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. See Also: Emeritus Faculty Directory.
Professor Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs
Brian L. Smith, PE is a leader in advanced technology in surface transportation systems - specifically "connecting" the infrastructure to travelers to improve transportation safety and efficiency. His research has contributed to innovations such as mobile phone navigation systems and urban freeway management.
Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track
My research interests include pedagogical research focused on student reasoning, technical communication, and hands-on troubleshooting in a lab setting; systems engineering and the design process; reliability assessment and design, particularly using probabilistic methods; and…
James A. Smith is an environmental engineer holding the Henry L. Kinnier Chair of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UVA. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1983 and 1984, and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1992.
Mike Smith's technical expertise spans applied quantitative methods, strategic planning, technology evaluation, and organizational assessment across a variety of application domains including manufacturing, transportation, defense, and health care.
Associate Professor, Emergency MedicineVice Chair for Research Department of Emergency MedicineMedical Director, Center for Applied BiomechanicsAssociate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy)
Dr. Mark Sochor is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia. Dr. Sochor is a clinically active emergency medicine physician and the medical director at the Center for Applied…
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics
Raised in NYC, Spencer's affinity for Charlottesville grew when she moved to study math at UVA in 2014. Her thesis focused on he linearized Navier-Stokes equations. Soon after she graduated, she started teaching at Mary Baldwin College and then moved back to teach math at UVA's Applied Math program. Outside work, she enjoys yoga and puzzles.
Director of Computer Engineering Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC) Professor
Currently Recruiting
Mircea R. Stan is teaching and doing research in the areas of AI hardware, Processing in Memory, Cyber-Physical Systems, Computational RFID, Low Power, Spintronics, and Nanoelectronics.
Leyf Starling is a founding faculty member of the First Year Engineering Center, joining in July 2023. She is currently developing curriculum and teaching the Foundations of Engineering 1 and 2 courses as well as advising 1st year engineering students.
Distinguished Institute Professor, Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative, Computer Science (by Courtesy)
Research Interests: Computational complexity, Automata theory, Analysis of algorithms, Discrete dynamical systems, Game theory Dr. Richard Stearns is a Distinguished Institute Professor with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia. He has made…
Senior Lecturer, Computer ScienceAcademic General Faculty
With love for the art of programming and three decades of industry experience in software engineering, I am interested in helping students understand theory and implementation.
