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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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UVA and NCI-Funded SASCO Center Marks Milestones in Cancer Cell Organelles Research
UVA’s Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-adapted Cancer Organelles (SASCO) recently hosted its first annual symposium.
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UVA Engineering Professor’s $600,000 Grant Set to Innovate Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment
The study will examine a combination of two cutting-edge cancer technologies, aiming to create a treatment that improves survivorship.
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UVA Engineers Design Lookalike Drug Carrier To Evade Lung’s Lines of Defense
Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors think.
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How Do You Mend a Damaged Heart? UVA Researchers Have Solid Leads
Biomedical engineering professor Jeff Saucerman and his research team have identified medications that might be able to regenerate heart cells to repair damage.
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The Engineering-Girls Formula: Show Science, Create Welcoming Space, Add Acts of Kindness
During Engineering-Girls week, UVA Engineering students, faculty and staff rolled out the red carpet and lit Bunsen burners for the next generation of female students.
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Dean’s Fellows Experience Summer of Discovery
Here’s what four of 38 UVA Engineering undergraduate students doing research in labs across several departments have been up to this summer as Dean’s Fellows.
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Where Did UVA Materials Science and Engineering Students Work This Summer?
Find out which materials science Hoos soared to high heights this summer as interns for a major aviation engine manufacturer and other top employers.
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UVA Students Help Virginia Defend Against Election Cyberattacks
UVA computer science interns are among army of “Cyber Navigators” helping local election offices in Virginia find and address potential vulnerabilities that could undermine public trust.
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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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Caring About Catalysis: Can UVA Make Wastewater Gas Fully Renewable?
Wastewater may be gross, but it has the beautiful potential to be reused as industrial methane. UVA Engineering is collaborating on a fully renewable natural gas feasibility study.
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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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UVA Engineering Professor Lands $1.9 Million NIH Award To Maximize Biomedical Research
Assistant professor Liheng Cai aspires to mimic the structure and functions of living tissue. The National Institutes of Health signaled their support for the research with a prestigious MIRA grant.