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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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Engineering Professor Earns Grant To Improve Trust Between Humans and Robots
This UVA researcher is laying the foundation for better trust between humans and robots, with help from an Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant.
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Mete Civelek Receives Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association
Mete Civelek uses big data analytics to understand the molecular pathways of disease and develops personalized medicine approaches to cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
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Graduating Engineer Took These Steps to a Career in Greener Energy
Want to land a job at an employer like Equinor? Engineer Reese Hertel first had to assess his interests and core beliefs. He then relied on UVA advisers to help him refine his focus.
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New Artificial Intelligence Risk-Assessment Tool To Improve Heart-Failure Care
UVA Health and UVA Engineering researchers have developed a powerful new risk assessment tool for predicting outcomes in heart failure patients. The researchers have made the tool publicly available.
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UVA Dons Parkas To Help Alaskans Living on Thin Ice
Engineering and society associate professor Caitlin Wylie is working on a blueprint to help indigenous communities thrive as the ground shifts beneath their feet (and houses).
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UVA Bioengineer Finds in Cellular Glue New Answers About Heart Attacks, Strokes
Researchers have found answers about cardiovascular diseases in the cellular “glue” our bodies make to protect us from heart attacks and stroke.
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Her Path to NASA Research and Helping South America Manage Future Droughts
Jessica Besnier is collaborating with NASA climatologists to understand historical drought conditions in South America.
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Research Spotlight: Beth Opila
Beth Opila, professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science, is solving complex problems.
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She Aided the Team Taking the Bite Out of Tick-Borne Lyme Disease
Imagine a “Band-Aid” that wards off Lyme disease. With the big idea, chemical engineering grad student Tori Vigil led a team of cadets to win an international genetic engineering competition.
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Winners Circle: Oranges Offer Appealing Solution to a Toxic Problem
Kenneth Brown, this year’s 2024 UVERS winner, investigated the potential for a non-toxic solvent made from orange peels to be used in the production of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.
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A Full-Resolution Display of Talent: UVA Hosts Women-in-Computing Event
Close to 250 women gathered at UVA to present and learn from each other as part of CAPWIC 2024.
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Virginia’s Carbon Capture Potential: A Roadmap to Climate Restoration
Two innovative technologies could help pull the carbon dioxide we’ve already emitted out of the atmosphere and bring it underground, effectively running climate change in reverse.