College of Engineering
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.
Heidi Douglas Joins UConn Engineering
We are pleased to announce that Heidi Seifert Douglas has joined the School of Engineering in the capacity of Director of Engineering Alumni Relations.
Eli Dabora: UConn’s Combustion Pioneer
In response to the USSR's successful 1957 launch of the Sputnik space capsule into orbit around the Earth, a year later the U.S. established its own space program under the newly-formed National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA).
Network! The Innovation Connection
Don’t miss the next Innovation Connection networking event on Thursday, May 26, 2011.
Center is Honored for Service to Public Works Community
The Connecticut Technology Transfer Center (T2 Center) was honored this week for their service to Connecticut's Public Works Community.
Team to Sequence Poultry Viruses
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from UConn and Georgia State University received more than $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop computational methods enabling the characterization of genomic diversity of a particularly contagious avian bronchial virus.
Come to Alumni Weekend June 3-4!
Come back to UConn and celebrate Alumni Weekend next month with friends and family! Reconnect with school chums, rediscover the scenic and increasingly high-tech Storrs campus, slip off to the UConn Dairy Bar for a cool cone, and meet faculty and students.
Alumni Notes
Stay in touch with fellow UConn engineering alumni. Visit http://www.engr.uconn.edu/alumni/ and fill us in on your latest activities or learn what your college friends are doing nowadays!
Researchers Study Protozoa Migration
Two UConn students are investigating the possibility that protozoa, single-cell organisms, communicate among themselves via chemical signaling. Grant Bouchillon, a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering, joined up with undergraduate Chemical Engineering senior Kristina Gillick earlier this year to investigate this intriguing scenario.