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In Major Materials Breakthrough, UVA Team Solves a Nearly 200-Year-Old Challenge in Polymers
UVA researchers’ new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn’t sacrifice stretchability for stiffness.
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Autonomous Vehicle Safety: A Driverless Car’s Brain Trains on Sensors. But What if They Need Replacing?
A recent UVA Engineering doctoral graduate, now a postdoctoral researcher and UVA Coppenhaver Fellow, has created a new way to fix a known problem on autonomous vehicles sensors.
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Turkey With a South Asian Twist Wins Chemical Engineers’ Cook-Off
Third- and fourth-year students battled it out in the annual turkey-cooking competition, a rite of fall for ChemE majors.
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Whose Robot Conquered the Cardboard Course, Taking Home the Coveted Golden Duckies?
A professor’s annual classroom competition pits student programming of turtle-like robots in time trials, with penalty points added for imprecision as the ’bots maneuver through a carboard maze.
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UVA Ph.D. Student Uncovers COVID-19 Transmission Patterns
Islam’s research offers fresh insights into how understanding transmission dynamics can transform public health strategies.
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What's an 'Estimathon'? It's About What You Would Logically Guess
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Shaping the Future: New Leaders Join UVA Engineering Board at Fall Meeting
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Two ChemE Professors Named American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellows
University of Virginia professors of chemical engineering Bill Epling and Roseanne Ford were recently elected fellows of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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Boeing Whistleblower Delivers UVA Engineering’s Inaugural ‘Moments of Strength’ Talk
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Common Way To Test for Leaks in Large Language Models May Be Flawed
Large language models may need a more sophisticated way to test for potential leakiness of sensitive information.
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The Challenge and Innovation of Underwater Search and Rescue
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.
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Brigadier General and Aerospace Engineering Alumnus Reminded Cadets, Midshipmen of UVA’s Place in History
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.