Research @ UVA Engineering
Engineering for the Cyber FutureOur researchers are not merely reacting to the cyber age, we are catalyzing it. Machine learning, cybersecurity, high performance computing, intelligent memory systems, avalanche photodiodes, ultra-low-power chips: These are just some of the technologies essential to such next-generation projects as the Internet of Things and 100 Gbps Ethernet, and they are just some of the areas in which UVA Engineering holds world-class expertise.
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UVA Researchers Pioneer AI-Driven Manufacturing Efficiency
Cindy Chang and her team have created a more efficient way to optimize manufacturing systems, improving speed and quality while reducing waste.
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Systems and Information Engineering 2.0: The Future of Complex Systems
Opinion: Integrating AI with human insight to revolutionize smart systems for a modern world.
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Podcast: Madhur Behl on CAVCAR’s Record-Breaking Victory and Beyond
Hoos in STEM podcast host Ken Ono asks Cavalier Autonomous Racing’s Madhur Behl and Amar Kulkarni what’s next after becoming the first American team to win the Indy Autonomous Challenge.
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Watch as UVA Displays Its New High-Speed, Self-Correcting AI Algorithms
What were the keys to UVA's impressive showing at this fall's Indy Autonomous Challenge? A mathematical tweak to the vehicle dynamics and a new car-detection algorithm that learns from its mistakes.
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Autonomous Vehicles Can Be Imperfect — As Long as They’re Resilient
Homa Alemzadeh and her colleagues aim to systematically find and fix safety vulnerabilities in autonomous vehicle systems.
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UVA Professor Receives OpenAI Grant to Inform Next-Generation AI Systems
Assistant professor Yu Meng’s research on superintelligent systems looks to prepare researchers for the future of artificial intelligence.
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UVA Assistant Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award for Cybersecurity Research
Wajih Ul Hassan will develop automated cybersecurity techniques to enhance enterprise security through data provenance and AI.
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UVA Researchers’ Video Techniques Reveal Trout’s Energy-Saving Secret
UVA research team’s use of video, computational methods and the physics of fluids explains how fin-to-fin interactions improve rainbow trout’s swimming efficiency.
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UVA Engineering Professors Target Inclusive AI Education with $1M Grant
With support from NSF, UVA Engineering researchers will democratize access to crucial AI training for high schoolers.
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The Engineering-Girls Formula: Show Science, Create Welcoming Space, Add Acts of Kindness
During Engineering-Girls week, UVA Engineering students, faculty and staff rolled out the red carpet and lit Bunsen burners for the next generation of female students.
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A Blueprint for Building the Future: Eco-Friendly 3D Concrete Printing
UVA is taking the lead to improve 3D concrete printing construction technology with rigorous research to make printable materials stronger, more sustainable and better performing.
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Researchers Put Finger on Why Men and Women Feel Touch Differently
With new experimental techniques, University of Virginia engineers identified what gives us a great sense of touch, which could make modern technologies a touch better.