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Mool Gupta Earns DOE Innovation Grant to Recycle Silver in Solar Panels
Read NowMool Gupta, Langley Professor of electrical and computer engineering, will demonstrate a new, environmentally friendly way to remove and purify silver from old solar panels for re-use in photovoltaics, solar-thermal technologies and biomedical devices.
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Engineering Grad Seeking Solutions to a Vexing Plumbing Problem
Read NowLevi Otis, a 2021 School of Engineering and Applied Science graduate, started a plumbing company to change is how plastic pipe waste is discarded in an effort to keep PVC pipes out of landfills.
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Professor's Technology Can Help Make Your Fruits and Vegetables Safer
Read NowChemical engineering associate professor Bryan Berger talked with UVA Today about his company’s alternative to agricultural pesticides and disinfectants.
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Rosalyn W. Berne Appointed Chair of UVA’s Department of Engineering and Society
Read NowTeaching is Berne‘s true vocation, with an emphasis on supporting students to develop their curiosity, passion and self-awareness.
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In Her Own Words: Caroline Davis
Read NowEngineering Student and President of Out in STEM Shares Diversity of Thought
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Go-With-The-Flow Wind Turbine, Conceived by UVA Prof, Completes Successful Demo
Read NowWind turbine innovator professor Eric Loth creates a leading design in the international race to optimize offshore wind power.
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Ph.D. Student Will Use NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to Investigate Difficult-to-Treat Bacteria
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CAREER Award: Helping More People Benefit from Less-Invasive Robotic Surgery
Read NowAlemzadeh’s research will enable better training for surgeons, providing feedback in context of their work with patients.
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UVA No. 1 in Software Engineering, Topping Standard Bearers Stanford, UC Berkeley
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For Women Struggling with Obesity or Diabetes, UVA Discovery May Help
Read NowBased on their new discovery, the UVA team was able to change whether female lab mice’s bodies stored fat subcutaneously (under the skin) or viscerally (wrapped around the organs). Visceral fat can be particularly harmful to good health.
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Historian Suggests We Can Learn From Long-Ago Responses to Pedestrian Deaths
Read NowPeter D. Norton recalls society used to defend pedestrians’ rights – and argues we still should.
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National Academy of Engineering Elects UVA Engineering Alumnus to Governing Board