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Multiplying Their Options
Nearly 240 8th-grade girls from middle schools around the state came to campus Wednesday for a one-day conference aimed at exposing them to female role models in the STEM fields.
Engineering Their Future
More than 200 8th grade boys from underrepresented backgrounds attended an event on campus April 1 to learn about key concepts and techniques in science and engineering.
STEM Night Plants a New Tradition
On Monday night, November 16th, the Connecticut Science Center was full of UConn engineering volunteers and young students for the first ever STEM Night. Organized by UConn’s Engineering Ambassadors, STEM Night was created in order to show kids the creative ways one can get involved with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Engineering Ambassadors strive […]
Meet the 2015 Inductees of the Academy of Distinguished Engineers
UConn School of Engineering’s 2015 Academy of Distinguished Engineers and Hall of Fame.
Engineering the Future!
From Jay Leno zipping around in a car that our Engineering students built, to astronaut Rick Mastracchio speaking to us from space, a lot of exciting things happen here at UConn Engineering. We invent, we build, and we make things better – and we have a lot of fun in the process! More Videos! Watch […]
Lee Langston Receives ASME Sawyer Award
Mechanical Engineering professor emeritus Lee Langston is the 2015 recipient of the R. Tom Sawyer Award presented by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Why Context and Context-Driven Decision Support Matters
Recently, El Faro, a cargo ship heading to San Juan, Puerto Rico, foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas on October 5, 2015 due to Category 4 Hurricane Joaquin. Thirty-three crew members remain missing. The captain cut south of the storm, due to the rare occurrence of such storm systems traveling south, but ended […]
Engineering Turns 100 Years Old!
In 2016 Engineering turns 100 years old. Join us in celebrating our ascent to leadership in industry-relevant education and research.
Engineering Senior Design 2015
The capstone Senior Design Project Program is a hallmark of success for engineering seniors. In this one or two-semester course, senior students are mentored by faculty and industry engineers as they work to solve real-world engineering problems for company sponsors.
Sikorsky Funds UConn Engineering Scholars
Through a new initiative by longtime partners Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and the University of Connecticut School of Engineering, Sikorsky will provide $67,000 in scholarships to selected UConn engineering students this fall.
Dean Kamen Visits UConn
Dean Kamen is an inventor, an entrepreneur, and a tireless advocate for science and technology.
UConn Women in Engineering Day
Despite making impressive gains over the past several decades, women are still heavily underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Women hold almost half of the overall job market, but only about 24 percent of STEM jobs, according to the US Census Bureau.
CSI Cyberseed 2015
Hosted by the Comcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation at the University of Connecticut (CSI), CyberSEED brought together top information security professionals and business leaders to discuss emerging cybersecurity trends and formulate best strategies for tackling current and future threats. In the same academic setting, dozens of universities and colleges competed in unique cybersecurity […]
Work–and Play–Helps Launch Career Path
Five Engineering Graduate Students Awarded $3,000 Scholarships Getting good grades in a good major at a good school are important steps to launching a successful business career, but a key component that shouldn’t be overlooked is the importance of social interaction. Graduate students at the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut who are […]
Some Things Change, and Some Things Stay the Same
A special group of freshman engineering students and their families gathered in the Castleman building for a reception on a rainy Saturday morning over Family Weekend. What set them apart was that they are all second-generation UConn engineers.
Pratt & Whitney and Supplier Partners Celebrate Expansion of Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust Residential Facility for Girls
HYDERABAD, India, July 15, 2015 – Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and its supplier partners today announced the expansion of the girls dormitory in cooperation with the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust (KGNMT) in Hyderabad, India. UTC, Pratt & Whitney and its supplier partners contributed more than $55,000 USD (34,90,000 […]
