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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    UVA Program Focused on Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Future of Our Society

    After a few months as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, we asked Devin Harris what’s ahead for his department and field.

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  • UVA Research Team Detects Additive Manufacturing Defects in Real-Time

    Researchers can now detect the formation of keyhole pores, one of the most challenging defects common in additive manufacturing, with incredible accuracy.

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  • Two UVA Engineering Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

    Professors John A. Hossack and Mool C. Gupta have been recognized for their innovations. 

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    • UVA’s Professor Mool Gupta Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

    Engineering Luminary Designs Laser and Light Technologies That Shape Our Society

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    UVA Engineers Lead $4.3 Million, Multi-University DARPA Project to Strengthen Navy Ships and Defense Systems

    Team is designing coatings and new alloys that use material interfaces in an adaptive way to control corrosion.

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  • Test Kitchens for Solar Cells

    Researchers use machine learning to tap perovskites’ potential to lower the cost of solar energy.

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  • CAREER Award: Swimming Fast is One Thing, Swimming Fast While Steering is Another

    Assistant professor Daniel Quinn is laying the groundwork for a new generation of intelligent swimming and flying machines.

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  • CAREER Award: Opening Vistas for Materials Design

    Bi-Cheng Zhou's New Thermodynamic Model Expands Widely Used Design Tool to Complex Concentrated Alloys

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  • Small Steps Have Outsized Impact

    The Advanced Materials Synthesis Research Experience for Undergraduates site will immerse rising sophomores through seniors in authentic materials research projects.

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  • Stretching Possibilities

    Liheng Cai aims to design soft polymers capable of new feats, such as 3D printing materials for use in tissue engineering, optical devices or stretchable fabrics with embedded electronics.

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  • Additive Manufacturing Feedstocks: Waste Not Want Not

    Materials Science Addresses Need to Recycle and Re-Use Metal Powders

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  • Team Tackling a Quiet Enemy

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