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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.

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  • Need To Know: Engineering Skills To Get a Job in the ‘New Industrial Revolution’

    Professor Qing (Cindy) Chang explains how students can prepare to find work in the modern manufacturing industry, including the automotive sector.

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  • Don’t Let Failure Overtake You: Madhur Behl Shares Cavalier Racing’s Story

    UVA Engineering’s Madhur Behl puts us in the cockpit of a driverless car and makes us feel what happens when you hit a wall. 

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  • Immersing in Dubai’s Technological and Cultural Innovations

    UVA engineering students gained intercultural and professional skills in Dubai through hands-on projects, corporate interactions and cultural experiences, preparing them for global careers.

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