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Associate Professor Matt Panzer is one of the world’s leaders on state-of-the-art modeling and simulation of the brain's response to mechanical loads according to a special issue of Annals of Biomedical Engineering published by Springer

Balachandran Brings Machine Learning to the Search for New Materials

Prasanna Balachandran is one of 20 rising stars identified by the editors of Computational Materials Science.

With a better understanding of how fish move, researchers eventually could develop faster, more efficient propulsion systems for manned and unmanned underwater vehicles.

Mechanical engineers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering, leading a collaboration with biologists from Harvard University, have created the first robotic fish...

Strategic Approach Leads to Double-Digit Increases in Sponsored Research Funding

UVA Engineering’s focus on bold research in areas of societal need is earning results: Sponsored research funding increased by 74 percent between fiscal years 2016 and 2018.

See how University of Virginia MAE researchers, inspired by the structure and resilience of palm trees, are revolutionizing the design of wind turbines to provide more renewable energy in the U.S. and, eventually, around the world.

Chris Goyne, a University of Virginia professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering who specializes in hypersonic and supersonic propulsion systems and aerodynamics, teaches his students about the inspiring Apollo program that engineered that giant leap for mankind.

Libertas, a small space satellite developed and built at UVA during the last three years, was deployed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

A new study led by prinicipal scientist Jason Forman at the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics shows that women wearing seat belts are significantly more likely to suffer injury than their male counterparts.

New research at the Center for Applied Biomechanics has found that while cars are getting safer overall, the odds of a female sustaining a serious to fatal injury in a collision are 73 percent higher than they are for a male.

Three Virginia university satellites, including one from UVA, were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer