Department News: Engineering Systems and Environment

Lu Feng Earns Prestigious National Science Foundation Grant to Create Formal Methods that Increase the Safety and Reliability of Human-Cyber-Physical Systems

Lu Feng, an assistant professor with joint appointments in the Department of Computer Science and Department of Engineering Systems and Environment at the University of Virginia...

UVA Engineering welcomes first cohort in novel graduate program for future cyber-physical systems leaders

Last fall, the first cohort of students arrived on Grounds for the University of Virginia School of Engineering’s novel graduate program in cyber-physical systems.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is helping to fund “Reliable Analytics for Disease Indicators,” a collaborative project using data collected on the UVA-developed mobile app Sensus.

NTSB chair Robert L. Sumwalt guest lectures in Forefronts of Civil Engineering graduate course

Top official presents an inside view of the federal agency’s breakdown of the engineering and judgment errors that led to six deaths.

Engineering systems and environment associate professor Laura Barnes and her collaborators aim to use technology that people interact with every day to improve mental health care for patients in real time.

Link Lab Adds New Faculty

The Link Lab has added seven new participating faculty members in 2019-2020, three who are new UVA Engineering faculty. The lab now boasts close to 40 faculty members and more...

UVA engineering graduates, now teachers themselves, demonstrate to future engineering leaders the power of service and collaboration

UVA Engineering professor Jonathan L. Goodall and Charlottesville High School engineering teacher Matthew Shields both graduated from UVA Engineering in 2001. Now they are...

Leon Yacoubian, Ph.D. Student, Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative

Ph.D. student Leon Yacoubian is working to understand people's needs in communities where disasters occurred so engineering solutions are thoughtful and helpful.

Courtney Hill, Ph.D. Candidate, Civil Engineering

Ph.D. candidate Courtney Hill is developing a device that will purify water in peoples' homes, in an effort to address the global challenge of clean drinking water. Her work...

Some people were born to be connectors.

For two UVA Engineering alumni, building bridges is more than just creating physical pathways—it’s about supporting communities. Last summer, Leo Fernandez (Engr ’97) and Rupa...