Research @ UVA Engineering
Engineering For HealthUVA Engineering is co-located with the top-ranked UVA School of Medicine and UVA Health System, and our culture values and rewards collaboration and initiative.
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Kelsey Kubelick Joins the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UVA
Kubelick develops imaging tools to track the movement and efficacy of T cells deployed in cancer therapies, aiming ultimately to enhance the cells’ defensive abilities.
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Leading Tissue Regeneration Expert to Chair UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering
Her research focuses on tiny blood vessels that are one-tenth the diameter of a human hair, needed to regenerate tissues damaged by injury or disease.
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They've Done It Again!
Noah Perry and Ridhi Sahani won praise from both students and faculty for their ability to bring out the best in their students though engaging, responsive and effective teaching.
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UVA-Led Discovery Challenges 30-Year-Old Dogma in Associative Polymers Research
A 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 Engineering Professor Elected AIMBE Fellow
Jeffrey Saucerman has joined the top 2% of medical and biological engineering professionals.
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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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A Sponge that Could Give Wounded Soldiers a Fighting Chance
UVA professor George Christ teams with UC Berkeley professor Kevin Edward Healy to develop a hydrogel material that can be placed directly in wounds to make up for missing muscle mass.
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New Training Grant Matches Computation and Modeling to Experimental Design
When Remziye Erdogan learned about the new Systems and Biomolecular Data Science Training Program designed to immerse students in the techniques of systems biology, she jumped at the chance to apply.
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UVA Biomedical Engineers Aim to Mass Produce Muscle Cells for Treating Traumatic Injuries
Rachel Bour is part of a team that’s getting closer to helping the thousands of Americans who suffer from perm
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Engineering New Tools for New Hearts: Helping Children on the Transplant Waitlist
Almost 20% of pediatric patients on the U.S. wait list for heart transplants die before they receive a heart. A UVA engineering-medicine research team is dedicated to changing that.
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Chair of Biomedical Engineering Named UVA Engineering’s Associate Dean for Research
Frederick H. Epstein’s appointment follows his highly successful decade leading growth and transformation in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He started his new role March 1.