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  • Laser Focus: UVA-Born Company Revolutionizing Thermal Measurements

    Alumnus John Gaskins and Professor Patrick Hopkins, co-founders of Laser Thermal, announced a $2.9 million investment to expand the company’s Charlottesville facilities

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  • Engineering Professor Foresees AI Robots Working With Humans, Not Replacing Them

    Tariq Iqbal is striving for robots that work with people, not replace them.

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  • ‘Get Hit, Move Forward’

    Giovanna Camacho trained to be an Army officer at the United States Military Academy. When she entered West Point, she was already pretty good at taking — and delivering — a punch.

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  • UVA Engineering and the II-VI Foundation: Decade-long Partnership Offers a Launchpad for Graduate Students

    Since 2012, UVA professor Jerrold A. Floro has earned II-VI Foundation funding for three projects resulting in new discoveries.

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  • The Start of Something Powerful

    A new research internship program for undergraduates taps into talent pool for graduate student recruitment, while building ongoing collaborations.

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  • New Hires in Chemical Engineering Deepen Department’s Strengths in Key Research Areas

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  • UVA Computer Science Professor Honored for Contributions in Association for Computing Machinery Publication

    In a Q&A, Briana Morrison addresses issues in computer science education, including introductory programming retention.

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  • UVA Engineering–Darden Team Wins $30,000 for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Business Plan

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  • Newer Tunabot Models Are Faster and Bigger — and May One Day Outperform Fish

    An accomplished UVA postdoctoral researcher knows the power of industry-academia collaborations for underwater vehicle design and development.

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  • Association Taps Computer Science Professor as ‘Distinguished Member’

    The Association for Computing Machinery elevated associate professor Haiying Shen for significant contributions in several computing areas of research.

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  • UVA Engineering Undergraduate Student Seizes Unique Opportunity to Ask Hard Questions About the Internet of Things

    Andrew Li, a UVA third-year computer science and economics major, co-authored a paper diving into a global debate.

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  • UVA CS Chair Sandhya Dwarkadas Elected to Computing Research Association Board

    Now a director-elect, Sandhya Dwarkadas previously represented the Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research on the Computing Research Association board.

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