Research @ UVA Engineering
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UVA Engineering Professor’s $600,000 Grant Set to Innovate Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment
Read NowThe study will examine a combination of two cutting-edge cancer technologies, aiming to create a treatment that improves survivorship.
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How Do You Mend a Damaged Heart? UVA Researchers Have Solid Leads
Read NowBiomedical engineering professor Jeff Saucerman and his research team have identified medications that might be able to regenerate heart cells to repair damage.
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The Engineering-Girls Formula: Show Science, Create Welcoming Space, Add Acts of Kindness
Read NowDuring Engineering-Girls week, UVA Engineering students, faculty and staff rolled out the red carpet and lit Bunsen burners for the next generation of female students.
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UVA Engineering Professor Lands $1.9 Million NIH Award To Maximize Biomedical Research
Read NowAssistant professor Liheng Cai aspires to mimic the structure and functions of living tissue. The National Institutes of Health signaled their support for the research with a prestigious MIRA grant.
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Organs on Demand? UVA Prints Its First Voxel Building Blocks
Read NowUVA’s Soft Biomatter Lab is bioprinting 3D structures with a material that is a close match for human tissue, paving the way for true biomanufacturing.
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Researchers Drive Safety Forward on 3 Toyota Collaborative Projects
Read NowUVA Engineering researchers received funding from a Toyota initiative to study injury prediction and prevention in collisions.
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Komen Supports UVA Engineering Researchers Targeting ‘Triple Negative' Breast Cancer
Read NowCatalina Alvarez Yela, who was awarded a $100,000 research grant by Komen, and faculty mentor Kevin Janes are among those at UVA leading the fight against breast cancer.
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Community Servers: Largest Computing Society Says 2 UVA Profs Among 7 Best
Read NowThe Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, recognized computer scientists Aidong Zhang and Jack Davidson for above-and-beyond service to the organization and their field.
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Biomedical Engineering Researcher Is Taking on Health Disparities and Infant Mortality
Read NowSepideh Dolatshahi has earned a Hypothesis Fund grant to study prenatal stress impact on immunity for mother and fetus, with implications for understanding health disparities and infant mortality.
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Synthetic Blood Platelets Might Be as Good as the Real Thing to Stop Bleeding
Read NowIn emergency medicine, access to blood-clotting platelets has long been a problem due to short shelf life and limited supplies. A UVA professor’s startup company might have the solution.
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Every Breath You Take: Invention Detects Breathing Problems Before It’s Too Late
Read NowA device co-developed by an emeritus professor of electrical and computer engineering and his Ph.D student could measure labored breathing as precisely as a thermometer takes your temperature.
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Hoos Standing Out: These 2024 Ph.D. Graduates Made Their Marks in Research and Beyond
Read NowFive exemplary graduating Ph.D. students were honored for their professional accomplishments and contributions to the UVA and scientific communities in their fields.