Engineering for Environmental and Energy Applications

UVA Engineering professor Venkataraman Lakshmi has spent considerable years seeking to understand the vadose zone, the section of Earth that anchors the systems of human life.

Engineering Systems and Environment associate professor Osman Ozbulut argues investing in advanced building technologies is a good buy for state and federal governments.

In a world that shakes daily, UVA Engineering professor Osman Ozbulut and his team are researching smart metals for resilient buildings.

A story about earthquakes, smart metals, and a UVA Engineering professor's family connection from half a world away.

From healing wounds to protecting the environment to transforming how data is characterized, chemical engineering’s Gaden, Gainer and Kirwan Fellows are hard at work.

Novel Fabrication Process Leads to Efficient and Flexible Perovskite Solar Cell

Wilkes used a novel pulsed ultraviolet laser to form the solar cell’s metal-oxide electron transporting layer.

Ambitious UVA-Led Wind Energy Team, Powered by $6.1 Million in Grants, Partners with GE Global Research Center on Giant Wind Turbines

If successful, the revolutionary extreme-scale wind turbine would provide 25 MW of energy — five times the energy output of a conventional turbine — and not only make offshore...

Dissertation Research Published in July 2019 Issue of Advanced Functional Materials

Novel Process Enhances Overall Electron Mobility while Maintaining the Low Thermal Conductivity Needed to Improve the Performance

See how University of Virginia MAE researchers, inspired by the structure and resilience of palm trees, are revolutionizing the design of wind turbines to provide more renewable energy in the U.S. and, eventually, around the world.

Professor Teresa Culver and her graduate students, Maria Rossetti and Md Ibrahim Sabit, presented at the 2019 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Pittsburgh.

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.