The University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), established in 1836, is the oldest engineering school in the United States^[1] associated with a university. SEAS is one of 10 schools and colleges at the University of Virginia. It is the second-largest school at U.Va. and is home to 1,993 undergraduates and 654 graduate students. 26% of its undergraduates are women, and 24% are minorities. For the Class of 2008, the average SAT score of matriculating students was 1353 out of a possible 1600; 76% graduated in the top ten percent of their high school class. 40% of SEAS students pursue a minor; 10% choose economics as a minor.^[2] Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Virginia (also called UVA, U.Va. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... A graduate school or grad school is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ... Face-to-face trading interactions among on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor In the social sciences, economics is the study of human choice behavior and how it effects the production, distribution, and consumption of scarce resources. ...

In 2005, engineering students placed first in Phase One of a national competition for computer chip design. The team bested teams from 27 other universities. UVA's entry, "An SRAD Image Processor as a Reconfigurable, Temperature-Aware SoC Designed for Low-Power Operation", won a small cash prize for the school. The contest was sponsored by the semiconductor industry to improve the design of integrated computer circuits.^[3] 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An integrated circuit (IC) is a thin chip consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors, as well as passive components like resistors. ... A semiconductor is a solid whose electrical conductivity can be controlled over a wide range, either permanently or dynamically. ...

The Aerospace Engineering fourth-year class entered and won the 2005 NASA Vehicle Systems Student Design Competition with their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Mars flyer design. They received a small cash prize for the Aerospace Engineering Department, as well as the opportunity to present their design at an industry conference held in Columbus, Ohio during the summer of 2005.^[4] NASA logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... UAVs in a hangar An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a pilotless aircraft, controlled either remotely or flown autonomously, used for a number of missions, including reconnaissance and attack roles. ... Nickname: The Arch City The Discovery City Location in the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area    - City 550. ...

Also in the summer of 2005, an undergraduate SEAS student drove 13,000 miles round-trip from Virginia to Alaska in a vegetable oil powered 1976 Mercedes 240D.^[5] This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,854 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with cooking oil. ...

In that year, the school was awarded $50 million in new research contracts by the United States government.

Departments

• Aerospace Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer and Electrical Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems and Information Engineering

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External link

• University of Virginia SEAS

References

1. ^ Chemical Engineering Department History. http://www.che.virginia.edu/history.html. Retrieved June 28, 2006.
2. ^ SEAS Facts at a Glance. http://www.seas.virginia.edu/general.php. Retrieved June 28, 2006.
3. ^ Engineering Graduate Students Win Semiconductor Research Design Challenge. http://www.seas.virginia.edu/enews/enews_nov05/src.html. Retrieved June 28, 2006.
4. ^ U.Va. Aerospace Students Win First Place in National NASA Competition. http://www.seas.virginia.edu/enews/enews_sep05/aerostudents.html. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
5. ^ Student’s Vegetable-oil-powered Car Makes it From Virginia to Alaska and Back. http://www.seas.virginia.edu/enews/enews_oct05/scruby.html. Retrieved June 28, 2006.