NanoSTAR Insitute's research encompasses three broad theme areas: electronics, biomedicine, and energy & the environment, and the University has several core facilities that support the research community.
Biomolecular Systems
Biomolecular Systems encompasses targeted drug and gene delivery, synthetic biology, and cell and molecular engineering. Biotechnology utilizes the manipulation of molecules of biological components in order to focus on molecular level solutions to issues and problems in the life sciences related to the environment agriculture energy industry, food production, biotechnology and medicine.
Biomedical Engineering Professor Kimberly Kelly’s Company Advances to Human Clinical Trials with a Promising Antibody Treatment for Deadly Pancreatic Cancer
UVA Engineering's Kimberly Kelly, and her team at ZielBio Inc., have moved a potential cure for one of the world’s most heinous diseases into human clinical trials.
Sheybani, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was also UVA's first-ever recipient of the prestigious NIH Director's Early Independence Award.
Nanomanufacturing is both the production of nanoscaled materials, which can be powders or fluids, and the manufacturing of parts "bottom up" from nanoscaled materials or "top down" in smallest steps for high precision, used in several technologies such as laser ablation, etching and others.
nanoSTAR enabled nine students to explore intellectual property possibilities during the Summer 2021 Program for Entrepreneurial Nanoscale Engineering.
Norris' Unamimous Election Honors a Lifetime of Distinguished Achievement
Norris earned the prestigious award for her international leadership in research, dedication to diversity and excellence in mentoring future engineers.