College of Engineering

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UConn Magazine: Coveted Class – Applied Mechanics I

Even when walking her dog, Sarira Motaref, professor-in-residence in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SoCEE), is attuned to structures and forces — and to her classes

Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn.

Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Featured in America 250 Film on the Future of Biomedical Engineering

National documentary spotlights Laurencin’s contributions to biomedical engineering and regenerative engineering

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UConn Formula SAE Team Places In Top Five Nationally

The team is open to all students, and has succeeded with the help of students from all disciplines including engineering, business, finance, marketing, and more

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UConn Magazine: Andi Duro’s Two Cents

A social network where your net worth is your handle? Andi Duro’s twocents is changing the way people talk about wealth

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Anna Tarakanova Recognized by ASME For Early Career Achievements

Her central contribution is the development of rigorous multiscale frameworks that connect molecular structure, statistical mechanics, and macroscopic behavior across complex materials

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UConn Researchers Win Inaugural DOE Genesis Mission Award

Natural Resources and Environment associate professor Wei Ren leads a project seeking to reveal underground movement of water and chemicals

Six moments of a melting snowflake, captured with a lensless chip on a nanometer-scale.

Christmas in July: UConn Engineers Capture Gigapixel 3D Video of Snowflakes

Instead of treating movement over time as a limitation, the system uses those changes to show more detail than a conventional camera could, opening up new possibilities for studying cells, and (even in the summer) snowflakes

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Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Gives Historic Presentation on Artificial Intelligence

Laurencin attends meeting of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

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UConn Faculty Named Fulbright Scholars and Specialists

Fulbright Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. The Fulbright Specialist program deploys highly qualified American academics and professionals to share their expertise and strengthen institutions overseas

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Wang Selected for National Academy of Engineering’s 2026 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Participants engage in interdisciplinary discussions on some of engineering's most pressing challenges and promising technological advances while building collaborations that often shape future research and innovation