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Viewing options for launch of satellite designed, built by UVa students
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A small satellite designed and built by University of Virginia students is set to blast off from Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Wednesday afternoon. At 4:46 p.m., the Libertas CubeSat will be launched from the Wallops Flight Facility and will travel on a rocket to the International Space Station.
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Student Satellite Designers Prepare to Party
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After celebrating a big win in basketball, some students at UVA are preparing for another party as the satellites they designed are launched into space. About a hundred students from UVA, and another 50 from Virginia Tech, ODU and Hampton will be watching when a rocket blasts off late Wednesday...
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Podcast: UVA Launches CubeSats into Space
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University of Virginia Prof., Christopher Goyne, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, discusses the CubeSat Program, its importance, and its advantages with Les Sinclair. At 4:46 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, a spacecraft called Libertas CubeSat, designed and built by UVA...
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Chemical Engineering Professor Is First to Win Hutchinson Award for Debut Class
Read MoreChemical Engineering professor is first to win Thomas E. Hutchinson Award for debut class
Rachel Letteri, a first-year assistant professor of chemical engineering, is the 2019 recipient of the Thomas E. Hutchinson Award, presented annually by UVA’s Trigon Engineering...
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UVA’s Link Lab Teams with Smart Cville to Inspire Smart-city Innovation
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The Link Lab at the University of Virginia and the local nonprofit Smart Cville have announced the launch of a free grassroots Internet of Things network in Charlottesville.
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Executive Associate Dean Pamela Norris Tells Her Story to Springer Nature
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In Springer Nature's "Conversations with Our Authors" series, Pamela Norris, Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Frederick Tracy Morse Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, tells her story.
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USA Today Op-Ed: Astrophysicist Barbie is perfect. That's not how you attract more girls to STEM careers.
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University of Virginia Biomedical Engineering Professor Silvia Blemker explains why cultural messages of perfection for girls are keeping them out of STEM work at the highest academic levels.
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Ready for Launch, NASA: UVA Space Satellite is A-OK
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Mission manager Erin Puckette (center), UVA aerospace engineering undergrad, leads the team of three universities as they integrate their nano-satellites, called CubeSats, into a NASA rocket in Houston. The rocket is scheduled to launch in April to the International Space Station. Photo credit:...
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Chronicle of Higher Education Ranks UVA among Top in the Country for Women in Engineering, Computer Science
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Of public universities with at least 75 engineering graduates, UVA is #1 for women engineering degree earners, and #6 for computer science degrees awarded to women.
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Students at UVA Engineering, a Leader in Preparing Women Engineers, Form Nation’s Second Women in Chemical Engineering Advocacy Group
Read MoreStudents at UVA Engineering, a leader in preparing women engineers, form nation’s second Women in Chemical Engineering advocacy group
Led by Bev Miller, students founded the nation's second chapter of Women in Chemical Engineering at UVA to help make the field a stronger community.