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Sun joined UVA as an associate professor in 2021. Prior to her position at UVA, Sun was an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.
Dr. Tang's research program centers on the structure-mechanics relationships of hierarchical biological materials and their clinical and biomedical applications. Many biological tissues, such as our own skeleton, perform a diverse range of functions with remarkable mechanical properties. These exceptional properties arise from the functional
Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringAssociate Professor of Medicine: Infectious Diseases and International Health, Joint Appointment in Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Taniuchi received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. She works with Eric Houpt, MD, and William Petri, Jr., MD, in developing molecular diagnostic assays to detect enteric pathogens that cause diarrhea and malnutrition. Her focus is to develop…
Phillip A. Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. After obtaining his B.S.E. and M.S.E. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, he completed a Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of…
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Thiele is a Charlottesville native and an alumnus of both Charlottesville High School (1997) and the University of Virginia (Chemical Engineering, 2001). He attended medical school at Vanderbilt, completed his internship at Northwestern, his anesthesiology residency at UVA and his…
Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, First Year Engineering Center
Esther Tian is an associate professor of engineering. She also serves as the faculty advisor for the Engineers for Sustainable World at UVA club. Before joining the inaugural First Year Engineering Center, Esther helped establish the Engineering program at Eastern Mennonite University and led the program to attain the initial ABET accreditation.
Nick Vecchiarello received his B.S. is Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He then worked as a late-stage purification scientist at Amgen in Cambridge Massachusetts…
University Professor, Edgar Starke Professor of Materials Science and EngineeringProfessor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy)
Haydn N.G. Wadley is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UVA. He has interests in materials science, composite materials, micromechanics, and thermal transport. His current research explores high temperature thermal coatings systems, microarchitectured materials, entropy stabilized refractory metal alloys and rare earth silicates.
Dr. Ward received a B.S. (1998) in Chemical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology with a minor in Applied Mathematics, M.S. (2001) in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and Ph.D. (2003) in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAssistant Professor, Computer Science
Currently Recruiting
Amanda Watson’s research focuses on wearable technology for healthcare and athletic performance. Amanda Watson is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Virginia. She is also affiliated with the UVA Link Lab, a multi-disciplinary center for research and education in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).
