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NASA Selects UVA Engineering for 2020 Breakthrough, Innovative Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge
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.
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George Wilkes Earns National Institute of Aerospace Best Student Paper Award
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.
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CAREER Award: Running Hot and Cold
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.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Elects Mool Gupta as Fellow
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.
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Going to Extremes
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...
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Naiming Liu’s Dissertation Research Achieves Breakthrough in Thermoelectrics
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
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These Giant Wind Turbines, Inspired by Palm Trees, May Be the Future of Renewable Energy
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.
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UVA Researchers Share Findings from Studies of Green Stormwater Management Innovations
Professor Teresa Culver and her graduate students, Maria Rossetti and Md Ibrahim Sabit, presented at the 2019 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Pittsburgh.
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ChemE Professor Bryan Berger’s Hemp Research Part of Economic Development Collaboration in Appalachia
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.
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Eric Loth Op-Ed: Offshore Wind Will Drive America’s Future in Energy Technology and Manufacturing
"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