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  • Faculty Accolade

    Engineering & Society Chair Wins Unprecedented Two Sally Hacker Prizes


    Professor W. Bernard Carlson, chair of the University of Virginia Department of Engineering and Society, has earned a Sally Hacker Prize and a William and Joyce Middleton...

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  • Reducing Energy Consumption

    Smarter People, Not Smarter Thermostats


    Researchers from the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan have developed a system that could lead to the next generation of home thermostats – devices that...

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  • Link Lab Expands

    UVA Engineering Launches Formal, International Search for Faculty, Graduate Students in Cyber-Physical Systems


    The University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science has opened its international search for eight faculty members to join a multi-million dollar initiative that...

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  • Deadliest Crash

    Researchers Driven to Save Lives


    Researchers at the Engineering School’s Center for Applied Biomechanics, using a $5 million grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and $2 million from car...

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  • Getting Real

    Research Experience for Undergrads


    No one ever fell in love with engineering by reading a textbook. Knowing this, many Engineering School faculty members welcome undergraduates into their labs each summer as part...

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  • Mark of Distinction

    UVA Engineering, College Join Max Planck


    Laboratories from UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and College of Arts & Sciences have been invited to join MAXNET Energy, a consortium of seven Max Planck...

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  • Data Science

    A Master's with a Difference


    Over the past five years, scores of universities around the country have introduced master’s-level data science programs, but few universities approach data science the way the...

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  • Wireless Health

    Harnessing People Power


    UVA's participation in a Nanosystems Engineering Research Center dedicated to developing wearable, self-powered health and environmental monitoring devices is a milestone.

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  • The Next Step

    A Tenure-Track Job


    Philip Asare’s experiences as a graduate student in the Engineering School proved to be the perfect springboard, not just for securing an academic post, but finding one that will...

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  • Entrepreneurship

    From Idea to Innovation


    It is not surprising that interest in entrepreneurship among engineering students has grown dramatically in the past few years, says Professor W. Bernard Carlson, chair of the...

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