College of Engineering

Cheney Students Enjoy Engineering Lessons [Video included]

At Howell Cheney Technical High School in Manchester, CT, students enjoy a unique learning opportunity enabling them to explore engineering concepts and to apply these principles in often fun ways, thanks to a National Science Foundation-funded program that embeds engineering graduate students in selected classrooms.

Jonathan and Neag School Alumni Awards

Dr. Carter Elected AAAS Fellow

Dr. C. Barry Carter, Department Head of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a 2011 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world.

New Scholarship Honors Top K-12 Inventors

The University of Connecticut School of Engineering and the Connecticut Invention Convention have teamed up to launch a new scholarship initiative that will sponsor 25 lucky students as they take courses through UConn’s Early College Experience (ECE).

GK-12 Egg Drops Excite Tech H.S. Freshmen

Freshmen in the Cheney Technical High School CADD shop used common household items to design and build devices that would protect uncooked eggs from breaking during drops from varying heights. Led by UConn NSF GK-12 Fellow Neil Spinner, students were introduced to concepts of science and engineering in a fun and engaging way.

New Horizons Series Launched: VIDEO

Professor emeritus Lee Langston takes you inside UConn’s state-of-the-art, green cogeneration facility, which provides heating, cooling and power to the University of Connecticut campus. It's the first in a new video series, Engineering Horizons, which we hope will inspire, delight and inform.

Early Intro to Engineering Set Course for Grad Student

Vincent Palumbo, a Ph.D. candidate in materials science and engineering at the University of Connecticut, has a special bond with the School of Engineering that first took root during his high school years.

A view of yellow lines painted over the top of parking spaces at S Lot show the outline of the new School of Nursing Building

Cities May be Trading Parking for People

When it comes to concentrated parking, the economic vitality and "livability" of urban centers may be compromised by too much of what many commuters consider a good thing.

Marja Hurley works in a science lab.

New ChemE Laboratory Embraces Modernity

With finals just around the corner, the new chemical engineering laboratory has enjoyed a productive semester following its unveiling earlier this fall.

Aerial view of solar panels installed as shade roof over parking lot with parked cars for effective generation of clean electricity. Photovoltaic technology integrated in urban infrastructure.

Businesses Asked to Complete Tech Park Survey

The University of Connecticut Tech Park, to be located at the Storrs campus and online in 2015, will focus on developing additive manufacturing techniques that will help the state’s aerospace, defense, bioscience/biotechnology, chemicals, consumer products, electronics and “green” sectors.

Two UConn students work on their laptops in a classroom.

The Pocket Protector

"Over the meadows and through the palmettos to grandmother's condo we go! The GPS points the track to carry us back through the white and drifting snow." A holiday road trip to grandma’s condo in Miami isn't what it used to be.