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.

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Optics, Photonics and Sensing Energy, Transportation and the Environment Materials Engineering & Nanotechnology

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Sara Lu Riggs

Associate Professor

My research focuses on task sharing, attention management, and interruption management in complex environments that have included aviation, healthcare, military operations, and manufacturing. These work environments impose considerable and continually increasing attentional demands on…

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Gabriel Robins

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

Professor Gabriel Robins earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA in 1992, where he received an IBM Fellowship and a Distinguished Teaching Award.

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Ethan A. Scott

Research Assistant Professor

Ethan joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2023. In addition to teaching, he serves as Deputy Director of the UVA ExSiTE Lab. Ethan's research interests include the development and application of experimental techniques to analyze heat and energy transfer in extremes of material size and environment.

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John R. Scully

Charles Henderson Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Co-Director of Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering

Scully's primary research interest is to understand the relationships between a material's structure and composition and properties related to environmental degradation. His historical current focus is on advanced aluminum, magnesium, titanium, ferrous and nickel-based alloys, as well as stainless steels and aluminum-based intermetallic compounds.

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Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook

Assistant Professor

Bryn Seabrook's research interests include, bioethics, public participation in environmental policymaking, energy efficiency, climate change, negotiating the environmental - consumer nexus, and analyzing American consumer culture.

Majid Shafiee-Jood

Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Majid Shafiee-Jood is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia.

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Cong Shen

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Currently Recruiting

Cong Shen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UVa. He obtained his PhD degree from UCLA. His research interests are in wireless communications, networking, in-context learning, reinforcement learning, and federated learning.

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Nikhil Shukla

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Nikhil Shukla is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia with a joint appointment in the ECE and the Materials Science and Engineering department.

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Nikolaos Sidiropoulos

Louis T. Rader Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering

Currently Recruiting

Nikos Sidiropoulos earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland–College Park, in 1992.

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Kevin Skadron

Harry Douglas Forsyth Professor of Computer Science

Kevin Skadron's research interests cover a wide range of Computer Architecture topics, including hardware acceleration, memory architecture and processing in and near memory (PIM/PNM), automata and pattern-matching/regular-expression acceleration, and hardware support for debugging.

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Brian L. Smith, PE

Professor Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs

Brian L. Smith, PE is a leader in advanced technology in surface transportation systems - specifically "connecting" the infrastructure to travelers to improve transportation safety and efficiency. His research has contributed to innovations such as mobile phone navigation systems and urban freeway management.

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James A. Smith

Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil Engineering

James A. Smith is an environmental engineer holding the Henry L. Kinnier Chair of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UVA. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1983 and 1984, and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1992.

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