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Professor Roberts came to the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia as an assistant professor in 1969.   In 1974, he was promoted to associate professor;   in 1982, he became full professor; in 1992, he was awarded the endowed-chair Commonwealth…

Gabriel Laufer

Professor Emeritus
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Throughout his career Gabriel Laufer worked at various capacities for Technion in Israel, NASA and the University of Virginia until his retirement in 2017. His work involved the application of lasers to medicine and development of techniques for environmental remote sensing. His…
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