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Rescue divers still sometimes rely on rope signals to communicate with their surface guides. This expert diver — and UVA systems engineering Ph.D. student — has a better way.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Geoffrey F. Weiss, a 1991 aerospace engineering alumnus, gave the keynote address at an ROTC event honoring the nation’s veterans.

Professor William Epling's lab has discovered a way to make a common manufacturing chemical more efficiently, allowing smaller, flexible production sites to replace massive factories.  

David Deptula became an influential voice in Air Force-related policy. He credits his degree in systems engineering with broadening his perspectives.

University of Virginia researchers advance understanding of chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer, offering hope for new treatment strategies.

The team devised what it believes is a new way for coordinated robot activity to respond when the unexpected happens.

A new UVA-created mobile augmented reality app will allow students to test the limits of their understanding about how mechanical forces affect frequently used construction components.

Ph.D. student Md. Rafiqul Islam and a team of researchers unlock heat flow principles in ultra-thin metals, paving the way for faster, smaller, more efficient computer chips.

Jeff Saucerman advisee Malcolm O’Malley helped NASA researchers make sense of life sciences data to mitigate impacts of space travel on our immune systems. 

Dr. Peirce-Cottler develops computational models and combines them with wet lab experiments to study how tissues heal after injury and to develop therapies for inducing tissue regeneration.