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Editor’s Corner
Editor's Corner is a new series in which we will profile top journals edited by our faculty members.
More success for T2 Center’s Public Works Academy
The Connecticut Transportation Institute’s Technology Transfer Center (T2 Center) completed another successful session of the Connecticut Public Works Academy -- a program aimed at providing recently hired employees with education on core competencies integral to a successful career in public works.
Engineering for Impact: Pope Park Cleanup
A group of over 40 engineering students spent a spring Saturday cleaning up Hartford's Pope Park and learning valuable lessons in collaborative team-work and community service.
Top HS Design Team Visits Engineering
The Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2) hosted 12 student members of the Xavier High School Engineering Club, which recently won top honors in the 2011 Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) for their next-generation airplane wing designed to maximize fuel efficiency and enhance performance.
UConn ITE Team Wins Traffic Bowl
On March 24th, four UConn transportation engineering graduate students were named the winners of the Annual Northeastern District Collegiate Traffic Bowl, a Jeopardy! style trivia competition held at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) at Amherst.
ECE Graduate Student Receives Prestigious SPIE Award
Doctoral candidate Behnoosh Tavakoli received a $3,000 SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics honoring her student leadership and scholarly activities.
Graduate Students Capture Honors, Enjoy Networking
Two graduate students in the Department of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering (CMBE), were honored recently at the national level.
The 2011 Pratt & Whitney Distinguished Lecture – Prof. Mike Dunn
What should a pilot do if confronted with a cloud of potentially deadly volcanic dust on a commercial flight filled with passengers?
UConn Hosts K-12 State Chess Championships
On May 21, 2011 a total of 36 students came to the UConn Storrs campus to compete in the Connecticut K-12 High School Chess Championships. This year fielded a diverse array of players, ranging from seasoned National Master Harry Wheeler to first-grader Tyrell Staples. Numerous other elementary and middle school students participated in the tournament to gain experience. In addition to Harry Wheeler, the tournament attracted two other National Masters, Alex Fikiet and Daniel Rozovsky.