UVA Engineers Design Lookalike Drug Carrier To Evade Lung’s Lines of Defense
Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors think.
The Engineering-Girls Formula: Show Science, Create Welcoming Space, Add Acts of Kindness
During Engineering-Girls week, UVA Engineering students, faculty and staff rolled out the red carpet and lit Bunsen burners for the next generation of female students.
Where Did UVA Materials Science and Engineering Students Work This Summer?
Find out which materials science Hoos soared to high heights this summer as interns for a major aviation engine manufacturer and other top employers.
UVA Engineering Professor Lands $1.9 Million NIH Award To Maximize Biomedical Research
Assistant professor Liheng Cai aspires to mimic the structure and functions of living tissue. The National Institutes of Health signaled their support for the research with a prestigious MIRA grant.
VDOE Names UVA Among Nation’s Best-in-Class Nuclear Engineering Programs
UVA's Department of Materials Science and Engineering poised to help Gov. Youngkin implement nuclear power in Virginia, America's first commercial small modular reactor.
Dear Congress, This Student Wants You To Know That Corrosion Has Costs
Materials science and engineering student Lara Ojha participated with several other MSE students in office visits on Capitol Hill. Find out what she told them.
Organs on Demand? UVA Prints Its First Voxel Building Blocks
UVA’s Soft Biomatter Lab is bioprinting 3D structures with a material that is a close match for human tissue, paving the way for true biomanufacturing.
Robert A. Johnson
Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
Full Power: The Inspiring Life of Kitty O'Brien Joyner
This is the story of the first female engineer at NASA, who was also the first woman to graduate from the UVA School of Engineering.