Faculty
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Jennifer L. West
Dean, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science Saunders Family Professor of Engineering Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDean West’s accomplishments spans 25 years as a researcher, award-winning teacher and mentor, inventor and entrepreneur. Her research focuses on the use of biomaterials, nanotechnology and tissue engineering, applying engineering approaches to studying biological problems and solving unmet medical needs, particularly in the fight against cancer.
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Shaylin Williams
Assistant Professor, First Year Engineering CenterShaylin Williams is invested in identifying ways to improve the engineering education experience for future generations of engineers.
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Mark Bennett Williams
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics -
Keith Williams
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Clark Scholars Faculty DirectorWilliams' completed my Ph.D. in materials physics at Penn State University in 2001, and undertook postdoctoral research in the Molecular Biophysics Group at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, thereafter establishing a nanophysics laboratory in the physics department at the University of Virginia.
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David Wu
Visiting Professor, Computer Science -
Caitlin Donahue Wylie
Associate ProfessorI am a social scientist who studies how people work together to learn about nature and technology. Technicians, students, and community members make crucial contributions to knowledge without being professional scientists or engineers. Recognizing their work can help us build more inclusive, equitable, and socially beneficial research communities.
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Haifeng Xu
Visiting Professor, Computer Science -
Baoxing Xu
Associate ProfessorDr. Xu joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Virginia in the fall of 2014. He received his PhD in Mechanics and Materials from Columbia University in 2012 and was a Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2012 to 2014.
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Zequan Yang
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering -
Xiaoxuan Yang
Research Scientist, Assistant Professor, Starting Fall 2024