CESE NEWS

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

Jack Snodgrass library added to CESE collection

2016-06-15T05:08:00.002-07:00

UVA's Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering recently received a near 50 book donation from the family of Jack Snodgrass. Snodgrass worked at Reynolds aluminum company in Richmond and was a frequent collaborator with CESE. This is the third such gift of books to the Center's library. Jerry Kruger (CHEM PhD), a world renown corrosion scientist, offered his collection to the library

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

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

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