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Morocco Earthquake: UVA Professor Says Construction Techniques Created Worse Outcomes
Osman Ozbulut explains how building methods may contribute to deaths in Morocco.
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CNBC - The next earthquake: Is time running out for Europe’s largest city?
Civil engineering associate professor Osman Ozbulut shares his expertise on building design for earthquake resilience.
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UVA Honors Faculty for Their Research and Scholarship
Many engineering faculty were among those receiving top honors at the annual UVA Research Achievement Awards.
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UVA Joins the BrainChip University AI Accelerator Program
Program provides platforms and guidance to students at higher education institutions with artificial intelligence engineering programs training.
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New Funding Highlights Student Experience and Well-Being, Sense of Belonging at UVA
Garrick Louis, associate professor in the departments of Engineering Systems and Environment and Engineering & Society, received a President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research award.
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UVA Scientists Target Dangerous, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers hope to find shared traits and weaknesses in bacteria that develop resistance to antibiotics and use those weaknesses against them. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem around the world.
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A New Tool to Prevent Harmful Medication Side Effects
From the "Making of Medicine" blog: Jason Papin, PhD, is one of the developers of a sophisticated new computer model that will help produce safer medications.
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Coronary Artery Disease Discovery Offers Answers About Nation’s No. 1 Killer
UVA researchers say they have found a biological process that contributes to the disease and may be a target for life-saving therapies.
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Discovery Could Make Football Much Safer
A UVA professor and colleagues have created a new material that promises to make football padding more effective, among many potential uses.
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Want to Buy a Humanlike ‘Soft Robot’? UVA Shares Manufacturing Secret
UVA mechanical engineers have developed a new manufacturing process that may result in more realistic robots and a host of other internet-based flexible products.
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‘Healthy Obesity’? Storing Fat Around Waist May Not Always Increase Your Diabetes Risk
New research adds to the discussion about whether there’s such a thing as “healthy obesity” and for whom it applies. UVA scientists found clues in genetics.
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Laser Focus: UVA-Born Company Revolutionizing Thermal Measurements
Alumnus John Gaskins and Professor Patrick Hopkins, co-founders of Laser Thermal, announced a $2.9 million investment to expand the company’s Charlottesville facilities