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• Computerized Car Crash Tests Could Lead to Safer Cars
• UVa Students Chart Run of Red Bull
• SAIC Awards Five U.Va. Students Research Stipends Totaling $100,000
• Revolutionizing Access to the Human Heart
• Teens Will Compete This Weekend to Build Better 'Bots
• Brown-Bag Series Celebrates Women in Engineering
• Engineering Professor Co-Edits Book on Technology and Society
• The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Awards U.Va. Chapter
• Raul Baragiola Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
• William Wulf Elected Chair of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
• Richard W. Kent is Named SAE Fellow
• Hispanic Engineering Group Diversifying U.Va. Community
• 500 High School Students Compete in Robot Competition
• U.Va. Engineers to Help Create 'Virtual' Dummy
• Virtual Crash Dummy to Make Driving Much Safer

• Science Could Soar with World's Most Powerful Rocket
• Researchers Aim to Attract and Keep Women and Minority Students in Computer Science
• U.Va. Engineering Students Use Study to Tackle Student Binge Drinking
• U.Va. Inventors Present Research Breakthroughs at Mid-Atlantic Innovation Showcase
• Manniversary Super Spectacular: Three Tiny Brains Tackle 10 Giant Questions
• University Researchers Working to Perfect Micro DNA Technology
• U.Va. to Host Cyber-Resilience Workshop for Business Community
• The Pentagon Memorial: Designed with Corrosion in Mind
• People Head Back to School Amid Economic Downturn
• Nuclear Studies Set to Explode

• Engineering Students Building Flexibility Into Career Plans
• Engineering Benefits From Volkswagen Education Initiative
• Artificial Pancreas Set to Revoluntionse Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
• University Uses 'Social Norming' To Curb Drinking
• The Geopolitics of Energy: Is Blood Thicker than Oil?
• Reducing 'User Error:' U.Va. Engineer Developing Safer, More Effective Systems for High-Risk Industries
• Gift to Let John Tyler Offer New Program / Students Earning an Engineering Degree can Move on to U.Va.
• D-Day for RFID-based Transit Card Systems
• Boffins (Finally) Publish Hack for World's Most Popular Smartcard

• Students Hope Business + Engineering = $$ / New Group Dreams of Start-ups Galore
• US Boffins: Laptops Will be as Hot as the Sun by 2030
• Researchers Battle Against Constraint To Moore's Law
• Engineering Students Build Water-Purification System
• Lynchburg Native Leland Melvin Heading Back to Space
• U.Va. Professor Reviews History of Voting Machines
• Non-equilibrium Chips Could Avoid Overheating Laptops
• Handheld Device May Become Portable DNA Tester
• U.Va. Engineers Aim to Solve 'Burning' Computer Problem
• U.Va. a Top 10 Center for Biomedical Research
• Biodiesel on Campus
• Instant DNA Analysis on a Chip
• U.Va. Putting GageMap Software through Cylces in Engineering Program
• Guest Blogger: Pond Scum and Other Miracles of Science
• U.Va. Earns Research Honor
• U.Va. Ranks High for Biomedical Research
• U.Va. Professor Plays Role in 9/11 Memorial
• U.Va. Engineer Contributes to Design of Pentagon Memorial
• U.Va. Professor Plays Key Role / He Chose the Metal Key to Design of the Pentagon Memorial
• U.Va. Professor Provides Shine for Pentagon 9/11 Memorial
• A U.Va. Professor Played a Role in the New Pentagon Memorial
• The Science Behind the Pentagon Memorial, WMRA
• Anita Borg Institute Names William Wulf Chair of the Board of Trustees
• New Algae Fuel Alchemy Gets $3M
• Ultrasound Xcanner to Benefit Injured Wildlife

