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  • There’s a Movement Afoot to Reclaim Streets From Automobiles

    “Fighting Traffic” author and Engineering and Society professor Peter Norton tells NPR station WHYY how pedestrians gave way to cars.

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  • Technology Historian Argues Innovation Needs a Champion to Change Society

    Engineering and Society Chair W. Bernard Carlson writes that partnerships move inventors’ ideas from research and development to transformational innovation.

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  • Steven Bowers Earns CAREER Award to Move Technology a Step Closer to the Internet of Things

    Bowers will concentrate on maximizing the efficiency of the systems used to transmit and receive data in wireless sensor networks.

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  • Most Enduring Legacy Lies in Constant Pursuit of Knowledge for Good

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  • Two of Three Goldwater Scholarships at UVA Go to Chemical Engineering Undergraduates

    Undergraduate researchers in Profs. Davis and Giri’s labs received Goldwater Scholarships, a prestigious national honor recognizing science, math and engineering majors.

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  • Class of 2019: Blacksmith and Former Restaurant Manager Forges Second Career in Environmental Engineering

    Matt Stromberg, 34, found connections with his UVA Engineering professors and seized the opportunities the School offered him en route to a new path in life.

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  • Engineer George Gillies Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors

    The National Academy of Inventors has named George Gillies, a University of Virginia research professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering, as a 2018 fellow.

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  • Building a Network: How Data Science School Will Make Connections Across UVA

    The University of Virginia's School of Data Science will enable research collaborations across fields to solve real-world problems, provide students with interdisciplinary opportunities to learn technical and practical skills and go on to create positive impacts in a variety of industries and organizations, and build a network of partnerships that produce innovative ways to work together.

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  • Class of 2019: Marcha Kiatrungrit’s Pursuits Fuse Art and Technology

    Marcha Kiatrungrit has a three-pronged approach toward living life to its fullest: persistence in everything she does, a willingness to always try something new, and determination to never over-think what she does. The soon-to-be University of Virginia graduate has pursued many passions, including music, sound engineering and acting.

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  • Class of 2019: Meet Mariah Kenny for the Cyber Defense

    As team captain of the two-time National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition champions, and a budding entrepreneur, Mariah Kenny will defend her clients in cyberspace.

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  • UVA Team Researching Smaller, Lighter Body Armor

    Soldiers carry heavy packs of food, water and more along with wearing 60 to 100 pounds body armor. Researchers at the Center for Applied Biomechanics are doing research for the Department of Defense and hope to provide information that could lead to lighter forms of protection.

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  • First CHEERS Toasts Chemical Engineering Research and Connects Graduate Students With Industry Representatives

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