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Ambitious UVA-Led Wind Energy Team, Powered by $6.1 Million in Grants, Partners with GE Global Research Center on Giant Wind Turbines

If successful, the revolutionary extreme-scale wind turbine would provide 25 MW of energy — five times the energy output of a conventional turbine — and not only make offshore...

It's hard to find a disease that Peirce-Cottler's research hasn't impacted. She is a professor of biomedical engineering, co-director of the Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing, and a faculty member in the Center for Engineering in Medicine.

Patrick Hopkins, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, has been selected for the U.S. Defense Science Study Group, a program bringing together top American scientists and engineers to address national security challenges.

Bioinformatics Applied to Gene Expression

With the help of three new grants, Mete Civelek is employing the tools of biomedical data science to connect the dots between genes and cardiometabolic disease.

The Tenure Track Gender Gap

In this Q&A, Blemker shares her perspectives on why women students may be discouraged from considering faculty careers and what she is doing to change the conversation.

A UVA Engineering Team is Designing a New 3-D Printing System that Detects and Automatically Fixes Tiny Flaws, with Potential for Massive Savings for the Additive Manufacturing Industry

Virginia School of Engineering Ph.D. students develop sensors and computer code that could revolutionize additive manufacturing.

Researchers with UVA Engineering’s Biocomplexity Institute are using computer modeling to reduce the severity of flu outbreaks.

Engineering and medicine team up to develop a new diagnostic tool

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $2.7 million grant to scientists from the University of Virginia to study a genetic variation associated with coronary heart...

Partnership Advances Mission to Engineer Materials of the Future

As one of only three Rolls-Royce University Technology centers in the country, UVA Engineering is engaged in world-class, collaborative research and development programs in...

R&D Partnerships Accelerate Use of New Coating

U.S. Navy turns to UVA's Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering to protect littoral combat ships from pervasive threat of corrosion.