Lab Updates

The Department of Engineering Systems and Environment's Devin Harris, a professor of civil engineering, and collaborators from UVA Engineering's Department of Computer Science and UVA's School of Education and Human Development have received a new award for $300,000 under the National Science Foundation's Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research Program.

Venkataraman “Venkat” Lakshmi, a civil and environmental engineering professor in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment at the University of Virginia, has been appointed to the NASA Earth Science Advisory Committee.

Wenqiang "Winston" Chen, a computer science Ph.D. candidate, will give the prestigious Link Lab Student Seminar in recognition of his work to advance smart devices to improve user experience. The seminar is the preeminent talk given by a student in the 280+ person lab; being chosen as the presenter is also a hallmark Link Lab award for excellence in research.Chen's research has created technology for next-generation smart devices, like watches and glasses.

Jonathan L. Goodall, professor in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, has been elected as a member of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine. Goodall leads the UVA Hydroinformatics group at UVA Engineering.

On Aug. 24 classes began at UVA's School of Engineering and Applied Science. It was the first opportunity for face-to-face collaboration in over a year. Faculty and students got together in the Link Lab to catch-up and share progress on cyber-physical systems research.

UVA and Virginia Tech engineering collaborators aim to optimize HVAC systems to eliminate viruses and harmful particles in the air

The Link Lab Student Committee on Culture and Livability is a graduate student organization focused on building community through inclusivity. During a year of social distancing, the committee worked even harder to create opportunities for social gatherings in support of the well-being of students and faculty members of the Link Lab. The committee's work to keep everyone connected in the difficult time of pandemic culminated in the year-end picnic with family and friends to celebrate a successful year.Four UVA Engineering students serve in leadership of the committee:

Meiyi Ma, a computer science Ph.D. graduate, and her advisor John A. Stankovic, BP America Professor of Computer Science, are part of a team whose paper won the best paper award at this year's ICCPS, the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems. The paper, titled “DeResolver: A Decentralized Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Framework for Smart City Services,” by Y. Yuan, M. Ma, S. Han, D. Zhang, F. Miao, J. A. Stankovic, and S.

John A. Stankovic, BP America Professor of Computer Science and director of the Link Lab, is an inaugural recipient of the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems Test-of-Time Award. Instituted in 2020, the award recognizes papers that have had a sustained and significant impact on real-time systems research for at least one decade.Jack Stankovic received one of the four awards for his paper, “Misconceptions About Real Time Computing: A Serious Problem for Next Generation Systems,” IEEE Computer, Vol. 21, pp. 10-19, October 1988.

Gabby Ringer, class of 2021, is a native of Mechanicsville, Virginia. She is a fourth-year who is double majoring in media studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies. Gabby has been helping faculty and graduate students in the Link Lab, as a front desk assistant, since it opened in the beginning of 2018.What brings the most joy in your life?