• Center uses computational modeling to understand brain injury

    Researchers at UVA's Center for Applied Biomechanics are using computer models to learn how the brain responds to collisions. They will use the data to develop new tools that can evaluate the effectiveness of helmets, car restraints and other products designed to prevent traumatic brain injury.

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  • Brain Institute Has UVA Well-Positioned in Hot Field of Neuroscience

    The University of Virginia's newest pan-University institute will focus on the most complex organ in the human body: the brain.

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  • What's in UVA’s New Link Lab? The Future

    UVA Today covers Link Lab Opening. The lab is a 17,000-square-foot space where researchers will develop and deploy systems that link the cyber and physical worlds, such as autonomous cars, smart buildings and technology-driven health care.

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  • Third-year Aerospace Student Draws National Attention

    Matthew Asper, a third-year aerospace engineering major at the University of Virginia, has been named among “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties” by Aviation Week magazine, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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  • Clinical Trial is First of Its Kind in the World, Combining Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy to Treat Breast Cancer in Humans

    Tackling Cancer Through Team Science.

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  • STEM Grad Students Seeking to Push Knowledge Beyond Academia

    Engineering doctoral students Michaela Rikard (BME) and Courtney Hill (CEE) have been working to make UVA a national hub for grad students seeking training and experiences in science policy.

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  • From Half a World Away, Engineering Student Tackles Housing Problem in Armenia

    Leon Yacoubian is a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia, but he’s already putting his education to use on the other side of the planet.

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  • Balloons on Mars? UVA Engineering Team Among Finalists in NASA Competition

    Mool Gupta wants to put balloons on Mars. Gupta, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Virginia, and his team of students are among five finalists in NASA’s BIG (breakthrough, innovative and game-changing) Ideas Challenge for 2018. “This is the kind of project that fuels the imagination, and a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage in grand-challenge space research.”

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  • Dr. Saucerman Wins Mid-Career Research Award

    Congratulations, Dr. Saucerman!

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  • Chemical Engineering Camaraderie - Bonding over Tasty Heat Transference

    For chemical engineers, roasting a turkey is a lesson in heat transfer. The larger the bird, the longer it takes to transfer enough heat into the bird to cook it. And then there’s the question of stuffing.

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  • Pipe-climbing bacteria might spread infection from hospital sinks

    Featured nationwide in publications ranging from Science to NBC News to Plumbing Engineer, researchers at the University of Virginia show deadly bacteria colonize in the drains of hospital sinks, then take a mere week to grow and reach the hospital sink strainers. Once there, the germs were soon splashed around the sink, the counters, and other nearby sinks.

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  • 3D cultures offer fresh perspective on cells

    Professor Caliari studies cell dynamics, disease with 3D cell cultures.

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