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In Pictures: UVA Engineering Open House
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With New AI To Aid 5G Telecom, Cong Shen Heeds the Entrepreneurial Call
With telecom systems moving toward a more open platform where vendors can collaborate on improvements, Cong Shen saw a business opportunity.
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Daniel Quinn Wins Hartfield Excellence in Teaching Award
Quinn inspires the engineers of the future by making difficult material accessible.
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CAVCAR Prof Showcases Autonomous Racing Research at MARS 2025, Hosted by Jeff Bezos
Professor Madhur Behl and Cavalier Autonomous Racing showcased UVA research at one of the most prestigious tech events in the world.
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Venkat Lakshmi Elected Fellow of AAAS for Contributions in the Hydrology Field
Professor of civil and environmental engineering has made science-based service a cornerstone of his career.
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Three UVA Engineering Faculty Elected as AAAS Fellows
UVA Engineering’s new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science represent three different departments and distinct areas of research.
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James H. Lambert Honored for Preparing a New Generation of Risk Analysis Leaders
James H. Lambert has been recognized as a distinguished educator by the Society for Risk Analysis, an international scientific and professional society.
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Q&A: UVA’s Cindy Chang Talks About Her AI Tool for Optimizing Manufacturing Processes
Her lab’s approach finds the connections between individual processes and the manufacturing system as a whole — and tries to coordinate everything at once, she tells Tech Briefs.
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Wet Years Followed by Drought Turned California’s Flora Into Tinder
UVA Engineering hydrology experts say two years of plentiful rain contributed to the devastating fires in California.
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Influential Robotics Journal Picks UVA Paper as Best of 2024
Science Robotics chose a UVA paper describing praying mantis-inspired artificial eyes as their most outstanding of the year.
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Cavalier Autonomous Makes History Again — This Time in Thrilling 4-Car Robot Race
UVA just made history with three other robot racecar teams in a demo for the ages.
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Charlottesville High School Students Pair With UVA Ph.D. Students for Mentorship
Graduate students in UVA’s Link Lab mentored local high school students on projects designed to benefit society. NBC29 covered the story.
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UVA Researcher’s Tool Identifies California Communities Most Vulnerable to Power Outages
Somayeh Asadi studies how communities can better prepare for outages and disasters by using a data-driven social vulnerability index.
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Whose Robot Conquered the Cardboard Course, Taking Home the Coveted Golden Duckies?
A professor’s annual classroom competition pits student programming of turtle-like robots in time trials, with penalty points added for imprecision as the ’bots maneuver through a carboard maze.
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The Challenge and Innovation of Underwater Search and Rescue
Rescue divers still sometimes rely on rope signals to communicate with their surface guides. This expert diver — and UVA systems engineering Ph.D. student — has a better way.
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How Do You Get a Swarm To Think on the Fly? Create ‘Empathy’ With Other Robots, For One
The team devised what it believes is a new way for coordinated robot activity to respond when the unexpected happens.
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UVA Engineering Professor Will Augment His Students’ Reality This Spring
A new UVA-created mobile augmented reality app will allow students to test the limits of their understanding about how mechanical forces affect frequently used construction components.
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UVA Researchers Design Innovative 25 MW Rotors To Keep Pace With Wind Turbine Growth
As wind turbines grow in size, UVA researchers are designing 25-megawatt downwind offshore rotors to keep up.
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AI-Powered System Detects Toxic Gases with Speed and Precision
UVA Engineering advancement protects public health by improving air quality monitoring in real time.
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Advancement in 3D-Printed Concrete Promises Strength, Durability and Lower Carbon Emissions
UVA researchers have created a graphene-enhanced, 3D-printable concrete that improves strength and reduces carbon emissions by 31%, advancing sustainable construction.