-
UVA Engineering Helps Society Prepare for Net-Zero Carbon Future
Read MoreCorrosion Science Keeps Nuclear Power in the Nation’s Energy Mix
Corrosion science meets challenges of storing and containing nuclear waste, and preserving materials in generation-IV reactors’ anticipated extreme environments.
-
UVA Joins Energy Frontier Research Center to Boost Computer Processing Speed
Read MoreAssociate Professor Jon Ihlefeld’s Unique Expertise will be Key to Stacking Memory and Processing Chips
Ihlefeld will help prepare and test memory materials that can be stacked above the processor chip.
-
UVA Engineering Announces New Graduate Certificate in Cyber-physical Systems
Read MoreCertificate Offers Specialized Training through UVA’s Link Lab, a Center of Excellence for Cyber-physical Systems Research and Education
Driven by its commitment to train engineers and computer scientists to solve 21st century problems using cyber technologies, the University of Virginia School of Engineering is...
-
ARPA-E Funds UVA-led Team to Develop New Coating for Turbine Engine Materials
Read MoreTeam’s HERO Coating Will Increase Materials’ Temperature Tolerance by 200 Degrees Celsius
Opila has assembled a team to develop a coating that will protect high-temperature alloys from rapid oxidation.
-
Stretching Possibilities
Read MoreUVA Researcher Imagines Super Rubber, and Has a Strategy to Make It
UVA Engineering assistant professor Liheng Cai is designing a new rubber that is 1,000 times softer than a tire but as tough as metal.
-
Out with the Old, In with the New
Read MoreUVA Engineering Discovery Challenges Heat Transfer Paradigm That Guides Electronic and Photonic Device Design
Research breakthrough demonstrates a new mechanism to control temperature and extend the lifetime of electronic and photonic devices.
-
Two Related Discoveries Advance Basic and Applied Additive Manufacturing Research
Read MoreBeautiful Physics Governs Complex Energy-matter Interactions
A research team led by Tao Sun has made two discoveries that can expand additive manufacturing in aerospace and other industries.
-
Big Things Come in Small Packages
Read MoreEnergy Science and Technology Lab Is Research Hub for Solid-State Thermionic Devices
UVA Engineering's thermionic device is among the only solid-state options proven to have achieved heat transfer and cooling at the nanoscale.
-
Converting Waste Heat to Usable Power
Read MoreUVA Engineering-led Research Team Innovates Design and Additive Manufacturing of Coin-sized Thermoelectric Generators
They aim to design and document a single-step fabrication technique of thermoelectric devices with 40% increased efficiency and 20% cost reduction over conventional practice.
-
With COVID-19 Safety in Mind, UVA Engineering’s Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility Speeds Research Ramp-Up
Read MoreInnovative Training Offers Agile, On-Demand Access and Use of Sophisticated Instruments
Specialized instrument training videos feature facility instrument scientists.