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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
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
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'
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