Dean Jennifer L. West Elected a Fellow of AAAS
Wearable Electronics: Do You Have Exoskeletons in Your Closet?
With this assistive technology, those who suffer from neuromuscular diseases like cerebral palsy or ALS and have a loss of motor control could do things like drink a cup of coffee, have dinners and ma
Richard W. Kent Appointed Chair of UVA’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kent is an expert in injury biomechanics with more than 20 years with the department.
Airman Magazine: Hypersonics
Associate Professor Christopher P. Goyne is featured in Airman Magazine. His lab is providing valuable data to help develop technologies for the extreme environment of hypersonic flight.
Discovery Unravels How Atomic Vibrations Emerge in Nanomaterials
Advances in Microscopy Reveal Source of Phonons' Puzzling Behavior
A Brain Trust Approach
Decarbonizing heavy freight trucks won’t be easy; no technology today has the power and efficiency to replace diesel engines for moving goods over long distances.
Materials Informatics Research Group Embraces Open Philosophy Toward Sharing Knowledge
Sunidhi Garg and Paige Delsa developed R-Shiny web applications to make group members’ models more accessible and interactive.
Social Justice Issues Emerge as Core Components of Science, Technology and Society Teaching
Social justice concepts have become woven throughout science, technology and society courses, including longtime core classes and new electives developed in response to currents events.
Interns Recount Career-Shaping Summer in 20th Annual Policy Internship Program
UVA Engineering students spent 10 weeks learning communications and policy analysis skills with hands-on internships alongside high-level science and technology policymakers in Washington, D.C.
The Esteemed Professor Sonya T. Smith, Trailblazer and University of Virginia School of Engineering Alumna
When Sonya T. Smith became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. from the UVA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 1995, her trailblazing days were just beginning.