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  • Committed Cohort Dedicates Every Other Weekend to Mastering Systems Engineering

    For job advancement or career transitioning, UVA’s Accelerated Master’s Program in Systems Engineering offers an intense, one-year education.

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  • Sandhya Dwarkadas Named Chair of UVA’s Department of Computer Science

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  • Understanding the Resistance of Cells and Tumors to Chemotherapy

    Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani Secures New National Institutes of Health R01 Grant

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  • Drug and Gene Delivery Across the Blood Brain Barrier

    Richard Price Secures Two National Institutes of Health R01 Grants for Focused Ultrasound Research

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  • In Memoriam: Albert H. Small, Influential Donor to UVA Library and Engineering

    Small’s support of UVA projects includes an Engineering School building that bears his name, and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, which opened in 2004, named in honor of Small and his wife.

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  • University of Virginia and Penn State Researchers Launch Program to Develop New Hardware System

    $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s ASCENT program supports their research.

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  • Olsen Fellows Pursue Passion for Metallurgy

    The Olsen Fellowship was established in 2019, endowed by alumnus Greg Olsen’s $25 million gift to UVA Engineering.

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  • On the Fast Track

    UVA Biomedical Engineer Receives NIH Director's Early Independence Award

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  • Before Machines Can Be Autonomous, Humans Must Work to Ensure Their Safety

    Researchers in UVA's LESS Lab are developing sophisticated simulations and mathematical frameworks to ensure a future where people can safely trust driverless cars and other autonomous machines.

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  • The Conversation: To Swim Like a Tuna, Robotic Fish Need to Change How Stiff Their Tails Are in Real Time

    Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. Assistant professor Dan Quinn's op-ed reveals how his new research could inspire new designs for submarines and airplanes.

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  • Alumnus Michael Gao Helps Realize Potential of High-Entropy Alloys

    The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society convened the study group funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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  • Ji Ma Takes Fresh Look at Diffusion in Shape Memory Alloys

    National Science Foundation Grant Will Allow Assistant Professor to Address a Vexing Question About the Material's Behavior

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