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Our faculty are not content to trod well-worn engineering paths. Instead, they are driven to pursue innovations in teaching, research that address truly complex challenges, and to pursue worldwide leadership roles in their fields.
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Archer, Robert J.
Read MoreExecutive Lecturer, Science, Technology, and Society
Rob is from Philadelphia but has been a part of the UVA community since 1980 where he was introduced to Charlottesville as an undergraduate track and field athlete and mechanical engineering student. Rob completed his graduate studies in 1994 at the Darden Graduate School of Business. His...
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Berne, Rosalyn W.
Read MoreChair, Engineering and Society, Professor, Science, Technology, and Society, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics, Director & Principal Investigator, Online Ethics Center (OEC)
Rosalyn W. Berne, PhD is the Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics, and Director of the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (OEC), in the Department of Engineering and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where she has been a faculty member since...
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Cheng, James "Jim" Su-ting
Read MoreExecutive Lecturer, Science, Technology, and Society
Jim Cheng has over 25 years experience as a technology entrepreneur, angel/private capital investor, business leader and a senior state government executive. His primary interests are in the support and development of technology entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the University...
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Davis, William J.
Read MoreLecturer, Science, Technology, and Society
William Davis received a BA in English from Virginia Tech (2000), an MA in Literature from Northern Arizona University (2005) before moving to Mexico to teach for three years. Upon returning to the US, William pursed pursued an MS in Science and Technology Studies (2011), and a PhD in Science...
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Earle, Joshua
Read MoreLecturer, Science, Technology, and Society
Joshua Earle is a PhD in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) from Virginia Tech. His work focuses on the history of eugenics, and its connection to modern genetic medicine and to future imaginaries of human and more-than-human worlds. His work is situated in Feminist Philosophy of Technology...
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Elzey, Dana M.
Read MoreAssociate Professor Emeritus, Science, Technology, and Society, Director Rodman Scholars Program, Director Engineering International Programs
After graduating with a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, and working on the R&D staffs of IBM and General Electric, Elzey accepted an offer to conduct research in the area of high temperature fatigue failure of Ni-base superalloys at the Max-Planck Institute for Materials Research in...
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Foley, Rider W.
Read MoreAssociate Professor, Science, Technology, and Society
Dr. Rider W. Foley is an associate professor in the science, technology & society program in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ‘4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM...
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Forelle, MC
Read MoreAssistant Professor
MC Forelle is an assistant professor in Engineering & Society at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Their work broadly examines the intersection of law, technology, and culture, with particular interests in materiality, sustainability, and practices...
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Groves, James F., Ph.D., P.E.
Read MoreAssociate Professor, Dept. of Engineering & Society (primary appointment), Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering (courtesy appointment)
James Groves is a leading university educator in the field of sustainable development. In the classroom he engages with students across disciplines and educates them about sustainable energy systems. His overarching goal is to help "people and planet" avoid the worst impacts of humanity's ever...