Saving Green

Rethinking energy use

During the month of August, it cost $21,769.85 just to cool Newcomb Hall. The University is making eye-opening numbers like these available on its online “Building Dashboard,” which displays energy use in Newcomb Hall.

Required Reading: Deborah Johnson

Deborah Johnson teaches applied ethics in the Department of Science, Technology and Society in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at U.Va. She co-edited Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future.

Design. Build. Test. Repeat.

Body armor design could have personal payoff

Engineering students Ann Bailey, Adam Rogers and Jeff O’Dell are part of a team working to develop a new type of body armor. Photo by Jane HaleyAll biomedical engineering students…

Fuel for Thought

Interdisciplinary teams investigate different types of alternative energy

In the world of alternative fuels, there may be nothing greener than pond scum.An interdisciplinary team of U.Va. researchers is now investigating algae and other potential sources of energy—including black…

Breaking the Law and Battling Demons

U.Va. engineers aim to solve burning computer problem

“Laptops are very hot now, so hot that they are not ‘lap’ tops anymore,” says Avik Ghosh, a U.Va. assistant professor of engineering. He’s referring to the intense heat generated…

Tomorrow Takes Shape

President Casteen Photo by Peggy HarrisonThis fall is a season of change in leadership here at the University. Retirements, departures for senior positions elsewhere and other transitions have created conditions…

Verbatim

"Orbiting the earth, as thrilling as it is, is not exploring space."