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Anna Tarakanova, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, works with graduate student Mohammad Madani on a computer model inside the Pratt & Whitney Engineering Building. Tarakanova is the recipient of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' 2024 Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

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

Ornella Tempo '16 in the lab at the Institute for Material Science with Luyi Sun, associate professor of bimolecular engineering on April 25, 2016.

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'

Wind farm at sea

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

Students in a classroom.

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

Dan Burkey

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.

Student voting.

Center for Voting Technology Conducts Comprehensive Assessment of New Connecticut Voting Machines

The Secretary of State asked UConn's VoTeR Center to test multiple voting tabulators for reliability and evaluate which models are least prone to cyberattacks

NASA module

Mission Complete: Lee Spends 45 Days in NASA Simulated Journey to Mars

By participating in the mission, College of Engineering's Jason Lee contributed to NASA’s efforts to study how future astronauts may react to isolation and confinement during deep-space journeys

Endoscopes as an alternative to invasive exploratory procedures and surgeries.

Seeing the Unseen: Professor Zheng, Peers, Develop Novel Endoscopic High-Res Imaging Technique

The new lensless process, called Synthetic Aperture Ptycho-Endoscopy (SAPE), uses an advanced imaging process to capture bending patterns of light through a bundle of ultrathin optical fibers

Faculty, staff, and students from UConn's Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC) visited engineers at Aero Gear, Inc. on May 29 to discuss their ongoing collaboration. CMSC offers small Connecticut manufacturing businesses with free technical support and specialized machining processes and simulations.  

Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center Offers Technical Advising to Small Businesses

CMSC promotes innovation and economic development through modeling and simulation work while teaching the next-generation workforce advanced computing and simulation skills

The UConn Formula SAE team examines their vehicle during the competition at Michigan International Speedway.  

Driven to Succeed: UConn Formula SAE Makes History with 4th Place Win

The annual competition, organized by SAE International, challenges students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop, and compete with high performance "formula" vehicles