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  • Chemical Engineering Alumnus Paul Mensah Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    Paul Mensah, a key member of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine team, has received one of the engineering profession’s highest distinctions.

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  • UVA ChemE Alumna at Center of COVID-19 Response as Leader of Moderna’s Vaccine Program

    In July 2021, Anne Aunins became program leader for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine program, joining more than a dozen UVA chemical engineering alumni in the race to defeat COVID-19 through vaccines.

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  • UVA MAE Alumni Come Back To Give Back

    Still devoted to their alma mater, many alums have returned to the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering to pass on their unique knowledge, skills and insights.

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  • Scott T. Acton Appointed Chair of UVA’s Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Acton is passionate about opening doors for students traditionally underrepresented in engineering.

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  • Discovery Unravels How Atomic Vibrations Emerge in Nanomaterials

    Advances in Microscopy Reveal Source of Phonons' Puzzling Behavior

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  • NSF Grant Sparks Third Iteration of UVA-Developed Water Treatment Tablets

    Jim Smith, Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil Engineering, is working with chemical engineering assistant professor Rachel Letteri on the next-generation MadiDrop+, a water-treatment technology Smith co-invented for use in the developing world.

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  • Policy Internship Program Alumnus Vinu Ilakkuvan's TEDx Talk on Our Approach to Health

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  • UVA Honors Faculty for Research and Scholarship

    Kevin Janes, professor of biomedical engineering, received the Research Mentor Award for “initiatives to improve scholarship, mentorship, diversity and inclusion and student advocacy.” Faculty from across UVA Engineering also were recognized for research contributions.

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  • UVA Researchers Advance Bioprinting

    Rsearcher’s paper, Digital Assembly of Spherical Viscoelastic Bio-ink Particles, termed DASP, is featured as a cover article in Advanced Functional Materials. 

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  • UVA Engineering Alumna Mary Lyn Lim Earns Recognition for Corrosion Research

    Lim and PPG Industries Colleagues Probe Protection Mechanisms of Zinc-rich Primers

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  • UVA Multifunctional Thin Film Group Lends Expertise to Electric Vehicle Battery Challenge

    Ian Brummel studies materials that will make the lithium battery safer and allow it to charge faster. 

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  • Discovery Unravels Emergent Atomic Vibrations in Superlattices

    Nature Paper Advances Design of Nanomaterials with Tailored Infrared and Thermal Properties

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