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Rolls-Royce Commonwealth ProfessorASME Fellow, SEM Fellow
Dr. Li’s expertise and interests include (but not limited to) additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, nanomaterial-enabled energy systems, biological and bio-inspired materials and devices, biomechanics, micro/nanomechanics, surface engineering, and tribology. He has been PI/Co…
Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Lichtenberger is a Research Professor at UVA and the NRAO Director of the UVA Microfabrication Laboratories. He has built an internationally recognized research program in superconducting materials, devices, circuits and packaging for ultra-sensitive single pixel and and array THz detectors.
William Wulf Faculty FellowAssociate Professor, Computer Science
Felix Xiaozhu Lin joined the Department of Computer Science as an associate professor in August 2020. Prior to his appointment at UVA Engineering, Lin was a tenured associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
I am interested in Cryptography, Algorithms, and in general Theoretical Computer Science. My current research focuses on accessing large data efficiently and privately. My results cover Oblivious Random Access Machines (RAM), Private Information Retrieval, and Fully Homomorphic Encryption for RAM programs.
Ferman W. Perry Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied ScienceProfessor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Currently Recruiting
Zongli Lin's current research interests include nonlinear control, robust control, and control applications. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2001-2003), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2006-2009) and IEEE Control Systems Magazine (2005…
Professor Liu’s research interests include soil mechanics, foundation engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI), numerical simulations, and other topics in classical mechanics. His research interests are integrated for being more collaborative ( multiphysics), more focused (multiscale…
Courtesy Appointment, Department of Systems and Information EngineeringAssociate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Jennifer Lobo's research involves mathematical modeling and stochastic optimization methods to build models that simulate the course of disease. Current projects include optimizing treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes, validating infrastructure decisions for rural tele-cystoscopy clinics, and developing guidelines for small renal masses.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science (starting July 2025)
Currently Recruiting
Yan Long will join the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia in July 2025. His research is mainly in the area of embedded systems security with a focus on protecting the security and privacy of analog and digital sensing in various forms of cyber-physical…
Rolls-Royce Commonwealth ProfessorDirector, Fluids Research Innovation Lab
Currently Recruiting
Prof. Eric Loth serves as the Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor of Engineering. Loth’s current research focuses on extreme-scale wind turbines, energy-storage systems, multiphase flow, and aerospace propulsion.
