If you could have a carsharing vehicle available at your doorstep whenever you needed it, would you give up owning a car? Donna Chen thinks you might.

UVA engineering and architecture students, led by third-year Mike Park, are competing nationally to design a futuristic mass transit option.

In October, NASA launched a balloon with a UVA-designed payload nearly 20 miles above New Mexico and Texas. The project, which has obtained excellent data, tested a model for predicting how much cosmic radiation frequent airline passengers are exposed to.

UVA engineers are in the forefront of engine research that could one day lead to hypersonic flight. Their work combines theoretical modeling with laboratory testing.