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  • UVA Engineering Welcomes New Faculty for 2025

    The University of Virginia is proud to welcome these outstanding new faculty members to our Engineering community. 

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  • CAREER Award Accelerates AI Testing — With Safety and Smarts

    Assistant professor Shangtong Zhang develops efficient tools to help researchers trust AI systems without high-stakes testing.

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  • CAREER Award Fuels Iqbal’s Vision for More Capable, Context-Aware Helpers

    This researcher earned a grant for proposing to help robots consistently understand variations on human commands.

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  • UVA BME’s Silvia Blemker Elected To Lead the American Society of Biomechanics

    UVA biomechanics expert aims to build on the organization’s culture of collaboration to expand knowledge of the field and its impact.

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  • John Lloyd Gainer, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, Dies at 87

    John Lloyd Gainer, emeritus professor of chemical engineering at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, died Monday, July 28, 2025.

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  • Map Shows States Where Carcinogens Detected in Drinking Water Sources

    UVA chemical engineering professor Bryan Berger tells Newsweek a new report on widespread PFAS contamination confirms the need for technology like his lab’s testing and containment approach.

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  • UVA Computer Scientist Wins NSF CAREER Award to Help Robots Engage with Complex Human Behavior

    Yen-Ling Kuo is building robots that can interpret human language, movements and intentions, making them better teammates in everyday life.

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  • NSF CAREER Award Will Power UVA Engineer’s Research To Improve Drug Purification

    Nick Vecchiarello’s work on custom-designed molecular surfaces could make protein-based drugs safer, cheaper and easier to manufacture.

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  • UVA’s Moon Robot Collects Awards in NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge

    UVA Engineering’s moon rover team won top innovation and other awards at the 2025 NASA competition by drawing on tried-and-true engineering principles and past experience.

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  • Bioelectronics Pioneer Discusses Wireless NICUs, Rewired Amputees

    The path to better health is sometimes skin deep. John A. Rogers delivers the inaugural Jefferson Engineering Lecture.

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  • UVA Engineering Rocketry Soars at IREC

    Big win for UVA Engineering! With a nearly perfect launch to 10,019 feet and a flawless recovery, the team is making serious waves in only its second year competing.

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  • ​UVA Engineering Celebrates 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardees

    UVA Engineering has twelve new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow award winners and honorable mentions in the highly competitive GRFP program. 

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