College of Engineering

Six students posing with a small race boat at an indoor event, some in suits and one in casual clothes.

Overcoming Engineering Challenges Was No Problem for This Student Team

A joint mechanical and electrical and computer engineering Senior Design team tackled various problems in the midst of an electric boat competition

Wilbur cross with a tree in the foreground

Three Faculty Members Named Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors

The University of Connecticut is proud to announce the selection of three exemplary faculty members as this year's Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors. This prestigious award represents the highest honor the University can confer upon its faculty, celebrating their outstanding contributions in research, teaching, and public engagement

Ph.D. candidate Francis Vásquez and thermal imaging equipment

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

Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, and his team of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

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

Portrait of the 10 Entrepreneurship Fellows

Technology Entrepreneurship: Helping Students Pursue their Personal and Professional Dreams

The Entrepreneurship Fellowship program can help serve as an economic and entrepreneurial lightning rod for inspired STEM graduates

Portrait of UConn President Radenka Maric in front of a table and a glass wall

President Radenka Maric Named a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society

Maric is a world leader in electrochemistry at surfaces and interfaces

An electrical substation

UConn to Host 57th North American Power Symposium

NAPs serves as a launchpad for emerging scholars and a convening ground for frontier research in power systems, electric grid operations, renewable energy integration, and distribution-transmission coordination

Four students wearing rainbow lanyards use materials like plastic cups and baggies to build contraptions

At UConn’s Queer Science Conference, New Futures Take Shape for Young Scientists

Fourth annual event offers high schoolers hands-on fun served up with a scoop of science

The prism sculpture in front of the Castleman Building.

Astitha and Beykal Granted Eversource Energy Professor Positions

The professorships are in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievements of young faculty who exemplify excellence, being at the top of their area of research

Tech Park Industrial Partnerships Panel

How to Partner With Industry (by Really Trying)

Successful UConn researchers offer Insight on fruitful collaboration with private industry