College of Engineering
UConn Launches Chapter of National Academy of Inventors
UConn has founded Connecticut’s first chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The new UConn NAI chapter is home to three distinguished UConn and UConn Health researchers who are NAI Fellows: Drs. Cato T. Laurencin, Pramod K. Srivastava, and Lakshmi Nair.
October 4, 2017 | Jessica McBride, Office of the Vice President for Research
Using Social Media to Take on Climate Change
Two UConn graduate students are on a mission to change the world one video at a time.
October 3, 2017 | Jessica McBride, Office of the Vice President for Research
Congressional Delegation Lauds New Undersea Engineering Program
U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, said UConn's role in training a new generation of highly skilled naval engineers is crucial to maintaining the state's future economic growth.
September 15, 2017 | Colin Poitras
Teaching Robots to Think
UConn engineers are probing the frontier of artificial intelligence to advance manufacturing.
September 13, 2017 | Colin Poitras
Computer Science Engineer Named Distinguished Professor
The Board of Trustees has named Sanguthevar Rajasekaran a University of Connecticut Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, the highest honor that the institution bestows on its faculty.
September 8, 2017 | Eli Freund
New Program Immerses Teens in STEM Challenges
Girls from junior high through high school sit at the pool’s edge, some dangling their feet in the water, all focused intently on operating underwater robots using the remote controls in their hands.
September 8, 2017 | Eli Freund
Engineering Alumna Named to Board of Trustees
Originally Published: August 22, 2017 – Kristen Cole – UConn Communications Jeanine Armstrong Gouin ’87 (ENG), an alumna who has demonstrated her dedication to furthering the mission of Connecticut’s flagship university for many years, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees. Gouin, of Cheshire, Connecticut, is one of two alumni trustees on the 21-member […]
September 8, 2017 | Eli Freund
UConn, URI Win Navy Grant for Undersea Engineering Program
Two of New England’s flagship universities are teaming up with the U.S. Navy to provide a new opportunity for engineering undergraduates considering careers in the Navy and undersea engineering.
September 8, 2017 | Eli Freund
When Less Oxygen Means Better Performance
Using a special milling process in an enclosed box filled with argon gas, UConn scientists, working in collaboration with researchers from North Carolina State University.
September 8, 2017 | Eli Freund