Multifunctional Materials Integration Research News

Take a virtual stroll through the EXSiTE labs -- Experiments and Simulations in Thermal Engineering -- a part of UVA's @MAEandUVA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Your hosts are professor and lab director Patrick Hopkins, graduate students and research scientists.

Associate Professor Jon Ihlefeld’s Unique Expertise will be Key to Stacking Memory and Processing Chips

Ihlefeld will help prepare and test memory materials that can be stacked above the processor chip.

UVA Engineering Discovery Challenges Heat Transfer Paradigm That Guides Electronic and Photonic Device Design

Research breakthrough demonstrates a new mechanism to control temperature and extend the lifetime of electronic and photonic devices.

Energy Science and Technology Lab Is Research Hub for Solid-State Thermionic Devices

UVA Engineering's thermionic device is among the only solid-state options proven to have achieved heat transfer and cooling at the nanoscale.

National Science Foundation Award Broadens Career Horizon in Materials Research

Competitive award recognizes Jaszewski's hard work, strong academic background and community outreach.

UVA Engineering's focus on recruiting excellent faculty is paying big dividends in achieving the school's mission to make the world a better place by creating and disseminating...

Material Properties Are Couched in the Language of Artificial Intelligence

Balachandran has earned a Young Faculty Award to better target research and development of high entropy alloys that perform well in extreme environments.

Research Aims to Grow and Test a Pure, Smooth and Widely Applicable Thin Film for Future Semiconductors

Ihlefeld's research group specializes in electronic oxide materials; their thin films increase the efficiency of computer chips and can serve as low-power computer memory.

Detectors Can Relay a Fire Warning in Real Time Across Thousands of Miles

Sheth’s pitch for RISc detectors earned first place at the IEEE Microwave Week three-minute thesis competition.

Researchers Envision a Vibrant Future Wireless Environment Compatible with Commercial Applications and Scientific Research

WHISPERS combines expertise in design, metrology, detectors, devices and system hardware solutions beyond THz frequencies.