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UVA Engineering Team Pools Expertise to Reduce Emissions from the Diesel Engines that Move Goods Around the Globe

Decarbonizing heavy freight trucks won’t be easy; no technology today has the power and efficiency to replace diesel engines for moving goods over long distances.

A UVA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. Student is Developing a New Type of Memory that Could Give Artificial Intelligence a Big Push Forward

Ph.D. student Kiumars Aryana is developing a more sophisticated and powerful system of data processing.

Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. Assistant professor Dan Quinn's op-ed reveals how his new research could inspire new designs for submarines and airplanes.

Focus on Machine Learning Provides Opportunities for International and High School Students

Sunidhi Garg and Paige Delsa developed R-Shiny web applications to make group members’ models more accessible and interactive.

Executive Dean Pamela M. Norris will help lead continued research growth and expansion at GW.

Social justice concepts have become woven throughout science, technology and society courses, including longtime core classes and new electives developed in response to currents...

UVA Engineering students spent 10 weeks learning communications and policy analysis skills with hands-on internships alongside high-level science and technology policymakers in...

Wu’s Work Supports 3-D Manufacture of Complex Parts in Hypersonic Vehicles

Wu applied machine learning and statistical techniques to reduce the variability in processing 3-D manufactured parts.

Whalen Models Laser-Material Interactions to Make 3-D Printing More Efficient and Accurate

Fourth-year Brendan Whalen has earned a scholarship from the Virginia Space Grant Consortium to improve 3-D printing processes.

What Happened to the First Black Woman to Get Her Ph.D. from the UVA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering?

When Sonya T. Smith became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. from the UVA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 1995, her trailblazing days were just beginning.