
Three UVA Engineering Faculty Named to AIMBE College of Fellows
Scott T. Acton, Gustavo Kunde Rohde and Shannon Barker have been recognized for contributions in biomedical imaging, modeling and education.

Dean Jennifer West Earns AIMBE's 2025 Pierre Galletti Award
The 2025 Pierre Galletti Award, the highest honor given by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), was given on March 30 to UVA Engineering Dean Jennifer L. West.

UVA Engineering To Welcome Ayman Karim as New Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering
UVA Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of notable catalysis researcher Ayman Karim as the new chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Three UVA Engineering Faculty Elected as AAAS Fellows
UVA Engineering’s new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science represent three different departments and distinct areas of research.

UVA Engineering’s Cyber Defense Team Scores Mid-Atlantic Three-peat
The UVA Engineering cyber defense team’s three-peat as regional champions sends them back to nationals to try for a fourth title in late April.

Jefferson Scholars Foundation Names Hartfield Excellence in Teaching Award Honoree
Daniel Quinn, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has earned the 2024-2025 Hartfield Award, which recognizes faculty in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Your Final Assignment: Build a System To Improve UVA Swim Starts
UVA electrical and computer engineering students built a high-tech “smart” starting block as a training tool to help swimmers launch faster — potentially shaving crucial milliseconds off race times.

James H. Lambert Honored for Preparing a New Generation of Risk Analysis Leaders
James H. Lambert has been recognized as a distinguished educator by the Society for Risk Analysis, an international scientific and professional society.

Q&A: UVA’s Cindy Chang Talks About Her AI Tool for Optimizing Manufacturing Processes
Her lab’s approach finds the connections between individual processes and the manufacturing system as a whole — and tries to coordinate everything at once, she tells Tech Briefs.