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Managing Director, Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational ResearchAssistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships, UVA EngineeringProfessor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering
David Chen is the founding Managing Director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at the University of Virginia and Professor of Practice in Biomedical Engineering.
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics
Heze Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Applied Mathematics. He joined the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia as a graduate student in 2017, where he obtained both his MS and PhD degrees in Structural Engineering. His academic journey has fostered his commitment to teaching and learning.
Assistant Professor, Computer ScienceAssistant Professor, Data Science
Research interests include: Distributed and storage systems, Cloud Computing, High-performance Computing, Operating Systems Yue Cheng holds a dual appointment as an Assistant Professor in the School of Data Science and in the Department of Computer Science. Prior to joining UVA in…
Research interests include: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, AI for Science Zezhou Cheng is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. His research interests include computer vision, machine learning, and their applications to ecology, material…
Jim Cheng has over 25 years experience as a technology entrepreneur, angel/private capital investor, business leader and a senior state government executive. As such, he has invested in over 40 startups of various industries, some of which have had successful exits! Previously, Jim served as the Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Virginia.
Commonwealth Professor of EngineeringProfessor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
Currently Recruiting
George Joseph Christ, Ph.D., develops basic and translational tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches to organ and tissue repair, reconstruction and replacement, with a focus on the musculoskeletal system, vasculature and lower urinary tract. Dr. Christ is an internationally recognized expert in muscle physiology.
Professor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringAssociate Director, UVA Environmental Institute
Andrés Clarens is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UVA and Associate Director of the UVA Environmental Institute. His research is focused broadly on understanding anthropogenic carbon flows and the ways that CO2 is manipulated, reused, and sequestered in engineered systems.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Caroline Crockett received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia in 2015 and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 2022. Before entering graduate school, she worked in government contracting as a systems and image quality engineer. She is a member of IEEE and ASEE.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Currently Recruiting
Chen Cui's current research interests are on spacecraft electric propulsion, space environment, and computational plasma physics. Chen Cui's work focuses on the high-fidelity, fully kinetic modeling of plasma dynamics in spacecraft electric propulsion thrusters, solar wind, and other applications related to low-temperature plasmas.
