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UVA Engineering's faculty and students work to improve human health and create a sustainable and secure future.
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Fueling the Next Wave of Hypersonic Innovations: UVA’s New Aerospace Engineering Faculty
Newly appointed faculty members will add even more strength and momentum to mechanical and aerospace engineering advancements as they assimilate into the School’s accomplished hypersonic research team
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Unveiling the Dynamics of Maternal Immune Responses
Dolatshahi's research aims at personalized vaccines during pregnancy and enhancing early childhood immunity via understanding maternal antibody transfer.
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Kelsey Kubelick Joins the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UVA
Kubelick develops imaging tools to track the movement and efficacy of T cells deployed in cancer therapies, aiming ultimately to enhance the cells’ defensive abilities.
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UVA Scientists Target Dangerous, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers hope to find shared traits and weaknesses in bacteria that develop resistance to antibiotics and use those weaknesses against them. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem around the world.
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Outstanding Aerospace Engineering Students Receive 2023 Flying Tigers Scholarships
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A New Tool to Prevent Harmful Medication Side Effects
From the "Making of Medicine" blog: Jason Papin, PhD, is one of the developers of a sophisticated new computer model that will help produce safer medications.
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Xinfeng Gao Named 2024 AIAA Associate Fellow
Gao's groundbreaking work in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and extensive industry collaborations have propelled aerospace technology forward.
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Coronary Artery Disease Discovery Offers Answers About Nation’s No. 1 Killer
UVA researchers say they have found a biological process that contributes to the disease and may be a target for life-saving therapies.
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Discovery Could Make Football Much Safer
A UVA professor and colleagues have created a new material that promises to make football padding more effective, among many potential uses.
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Want to Buy a Humanlike ‘Soft Robot’? UVA Shares Manufacturing Secret
UVA mechanical engineers have developed a new manufacturing process that may result in more realistic robots and a host of other internet-based flexible products.
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‘Healthy Obesity’? Storing Fat Around Waist May Not Always Increase Your Diabetes Risk
New research adds to the discussion about whether there’s such a thing as “healthy obesity” and for whom it applies. UVA scientists found clues in genetics.
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Dean Jennifer L. West Elected to the National Academy of Medicine