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  • Aidong Zhang Is a Recognized Leader in a Field She Helped Create

    Zhang Appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Computer Science

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  • Materials Informatics Research Group Embraces Open Philosophy Toward Sharing Knowledge

    Sunidhi Garg and Paige Delsa developed R-Shiny web applications to make group members’ models more accessible and interactive.

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  • Engineering and Society Assistant Professor’s New Book Featured on Curiosity Daily Podcast, Part One

    Here is the first part of Caitlin Wylie’s discussion on her in-depth look at the surprising world of those who make researching and displaying dinosaur skeletons possible.

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  • A Messenger for Medicine

    Yanjun Qi is using powerful deep-learning models to analyze biomedical data to uncover how genes and messenger RNA interact.

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  • Computer science professor David Evans and his team conduct experiments to understand security and privacy risks associated with machine learning

    David Evans, professor of computer science in the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, is leading research to understand how machine learning models can be compromised. 

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  • Billy Bardin, Chemical Engineering Alumnus, Nominated to Run for President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

    Billy Bardin spoke about his time at the University of Virginia, serving on the chemical engineering industrial advisory board and his current role at Dow.

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  • UVA Engineering remembers alum Paul R. Fridley

    Lt. Paul R. Fridley, 28, a UVA mechanical engineering alumnus, was one of five sailors killed in a helicopter crash in California.

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  • This N.Virginia city already needed to fix its storm pipes. But climate change is making it worse.

    Engineering Systems and Environment’s Jonathan L. Goodall, an expert in hydroinformatics, speaks with The Washington Post about the strain that climate change is placing on our infrastructure.

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  • UVA Engineering Executive Dean Named Vice Provost of Research at George Washington University

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  • For Good: Luis Lopez Ruiz

    Ph.D. candidate Luis Lopez Ruiz is building smart healthcare devices that are powered by the human body in order to achieve better health outcomes for patients.

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  • The Bigger Picture: Ready for Takeoff

    University of Virginia students in James Cohoon’s “Introduction to Programming” course had an unusual assignment for their first day of class last week: Build a paper airplane – and throw it at your professor.

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  • Social Justice Issues Emerge as Core Components of Science, Technology and Society Teaching

    Social justice concepts have become woven throughout science, technology and society courses, including longtime core classes and new electives developed in response to currents events.

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