How Did the “U" Affect You?

The rich responses to February’s Question of the Month, “How did the U.Va. environment outside the Engineering School impact your experience here?”, and upcoming reunions inspired the E-News staff to highlight some of the quotes that illustrated how the University affected engineering students’ college experiences. FULL STORY

Jefferson Trust Grants Largest 2008 Award to Engineering School’s International Programs

The U.Va. School of Engineering and Applied Science International Programs has received $75,000 from the Jefferson Trust to fund study-abroad scholarships, faculty support and global development projects. The award — one of the two largest given to any requesting entity this year — will help the School’s efforts to jump-start international programs at SEAS. FULL STORY

Small Market, Big Energy

Most college students would define the phrase “food miles” as the distance between the local pizza delivery joint and the door of their dorm room. To U.Va. Engineering School student Lauren Doucette (CE ’08), who is doing her senior thesis on energy dynamics at the Charlottesville City Market, it means much more. FULL STORY

Muscular Modeling Sheds Light on Common Injuries

Silvia Salinas Blemker, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at U.Va.’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, has the expertise in three-dimensional muscle modeling to find out why hamstrings are so susceptible to pulls. Her research team is supported by a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. FULL STORY

University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Receives $1.3 Million to Explore Nano Microelectronics

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Virginia has been awarded $1.3 million by the National Science Foundation to study a problem that threatens the continued evolution of microelectronics. The team’s approach? Investigating the modification of electrical properties by adding molecules to silicon semi-conductor surfaces. FULL STORY

Fund Established to Support Biomedical Innovation and Research at U.Va.

The University of Virginia’s Department of Biomedical Engineering has been selected by Johnson & Johnson as the recipient of a grant to finance biomedical translational research, which will promote the advancement of treatments to improve patient care. FULL STORY

E-News Question of the Month

Engineering School alumni and friends, I greatly enjoy reading your responses to my “questions of the month,” published in each issue of E-News. (To read others’ responses to past questions, visit our question of the month archives here.) This month, I’d like to know: “What was your most instructive failure?”

Please send your responses to seas@virginia.edu. Unless you tell me otherwise, I will consider your response for publication. RESPOND | VIEW QUESTION ARCHIVES AND RESPONSES