• Aging Ultrasound Finds New Life at Wildlife Center. UVAToday
• Time-Management Tips for Mobile Professionals. PC World
• U.Va. Holds Steady in Latest U.S. News Rankings
• Textwalkers: Do They Need A Heads-Up?
• EpiCard Wants to Be EpiPen 2.0
• Need For Nuclear Employees Grows as Schools Look To Fill Demand
• Route 29 Retiming Project Almost Finished
• U.Va. Holds Pat in US News Rankings
• The People Behind Your Electronic Toothbrush
• Making Solar Cells Absorb More Light
• Solar Darkness
• Researchers Feed Algae Carbon Dioxide, Sewage To Increase Oil Production
• Algae Could Yield 30 Times More Biofuel than Soybeans, While Cleaning the Environment
• Could Algae Be a Fuel?
• Not So Smart Cards Easily Hacked
• US: Virginia Researchers Explore Hydrogen Alternatives for Fuel Cells
• The New Hot Job: Nuclear Engineering
• Olympian Task Engineering Professor Works to Identify Reasons for Hamstring Pulls
• Danville Grant Aimed at Helping Teachers Learn More on Nanotechnology
• Just Call Them 'Textlemmings'
• Nanotech Research Could Remove Need For Hydrogen In Fuel Cells
• UVA Solar Power Research
• 'Smart' Climate Controls Would Heat Up Energy Conservation
• Black Hat Organizers Punt Totally Hackable RFID Badges
• Algae: Could it be the Biofuel of the Future?
• Nanotech Fuel Cell Research May Clear Hydrogen Hurdles
• U.Va. Team Developing Black Solar Cells for a Greener Future
• Seed Grants Propel Big Ideas in Alternative Energy
• Crozet Firm to Roll Out Segways
• Rocket-Building Student Interns see Their "Future" Lifting Off
• Researchers Test the Importance of Booster Seats in Cars
• Engineering Youth Camps Inspire Future Scientists
• U.Va. Remembers ‘Last Lecture’ Prof Pausch
• Roseanne Ford Gives Students the Confidence to Be Engineers
• How Some Seatbelts Can Do More Harm
• Virginia is Sitting on the Energy Mother Lode
• In Defense of Lever Voting Machines
• Obituary: Randy Pausch, 47; Terminally Ill Professor Inspired Many with His 'Last Lecture'
• Prof whose 'Last Lecture' Became a Sensation Dies
• ‘Last Lecture’ Author Dies
• Obituaries: Randy Pausch, 47; Professor Gave Inspiring 'Last Lecture' [Includes video]
• 'Last Lecture' Computer-Science Professor Randy Pausch Dies

• Technology Helps Cars to Drive Themselves
• Navy Researcher Poised to Tackle Corrosion 'in the Fleet'
• Professor Uses New Technologies For Innovative Teaching
• Students get crash course in sciences at U.Va. camp
• Dutch court allows publication of Mifare security hole research
• Online friends at what price?
• Engineering Professor Conducts Explorations on the Nanoscale
• U.Va. Robotic Car Featured on Discovery Science Channel
• Mechatronics Rocks
• U.Va. Camp Encourages Young Engineers
• NASA picks crew for STS-128 mission to space station
• U.V. Radiologists Receive Grant to Buy Cyclotron
• U.Va. researchers land money for cyclotron
• U.Va. Engineers Rock Out in Mechatronics
• NIH Awards U.Va. Scientist Stuart S. Berr $2 Million Grant to Expand Imaging Research
• It's Not a Breeze...To Power Virginia with Wind
• Graduate Research Program Targets Water Resources
• New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster
• New Technology Helps Engineers Expand Their Reach
• Engineering Program Addressing Water Resources Challenges
• USGBC Announces Recipients of Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Recognition Awards & Incentive Grants
• Business In The Beltway: Tough Times Spawn Opportunities For Washington VCs

• 8 Programs That Teach Sustainability Win Grants
• Older and Wiser: U.Va. Engineers Strive to Solve Problems of the Aged
• Team Teaching from a Distance Works for Emerging Nanotechnology Field
• 'Patch' Has Potential to Monitor Patient Health Securely
• Two minds (and a single face) are better than one
• Ethical Explorations of Technological Change Crucial
• Credit Cards Stolen Without Leaving Wallet
• Science Fair at the Detention Center
• Teaching Nanotechnology Through Distance-Learning
• Community News: Wum, Cameroon Tribal Chief Visits Rotarians
• Novel Device to Make Ear Tube Insertion Less Tedious
• Skalak Named Vice President for Research at U.Va.
• NSF Awards $2 Million in Support of 'PRODUCED' Program
• A Flashy Facebook Page, at a Cost to Privacy
• Peter D. Norton
• Return to Paper Ballots? Not So Fast. History Shows That the US Gave Them Up for Good Reason.
• A bright idea for easing traffic / New method to time traffic lights could help Americans burn less gasoline.
• Matt Neurock
• CVCC to use $2M grant to target would-be engineers
• U.Conn. snatches high level prof / Tap Cato Laurencin as med school dean

