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  • It’s in the Genes: Weight and Metabolism Determined by Genetics More Than Diet

    New research by a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student and her UVA team could lead to tailored nutritional programs designed for a person’s genetics.

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  • New UVA Professor’s Research May Boost Next-Generation Space Rockets

    Chen Cui is finding the hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams that could help ensure the success of long-term space missions.

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  • New Book Ties Together an Improbably Effective Career in Probability

    Systems engineering professor Roman Krzysztofowicz, known for modeling high-stakes decision making, has authored a textbook synthesizing his research across the years.

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  • UVA Engineering and Education Researchers Leverage AI to Improve Classroom Teaching

    ECE chair Scott Acton’s AI-powered video analysis technology can help teachers improve performance.

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  • Sherri Sullivan, MSE’s Financial Wizard, Is a 2024 Sandridge Outstanding Contributor

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering senior financial generalist Sherri Sullivan has earned the highest individual employee honor given by the University of Virginia.

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  • Low-Cost Dust Explosion Tube Offers More Bang for the Buck

    For a laboratory experiment meant to train engineers to manage risks of catastrophic workplace accidents, this dust explosion tube is just the thing.

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  • Charlottesville High School Students Pair With UVA Ph.D. Students for Mentorship

    Graduate students in UVA’s Link Lab mentored local high school students on projects designed to benefit society. NBC29 covered the story.

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  • UVA Engineering Achievement Award Recipients Honored at Thornton Society Dinner

    This year’s UVA Engineering Achievement Awards ceremony took place on November 22 at the 2024 Thornton Society Dinner. 

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  • Professors, To Improve Your Teaching Game, Consider These Tested Formulas

    UVA Engineering professors take a research-and-development approach to refining their instruction, as evidenced by the recent chem-e “teaching triangles.” 

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  • UVA Researcher’s Tool Identifies California Communities Most Vulnerable to Power Outages

    Somayeh Asadi studies how communities can better prepare for outages and disasters by using a data-driven social vulnerability index.

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  • UVA Teams Shine at ASC Construction Competition

    UVA’s Cavalier Construction teams earned first and second place at the ASC competition, showcasing talent and teamwork.

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  • UVA Alums’ ‘Micro-Farm’ Has Darden School Seeing Greens

    Darden School dining is reaping the rewards of engineering alumni’s entrepreneurship as a Babylon Micro-Farms customer.

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