MSE NEWS

Dong and Wadley earn IJMR Best Paper of Year

2017-06-22T10:15:00.005-07:00

UVA research scientist Liang Dong and University Professor Haydn Wadley have been awarded the 2017 Werner Koester Award for best paper. Each year the International Journal of Materials Research (IJMR) honours the "best paper" that appeared in the volume of IJMR of the preceding year. The winning paper was entitled “Strong cellular lattices with nitro-carburized stainless steel hollow trusses.”

Congratulations 2017 Grads of MSE, EP, and Engineering Science!

2017-05-21T12:31:00.002-07:00

Final Exercises is a special time at UVA. We celebrate those who achieved today the culmination of years of hard work. Congratulations to the Class of 2017. View the Full Album:

George Cahen's lasting impact

2016-08-24T08:45:00.000-07:00

From SEAS E-News: Engineers learn by doing. That is the reason Professor George Cahen often gives for championing experiential learning at UVA Engineering—and it is a lesson Cahen, now retiring after 40 years at UVA, himself learned as a boy growing up in Baltimore. “The value I place on experiential learning goes back to my time with my dad. He gave me a real sense of

Robert Kelly named 2016 recipient of the H. H. Uhlig Award from ECS

2016-08-14T11:19:00.000-07:00

Materials Science and Engineering Professor Robert Kelly has been named the 2016 recipient of the H. H. Uhlig Award from the Electrochemical Society’s Corrosion Division, another indicator of the exceptional quality of the corrosion research at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. BY SEAS NEWS “We have a 30-year history of excellence in corrosion

John Scully offers lessons from Flint in NAE's The Bridge

2016-07-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

Each issue of the National Academy of Engineering publication The Bridge features articles by leading engineers and scholars on a chosen topic. The most recent issue addresses challenges at the interface of technology and policy. Among them is a timely article by John Scully discussing the critically aging US infrastructure, entitled "The Corrosion Crisis in Flint, Michigan: A Call for

Inaugural Graduate Student Department Awards

2016-05-23T05:00:00.000-07:00

On May 20, 2016 gathered to acknowledge the many accomplishments of our faculty and students. The event not served to honor the awardees, but also to honor and thank all who were nominated as well as the many students who daily take an active role and personal ownership in the ongoing development of programmatic excellence. Nominations for 2016's graduate student awards included some of our

Engineering Science Student Receives Truman Award for Solar Energy Research

2016-04-22T11:49:00.001-07:00

University of Virginia undergraduate student Jill Ferguson has been named a Truman Scholar and will receive $30,000 toward graduate school and the opportunity to participate in professional development to help prepare her for a career in public service leadership. Read more in UVA TODAY

U.Va graduate students net four top spots at NACE International Corrosion 2016 conference

2016-03-16T14:12:00.001-07:00

This March, CORROSION 2016 conference was held in Vancouver, British Columbia. The world’s largest corrosion conference and exposition, CORROSION offers students the opportunity to enter posters in one of three categories: (1) the Marcel Pourbaix category for the field of corrosion science; (2) the Mars Fontana category for the field of corrosion engineering; and (3) the Harvey Herro category for

Corrosion the culprit: key papers on water crisis in Flint, MI made publicly accessible

2016-03-08T13:09:00.003-08:00

John Scully, Technical Editor in Chief of the journal CORROSION, recently published a special editorial section covering the centrality of corrosion in Flint's water crisis. Additionally, in his capacity as technical editor, he choose to make public via open access the full texts (see below) of many of key scientific papers, including several of Marc Edwards, professor at Va Tech. Well

Alumni Chip Blankenship elected NAE

2016-03-01T13:34:00.001-08:00

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that it has elected UVA Engineering alumnus Charles P. “Chip” Blankenship, Jr., as an academy member, among the most prestigious and important professional distinctions for an engineer. Election to membership is among the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. Blankenship is president and chief executive officer of

James Burns recieves Air Force (YIP) Young Investigators Research Program Award

2016-03-01T13:27:00.001-08:00

According to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the YIP awards intend "to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering." The awards program is competitive. The

Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching awarded to John Scully

2015-11-19T14:05:00.000-08:00

Professor John Scully has been selected as the 2016 winner of the ECS Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching. The award will be presented at next year's ECS Meeting in San Diego, California, USA in May 2016. The awards are named for Henry Linford, ECSsecretary for 10 years and president from 1961-62