Olivia Drake
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Senior Design Team Develops Personalized Breast Self-Exam Virtual Reality Training Simulator
A haptic glove uses a sophisticated combination of microprocessors, balloons, and air pumps to exert force onto the fingertips, simulating the feeling of a breast exam.
April 23, 2025 | Olivia Drake
CoE Group Shares Fuel Cell Aviation Research, Networks at DOE Energy Summit
A UConn team joined energy scientists, technologists, engineers, and industry leaders at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Innovation Summit to collaborate on the future of energy innovation
April 23, 2025 | Olivia Drake
Four College of Engineering Faculty Elected to CASE
Professors Khan, Zhao, Zheng, and Zhou are among 20 faculty from the College of Engineering who are members of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
March 26, 2025 | Olivia Drake
NSF Project Evaluates Students’ Attitudes Toward Human Rights in Engineering
Faculty from engineering, human rights, and education are integrating human rights into the engineering curricula to foster a more socially aware generation of engineers
March 19, 2025 | Olivia Drake
Professor Cato Laurencin Recipient of 2025 Terasaki Innovation Award
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of biomedical innovation through research, education, industry, translation, or clinical practice
February 18, 2025 | Olivia Drake
Tarakanova Honored with Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty
The award recognizes early-career researchers who’ve made impactful contributions to the field of mechanics and mechanics of materials
February 11, 2025 | Olivia Drake
UConn Engineering Boasts 9 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows
Fellows demonstrate 'a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life'
February 10, 2025 | Olivia Drake
Junbo Zhao to Design Safe Offshore Energy Production Processes as Early-Career Research Fellow of the National Academies
The Early-Career Research Fellowships program supports emerging scientific leaders who strive to advance the safety of offshore energy systems and improve the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems
December 26, 2024 | Olivia Drake
College of Engineering Offers New Ph.D. Program in Engineering Education
The interdisciplinary program explores connections between engineering and the social sciences and helps students think expansively about learning to inform their work as scholars and teachers
December 13, 2024 | Olivia Drake
UConn Associate Dean Dan Burkey Elected as AIChE Fellow
Burkey serves as director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Education Division, where he oversees a mentoring program for students interested in becoming professors.
November 22, 2024 | Olivia Drake