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  • Nanoparticle Therapy Offers New Hope for Prostate Cancer Patients

    Dean Jennifer L. West and a team of researchers developed an innovative approach to treating prostate cancer, successfully eliminating cancerous cells in 73% of patients in the study.

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  • UVA Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives FDA Clearance for AI Muscle Health Analysis Tool

    Silvia Salinas Blemker’s spin out company, Springbok Analytics, can now commercialize its precision health technology.

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  • UVA Researchers Engineer AI Breakthrough in Human Action Detection Technology

    Scott T. Acton and a team of researchers develop an AI-driven video analyzer capable of detecting human actions in video footage with unprecedented precision and intelligence. 

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  • Fast Company: How Hemp Plants Can Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’

    Chemical engineering’s Bryan Berger hopes his $1.6 million Environmental Protection Agency grant will eventually lead to a DIY protocol for removing toxic chemicals from farmland.

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  • Trust is Not the Answer: Rethinking Human-Machine Interaction for Ethical Engineering

    Matthew Bolton argues that relying on trust in AI can mislead users, advocating instead for transparency, reliability and ethical design.

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  • UVA Researchers Pioneer AI-Driven Manufacturing Efficiency

    Cindy Chang and her team have created a more efficient way to optimize manufacturing systems, improving speed and quality while reducing waste.

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  • Hoo’s a Pinball Wizard? Engineering Student Goes From Winning the Game To Designing the Game

    Mean pinballer and second-year systems engineering major Colin Sartori is offering his wizardry to help design a UVA-themed pinball game for Gavin Garner’s mechatronics course project.

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  • Systems and Information Engineering 2.0: The Future of Complex Systems

    Opinion: Integrating AI with human insight to revolutionize smart systems for a modern world.

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  • For this Founder and Investor, It All Started with Systems Engineering

    UVA alumna Dayna Grayson’s first startup experience at UVA’s ERICA project sparked her passion for transformative technology and venture capital.

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  • Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives $3.1M NIH Grant to Improve Heart Attack Outcomes

    Jeff Saucerman will collaborate with researchers at the School of Medicine to study the role of lipoprotein receptors in heart failure. 

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  • UVA Professor Receives $690,000 DOE Grant to Boost Energy Efficiency in Semiconductors

    Patrick E. Hopkins teams with NREL Center on Sustainability project. 

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  • UVA Co-Leads $2.9 Million NIH Investigation Into Where Systems May Fail People with Disabilities

    Rupa Valdez has combined efforts with a Johns Hopkins University researcher and others to understand how systems affect the care of people with disabilities.

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