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 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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CAREER Award: Designing the Next Generation of Wireless Communications Systems
Read NowWorking in partnership with industry, Shen's machine-learning models can be prototyped, standardized and integrated into real systems.
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Rescuing the Endangered Telescope
Read NowRead how UVA and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory made Charlottesville a nexus for the world's radio astronomers.
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UVA-led Research Team Pursues Next Big Leap in Radar and GPS
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UVA Researchers Advance Bioprinting
Read NowRsearcher’s paper, Digital Assembly of Spherical Viscoelastic Bio-ink Particles, termed DASP, is featured as a cover article in Advanced Functional Materials.
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UVA Multifunctional Thin Film Group Lends Expertise to Electric Vehicle Battery Challenge
Read NowIan Brummel studies materials that will make the lithium battery safer and allow it to charge faster.
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UVA Joins Multi-University Team to Design New Class of Semiconductor Materials
Read NowAvik Ghosh joins multi-university initiative to model the physics of materials for infrared opto-electronic systems.
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Say Goodbye to the Memory Wall
Read NowResearchers in the University of Virginia’s Department of Computer Science and Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are leading a $29.7 million research effort to remove.
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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.
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University of Virginia and Penn State Researchers Launch Program to Develop New Hardware System
Read Now$1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s ASCENT program supports their research.
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Stretching Possibilities
Read NowLiheng 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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Generating Current as Well as Thrust from Jet Engines
Read NowThermoelectric Energy Harvesting for Efficient Aircraft