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Three UVA Engineering Professors Earn Coveted DARPA Young Faculty Awards
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UVA Engineering's focus on recruiting excellent faculty is paying big dividends in achieving the school's mission to make the world a better place by creating and disseminating...
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Additive Manufacturing Feedstocks: Waste Not Want Not
Read MoreMaterials Science Addresses Need to Recycle and Re-Use Metal Powders
Materials scientists have discovered why some powders left behind after a build process may fail to meet specifications.
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Prasanna Balachandran Shortcuts Search for Multi-functional Materials
Read MoreMaterial Properties Are Couched in the Language of Artificial Intelligence
Balachandran has earned a Young Faculty Award to better target research and development of high entropy alloys that perform well in extreme environments.
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Petra Reinke Aids Search for Corrosion-Resistant Metals
Read MoreExperiments in the Oxidation of Super Alloys Explain Corrosion Resistance
A typical approach would look at how metals break down, Reinke wants to start with a really clean metal to explain how oxidation begins.
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Jon Ihlefeld Earns Young Faculty Award to Design Insulators for High-Temperature Electronics
Read MoreResearch Aims to Grow and Test a Pure, Smooth and Widely Applicable Thin Film for Future Semiconductors
Ihlefeld's research group specializes in electronic oxide materials; their thin films increase the efficiency of computer chips and can serve as low-power computer memory.
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A Better Informed Society Can Prevent Lead Poisoning Disasters
Read MoreUVA Engineering Corrosion Experts Propose Modern Methods for Water Problems Such as Those that Plagued Flint, Michigan
Santucci and Scully address unresolved scientific questions to avert future lead poisoning disasters in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Faculty, Staff and Students Share How They are Preparing for Reopening
Read MoreFaculty, Staff, and Students Talk About Safely Returning to Grounds
In a series of videos, a graduate student, a faculty member, a staff member and a member of the UVA Facilities Management team explain how they are doing their part for safety.
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New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering Attracts Students with Purpose and Pragmatism
Read MoreStudents Make Things the Way They Need to Be
Students balance productivity goals with the cultural, social and environmental effects of new materials.
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Ivy Foundation Backs 14 Covid Translational Research Projects
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Projects range from development of biosensors, artificial intelligence for testing, vaccine development, novel treatment options, and better data analytics to predict the spread of the virus.
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Chair's Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Read MoreStanding up for others is part of our mission
Read John Scully's pledge and action agenda to make the Department of Materials Science and Engineering a welcoming, safe place where everyone can flourish.