• Aerospace engineers are involved in such varied and exciting activities as enabling hypersonic flight, sending a spacecraft to Mars, designing an artificial heart, and improving tomorrow’s automobiles.
    Program Overview
    B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
  • 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

  • Mechanical engineers use the principles of energy, materials, and mechanics to design, analyze, optimize and manufacture machines and devices of all types and scales. They create the processes and systems that drive technology and industry, while aerospace engineers develop innovations and technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space exploration.
    Program Overview
    Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • In Memoriam: Roger Alan Rydin

    Read Now

    • Thomas Ward

    Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
    Thomas Ward

    Dr. Ward received a B.S. (1998) in Chemical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology with a minor in Applied Mathematics, M.S. (2001) in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and Ph.D. (2003) in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara.
    Google Scholar

    Xinfeng Gao

    Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
    Xinfeng Gao

    Xinfeng Gao's research is focused on the development of high-performance computing (HPC) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) algorithms for a wide range of applications in aerospace and mechanical engineering, involving shock waves, turbulence, combustion, plasma, and multifluids. 

     
    CFD & Propulsion Laboratory

    Ye (Sarah) Sun

    Associate Professor
    Sarah Sun

    Sun joined UVA as an associate professor in 2021. Prior to her position at UVA, Sun was an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.

  • ESPN Wants to Know More About Turf

    ESPN favorite Stephania Bell, senior writer and injury analyst, visited UVA to learn about the turf research being done at the UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics.

    Read Now

    • Stephen Baek

    Associate Professor
    Stephen Baek

    Stephen Baek is an Associate Professor of Data Science at the University of Virginia, where he also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
    Visual Intelligence Laboratory Google Scholar

    Richard W. Kent

    Frederick Tracy Morse Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy) Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Courtesy)
    Richard W. Kent headshot

    Dr. Kent is the Frederick Tracy Morse Professor and Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Virginia, and co-Founder of the UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics.
    Subscribe to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering