• Engineering Grad Seeking Solutions to a Vexing Plumbing Problem

    Levi Otis, a 2021 School of Engineering and Applied Science graduate, started a plumbing company to change is how plastic pipe waste is discarded in an effort to keep PVC pipes out of landfills.

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  • Professor's Technology Can Help Make Your Fruits and Vegetables Safer

    Chemical engineering associate professor Bryan Berger talked with UVA Today about his company’s alternative to agricultural pesticides and disinfectants.

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  • In Her Own Words: Caroline Davis

    Engineering Student and President of Out in STEM Shares Diversity of Thought

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  • Go-With-The-Flow Wind Turbine, Conceived by UVA Prof, Completes Successful Demo

    Wind turbine innovator professor Eric Loth creates a leading design in the international race to optimize offshore wind power.

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  • Ph.D. Student Will Use NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to Investigate Difficult-to-Treat Bacteria

  • CAREER Award: Helping More People Benefit from Less-Invasive Robotic Surgery

    Alemzadeh’s research will enable better training for surgeons, providing feedback in context of their work with patients.

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  • UVA No. 1 in Software Engineering, Topping Standard Bearers Stanford, UC Berkeley

  • For Women Struggling with Obesity or Diabetes, UVA Discovery May Help

    Based on their new discovery, the UVA team was able to change whether female lab mice’s bodies stored fat subcutaneously (under the skin) or viscerally (wrapped around the organs). Visceral fat can be particularly harmful to good health.

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  • Historian Suggests We Can Learn From Long-Ago Responses to Pedestrian Deaths

    Peter D. Norton recalls society used to defend pedestrians’ rights – and argues we still should.

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  • National Academy of Engineering Elects UVA Engineering Alumnus to Governing Board

  • CAREER Award: Playing Catch-up with Data Storage

    UVA Researcher to Develop New Models and Algorithms for Efficient and Accurate Data Compression and Analysis

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  • UVA Alumnus Aims to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Critical and Emerging Technologies as Head of New NSF Directorate

    Alumnus Edwin Gianchandani intends to create stronger ties between research, manufacturing and the marketplace across the nation to develop and scale key technology areas.

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