• FEST Award Promotes Innovative Nanoelectronics Research Avik Ghosh
• Facebook Vulnerable To Serious XSS Attack
• CVCC/UVA engineering program scores grant for scholarships
• U.Va. Patent Foundation Celebrates 75 University Inventors
• Free engineering course being offered at Institute
• Researcher's Work May Benefit Troops, Combat Hospital Germs
• Female Graduates Sweep Top Engineering School Awards
• Avik Ghosh's research explores the promise of graphene nanoribbons
• It's All About Timing
• Laurencin leaving UVa for U-Conn
• Graduate Students Secure Esteemed NSF Fellowships
• Mystical Z Society Honors Top Grads with Shannon Awards
• How Eric Anderson Created A Market That Didn’t Previously Exist
• The Lectures Are Recorded, So Why Go to Class?
• Collaborative U.Va. Project to Build Schools in Uganda
• FEST Supports Cutting-Edge Junior Faculty Research
• UVa Research Aimed at Reducing Gas Consumption and Emissions
• The music of the machines
• Rosalyn Berne: forever young
• Social networking applications can pose security risks
• Film School: To Spice Up Course Work, Professors Make Their Own Videos

• Lockheed Martin Recognizes Outstanding University of Virginia Engineering Students
• A Tantalizing Look at Iran’s Nuclear Program
• Modern 'primitive' could ease the pain of encrypting massive amounts of data
• A UVA professor looks at traffic signals and fuel efficiency
• Agreement Benefits PVCC and UVA
• Engineering Researcher Awarded Truman Fellowship
• Lockheed Martin funds students awards
• UVa Bike To Uganda Raises Thousands of Dollars
• Computer Science Professors Receive NSF CAREER Awards
• Remembering Dr. Kevin Granata
• Manta Ray-Inspired Undersea Vehicle Concept Wins Hilary Bart-Smith a $6.5 Million Award From U.S. Office of Naval Research
• Spying On Catalysts
• The UVA Engineering School crafts a new deal with the community colleges
• VDOT to Re-Time Traffic Signals
• Destiny's child
• Engineering School Guarantees Admission to VCCS Students
• Jefferson Trust Grants Provide $470,000 to U.Va.
• University of Virginia Graduate Engineering Students Ready to Showcase Top Research
• Randy Pausch: Famous last words
• The Last Lecture: A Love Story for your Life
• Competing for Conservation
• University of Virginia's Kathryn Thorton Urges Congress to Back Manned Space Exploration to Mars... and Beyond
•  Engineering 'mindset' doesn't include politics
• Two U.Va. Students Selected as Davis Peace Winners
• Clogged Arteries: With Center City Booming, Congestion Increases
• Hackers target Facebook Applications
• Former Astronaut Kathryn Thornton Testifies Before Congress

