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  • Discovery Unravels How Atomic Vibrations Emerge in Nanomaterials

    Advances in Microscopy Reveal Source of Phonons' Puzzling Behavior

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  • NSF Grant Sparks Third Iteration of UVA-Developed Water Treatment Tablets

    Jim Smith, Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil Engineering, is working with chemical engineering assistant professor Rachel Letteri on the next-generation MadiDrop+, a water-treatment technology Smith co-invented for use in the developing world.

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  • Policy Internship Program Alumnus Vinu Ilakkuvan's TEDx Talk on Our Approach to Health

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  • UVA Honors Faculty for Research and Scholarship

    Kevin Janes, professor of biomedical engineering, received the Research Mentor Award for “initiatives to improve scholarship, mentorship, diversity and inclusion and student advocacy.” Faculty from across UVA Engineering also were recognized for research contributions.

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  • UVA Researchers Advance Bioprinting

    Rsearcher’s paper, Digital Assembly of Spherical Viscoelastic Bio-ink Particles, termed DASP, is featured as a cover article in Advanced Functional Materials. 

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  • UVA Engineering Alumna Mary Lyn Lim Earns Recognition for Corrosion Research

    Lim and PPG Industries Colleagues Probe Protection Mechanisms of Zinc-rich Primers

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  • UVA Multifunctional Thin Film Group Lends Expertise to Electric Vehicle Battery Challenge

    Ian Brummel studies materials that will make the lithium battery safer and allow it to charge faster. 

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  • Discovery Unravels Emergent Atomic Vibrations in Superlattices

    Nature Paper Advances Design of Nanomaterials with Tailored Infrared and Thermal Properties

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  • Toy Story: How UVA Students Learn Engineering Values Through Lego Bricks

    Ben Laugelli, an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Society, trains future engineering leaders in the January term course called “The Lego Course: Engineering Design and Values."

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  • UVA Chemical Engineering Team Close to Marketing a Better-Filtering, More Comfortable Cloth Face Mask

    Patent-Pending Technology May Lead to Fully Washable Face Covering that Meets Official Standards for Filtration and Breathability

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  • Bold Predictions for a Brave New World

    How a Timely Grant from the National Science Foundation Enabled the University of Virginia to Lead a Transformational Effort to Combat COVID and Future Pandemics

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  • Scientists Use Powerful Computer Models to Battle Deadly Infections

    Jason Papin, professor of biomedical engineering and a researcher in the School of Medicine, is part of a team of UVA researchers using advanced computer modeling to better understand C. difficile infections.

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