Research @ UVA Engineering

Researchers in the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering have discovered a type of fibroblast cells that appear to drive a deadly disease progression. 

Shayn Peirce-Cottler received a national career award for her work in microvascular research. 

UVA’s Soft Biomatter Lab is bioprinting 3D structures with a material that is a close match for human tissue, paving the way for true biomanufacturing.

In emergency medicine, access to blood-clotting platelets has long been a problem due to short shelf life and limited supplies. A UVA professor’s startup company might have the solution.

Rachel Letteri and Liheng Cai design polymer materials for applications such as treating disease or repairing tissue loss, soft robotics and wearable electronics.

An exploratory undergraduate research program establishes a bond between UVA’s and Hampton University’s chemical engineering departments.

Kubelick develops imaging tools to track the movement and efficacy of T cells deployed in cancer therapies, aiming ultimately to enhance the cells’ defensive abilities.

A UVA Engineering team has developed a new analytical tool that could lead to a cure for a terrible disease.

A new study appears to challenge a long-held understanding of how the widely used materials function at the molecular level.

UVA professor George Christ teams with UC Berkeley professor Kevin Edward Healy to develop a hydrogel material that can be placed directly in wounds to make up for missing muscle mass.