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.
Chair, Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia (2024-25)Janet Scott Hamilton and John Downman Hamilton ProfessorDirector, Center for Risk Management of Engineering SystemsSite Director, NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & TrustProfessor of Systems & Information EngineeringProfessor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dr. Lambert received the 2024 Distinguished Educator Award of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). He is a General Co-Chair of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies CoDIT2025.org (Split, Croatia). He was the Chair of the 8th…
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience (by courtesy)
Kyle Lampe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and by courtesy, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Kyusang Lee is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering departments at University of Virginia. He received his B.S. degree from Korea University in 2005, M.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2009, and Ph.D. degree from University of Michigan in 2014, all in Electrical Engi
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.
Peter Norton is associate professor of history in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia, where he teaches history of technology, social dimensions of engineering, research, and professional ethics. He is the author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the…
Department Chair, Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor of EngineeringProfessor of Materials Science and EngineeringDirector, Rolls Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems
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.
Chris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He completed his B.S. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor, Systems and Information EngineeringDirector, Traffic Operations Laboratory
Currently Recruiting
Brian Park is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on improving the efficiency of surface transportation systems via connected automated vehicle controls, traffic operations and management strategies.
Jesse Quinlan works as a senior aerospace engineer in the Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch and leads a team with a focus on applications to large, commercial, transport aircraft for the NASA Advanced Air Transport Technology Project. At the AATT he manages the development and execution of aircraft development, design, and technology assessment.
Quinn's research focuses on optimization and simulation methods used to inform the design and management of water resources systems with the goals of protecting people from nature (floods and droughts), and nature from people (pollution and consumption). She is interested in how advanced sensing and forecasting techniques inform this optimization.
