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  • $3.1 Million Grant Backs Research for Ultrasound Brain Treatments

    Researchers at the University of Virginia received $3.1 million to pioneer the use of focused soundwaves to improve treatment of a debilitating brain condition called cerebral cavernous malformations,

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  • UVA Engineering Names New Executive Director of Strategic Communications

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  • UVA Engineering Welcomes Executive Director of Development Warren Buford

    In addition to his role as executive director of development, Buford will head the UVA Engineering Foundation.

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  • UVA Engineering’s Jack Stankovic Receives IEEE Medal

    Stankovic has earned one of the IEEE’s highest honors for his work in the theory of real-time and resource-constrained, distributed systems and the practice of cyber-physical and health systems.

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  • Year in Review: 2023 Chemical Engineering News Highlights

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  • UVA Chemical Engineering Team Meets DOE Challenge to Innovate a Better Way to Extract Lithium

    Finding a domestic source of lithium for battery manufacturing is a crucial part of our energy future. A UVA Engineering team might have the answer.

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  • Influential Publisher Awards Best Paper Honors to Geise Lab’s Research on Ion-Exchange Membranes

    Chemical engineering Ph.D. student Sean Bannon and his advisor Geoffrey Geise have won a Best Paper Award from the American Chemical Society journal ACS ES&T Engineering.

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  • From Setback to Comeback: Cavalier Autonomous Racing Car Nabs Second in Major Competition

    After early success then heartbreak, UVA Engineering’s autonomous racing team has roared back (almost) to the winner’s circle

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  • UVA Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Collaboration Offers Hope for Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

    A UVA Engineering team has developed a new analytical tool that could lead to a cure for a terrible disease.

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  • Hampton University Chemical Engineering Undergrads Gain Research Experience at UVA Engineering

    An exploratory undergraduate research program establishes a bond between UVA’s and Hampton University’s chemical engineering departments.

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  • Drum Breaks, DJs and More: J-Term Students Produce Podcasts

    Combining training in computer science and music, second-year double major Dana Sun used a J-Term class to develop a “companion” podcast for budding musicians. 

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  • Pharmaceutical Development Exec Brings Decades of Leadership Experience to Visiting Professorship

    National Academy of Engineering member Jean W. Tom will teach leadership as a visiting professor in the spring 2024 semester.

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