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  • Microplastics Are in Our Food, Water and Air

    UVA chemical engineer professor Bryan Berger is studying the impact of exposure levels to microplastics and exploring ways to reduce plastic use.

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  • AIMBE Announces Jennifer West as 2025 Pierre Galletti Award Winner

    Jennifer L. West has been named the winner of the 2025 Pierre Galletti Award, the highest honor from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

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  • UVA Engineering To Welcome Ayman Karim as New Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering

    UVA Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of notable catalysis researcher Ayman Karim as the new chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering. 

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  • Three UVA Engineering Faculty Elected as AAAS Fellows

    UVA Engineering’s new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science represent three different departments and distinct areas of research. 

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  • UVA Engineering’s Cyber Defense Team Scores Mid-Atlantic Three-peat

    The UVA Engineering cyber defense team’s three-peat as regional champions sends them back to nationals to try for a fourth title in late April.

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  • Career Do’s and Don’ts: Former IBM Exec Reveals Her ‘Soft Power’ Secrets

    Want to get ahead in the modern tech industry or other businesses? Former IBM executive Sandra Johnson shared with students her successful approach. 

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  • Jefferson Scholars Foundation Names Hartfield Excellence in Teaching Award Honoree

    Daniel Quinn, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has earned the 2024-2025 Hartfield Award, which recognizes faculty in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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  • Your Final Assignment: Build a System To Improve UVA Swim Starts

    UVA electrical and computer engineering students built a high-tech “smart” starting block as a training tool to help swimmers launch faster — potentially shaving crucial milliseconds off race times. 

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  • Podcast: David Chen Discusses Tech Transfer with UVA Enterprise Studio Director Lisa Bowers

    The latest Biomedical Frontiers Podcast covers the challenges of translating biotech research into real-world solutions.

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  • UVA Lands Moon Base: Robot Arena To Simulate Lunar Surfaces for NASA Competition

    Engineering students are “over the moon” about recent Jefferson Trust project funding. 

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  • James H. Lambert Honored for Preparing a New Generation of Risk Analysis Leaders

    James H. Lambert has been recognized as a distinguished educator by the Society for Risk Analysis, an international scientific and professional society.

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  • Q&A: UVA’s Cindy Chang Talks About Her AI Tool for Optimizing Manufacturing Processes

    Her lab’s approach finds the connections between individual processes and the manufacturing system as a whole — and tries to coordinate everything at once, she tells Tech Briefs.

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