• UVA Engineering Link Lab 2024 Rising Stars Workshop

    This workshop aims to identify and mentor outstanding PhD students and postdocs who are interested in pursuing academic careers in CPS core research areas. 

    Time:  9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
    Location:  UVA Link Lab

  • 2023 Research Achievement Awards Honor UVA Engineering Faculty Members

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  • Join us for a celebration of 50 years of corrosion and electrochemistry research at UVA! 

    Location:  Ern Commons

  • If you are eager to pursue research in high-performance materials for sustainability, public health, global competitiveness and national defense, then you have arrived at the right place.
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    Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering Master of Materials Science and Engineering

    • Mona Zebarjadi

    Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
    Mona Zebarjadi

    Mona Zebarjadi is a joint professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Departments at the University of Virginia, where she is leading the Energy Science and Nanotechnology Lab (ESnail). 
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    Petra Reinke

    Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
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    Petra Reinke received her first degree, a diploma (M.S.) from the University of Konstanz in Germany, in Chemistry where she focused on physical chemistry.
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    Prasanna Balachandran

    Associate Professor Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy)
    Prasanna Balachandran

    My interests are in materials informatics, density functional theory, machine learning, bayesian inference, and optimal design methods applied to accelerate the search and discovery of novel 2D materials, metallic alloys, ferroic and electronic materials.
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    Robert G. Kelly

    Associate Chair for Operations AT & T Professor of Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Co-Director, Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
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    Robert G. Kelly has been conducting research on the corrosion of metals for the past 30 years.
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    Sean R. Agnew

    William G. Reynolds Professor of Materials Science Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy)
    Sean R. Agnew

    Our research is focused primarily on metals analysis, including magnesium alloy formability, intermetallic behaviors, and aluminum alloy fatigue.
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  • Kory Burns

    Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Kory Burns is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering starting Summer 2024. Kory obtained a B.S. in Chemistry from Valdosta State University, an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (Nuclear Engineering Program).
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