Biomedical engineering professor Tom Barker is trying to buy some time for his son and others with a rare genetic illness that slowly steals their eyesight.

BME is leading the way on Grounds with a novel department-level strategic plan to help make the research enterprise kinder to the environment.

Biomedical engineering professor Richard Price explains how focused ultrasound can work around the body’s defenses that make some diseases notoriously difficult to treat.

On the evening of October 10, 2025, UVA Engineering’s Thornton Society members gathered to celebrate the school’s Annual Achievement Awards at the Boar’s Head Resort during their annual dinner. 

AstraZeneca’s planned new plant at North Fork bolsters Charlottesville’s burgeoning biotech sector, where UVA Engineering research helps fuel a cycle of innovation, startups and talent development.

UVA researchers are advancing materials, data science and technology to make nuclear fusion — a clean, limitless energy source — commercially viable and power a sustainable future.

A team led by UVA professor Evan Scott recently published a paper in Nature Communications unveiling a polymer-based system for precise, non-invasive treatment delivery that avoids immune rejection.

“The idea that we can all trust each other simply because we’re students here is really beautiful,” says Honors Committee chair Thomas Ackleson.