• Prize Honors Engineering's Ingrid Soudek Townsend
• UVa Students and Professors Host Nanodays
• UVa Students and Community Bike To Uganda
• Hilary Bart-Smith Wins $6.5 Million MURI Award
• University Professor Talks Small
• Fund to Support Research, Biomedical Innovation
• Computer-Science Researchers Expose Security Vulnerability of Some Electronic Key Cards
• How they hacked it: The MiFare RFID crack explained / A look at the
  research behind the chip compromise
• Nuclear studies minor to be created
• Why insurers won't gamble on infosecurity cover
• U.Va. Engineering School Professor Receives 'Outstanding Academic Title' Distinction for Book
• U.Va. Engineering School Student Investigates Energy Expenditures at the Charlottesville City Market
• University students in Virginia crack smartcard chips
• Karsten Nohl: A doctoral student in computer engineering
• U.VA. researchers crack smartcard chips – Mifare Classic security proven weak
• Problem Surfaces With CharlieCard Security
• RFID encryption flawed in smart cards, researchers claim
• Questions raised about Oyster card security
• Hackers find a way to crack popular smartcard in minutes
• Community as Classroom: Urban Studies and Service Learning in Cape Coast Ghana
• After 5.3 million-mile shuttle trip, Va. native Melvin returns
• Security code easy hacking for UVa student
• UVA Student, Hackers Crack Credit Card Security Code
• University students in Virginia crack smartcard chips
• UVA grad, 2 other hackers claim they cracked credit cards and security badges codes
• Research: CharlieCard is far from hack-proof
• T card has security flaw, says researcher / Cracked code could lead to counterfeits, study team warns

• UVa Grad Student Cracks Smart Card Security Code
• University of Virginia Students Use ClioSoft Design Data Management Suite for VLSI Design Projects
• Data management system controls Cadence libraries
• Group Demonstrates Security Hole in World's Most Popular Smartcard
• Too Much Culture But Not Enough to See
• U.S. has a need for more uranium
• U.Va. Professor Receives Innovation Award from the Association for Laboratory Automation
• Computer Science Day at UVa
• U.Va. Patent Foundation Seeks Nominations for Inventor of the Year
• Students Advance Synthetic Biology Research at U.Va.
• U.Va. Professor James Landers Receives ALA Innovation Award
• Landers receives ALA Innovation Award at LabAutomation2008
• U.Va.'s National Academy Members
• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
• NASA urged to focus on sending people to Mars
• Faculty grant awards over $200,000 from January 2008
• U.Va.’s Nanotechnology Institute Represented at Statewide Event
• Engineering's Ghosh Wins NSF Award for Novel Transistor Research at the Nanoscale
• Scientists Call for Space Exploration
• Only NFL Astronaut Scores Touchdown on Rookie Flight
• Stuart Wolf Named New Leader of University of Virginia's Nanotechnology Efforts - U.Va. Today | Research News
• U.Va.'s Hudson Elected to National Academy of Engineering
• Study Raises New Privacy Concerns About Facebook
• Study Finds Privacy Lapse in Facebook Apps
• U.Va. Engineering School Student Probes Facebook's Vulnerabilities

• U.Va.'s Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems Creates Models Used Worldwide to Shed Light on Today's Difficult Questions
• 90% of Facebook Apps Have Unnecessary Access to Private Data
• University of Virginia Engineering School Student Probes Facebook's Vulnerabilities
• Two at U.Va. Receive State Faculty Awards from SCHEV
• Exclusive: The next Facebook privacy scandal
• U.Va. Center's Models Shed Light on Difficult Questions
• Before Florida; A History of Voting Technology
• Before Florida: A History of Voting Technology
• U.Va. Engineering School Student Probes Facebook's Vulnerabilities
• University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Science Receives $1.3 Million to Explore Nano Microelectronics
• UVa Student Raises Facebook Security Concerns
• Salman Syed (SE '07) Named Among Top 30 Under Thirty
• UVa Professor Warns of HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among African Americans
• UVA HIV/AIDS Study Raises Concerns
• Cato Laurencin Named to the 2007 Scientific American 50
• Space Leaders Work To Replace Lunar Base With Manned Asteroid Missions
• U.Va. Pioneer Encourages Black Students to Push Ahead
• Going with the flow
• Mad Over Magnets
• Kaine says universities key to luring Rolls-Royce
• Scientific American honors U.Va. researcher
• Magnet Therapy Gets Boost from Real Study
• Medical magnets said to be a 'swell' therapy
• Magnetic Therapy: Plausible Attraction?
• Magnetic fields can reduce swelling
• Study Finds Magnetic Therapy Really Works
• U.Va. Researchers Prove Healing Power of Magnets
• Magnetic Field Shown To Reduce Swelling
• U.Va. biomedical engineering study shows magnetic field can reduce swelling (physorg.com)
• Can Magnets Cure Pain?

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