College of Engineering
Transforming Engineers into Entrepreneurs
Marcian Hoff invented the world’s first microprocessor; John Bardeen co-invented the transistor; Seymour Cray, the father of supercomputing, co-founded Cray Research; Stephen Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer; Karlheinz Brandenberg co-developed the MP3 compression scheme. The role of engineers in fostering innovation and business startups is legendary. But starting a new business is among the riskiest paths […]
Team Completes Installation of Ethiopian Weather Stations
Dr. Mekonnen Gebremichael, assistant professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and a team of UConn undergraduate and graduate students traveled to Ethiopia during summer 2008 to install weather stations in the Beressa watershed of the Blue Nile basin region, about 75 miles from the capital, Addis Ababa. It was Dr. Gebremichael’s second expedition to Ethiopia […]
Engineering to Host Fall Career Fair
The School of Engineering will host its first school-wide Career Fair on Tuesday, October 28th and Wednesday, October 29th, 2008. The Tuesday event will take place in the Rome Commons Ballroom, and the Wednesday fair will be held in the Student Union Ballroom. The fair hours are noon until 4:00 p.m. both days. “This is […]
Save the Date: Holiday Alumni Reception
Please join us at Hartford’s famed The Bushnell performing arts center for a delightful evening of networking, reminiscing with fellow UConn Engineering alumni, and catching up on activities of your alma mater. Meet Dean of Engineering Mun Y. Choi and faculty members from the School of Engineering. Enjoy the sounds and flavors of the season. […]
Ben Wilhite Captures NSF CAREER Award
Assistant professor of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering Benjamin Wilhite has received a National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award that will support his research aimed at improving the harvesting of hydrogen from green hydrocarbons (biofuels). The $400,000, five-year award is the third CAREER Award garnered by UConn engineering faculty in 2008 and the […]
NSF Funding to Improve Underwater Communications
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the School of Engineering and UConn’s Marine Sciences department at the Avery Point campus has been awarded $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the development of instrumentation that will improve their scalable autonomous underwater sensor network system. The team, headed by principal investigator Dr. Jun-Hong Cui of […]
Visit Us During Fall Open House
On Sunday, September 21, the University of Connecticut will host thousands of prospective students and their families visiting campus to get acquainted with UConn and its spectrum of degree programs, residential options, study-abroad and other educational opportunities available to students. In conjunction with Open House, the School of Engineering will host introductory sessions, information booths, […]
Team Awarded $1 M for Electron Microscope
A multidisciplinary team of researchers has won a large Department of Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award totaling $700,000 that will fund acquisition of a dual beam focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope (FIB/SEM). The specialized microscope will be equipped with a field-emission SEM column, a high-resolution gallium-ion FIB column, an array of different electron […]
Faculty Make a Difference with Mentor Connection
Over the summer, a number of engineering faculty members and associates hosted high school juniors and seniors from across the world, welcoming them into research labs and providing mentorship that may nurture future engineering leaders. The 12-year old summer program, called the UConn Mentor Connection (MC), brings 70-75 students to campus each year for a […]
Engineering to Host Fall Career Fair
The School of Engineering will host its first school-wide Career Fair on Tuesday, October 28th and Wednesday, October 29th, 2008. The Tuesday event will take place in the Rome Commons Ballroom, and the Wednesday fair will be held in the Student Union Ballroom. The fair hours are noon until 4:00 p.m. both days. “This is […]