College of Engineering
Engineering Earlier Ovarian Cancer Detection
Electrical Engineering professor Quing Zhu and UConn Health Center (UCHC) physician-researcher professor Molly Brewer, DVM, MD have received a $1.63 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance and test a novel hybrid imaging device for the accurate detection and characterization of ovarian cancer.
Faculty Honors & Awards
UConn's Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) and the Office of the Secretary of the State of Connecticut jointly applied for and won a competitive 2010 Voting System Pre-Election Logic and Accuracy Testing & Post-Election Audit Initiative grant from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
Students to Receive Intelligent Transportation Grants
Two teams involving Civil & Environmental Engineering students have been approved to proceed with research projects of interest to the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) of Connecticut. Both teams are advised by assistant professor Nicholas Lownes, Director of the Center for Transportation & Livable Systems.
Alumni Notes
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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.