• Virginia Business: 100 People to Meet in 2024

    Christopher Goyne, hypersonics innovator and associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, makes the list along with two UVA Engineering alumni.

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  • Discovery Could Make Football Much Safer

    A UVA professor and colleagues have created a new material that promises to make football padding more effective, among many potential uses.

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  • Want to Buy a Humanlike ‘Soft Robot’? UVA Shares Manufacturing Secret

    UVA mechanical engineers have developed a new manufacturing process that may result in more realistic robots and a host of other internet-based flexible products.

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  • Laser Focus: UVA-Born Company Revolutionizing Thermal Measurements

    Alumnus John Gaskins and Professor Patrick Hopkins, co-founders of Laser Thermal, announced a $2.9 million investment to expand the company’s Charlottesville facilities

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  • UVA Helps Illuminate Path Toward Wind Energy and Storage Future

    Eric Loth joins top experts in wind energy systems, urban planning and anthropology to pave a way for large-scale wind energy.

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  • UVA Researchers Harness the Power of a New Solid-State Thermal Technology

    Researchers at the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a way to make a versatile thermal conductor, with promise for more energy-efficient electronic devices.

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  • Class of 2022: Kara Koopman

    Koopman hopes to work the development and deployment of future technologies for sustainability.

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  • Xiaodong (Chris) Li

    Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor ASME Fellow, SEM Fellow
    Xiaodong (Chris) Li portrait
    Dr. Li’s expertise and interests include (but not limited to) additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, nanomaterial-enabled energy systems, biological and bio-inspired materials and devices, biomechanics, micro/nanomechanics, surface engineering, and tribology. His stature in the…

    Tomonari Furukawa

    Professor and Zinn Faculty Scholar Director of VICTOR Lab
    Tomonari Furukawa headshot
    Professor Furukawa received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University, Japan, in 1990, and a M.Eng. (Research) in Mechatronic Engineering from University of Sydney, Australia, in 1993 and a Ph.D in Quantum Engineering and Systems Science from University of Tokyo…

    Thomas R. Hartka

    Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy) Vice-Chair of Research for Emergency Medicine Assistant Medical Director, UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics
    Thomas R. Hartka

    Dr. Hartka is currently board certified in Emergency Medicine and works clinically in the Emergency Department. He is also involved in medical student education, resident education, biomechanical instrumentation, and motor vehicle collision analysis.