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 Materials Science Engineers Work on New Material for Computer Chips

    Samantha Jaszewski and Shelby Fields publish landmark studies on stability of ferroelectric hafnium oxides.

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  • UVA-led Research Team Pursues Next Big Leap in Radar and GPS

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  • Bringing Quantum Computing to Light

    Xu Yi’s pioneering work leverages light wave technology in hopes of making quantum computing scalable and error-resistant.

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    • UVA Chemical Engineering Team Meets DOE Challenge to Innovate a Better Way to Extract Lithium

    Finding a domestic source of lithium for battery manufacturing is a crucial part of our energy future. A UVA Engineering team might have the answer.

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  • Influential Publisher Awards Best Paper Honors to Geise Lab’s Research on Ion-Exchange Membranes

    Chemical engineering Ph.D. student Sean Bannon and his advisor Geoffrey Geise have won a Best Paper Award from the American Chemical Society journal ACS ES&T Engineering.

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  • Fueling the Next Wave of Hypersonic Innovations: UVA’s New Aerospace Engineering Faculty

    Newly appointed faculty members will add even more strength and momentum to mechanical and aerospace engineering advancements as they assimilate into the School’s accomplished hypersonic research team

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  • Venkat Lakshmi Adds Appointment as Fellow of American Society of Agronomy to Honors in the Hydrology Field

    UVA civil engineering professor Venkat Lakshmi has earned the highest recognition bestowed by the American Society of Agronomy.

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  • UVA Engineer Innovates a Liquid Safety Cushioning Technology

    A Breakthrough in Material Design Will Help Football Players, Car Occupants and Hospital Patients

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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 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 Engineering Faculty Distinguish School With University Research Awards

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