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Lach, John
Read MoreVisiting Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science, The George Washington University
I received the B.S. (1996) degree in Science, Technology, and Society from Stanford University and the M.S. (1998) and Ph.D. (2000) degrees in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. I am Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at...
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Lakshmi, Venkataraman
Read MoreJohn L. Newcomb Professor of Engineering
Venkat graduated from University of Roorkee in 1987 with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and a Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1996 from Princeton. He worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 1996-1999 as a research scientist in the Laboratory for the Atmospheres....
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Lambert, James H.
Read MoreDirector, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, Director, UVA Site of the NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & Trust, Professor of Engineering Systems & Environment; Program in Systems Engineering, Program in Civil Engineering, Member, Link Lab, Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Member, Technical Advisory Council, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems, Adjunct Professor of Engineering Operations Management, University of Southern Denmark
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Lampe, Kyle J.
Read MoreAssistant Professor
Kyle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and by courtesy, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience. He was previously a Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH NRSA postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University with Prof. Sarah Heilshorn in the...
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Lark, III, James W.
Read MoreAsst. Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics (primary appointment), Engineering Systems and Environment (joint appointment), Systems and Information Engineering (joint appointment)
Recipient of various academic honors, scholarships, and fellowships
Developed solution procedure for finite-horizon partially observed Markov decision processes that is now known in the research literature as the “Lark algorithm” (or “Lark filtering algorithm”)
Visiting Scholar,...
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Laugelli, Benjamin Joseph
Read MoreAssistant Professor, Academic General Faculty: Teaching, Engineering and Society
I have a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies. While in graduate school I began teaching in the University of Virginia’s Department of Engineering and Society, where I am currently an assistant professor.
I teach courses on social and ethical aspects...
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Lazzara, Matthew J.
Read MoreAssociate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Member, UVA Cancer Center
Work in the Lazzara Lab employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to study problems in cell signaling, the complex biochemical process cells use to make decisions. Current projects focus on the rational (model-driven) identification of combination therapies for brain and...
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Lee, Hwajung
Read MoreVisiting Professor, Computer Science
Hwajung Lee is a visiting professor to the Computer Science Department. Hwajung Lee's teaching and research interests are in computer networks and network security. Current research topics include wireless electricity charging protocols in wireless sensor networks, vehicular networks, and...
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Lee, Kyusang
Read MoreAssistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Kyusang Lee is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering departments at University of Virginia. He received his B.S. degree from Korea University in 2005, M.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2009, and Ph.D. degree from...
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Letteri, Rachel A.
Read MoreAssistant Professor
Rachel A. Letteri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. After obtaining a B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, she completed a Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst...