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Just a handful of universities have multiple members on the 69-person board of the journal Cell Systems, including Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCSF and UVA.

Data science is defining the field of biomedical engineering

At the University of Virginia, we are training the next generation of data-driven biomedical engineers.

Improving Soldiers’ Survivability and Performance with Ballistics Injury Modeling

Battle armor did not go away with gladiators and medieval knights. Modern U.S. soldiers often carry more than 100 pounds of body armor and other gear. Mechanical engineering Ph.D...

A New Book Highlights the Ongoing Contributions of UVA Women in Nanotechnology

Book: Women in Nanotechnology: Contributions from the Atomic Level and Up Co-edited by Executive Dean Pamela M. Norris

UVA chemical engineer, Matt Lazzara, convenes multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team to design combination therapy for pancreatic cancer

Matthew J. Lazzara, an associate professor of chemical engineering and researchers in his lab are devising a better way to pancreatic cancer.

Materials Science Meets Nanoscale Heat Transfer

Scientists estimate that more than 60% of energy consumed in the United States is wasted. “The question is, ‘How do we make materials that can be more energy efficient, that can...

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.

For BME departments, it's a call to action

No other academic discipline is as well positioned to integrate biomedical data science into its research programs and student training programs.

First-Year engineering students tour UVA’s decommissioned nuclear reactor building and learn about their roles in designing the future

UVA Engineering students learn about the nuclear reactor that once existed here and the consequential role engineers play in developing technology that can help or hurt humanity.

Governor Northam announces plans to graduate 31,000 Virginia students in computer science, boosting the tech talent pipeline. The University of Virginia will receive about $33 million from The Tech Talent Investment Program over the next 20 years to support more than 3,000 degrees in computer...