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Agnew, Sean R.
Read MoreProfessor of Materials Science and Engineering
Our research is focused primarily on metals analysis, including magnesium alloy formability, intermetallic behaviors, and aluminum alloy fatigue. Our methods of analysis typically include uses of SEM, TEM, XRD, and Neutron diffraction. Also included in our army of techniques is mechanical...
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Bezzo, Nicola
Read MoreAssistant Professor
Nicola Bezzo is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining UVA in January 2016, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the PRECISE Center, in the...
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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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Chen, T. Donna
Read MoreAssistant Professor
Dr. Chen joined the Engineering Systems and Environment Department's Civil and Environmental Engineering Program at University of Virginia in August 2015. Her research focuses on sustainable transportation systems (in particular modeling the impacts of new vehicle technologies systems on...
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Foley, Rider W.
Read MoreAssistant Professor in Science, Technology, and Society
Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant 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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Franco Duran, Diana
Read MoreAssistant Professor, Director, Construction Engineering and Management Program
Diana Franco Duran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment. She manages the newly initiated ...
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Gomez III, Jose Pantaleon
Read MoreLecturer
I was most recently the Director of Research for the Virginia Transportation Research Council, the Virginia Department of Transportation’s research division. I first joined the Research Council in June of 1992 as a Research Scientist and spent 9 years conducting applied research and technical...
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Goyne, Christopher P.
Read MoreAssociate Professor, Director of the UVA Aerospace Research Laboratory
Professor Goyne obtained his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. from the University of Queensland in 1991 and 1999, respectively. In the course of his Ph.D. research,Goyne specialized in high speed aerodynamics, high speed air-breathing propulsion and instrumentation development. Upon...
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Haimes, Yacov Y.
Read MoreLawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering Systems and Environment Emeritus
Yacov Y. Haimes is the Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Systems Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Emeritus, and founding director (1987) of the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems at the University of Virginia. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. (with Distinction)...
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Harris, Devin K.
Read MoreAssociate Professor, Director - Center for Transportation Studies, Faculty Director - Clark Scholars Program
Dr. Harris is currently an Associate Professor in the Engineering Systems and Environment Department at the University of Virginia. He joined the program as an Assistant Professor in July 2012. He is also the Director of the Center for Transportation Studies...