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Chemical Engineering Mentors Bring Local Students into Research Experience
A Ph.D. student’s outreach program to broaden access to careers in chemical engineering has taken its first steps.
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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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Pharmaceutical Development Exec Brings Decades of Leadership Experience to Visiting Professorship
National Academy of Engineering member Jean W. Tom will teach leadership as a visiting professor in the spring 2024 semester.
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CNBC - The next earthquake: Is time running out for Europe’s largest city?
Civil engineering associate professor Osman Ozbulut shares his expertise on building design for earthquake resilience.
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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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Chemical Engineering Faculty and Students Retreat so They Can Advance Research
The UVA Department of Chemical Engineering’s inaugural research retreat set the stage for new ideas and collaborations, plus meaningful mentoring across chemical engineering...
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What Is a ‘Flash Drought’? And How Did It Contribute to the Deadly Maui Fires?
Conditions were ripe for the Maui fires, said civil and environmental engineering professor Venkat Lakshmi, an expert in hydrology who cautions the phenomenon is on the rise.
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UVA Hydrology Expert Says Wildfires Change the Soil, Leaving Lasting Effects
Civil and environmental engineering professor Venkat Lakshmi addressed the ecological impact on plants after the Maui fire in an interview with NBC News.
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UVA and Virginia Tech: How the Rivals are Stronger Together
Two examples of UVA and Virginia Tech cross-university collaborations are the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia.
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UVA Engineering Professor Weighs in on Maui Wildfires
Venkataraman Lakshmi, professor of civil and environmental engineering and a hydrology expert, spoke to the Associated Press about the impact of drought on the deadly fires in Hawaii.