
For this Founder and Investor, It All Started with Systems Engineering
UVA alumna Dayna Grayson’s first startup experience at UVA’s ERICA project sparked her passion for transformative technology and venture capital.

UVA Professor Receives $690,000 DOE Grant to Boost Energy Efficiency in Semiconductors
Patrick E. Hopkins teams with NREL Center on Sustainability project.

How Advanced Math is Shaping the Future of Drug Development
Alum Dr. Tabora of Bristol Myers Squibb explained how advanced analytics and innovative tools streamline decision-making in drug development processes.

If an Asteroid Heads Toward Earth, How Close to Harm's Way Will We Be?
Joshua Handal, a 2012 UVA Engineering alumnus, explains why the best offense against meteors is the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

UVA Develops a ‘Google Earth’ View of Bone — With an Eye Toward Disease Prevention
Toni Tang of the Center for Applied Biometrics has collaborated on a biological imaging and characterization approach that allows 3D imaging of bone across all relevant measures for the first time.

UVA Awarded $8M DARPA Grant to Develop Next-Generation Optical Detectors
UVA is leading a groundbreaking project to create highly sensitive optical detectors to advance technologies in healthcare, defense and communications.

UVA Engineering Professor Awarded $1.6M EPA Grant to Reduce PFAS Accumulation in Crops
Bryan Berger will investigate how PFAS accumulates on farms and develop strategies to reduce exposure.

Study and Research Don’t Check This Engineering Hoo’s Game
Aerospace engineering undergraduate Jason Morefield is three for four in state chess championship during his time at UVA.

UVA Professor Receives OpenAI Grant to Inform Next-Generation AI Systems
Assistant professor Yu Meng’s research on superintelligent systems looks to prepare researchers for the future of artificial intelligence.

UVA Assistant Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award for Cybersecurity Research
Wajih Ul Hassan will develop automated cybersecurity techniques to enhance enterprise security through data provenance and AI.