Wende Whitman

Federal safety agencies worried about a rise in auto fatalities are relying on UVA’s nationally known engineering expertise to solve the problem.

A postdoctoral researcher has improved the robotic fish UVA first modeled after how tuna swim, making strides toward a new class of autonomous underwater vehicles.

UVA’s new cancer research center pursues a promising avenue in the fight against the deadly disease by leveraging UVA’s expertise in cancer systems biology and biomedical data sciences.

UVA engineers prove that a single material can be both a thermal conductor and an insulator on demand.

Almost 20% of pediatric patients on the U.S. waitlist for heart transplants die before they receive a heart. A UVA engineering-medicine research team is dedicated to saving lives by improving acceptance rates for donated hearts.

Pamela Norris, recognized globally as a leader in the fields of nanoscale heat transfer and aerogel research, begins her new appointment Nov. 1.

So far, University leaders remain hopeful that the real-time monitoring for the virus markers in dormitory sewage, among other measures, will help UVA avoid the fate of other universities that have had to send students home.