Research @ UVA Engineering

Engineering for a Sustainable Future

Engineering a better future will require the best work of researchers collaborating along the spectrum from the tiniest building blocks of materials through the complex workings of entire societal systems. We work at the micro- and nano-scale in fields like heat transfer, catalysis and 2-D materials to identify fundamental properties of matter. Our goal is not simply to conduct research, but to pursue research with positive global impact.

Research Area

Optics, Photonics and Sensing Energy, Transportation and the Environment Materials and Nanotechnology 
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  • Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM)

    CCAM is a public-private research partnership created by the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, Canon, Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik Coromant, Siemens, and Sulzer Metco. The center’s overall goal is to accelerate new technologies from initial creation through application and proof of concept and into commercial practice by bringing researchers from the universities and industry into a shared collaborative environment. UVA Advanced Manufacturing Fellow: Richard Martukanitz.

  • Ford Group

    Our research focuses on the application of chemical engineering principles to problems in microbial ecology. The aim is to develop a fundamental understanding of mechanisms underlying microbial behavior which will provide insights for future technological innovation.

  • Materials Informatics Group

    Our group focuses on developing novel informatics approaches to accelerate the search and discovery of new materials.
    Capabilities
    • Design space guidance via DFT/ML

    • Bayesian learning
    • Quantitative structure-property relationships
    • Materials Informatics

  • MIST Center

    The Multi-Functional Integrated System Technology (MIST) Center is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. It's mission is to facilitate integration of novel materials, processes, devices and circuits into multi-functional systems through research partnerships between university, industry and government stakeholders. The UVA site adds expertise in functional materials, solid-state devices, photonics, Terahertz sensing, thermal characterization, multiscale modeling and heterogeneous integration. UVA Site Director: Avik Ghosh.

  • Reacting Flow Laboratory

    Working to increase the efficiency of propulsion systems while reducing their environmental impact. Primary research interests are in the area of theoretical and experimental combustion, with emphasis on understanding the fundamental interactions between fluid dynamics and finite-rate chemistry.

  • Resilient and Advanced Infrastructure Laboratory

    Our group aims to formulate innovations in design, materials and sensing technologies to advance a new generation of infrastructure systems. Led by Professor Osman Ozbulut, RAIL focuses on applying smart technologies and interdisciplinary expertise to the development of resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure systems.

  • Robert Kelly Research Group

    Prof. Kelly's present work includes studies of the electrochemical and chemical conditions inside localized corrosion sites in various alloy systems, corrosion in aging aircraft, atomistic and continuum modeling of electrochemical processes, development of embeddable corrosion microinstruments, as well as the use of microfabrication methods to probe the fundamentals of localized corrosion.
    Capabilities
    • Accelerated salt fog corrosion testing

  • Rolls-Royce University Technology Center

    UVA Engineering is one of three Rolls-Royce University Technology Centers in the country engaged in world-class, collaborative research and technology programs in technologies that are critical to advancements in aerospace and advanced manufacturing.