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UVA Engineering Celebrates 2025 Achievement Award Winners
On the evening of October 10, 2025, UVA Engineering’s Thornton Society members gathered to celebrate the school’s Annual Achievement Awards at the Boar’s Head Resort during their annual dinner.
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UVA Engineering Alum’s Medical Device Startup Springs Onto List of Fast-Growing Companies
Chemical engineering alumnus Dave Johnson’s company, Icarus, makes advanced orthopedic bracing, specializing in 3D-printed, patient-centric solutions.
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NASA Selects UVA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Alum for Astronaut Candidate Class
Charlottesville-born Army officer and pilot Ben Bailey has his sights set on space.
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UVA-Born Technology Goes From Lab Bench to Bedside With Global Impact
This medical device is helping doctors worldwide make faster, more precise decisions during surgery — reducing unnecessary transfusions and improving patient care.
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In Memoriam: John Lloyd Gainer
John Lloyd Gainer, emeritus professor of chemical engineering at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, died Monday, July 28, 2025.
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UVA Engineering Celebrates 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardees
UVA Engineering has twelve new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow award winners and honorable mentions in the highly competitive GRFP program.
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Celebrating the Class of 2025
The Class of 2025 has exemplified innovation, resilience and a commitment to engineering for the greater good throughout their academic journey.
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Graduating Student’s Path to Dream Job Was a Roller-Coaster Ride
Want to have a safe, fun time when you go to a theme park? Mehki Rippey, who will join Universal Creative after graduation, wants that for you, too.
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Engineering Hoos Win Hughes Award
Find out who won this year’s Thomas Hughes Award for undergraduate research.
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Daniel Quinn Wins Hartfield Excellence in Teaching Award
Quinn inspires the engineers of the future by making difficult material accessible.
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Space Suited Her: Professor Emeritus Kathryn Thornton on Her Time as Astronaut
When NASA called, alumna Kathryn C. Thornton responded.
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For Your Ears: Faculty Tell Personal Stories From Their Lives in STEM
An electrical and computer engineer hides his fantasy to be a novelist and an astronaut tells tales from space.