Author Archive
Making Electronic Devices Faster, More Powerful, and Better at Staying Cool
In a paper published as an Editor's Pick in Applied Physics Letters, College of Engineering's Georges Pavlidis outlines ways to manage heat in high-speed electronics
Nguyen’s Injectable Piezoelectric Gel Could Treat Osteoarthritis without Surgery
Backed by a $2.3M grant from the NIH and NIH/NIBIB, Thanh Nguyen will stimulate cartilage regeneration in large animal models
Power and Environmental Engineering Faculty Explore Wildfire and Power Grid Nexus in a Changing Climate
Junbo Zhao led a study in Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, which suggests a comprehensive approach to strengthen power grid resilience against the rising threat of wildfires
Polanco ’22 (ENG) Returns to the College of Engineering as an Impact Fellow
Millenia Polanco aims to broaden access to engineering education and empower underrepresented communities through research, coaching, and community engagement
Engineering Students Excel at UConn Stamford’s First Senior Design Day
Students shared their solutions for museum collection organization, social meetups, using AI to help file taxes, gameified startup pitches, online dating that prioritizes personality, and supporting investors
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.
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
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
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
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