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Via a seed grant from the Center for Engineering in Medicine, mechanical engineering and orthopedic researchers team up to work toward an innovative solution for treating lower back pain after surgery and for chronic back pain. They are developing drug delivery patches that would be worn on the skin, like a bandage, to deliver non-addictive pain medicine directly to the site of pain, rather than systemically via pills or injections.

A new A. James Clark Scholars Program in the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science will provide financial aid and academic opportunities for undergraduate students who are underrepresented in the engineering field.

Members of the Virginia Baja Racing Club designed and built an open-wheel, off-road racecar, inspired by the buggies that cut through the notoriously unforgiving desert course of the Baja 1000 off-road race.

When En De Liow was 4, he received a copy of Motor Trend magazine and his fate was sealed. From then on, Liow has followed his passion for cars.

An early affinity for math and science evolved into a focus on engineering for Darius Carter, who is working to inspire more African-Americans to follow in his footsteps.