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Welcome to the University of Virginia’s E-News Online, a monthly electronic publication of the U.Va. Engineering School. Please take a moment to explore the stories featured here. Read the online version of University of Virginia Engineering Magazine and the news posted on the Engineering School Web site to learn even more.
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SEAS Students and Serendipity Work to Bring Water to Wum
Almost 40 years in the making, it is as if this project — involving University of Virginia engineering students, a United Nations representative and a retired IBM executive — were meant to happen. A perhaps unlikely collaboration nearly half a century in the making has enabled current U.Va. Engineering School students to lend a hand to the water system in the village of Aghem. FULL STORY
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Fall 2007 IMPACT
In this issue of IMPACT, the U.Va. Engineering School’s research publication, check out what advances SEAS faculty and graduate students are making in the field of information technology. VIEW IMPACT ONLINE
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Chemical Engineering Research to Fuel the Hydrogen Economy
Professor Matt Neurock is one of only 13 recipients of a U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences grant to advance hydrogen fuel technology. FULL STORY
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Today’s Jeffersonian Engineer
Civil engineering student, U.Va. cheerleader and Faulconer Construction Company Assistant Project Manager Melinda (“Mindy”) Hobart assists with South Lawn Project. FULL STORY
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SEAS Expert’s ‘Nanospikes’ Add New Dimension to Solar, Biomedical, Microelectronics Research
New technology could lead to more successful hip and bone replacement surgeries, make better use of solar power and even prevent your computer from overheating. FULL STORY
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Inaugural Robert A. Bland Award for African-American Achievement Awarded
Dr. Cato Laurencin has been named the first recipient of a new award that honors the first African-American to receive an undergraduate degree from U.Va. and SEAS. FULL STORY
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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 your fellow readers’ responses, visit our revamped question of the month page here. Now for this month’s question:
“At SEAS, we believe that U.Va. engineers can do anything — and they do. What engineering or non-engineering career(s) did your U.Va. Engineering degree prepare you for?”
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
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