Engineering for Environmental and Energy Applications

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.

"If we can drive this technology forward and showcase the economic benefits of offshore wind, we can coalesce the public viewpoint around a common strength and vision for the future of energy technology and manufacturing." - Eric Loth

Undergraduate researchers in Profs. Davis and Giri’s labs received Goldwater Scholarships, a prestigious national honor recognizing science, math and engineering majors.

Matt Stromberg, 34, found connections with his UVA Engineering professors and seized the opportunities the School offered him en route to a new path in life.