Engineering for Environmental and Energy Applications

Team Proposes Beaming of Energy via Laser for Lunar Exploration (BELLE) of Permanently Shadowed Craters

BELLE will make it possible to energize systems operating in the darkness without those systems having to leave the crater or carry their own power sources.

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.

Liheng Cai Earns Prestigious National Science Foundation Award to Develop Polymeric Material to Control the Types of Energy Streaming into Windows with the Flick of a Switch

Liheng Cai and his students have developed a prototype crystal for active, fast control of light.

Elevation Recognizes Life’s Work in Laser-Material Interactions

Miniaturization of computers and electronics and the mainstreaming of renewable energy continue to motivate Gupta's work.

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