Current Graduate Students
Our program prepares you to excel and adapt to an evolving, open-ended future, as part of a mutually supportive and inclusive community.
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New Graduate Student Onboarding
Find all the information you'll need to help with your transition to graduate school and to Charlottesville.
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MSE Graduate Student Board
GSB plans social activities, organizes service opportunities, assists with new student recruitment, and sets up practice qualifying examinations.
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Graduate Student Handbook
Information on academic requirements, graduate funding, milestones, and other graduate matters.
UVA Professor Receives $690,000 DOE Grant to Boost Energy Efficiency in Semiconductors
Patrick E. Hopkins teams with NREL Center on Sustainability project.
UVA Engineers Design Lookalike Drug Carrier To Evade Lung’s Lines of Defense
Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors think.
The Engineering-Girls Formula: Show Science, Create Welcoming Space, Add Acts of Kindness
During 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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Elizabeth J. Opila
Our research focuses on materials for use in extreme environments and can be applied to materials for use in aircraft engines, rocket engines, energy conversion technologies, and thermal protection systems.