Research @ UVA Engineering

Engineering For Health

UVA Engineering is co-located with the top-ranked UVA School of Medicine and UVA Health System, and our culture values and rewards collaboration and initiative. 

Research Area

Biomechanics Biotechnology & Biomolecular Engineering Biotechnology and Bioengineering Biomedical Imaging   Clinical and Translational Science  Systems Biology and Biomedical Data Science Biomaterials, Soft Materials and Tissue Engineering
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    Musculoskeletal Diseases

    Biomedical Engineering At UVa we use a suite of experimental and computational techniques to identify, characterize, and exploit guiding principles of musculoskeletal design to understand and improve therapies for musculoskeletal diseases such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and volumetric muscle loss (VML).
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    Operations Research and Analytics

    Systems and Information Engineering Systems researchers model, analyze and improve the most complex systems in th world, using analytics. , including machine learning and artificial intelligence, optimization, stochastic processes, and discrete-event and agent-based simulation to improve domains from manufacturing, human health, defense and energy.
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    Photonics

    Electrical and Computer Engineering We lead in photodetector research on high-speed, high-power photodiodes and low noise avalanche photodiodes.
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    MULTISCALE MUSCLE MECHANOPHYSIOLOGY-M3-lab
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    Simulation and Complex Systems

    Chemical Engineering WE use Monte Carlo methods to predict bacteria spread in groundwater as well as mMolecular dynamics simulations explore protein interactions, aiding design of stimuli-responsive materials for drug delivery, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine
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    Smart Cities

    Civil and Environmental Engineering Enabling communities to improve built infrastructure and resources through cyber technologies.
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    Soft Materials

    Materials Science and Engineering We study and develop soft materials to solve challenges in sustainability and health.
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    Software Engineering

    Computer Science The critical role that software plays means that individuals, organizations, and institutions must determine whether to trust that its operation is safe, secure, and fair. Using current approaches to developing software-intensive systems.
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    Structural materials

    Materials Science and Engineering We pioneer research in aluminum and magnesium alloys and advance the state-of-the-art in materials for extreme environments.
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    Sustainable Systems

    Civil and Environmental Engineering Civil and environmental engineers work to advance sustainable systems by seeking to understand and mitigate the impacts of human activities on the natural environment.