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Lagor, Frank
Read MoreAssociate Professor
Professor Lagor's current research interests focus on estimation and control for autonomous systems interacting with their fluid environments. He joined UVA as an associate professor in August 2023 from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering...
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Lakshmi, Venkataraman
Read MoreJohn L. Newcomb Professor of Engineering, President-Elect Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union
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 MoreJanet Scott Hamilton and John Downman Hamilton Professor, Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, Director, UVA Site of the NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & Trust, Professor of Systems & Information Engineering, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Lampe, Kyle J.
Read MoreAssociate Professor
Kyle Lampe is an Associate 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 in the department of Materials...
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Lark, James W., III
Read MoreAsst. Professor, Academic General Faculty, Center for Applied Mathematics (primary appointment), Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering (joint appointment), Affiliated Faculty, Dept. 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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Laugelli, Benjamin Joseph
Read MoreAssistant Professor
I research and teach about social and ethical aspects of technology and engineering practice. My work examines sustainable design values, technology and science fiction, and the LEGO(R) Group's brand identity and practices.
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Lazzara, Matthew J.
Read MoreProfessor of Chemical Engineering, 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, 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...
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Li, Xiaodong (Chris)
Read MoreRolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor
Dr. Li’s expertise and interests include (but not limited to) additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, nanomaterial-enabled energy systems, biological and bio-inspired materials and devices, biomechanics, micro/nanomechanics, surface engineering, and tribology. He has been PI/Co-PI on over $...