In its 2030 Strategic Plan, the University of Virginia points to the power of shared spaces where faculty and students can collaborate across traditional disciplinary boundaries on research that will improve lives. UVA Engineering'sLink Labis modeling this vision. Link Lab, a 17,000-square-foot center of excellence for cyber-physical systems research and education, opened in 2018. Today, Link Lab brings together UVA Engineering faculty and graduate students and faculty from other UVA schools and disciplines. Since UVA invested $4.8 million in 2016 to establish Link Lab, affiliated faculty have attracted $51 million in sponsored research funding in the areas ofautonomous systems,smart citiesandsmart and connected health.