Science and Application of Materials

For as long as anyone in the Chemical Engineering Department can remember, students nearing graduation have presented their research to peers and faculty over the summer months.

"The magnitude of this on/off thermal conductivity ratio is large enough where we can now envision applications including not only smart fabrics, but also more efficiently...

Assistant Professor Baoxing Xu has teamed with electronics engineers at Purdue to create “electronic stickers,” where electronic circuits are “printed” onto peelable thin film...

Researchers develop mechanical structure that changes the rules for fabricating materials

Third-year Ph.D. student Kevin Chang has been named a University of Virginia Engineering Volkswagen Group of North America Fellow.

Gaurav Giri had a hunch the materials he is researching in the lab could help a lot of people breathe easier. He and Bala Mulloth, a Batten School public policy professor, are putting his idea into action.

Geoffrey Geise, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, has proposed a new approach to desalination that would make it more sensitive, selective and efficient.

National Science Foundation Awards Demarest a Prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship

For almost a decade, Demarest served as an electrician on nuclear submarines, operating, repairing and maintaining their power plants. This firsthand experience has convinced him...

John Scully has weighed in on a number of issues of public concern: offshore drilling equipment, nuclear waste storage, lead pipes and bridge safety. Recently awarded the T. J...

UVA ChE students have been busy in the laboratories this spring, and those efforts have developed into several internal research awards.