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  • Many Solar Projects Replace Farmland. This UVA Alumnus Is Helping Them Coexist

    Miles Braxton studied photovoltaics in UVA Engineering professor Mool Gupta’s lab en route to making Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for his work helping farmers grow food while generating solar energy.

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  • UVA Engineering Achievement Award Recipients Honored at Thornton Society Dinner

    This year’s UVA Engineering Achievement Awards ceremony took place on November 22 at the 2024 Thornton Society Dinner. 

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  • UVA Alums’ ‘Micro-Farm’ Has Darden School Seeing Greens

    Darden School dining is reaping the rewards of engineering alumni’s entrepreneurship as a Babylon Micro-Farms customer.

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  • Air Power Advocate Recognized as Distinguished ROTC Alumnus

    David Deptula became an influential voice in Air Force-related policy. He credits his degree in systems engineering with broadening his perspectives.

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  • A Message from the Dean: William T. “Bill” Scherer

  • For this Founder and Investor, It All Started with Systems Engineering

    UVA alumna Dayna Grayson’s first startup experience at UVA’s ERICA project sparked her passion for transformative technology and venture capital.

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  • If an Asteroid Heads Toward Earth, How Close to Harm's Way Will We Be?

    Joshua Handal, a 2012 UVA Engineering alumnus, explains why the best offense against meteors is the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

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  • Aerospace Engineering Alumna is Saving Lives With Her Organ Transport Logistics Startup, Pulse Charter Connect

    UVA aerospace grad and entrepreneur Laura Epstein is removing inefficiencies from the $2 billion organ transport industry through her innovative logistics company.

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  • UVA Research Cracks the Autism Code, Making the Neurodivergent Brain Visible

    A UVA professor’s mathematical modeling approach for brain imaging analysis reveals links among genes, brain structure and autism.

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  • UVA Engineering Receives $900,000 Grant to Create Character-Building Initiative

    The University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Science has been chosen to receive a $900,000 grant from the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) to build character strength in students

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  • A UVA Engineering Alumna and Summer Intern Dig Into UVA’s Geoexchange Heating Project

    A 2019 mechanical engineering alumna and DPR Construction project engineer is helping to build UVA’s next-gen heating plant at Fontaine site while mentoring a rising third-year ME major.

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  • Who Invented STEAM Kits for Kids? Meet an Early Pioneer, Larry G. Richards

    One man’s trash and recyclables make for a middle school crash course in the basics of engineering design.

     

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