New UVA Professor’s Research May Boost Next-Generation Space Rockets
Chen Cui is finding the hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams that could help ensure the success of long-term space missions.
Sherri Sullivan, MSE’s Financial Wizard, Is a 2024 Sandridge Outstanding Contributor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering senior financial generalist Sherri Sullivan has earned the highest individual employee honor given by the University of Virginia.
Picture This: Dozens Gather for the Graduate Engineering Student Council’s Popular International Food Friday
A tradition started as a community-building project is going strong a couple of years later. UVA Engineering’s monthly International Food Friday draws dozens for dinner, laughs and fellowship.
In Major Materials Breakthrough, UVA Team Solves a Nearly 200-Year-Old Challenge in Polymers
UVA researchers’ new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn’t sacrifice stretchability for stiffness.
Streit is a UVA Rising Scholar Research Scientist who will be an Assistant Professor in MSE, effective July 25, 2025.
AI-Powered System Detects Toxic Gases with Speed and Precision
UVA Engineering advancement protects public health by improving air quality monitoring in real time.
Kory Burns Leads AI-Enhanced Breakthrough That Illuminates Materials Reactions at Nanoscale
The researchers' new approach uses machine learning to identify defects that would otherwise go unspotted by human review of micrograph images.
UVA Researchers Develop New Coatings To Boost Turbine Engine Efficiency
A multidisciplinary UVA-led research group has formulated new protective coatings to allow turbine engines to run hotter — with potential dividends for the environment and people.