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Op-ed: Network of Women is Key to Closing Gender Gap in Cybersecurity
Rising fourth-year computer science major and UVA Cyber Defense team captain Mariah Kenny writes about the importance of networking and mentors for women in cybersecurity and all STEM-related fields.
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ASEE’s Prism Magazine Names Chemical Engineering’s Kyle Lampe a ‘20 Under 40’ Pacesetter
Kyle Lampe is one of the American Society for Engineering Education’s young faculty members who are “transforming classrooms, technology and society.”
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Meet UVA's 2017 Beckman Scholars
Investigating nerve disorders and fighting microbes have netted two University of Virginia students prestigious research awards.
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AERO PhD Student Discovers the Secret to the Dragonfly's Backward Flight
PhD student Ayodejii Bode-Oke is featured in in Science Magazine.This groundbreaking, bio-inspired research by Bode-Oke and his team will help aerospace engineers design more dexterous aerial robots—even ones that, yes, can fly backward.
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UVA Technology Historian Marks Tesla’s Birthday With Story of his Greatest Unknown Invention
In honor of Nikola Tesla's birthday, Engineering and Society Department Chair Bernie Carlson devotes his monthly Forbes column to one of the visionary inventor's most sophisticated devices.
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New Program Provides Rapid Seed Funding for Collaborative Research
University of Virginia researchers who are looking for potential collaborators will have a much easier search, thanks to a new program launched today by the Office of the Vice President for Research.
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Geoff Geise Applies NSF CAREER Grant to Next-generation Water Purification
Geise aims to address water issues that an engineer might encounter in the real world.
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55 Percent Earn a Named Fellowship
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Virginia iGEM Wins International Competition
UVA out-competed 95 iGEM teams from 30 countries in Genscript Inc.’s annual concept paper competition.
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Are Humans the Fundamental Flaw in Self-Driving Cars?
Prof. Cody Fleming discusses why "safety drivers" have trouble reacting to obstacles.
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Cybersecurity Goes to Summer Camp
As part of the GenCyber Cyberwars Camp, hosted by UVA Engineering’s Department of Computer Science and sponsored by the GenCyber Program, high school teachers spent a week on Grounds for intensive training in how to teach cybersecurity.
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UVA Engineering and Society Professor Explains Why the Telegraph Might Guide How We Respond to Social Media
Bernie Carlson, Engineering and Society department chair and director of Engineering Business Programs, writes in Forbes that concerns about a technology company such as Facebook controlling the flow information in society is not unique to the digital era – and we should look to history for valuable lessons.