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4 State of the School
Thanks to steps taken in recent years, the Engineering School is better positioned
than ever to create rewarding educational programs and career opportunities for
our students, to increase and diversify our research portfolio, and to contribute to
the economic strength of the Commonwealth.
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Kevin Eisenfrats
George Christ
Halle Yungmeyer
A team led by nanomedicine
engineering major Kevin Eisenfrats
(ES ’15) won the $20,000 first-place
prize at the University’s Entrepreneurship
Cup competition.
The opportunity to collaborate with
other experts at the University proved a
powerful inducement for George Christ,
a leader in tissue engineering, to join
the Engineering School.
Meeting Halle Yungmeyer
(ChE ’16) helped persuade Eastman
Chemical executives to include
the Engineering School in the
company's recruiting efforts.
Craig Benson — 13th Dean of the Engineering School
In July, National Academy of Engineering member Craig Benson will become the 13th dean of
the Engineering School. He arrives in Charlottesville from the University of Wisconsin, where
he chairs the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of
Geological Engineering, co-directs the Office of Sustainability and directs sustainability research
and education. He is also an affiliate professor at Wisconsin's Nelson Institute for Environmental
Studies. A team led by University Professor Emerita Anita Jones chose Benson after an extensive
international search.
V I S I T U S O N L I N E : www.seas.virginia.edu
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