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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 and Nanotechnology 
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    Leidy Klotz

    Professor
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    Leidy Klotz is filling in underexplored overlaps between engineering and behavioral science, in pursuit of more sustainable systems. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in venues that include top academic journals in built environment engineering, engineering education…
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    Gary Koenig

    Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
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    We are interested in the tailored synthesis of new materials at multiple length scales. At the molecular scale, the physical properties of materials are largely dependent on the stoichiometry and stable structures that can be formed. 
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    Benjamin Joseph Laugelli

    Assistant Professor
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    Benjamin Joseph Laugelli researches and teaches about social and ethical aspects of technology and engineering practice. His work examines sustainable design values, technology and science fiction, and the LEGO(R) Group's brand identity and practices. 

    Xiaodong (Chris) Li

    Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor ASME Fellow, SEM Fellow
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    Dr. Li’s expertise and interests include (but not limited to) additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, nanomaterial-enabled energy systems, biological and bio-inspired materials and devices, biomechanics, micro/nanomechanics, surface engineering, and tribology. He has been PI/Co…
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    Zongli Lin

    Ferman W. Perry Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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    Zongli Lin's current research interests include nonlinear control, robust control, and control applications. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2001-2003), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2006-2009) and IEEE Control Systems Magazine (2005…
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    Garrick Louis

    Associate Professor, Systems and Information Engineering, Engineering & Society
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    Garrick Louis is Associate Professor of Systems and Information Engineering and Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is director of the Small Infrastructure and Development Center and director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering.

    Ji Ma

    Assistant Professor
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    Ji Ma's research explores using additive manufacturing to create materials with novel properties and incorporating these materials in designed geometry to produce functionally unique parts, focusing on the additive manufacturing of metallic alloys and control of solidification, porosity, residual stress, and micro-to-nano-scale microstructure.
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    Lin Ma

    Professor
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    4D Diagnostics & Thermal-Fluids​
    Development of novel diagnostics with 4D spatiotemporal resolution to study combustion, propulsion and fluid dynamics
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    Anne McAlister

    Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, First Year Engineering Center
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    My research centers on the intersection of engineering identity, social identity, and social justice for students in higher education.
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    Stephen J. McDonnell

    Associate Professor
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    Stephen McDonnell’s current research interests are centered interfaces relevant to next generation nanoelectronics devices.
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    Kathryn A. Neeley

    Associate Professor
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    Neeley has been on faculty of the School of Engineering & Applied Science since 1979 and might be best described as a English major who found her calling in engineering. She is inspired by the potential of technology to promote human flourishing and by an understanding of engineering as a potentially ideal combination of practicality and vision.

    Elizabeth J. Opila

    Department Chair, Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor of Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Director, Rolls Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems
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    Our research focuses on materials for use in extreme environments and can be applied to materials for use in aircraft engines, rocket engines, energy conversion technologies, and thermal protection systems.
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