Research @ UVA Engineering
Engineering for a Sustainable FutureEngineering 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 Engineering & Nanotechnology-
UVA Engineer Innovates a Liquid Safety Cushioning Technology
Read NowA Breakthrough in Material Design Will Help Football Players, Car Occupants and Hospital Patients
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Newer Tunabot Models Are Faster and Bigger — and May One Day Outperform Fish
Read NowAn accomplished UVA postdoctoral researcher knows the power of industry-academia collaborations for underwater vehicle design and development.
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UVA-Led Discovery Challenges 30-Year-Old Dogma in Associative Polymers Research
Read NowA new study appears to challenge a long-held understanding of how the widely used materials function at the molecular level.
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UVA Program Focused on Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Future of Our Society
Read NowAfter 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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Maximizing Excitons as Energy Carriers
Read NowKyusang Lee has received a prestigious award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to investigate promising new semiconductor material systems.
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UVA Research Team Detects Additive Manufacturing Defects in Real-Time
Read NowResearchers 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
Read NowProfessors 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
Read NowEngineering 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
Read NowTeam is designing coatings and new alloys that use material interfaces in an adaptive way to control corrosion.
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In the Blink of An Eye
Read NowLee's vision for biomimicking sensor systems presents a complete story from materials to integration to application.
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UVA Materials Science Engineers Work on New Material for Computer Chips
Read NowSamantha Jaszewski and Shelby Fields publish landmark studies on stability of ferroelectric hafnium oxides.
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Test Kitchens for Solar Cells
Read NowResearchers use machine learning to tap perovskites’ potential to lower the cost of solar energy.