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UVA Engineering's faculty and students work to improve human health and create a sustainable and secure future.
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‘Digital Twins’ Give Olympic Swimmers a Boost
In Scientific American, systems engineering and computer science alumni explain how a swimmer’s digital twin can take performance to record-breaking levels.
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Before the ‘Rockets’ Red Glare’ of July 4, Celebrate UVA’s Spaceport Launch
UVA Rocketry’s Sabre 1 soared over 8,000 feet into a cloudy New Mexico sky in the team’s first foray in the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket design and engineering competition.
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Komen Supports UVA Engineering Researchers Targeting ‘Triple Negative' Breast Cancer
Catalina Alvarez Yela, who was awarded a $100,000 research grant by Komen, and faculty mentor Kevin Janes are among those at UVA leading the fight against breast cancer.
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The Class of the Classroom: Biomedical Engineering Professor Wins Accolades for Teaching and Service
Brian P. Helmke won the 2024 UVA Alumni Association's Distinguished Professor Award.
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From Lab to Real Life: Innovative Approaches to Precision Medicine
Silvia Salinas Blemker received the Goel Award for Translational Research for her body of work in biomedical engineering.
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Astronaut Scholarship Keeps Justin Vinh in Research Orbit
A scholarship award will enable this biomedical engineering major to pursue plans to combine a medical degree with a career in cancer research.
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20 Years After ‘Hyper-X,’ UVA Team Makes NASA Hypersonic Breakthrough
UVA Engineering researchers have successfully shown for the first time that optical sensors can control a hypersonic jet engine.
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For These Third-Graders, Chemical Engineering Is Now Elementary
UVA Engineering students stemmed the way for a group of third-graders to have some hands-on lessons in chemical engineering.
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Grown From UVA, Babylon Micro-Farms is Thriving, Including as a Model for Aspiring Engineers
A UVA Engineering alumnus co-founded a hydroponic farming start-up. Initially focused on aiding refugees, it now provides businesses with on-site growing facilities.
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UVA and the Toyota Research Institute Aim To Give Your Car the Power To Reason
UVA computer scientist Yen-Ling Kuo is developing artificial intelligence to make your car a trusted partner and coach.
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Community Servers: Largest Computing Society Says 2 UVA Profs Among 7 Best
The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, recognized computer scientists Aidong Zhang and Jack Davidson for above-and-beyond service to the organization and their field.
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Biomedical Engineering Researcher Is Taking on Health Disparities and Infant Mortality
Sepideh Dolatshahi has earned a Hypothesis Fund grant to study prenatal stress impact on immunity for mother and fetus, with implications for understanding health disparities and infant mortality.