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. See Also: Emeritus Faculty Directory.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Public Health Genomics
Kristen Naegle uses data- and computational-driven approaches to predict, and experimental approaches to test, the regulation and function of tyrosine phosphorylation in complex networks.
Neeley has been on faculty of the School of Engineering & Applied Science since 1979 and might be best described as a English major who found her calling in engineering. She is inspired by the potential of technology to promote human flourishing and by an understanding of engineering as a potentially ideal combination of practicality and vision.
Visiting Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Noroozian is a civil servant electro-optical detectors systems engineer in the Detector Systems branch (code 553) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. His research is centered around developing low-noise electro-optical instrumentation and detector technologies for…
Peter Norton is associate professor of history in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia, where he teaches history of technology, social dimensions of engineering, research, and professional ethics. He is the author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the…
José Oberholzer, MD, MHCM, FACS, is a researcher and surgeon and the director of the Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center. He has performed over 1,000 transplant-related surgeries. A career innovator, Dr. Oberholzer pioneered the use of robotic-assisted surgery, holds three patents, and has helped found two start-up companies.
Fall 2023 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor
For the past 35+ years, Blair has been a pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, and development executive where he has had the opportunity to work globally and drive twelve new chemical/biological and biosimilar products through development and into sustained commercial production.
Department Chair, Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor of EngineeringProfessor of Materials Science and EngineeringDirector, Rolls Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems
Our research focuses on materials for use in extreme environments and can be applied to materials for use in aircraft engines, rocket engines, energy conversion technologies, and thermal protection systems.
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Computer Science
Angela Orebaugh is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering School's Computer Science Department. Her teaching and research is focused on keeping us safe and secure in the cyber world. She is also lead faculty member for cybersecurity, information technology, and sustainability for UVA's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
