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Engineering Professor Selected for Defense Advisory Group
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.
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How Does Information Encoded in Your DNA Increase the Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes?
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.
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Q&A with the Chair of the Department's First All-Female Faculty Search Committee
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.
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Manufacturing Perfection
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.
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Supercomputing and Big Data Tackle Flu Season
Researchers with UVA Engineering’s Biocomplexity Institute are using computer modeling to reduce the severity of flu outbreaks.
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NIH Grants UVA Researchers $2.7M that Could Lead to Precision Treatment for Deadly Heart Plaque
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...
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Rolls-Royce University Technology Center Invests in Engineering Talent
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...
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Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering Combats Environmental Cracking of Littoral Combat Ships
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.
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Grant Accelerates Discovery of Materials that Perform in Extreme Environments
UVA and Duke Team Up to Create New Coatings for Turbine Engines
Research team develops materials that can withstand the extreme stress and heat of turbine engines.
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Charles P. "Chip" Blankenship Joins the University of Virginia's School of Engineering
Alumnus Extends Track Record of Innovation as Professor of Practice
“Take a job not for what it is in the moment, but what it could be.” Charles P. “Chip” Blankenship has followed this advice throughout his professional career, including his new...