Research @ UVA Engineering

UVA Engineering has six new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows and numerous current, incoming and past students who earned honorable mentions in the highly competitive GRFP program.

Middle school is a time of figuring out who you are and what interests you. Two UVA biomedical engineering Ph.D. students built an afterschool program to tap the engineer within.

UVA biomedical engineer says UVA’s investment in focused ultrasound technology led to a discovery that halts brain lesion growth and redefines noninvasive treatment potential.

Using a new AI tool, biomedical engineering professor Jeff Saucerman’s team discovered a drug used by millions for anxiety and depression also has surprising heart-healing potential.

Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships award top U.S. undergraduates up to $7,500 per year in academic support in addition to tuition and fees.

Natasha Sheybani is focusing her research on defeating metastatic breast cancer.

Scott T. Acton, Gustavo Kunde Rohde and Shannon Barker have been recognized for contributions in biomedical imaging, modeling and education.

A UVA Engineering assistant professor of chemical engineering has won the NSF CAREER Award for her AI approach to studying peptide-covered surfaces.

Five engineering faculty won three of the University of Virginia’s top research awards. Many more were recognized during an annual ceremony celebrating UVA’s research accomplishments.

Biomedical engineering professor Silvia Blemker and her co-developers were recognized for FDA-approved technology that keeps athletes playing and offers help to some muscular dystrophy patients.

Known as a diagnostic tool, ultrasound has a therapeutic side. Assistant professor of biomedical engineering Natasha Sheybani is using it to fight tumors.

Engineering and medical research team’s new method could help oncologists predict which therapies will work best for individual patients with a common form of breast cancer.