Department News: Engineering Systems and Environment

Three of the graduate teachers who emerged as the University's best are UVA Engineers: Kristen Fread and Laura Dunphy in Biomedical Engineering and Sarah Gustitus-Graham in Engineering Systems and Environment.

In a world that shakes daily, UVA Engineering professor Osman Ozbulut and his team are researching smart metals for resilient buildings.

A story about earthquakes, smart metals, and a UVA Engineering professor's family connection from half a world away.

An interdisciplinary team of UVA undergraduates won first place in the Virginia Water Environment Association Student Design Competition.

Five engineering departments are represented in the University’s Double Hoo program, which funds research collaborations between undergraduate and graduate student pairs.

Five fourth year students — all graduating with STEM degrees — share their unique journeys to the diploma they will eventually receive on the Lawn.

Harrison Award recipients receive as much as $4,000 apiece to pursue their research interests, along with a faculty mentor – a process that has gone on every year since 2001. Four awardees are UVA Engineers.

Laura Barnes, associate professor in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, and Hongning Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, are collaborating with other University of Virginia faculty on The MindTrails Project.

Modeling suggests social distancing efforts have slowed the spread of the virus in the Commonwealth

Governor Northam, University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute, RAND Corporation Present Infectious Disease Modeling on Impact of COVID-19 Mitigations in Virginia.

Four UVA Engineering faculty are among the eight University of Virginia faculty to received National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Awards.