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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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First in Their Families
Six years ago, Diana Albarracin moved with her family from Colombia to the United States. Today she is majoring in BME at UVA, one of a growing number of first-generation students at UVA. They make up nearly 13% of the Class of 2023, an increase of about 19% over last year.
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Engineering Equity in the Built Environment
Ph.D. student plans career to serve the greater good and educate others
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Q & A: A New Moble App Aims to Ease Cancer Pain in Nepal
After developing a pain management intervention with engineers via a seed grant from the Center for Engineering in Medicine, UVA nursing professor Virginia LeBaron brings the app to an emerging wireless health community.
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Afsaneh Doryab Recognized for Research that Advances Human Robot Interaction
Engineering systems and environment assistant professor and Link Lab faculty member Afsaneh Doryab’s research was presented last month at the IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication. Her research is a departure from typical human-robot interaction studies, which tend to focus on how humans and robots can best work together.
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Faculty Searches Announced
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Natural Solutions for a Manmade Problem
UVA chemical engineering professor Bryan Berger and his lab are researching environmentally friendly methods to remove toxic chemicals from water and soil
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Two Named to the Editorial Board of Cell Systems
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Biomedical Data Sciences and Systems Biology: UVA Invests in the Future
Data science is defining the field of biomedical engineering
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Building Bridges to Beat Cancer
UVA chemical engineer, Matt Lazzara, convenes multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team to design combination therapy for pancreatic cancer
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Chair's Letter: Biomedical Data Science is Defining the Field of Health Care
For BME departments, it's a call to action
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How We Can Empower Biomedical Engineers to Combat Superbugs
The curricula of the future will emphasizing cell and molecular biology, linear algebra, statistics, systems modeling, and machine learning. By positioning the future biomedical engineering leaders to harness data science and machine learning, we can slow down antibiotic resistance.
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Reacting To History