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UVA chemical engineering professor Bryan Berger tells Newsweek a new report on widespread PFAS contamination confirms the need for technology like his lab’s testing and containment approach.

Yen-Ling Kuo is building robots that can interpret human language, movements and intentions, making them better teammates in everyday life.

Nick Vecchiarello’s work on custom-designed molecular surfaces could make protein-based drugs safer, cheaper and easier to manufacture.

UVA Engineering’s moon rover team won top innovation and other awards at the 2025 NASA competition by drawing on tried-and-true engineering principles and past experience.

The path to better health is sometimes skin deep. John A. Rogers delivers the inaugural Jefferson Engineering Lecture.

Big win for UVA Engineering! With a nearly perfect launch to 10,019 feet and a flawless recovery, the team is making serious waves in only its second year competing.

UVA Engineering has twelve new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow award winners and honorable mentions in the highly competitive GRFP program. 

Chemical engineering’s Geoff Geise is on a roll with a new editorship appointment and recent “Editors’ Choice” honors for research that helps address a national energy priority.

Middle school is a time of figuring out who you are and what interests you. Two UVA biomedical engineering Ph.D. students built an afterschool program to tap the engineer within.

The University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science is proud to recognize the outstanding faculty members who have been promoted this year. 

A UVA computer science assistant professor has made Forbes’ list for his research to enhance the reasoning capabilities of AI, as well as how to develop the technology more responsibly.

The Class of 2025 has exemplified innovation, resilience and a commitment to engineering for the greater good throughout their academic journey.