Biomaterials, Biomechanics, and Biomanufacturing

With newfound research compass, Beverly Miller is branching into less-explored territory of reproductive tissue engineering

Chemical engineering Ph.D. student Beverly Miller attended an intensive workshop on human reproductive biology research techniques, and it's opening new directions in tissue...

Improving Soldiers’ Survivability and Performance with Ballistics Injury Modeling

Battle armor did not go away with gladiators and medieval knights. Modern U.S. soldiers often carry more than 100 pounds of body armor and other gear. Mechanical engineering Ph.D...

The Tenure Track Gender Gap

In this Q&A, Blemker shares her perspectives on why women students may be discouraged from considering faculty careers and what she is doing to change the conversation.

Associate Professor Matt Panzer is one of the world’s leaders on state-of-the-art modeling and simulation of the brain's response to mechanical loads according to a special issue of Annals of Biomedical Engineering published by Springer

This edition focuses on research, education and thought leadership in biomedical data sciences and systems biology.

When Ramon Castellanos, a BME at Florida International University, applied for a National Science Foundation-funded summer research program at the University of Virginia, he had...

Bryan Berger, an associate professor of chemical engineering, is collaborating with UVA and UVA-Wise researchers to spur economic development in Southwest Virginia through an Appalachian Prosperity Project fellowship.

A First-Ever International Meeting on the Role of Fibroblasts

The World Health Organization estimates that fibrosis is directly implicated in, or responsible for, as many as 40 percent of all deaths across the globe. The University of...

The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia School of Engineering has welcomed the first Gaden, Gainer and Kirwan fellowship recipients to Grounds.

Soldiers carry heavy packs of food, water and more along with wearing 60 to 100 pounds body armor. Researchers at the Center for Applied Biomechanics are doing research for the Department of Defense and hope to provide information that could lead to lighter forms of protection.