College of Engineering
Yong Wang Receives NSF CAREER Award
Yong Wang, an assistant professor of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to conduct research aimed at creating a new generation of tissue-like biomaterials using chemical and biomolecular engineering tools.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
UConn Named a Center of Excellence
The University of Connecticut was named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research (CAE-R) during the spring. The designation, for the academic years 2010-2015, was announced by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
Reception Unites GK-12 Stakeholders
The high-tech, sleek backdrop of UConn's Graduate Business Learning Center on Constitution Plaza in Hartford proved the perfect stage for a Monday, May 10 reception uniting the key stakeholders in a pioneering new collaboration between UConn and the Connecticut Technical High School System.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
Retired Faculty Member Returns 30 Years of Benefits as a Gift
During World War II, the U.S. government used a computer at MIT to calculate trajectories for battleship cannons. Get the trajectory wrong: the cannonball sank into the sea. Get it right, and an enemy ship exploded.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
Alumnus Tom Juros to Establish Scholarship
The middle of the 20th century was a time of upheaval and change in the United States, and for civil engineering student Thomas Stanley Juros of Manchester, that change took place at a campus social event in 1959.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
SimplexGrinnell Supports Scholarships & Senior Design
SimplexGrinnell, a subsidiary of Tyco International, is an industry leader in life-safety systems. The company is contributing $60,000 toward scholarships in the School of Engineering, along with $20,000 to support engineering senior design projects.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
Inventions Galore Grace Gampel
Connecticut goes by many names -- the Land of Steady Habits and the Nutmeg State among them -- but it's also well known as home to countless important inventors and inventions.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
Interdisciplinary Team Receives GAANN Award
A team of faculty researchers, headed by UTC Chair Professor of Computer Science & Engineering Dr. Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, has secured a nearly $400,000 Department of Education Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant in the area of cloud computing.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
Astronaut Rick Mastracchio and Apollo Scientists to Highlight Alumni Weekend
Waterbury native, UConn engineering alumnus and astronaut Rick Mastracchio will headline a special presentation, entitled NASA Space Explorations: Past and Present, which will take place at the Storrs campus from 3 - 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 4.
May 19, 2010 | Eli Freund
Study: Street Design Affects Driving Speeds
A 2009 report released by a team of UConn researchers concluded that drivers are more likely to reduce their speed when certain roadway design features are present than in response to speed limit signage. Based on a study conducted by a Civil & Environmental Engineering team of professors John Ivan and Norman Garrick along with graduate student Gilbert Hansen.
April 29, 2010 | Eli Freund