Research @ UVA Engineering

Engineering for a Sustainable Future

Engineering a better future will require the best work of researchers collaborating along the spectrum from the tiniest building blocks of materials through the complex workings of entire societal systems. We work at the micro- and nano-scale in fields like heat transfer, catalysis and 2-D materials to identify fundamental properties of matter. Our goal is not simply to conduct research, but to pursue research with positive global impact.

Research Area

Optics, Photonics and Sensing Energy, Transportation and the Environment Materials Engineering & Nanotechnology
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  • Playing with Dirt Leads to Big Potential for Sustainable Buildings

    Faculty in engineering, architecture and environmental sciences demonstrate that 3D-printed, geometrically complex structures made of soil and seed can support plant growth.

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  • UVA Researchers Harness the Power of a New Solid-State Thermal Technology

    Researchers at the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a way to make a versatile thermal conductor, with promise for more energy-efficient electronic devices.

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  • UVA Engineering Team Debuts New Type of Chip

    Their chip achieves a 100-times improvement in computation with the same accuracy as conventional digital computing. 

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  • Class of 2022: Kara Koopman

    Koopman hopes to work the development and deployment of future technologies for sustainability.

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  • Class of 2022: Rachel McNamara

    McNamara will join UVA Engineering Assistant Professor Ji Ma's additive manufacturing research group to earn her Ph.D.

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  • Transforming Lives: PureMadi's Innovative Approach to Clean Water in South Africa

    Founder and civil engineering professor James Smith reflects on how UVA-born company PureMadi has grown and where it could go.

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  • Bringing Quantum Computing to Light

    Xu Yi’s pioneering work leverages light wave technology in hopes of making quantum computing scalable and error-resistant.

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  • UVA Chemical Engineering Team Meets DOE Challenge to Innovate a Better Way to Extract Lithium

    Finding a domestic source of lithium for battery manufacturing is a crucial part of our energy future. A UVA Engineering team might have the answer.

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  • UVA Students Earn NASA’s Michael Freilich Visualization Award

    UVA civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. students demonstrate the power of data visualization.

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  • Influential Publisher Awards Best Paper Honors to Geise Lab’s Research on Ion-Exchange Membranes

    Chemical engineering Ph.D. student Sean Bannon and his advisor Geoffrey Geise have won a Best Paper Award from the American Chemical Society journal ACS ES&T Engineering.

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  • Fueling the Next Wave of Hypersonic Innovations: UVA’s New Aerospace Engineering Faculty

    Newly appointed faculty members will add even more strength and momentum to mechanical and aerospace engineering advancements as they assimilate into the School’s accomplished hypersonic research team

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