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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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Lach, John
Read MoreProfessor, SEAS Director of Cross-Cutting Initiatives
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. Since 2000, I have been a faculty member in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at...
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Lambert, James H., P.E., F.IEEE, F.ASCE, F.SRA, D.WRE, Ph.D.
Read MoreResearch Professor of Systems & Information Engineering, Research Professor of Engineering & Society, Associate Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, Member, Technical Advisory Council, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems, Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Adjunct Professor, School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
James H. Lambert's interests are engineering systems and risk analysis, with application to (i) advanced mobile grid services and network of chargers of fleet electric vehicles, (ii) enterprise resilience of national wireless broadband network in public safety, (iii) simulation of operations and...
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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 MoreLecturer, Department of Systems and Information Engineering, Lecturer, Applied Mathematics Program, Department of Engineering and Society, Affiliated Faculty, Department of Statistics
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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Laufer, Gabriel
Read MoreAssistant Professor Emeritus
Dr. Laufer is an associate professor at UVA and the founder of Avir Sensors, LLC. He currently serves as Avir Sensors, CEO. Avir’s main product, the ChemSight detector is based on inventions made by him, his students and associates. After founding Avir Sensors and while serving on the faculty at...
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Laugelli, Benjamin Joseph
Read MoreLecturer
I have a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies. I am currently a lecturer in the University of Virginia’s Department of Engineering and Society, where I teach courses on the social and ethical aspects of engineering practice. In addition to overseeing about...
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Lawrence, Michael B.
Read MoreAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Fellow of AIMBE
We are interested in the development and clinical translation of diagnostic tools for blood clotting disorders associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic liver cirrhosis, sepsis, and cancer. We are applying microfluidic systems integrated with optical and acoustic force probes to...
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Lazzara, Matthew J.
Read MoreAssociate Professor
Matthew Lazzara received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with highest honors) from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he trained in the lab of William Deen. He remained at MIT for postdoctoral studies in the lab of...
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Lee, Kyusang
Read MoreAssistant Professor
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 MoreStarting August 2018, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Rachel A. Letteri will join the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia as an Assistant Professor in August 2018. After obtaining a B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, she completed a Ph.D. in Polymer Science &...