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You may not know it, but catalysis touches almost every aspect of our lives. From industry to the environment, here are five things everyone should know about catalysts.

Commercial aviation is a major contributor to climate change. UVA is working with the Department of Energy on its $1 billion Grand Challenge.

The praying mantis is one of the few insects with compound eyes and the ability to perceive 3D space. UVA engineers are replicating their visual systems to make machines see better. 

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

Professor of civil and environmental engineering Andrés Clarens sent an update on some of the work he is involved in as a White House science expert.

UVA’s Soft Biomatter Lab is bioprinting 3D structures with a material that is a close match for human tissue, paving the way for true biomanufacturing.

UVA Engineering researchers received funding from a Toyota initiative to study injury prediction and prevention in collisions.

Systems engineering master’s student Lea Jih-Vieira helped UVA ride to a national championship in polo in addition to being named the nation’s top female collegiate player.

In Scientific American, systems engineering and computer science alumni explain how a swimmer’s digital twin can take performance to record-breaking levels.

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.

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.

Brian P. Helmke won the 2024 UVA Alumni Association's Distinguished Professor Award.