermal Engineering (ExSiTE)

Lab Director: Patrick E. Hopkins

The research for the ExSiTE group focus on energy transport, charge flow, and photonic interactions with condensed matter, soft materials, liquids, vapors and their interfaces.

Experiments and Simulations in Thermal Engineering (ExSiTE)
Fluids Research and Innovation Laboratory (FRIL)

Fluids Research and Innovation Laboratory (FRIL)

Lab Director: Eric Loth

Unsteady fluid dynamics, including micro- and nano-texturing coatings for self-cleaning, fluid dynamics and heat transfer of energy-storage systems, inlet aerodynamics of supersonic aircraft and inlet particle separators of helicopters, and bio-inspired morphing wind turbines

Fluids Research and Innovation Laboratory (FRIL)
Intelligent Systems Lab

Intelligent Systems Lab

Director: Dr. Qing (Cindy) Chang

The Intelligent System Lab has been working on the development of next-generation analytics and control frameworks for smart manufacturing powered by domain knowledge, advanced robotics, big data, IoT, and machine learning techniques.

Intelligent Systems Lab
Mechatronics Lab

Mechatronics Lab

Lab Director: Gavin Garner

Mechatronics involves the synergistic integration of Mechanical Engineering with electronics and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of industrial products and processes.

Mechatronics Lab
Nanoscale Heat Transfer Laboratory

Nanoscale Heat Transfer Laboratory

Lab Director: Pamela M. Norris

A state-of-the-art laboratory facility for optical techniques in microscale heat transfer, the lab performs experimental, computational, and theoretical investigations of thin-film thermophysical properties and interfacial thermal transport.

Nanoscale Heat Transfer Laboratory
Reacting Flow Lab

Reacting Flow Lab

Lab Director: Harsha Chelliah

Our primary research interests are in the area of theoretical and experimental combustion, with emphasis on understanding the fundamental interactions between fluid dynamics and finite-rate chemistry.

Reacting Flow Lab
Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratories (ROMAC)

Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratories (ROMAC)

Lab Director: Houston Wood

The Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratory (ROMAC) is an industrial research consortium that performs state-of-the-art research on turbomachinery design and performance.

Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratories (ROMAC)
UVA Thermal Management Diagnostics Group

This group integrates first-principle modeling, simulations, computations, and experimentation in a unique way in order to advance the field of thermal management.
Xu Research Group

Xu Research Group

Lab Director: Baoxing Xu

The Xu Research Group projects focus multiscale mechanics for functional material and device design — in particular, nanoporous materials, nanopore-functional liquid composite materials, bioinspired and biointegrated electronics and devices, soft-hard integration and adaptive soft materials.

Xu Research Group

December 1 PhD Proposal: Mohamad El Iskandarani
December 1 Doctoral Dissertation Defense - Michael Ritzo
December 1 CS Distinguished Speaker: Z. Berkay Celik, Purdue
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Sustainability in Energy, Manufacturing and Transportation

Research Labs

Lab Director: Pamela M. Norris

Lab Director: Christopher P. Goyne

Lab Director: Patrick E. Hopkins

Lab Director: Eric Loth

Director: Dr. Qing (Cindy) Chang

Lab Director: Gavin Garner

Lab Director: Pamela M. Norris

Lab Director: Harsha Chelliah

Lab Director: Houston Wood

UVA Thermal Management Diagnostics Group

Lab Director: Baoxing Xu