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Engineering for a Sustainable Future

Engineering a better future will require the best work of researchers collaborating along the spectrum from the tiniest building blocks of materials through the complex workings of entire societal systems. We work at the micro- and nano-scale in fields like heat transfer, catalysis and 2-D materials to identify fundamental properties of matter. Our goal is not simply to conduct research, but to pursue research with positive global impact.

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Elizabeth J. Opila

Department Chair, Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor of Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Director, Rolls Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy)

Our research focuses on materials for use in extreme environments and can be applied to materials for use in aircraft engines, rocket engines, energy conversion technologies, and thermal protection systems.

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Osman E. Ozbulut

Professor

Osman Ozbulut is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia.

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Chris Paolucci

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Chris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He completed his B.S. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

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B. Brian Park

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor, Systems and Information Engineering Director, Traffic Operations Laboratory

Currently Recruiting

Brian Park is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on improving the efficiency of surface transportation systems via connected automated vehicle controls, traffic operations and management strategies.

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Lisa Colosi Peterson

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Associate Chair for Research & Strategic Initiatives (CEE) Professor, Systems & Information Engineering (SIE) (by courtesy)

Lisa Colosi Peterson is a professor in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Systems and Information Engineering (SIE) (by courtesy) as well as director of the UVA Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Lab.

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Julianne Quinn

Associate Professor

Quinn's research focuses on optimization and simulation methods used to inform the design and management of water resources systems with the goals of protecting people from nature (floods and droughts), and nature from people (pollution and consumption). She is interested in how advanced sensing and forecasting techniques inform this optimization.

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Daniel Quinn

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering Director of Undergraduate Studies for Aerospace Engineering

Currently Recruiting

Associate Professor Quinn first came to the University of Virginia as an undergraduate student in 2006. After graduating, he left to get his PhD at Princeton University, then returned in 2017 to be on the UVA faculty.

Matthew A. Reidenbach

Department Chair, Dept. of Environment Sciences Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy)

Matt Reidenbach's primary area of research and teaching is coastal oceanography, with an emphasis on how hydrodynamics impact marine organisms and their ecosystems. His current research includes the effects of flow and turbulence on nutrient exchange in coral reefs, larval transport…

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Petra Reinke

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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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John R. Scully

Charles Henderson Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Co-Director of Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering

Scully's primary research interest is to understand the relationships between a material's structure and composition and properties related to environmental degradation. His historical current focus is on advanced aluminum, magnesium, titanium, ferrous and nickel-based alloys, as well as stainless steels and aluminum-based intermetallic compounds.

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Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook

Assistant Professor

Bryn Seabrook's research interests include, bioethics, public participation in environmental policymaking, energy efficiency, climate change, negotiating the environmental - consumer nexus, and analyzing American consumer culture.

Majid Shafiee-Jood

Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Director of Graduate Studies

Majid Shafiee-Jood is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia.

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