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Engineering for the Cyber Future

Our 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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Advanced and Secure Computing Cyber-Physical and Autonomous Systems Human Technology Interaction Data Science, AI/ML and Simulation
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  • Modeling Life Itself: Madhav Marathe and the Science of Biocomplexity

    Biocomplexity Institute executive director Madhav Marathe talks about working with AI systems and across disciplines to simulate the complex systems that shape our lives.

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  • UVA Engineering Team Develops New Way to Build Soft Robots That Can Walk on Water

    Professor Baoxing Xu’s research group introduces an innovative fabrication method that uses water as a platform to create delicate films and devices for next-generation robotics and sensing.

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  • CAREER Award Accelerates AI Testing — With Safety and Smarts

    Assistant professor Shangtong Zhang develops efficient tools to help researchers trust AI systems without high-stakes testing.

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  • UVA’s Moon Robot Collects Awards in NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge

    UVA Engineering’s moon rover team won top innovation and other awards at the 2025 NASA competition by drawing on tried-and-true engineering principles and past experience.

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  • Graduating Student’s Path to Dream Job Was a Roller-Coaster Ride

    Want to have a safe, fun time when you go to a theme park? Mehki Rippey, who will join Universal Creative after graduation, wants that for you, too. 

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  • UVA Lands Moon Base: Robot Arena To Simulate Lunar Surfaces for NASA Competition

    Engineering students are “over the moon” about recent Jefferson Trust project funding. 

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  • Q&A: UVA’s Cindy Chang Talks About Her AI Tool for Optimizing Manufacturing Processes

    Her lab’s approach finds the connections between individual processes and the manufacturing system as a whole — and tries to coordinate everything at once, she tells Tech Briefs.

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  • Influential Robotics Journal Picks UVA Paper as Best of 2024

    Science Robotics chose a UVA paper describing praying mantis-inspired artificial eyes as their most outstanding of the year.

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  • Many Solar Projects Replace Farmland. This UVA Alumnus Is Helping Them Coexist

    Miles Braxton studied photovoltaics in UVA Engineering professor Mool Gupta’s lab en route to making Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for his work helping farmers grow food while generating solar energy.

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  • UVA Engineering and Education Researchers Leverage AI to Improve Classroom Teaching

    Scott Acton’s AI-powered video analysis technology can help teachers improve performance.

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  • UVA Engineering Alum’s Paper on Bio-Inspired ‘Tunabot’ Is Among Publisher’s Most Cited

    Mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. alumnus and current post-doc Carl H. White discusses the impact of his Tunabot Flex research in an interview with IOP Publishing.

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  • AI-Powered System Detects Toxic Gases with Speed and Precision

    UVA Engineering advancement protects public health by improving air quality monitoring in real time.

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