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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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Baek, Stephen
Read MoreAssociate Professor,
Stephen Baek is an Associate Professor of Data Science at the University of Virginia, where he also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Baek received his B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul,...
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Balachandran, Prasanna
Read MoreAssistant Professor
My interests are in materials informatics, density functional theory, machine learning, bayesian inference, and optimal design methods applied to accelerate the search and discovery of novel 2D materials, metallic alloys, ferroic and electronic materials.
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Bart-Smith, Hilary
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Professor Bart-Smith joined the University of Virginia faculty in the fall of 2002. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland and her PhD degree in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University. Dr. Bart-Smith came to UVA...
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Beard, J. Taylor
Read MoreAssociate Professor Emeritus
Taylor Beard received his bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Auburn University and his graduate degrees from Oklahoma State University (MS & PhD). He is certified as a professional engineer in Virginia.
He joined the University of Virginia in 1965 as an assistant...
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Blemker, Silvia Salinas
Read MoreProfessor, Biomedical Engineering
Silvia Blemker uses experimental and computational models to characterize the relationships between muscle structure, biomechanical properties, biology, and function in order to develop new treatments for musculoskeletal disease. She did her undergraduate and Master’s work in Biomedical...
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Chang, Cindy
Read MoreAssociate Professor
Professor Chang joined UVA as an Associate Professor in December 2018. Prior to her position at UVA, Dr. Chang was an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University. Dr. Qing (Cindy) Chang’s research has focused on improving sustainability and efficiency of smart...
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Chelliah, Harsha K.
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Professor Chelliah joined the University of Virginia in the Fall of 1992. He received his B.Sc. degree (First-Class Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka in January 1981, MS degree in Mechanical...
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Dedic, Chloe
Read MoreAssistant Professor
Dedic received her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University in 2012 and 2017, respectively. After graduation she worked as a visiting scientist with the National Institute of Aerospace at NASA Langley Research Center and joined the University of Virginia as an assistant professor in...
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Dong, Haibo
Read MoreProfessor, Director of Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
Professor Dong joined UVA as an Associate Professor in August 2012. Prior to his position at UVA, Dr. Dong was an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Wright State University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from UCLA in 2003. After completing his doctorate...
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Esfarjani, Keivan
Read MoreAssociate Professor
I am presently pursuing my research interests in the fields of energy management and high-temperature materials. I develop computer codes and novel methodologies to perform and analyze results from these specific calculations. More specifically, I study behavior of anharmonic materials at high...