College of Engineering

Douglas Family Establishes Scholarship

University of Connecticut alumni Joel S. and Heidi (Seifert) Douglas have established a scholarship for freshman engineering students, the Joel S. and Heidi S. Douglas Engineering Scholarship, which will be supported by their generous donation. Preference will be given to female students who graduated from eastern Connecticut high schools. “We are pleased to be able […]

Shidler Family Establishes Scholarship

Alumnus Douglas Shidler (B.S. Electrical Engineering, ’83) and his wife, Trish Shidler, have pledged funds to establish the Shidler Scholarship for Engineering. The scholarship will target full-time undergraduate engineering students who maintain good academic standing and are in need of financial support. Summarizing his family’s philosophy, Doug said “There is a time to learn, a […]

Chris Wall: Mixing Fun with Academic Challenges

Christopher Wall, a senior in Civil & Environmental Engineering, is proud of the fact that he has been actively involved in the Concrete Canoe Club for three consecutive years. As president of the club this year, Chris has rallied his UConn teammates to prepare early for the New England ASCE Concrete Canoe competition at Wentworth […]

Lauren Vitti Hones Leadership Skills within Engineering Sorority

While pursuing a challenging Engineering Physics/Materials Science major, fourth-year student Lauren Vitti still carves out time for her sorority, the six-year old Theta chapter of Phi Sigma Rho, a national engineering women’s social organization. At the UConn campus, Phi Sigma Rho affords female engineering students an academic and social support network that strengthens their sense […]

Distinguished Lecturers to Present Energy Vision

The School of Engineering is pleased to announce a Distinguished Lecture Series, Challenges for a New Energy Frontier. Click to view the article. (PDF)

25th Engineering Banquet to Honor Top Alumni and Students

Outstanding alumni and student scholars will be feted during the School of Engineering’s annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony on the evening of Tuesday, April 17 in the Lewis B. Rome ballroom located in the South Campus complex. The event is expected to draw nearly 700 alumni, corporate friends, sponsors, faculty, scholarship awardees and parents of […]

Alumni Reception Marks Year’s End

More than 75 UConn engineering alumni and faculty members celebrated the year’s successes during a gala reception held at The Bushnell on the evening of December 6. The event marked the conclusion of the year as well as the term of Interim Dean Erling Smith, who will return to regular faculty duties prior to taking […]

Engineering Alumni Web Pages Expanded

Visitors to our website will notice that we’ve upgraded the alumni pages to include more news options, an exciting new format for alumni reception events, and easy links for those who wish to donate or visit the UConn Alumni Association. Find our alumni website athttp://www.engr.uconn.edu/alumni. One appealing feature is the introduction of a photo album […]

Shaw Provides Leadership to Department in Transition

In August, Professor Montgomery Shaw was appointed Interim Head of the Department of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering (CMBE). The department emerged from the July 2006 merger of the formerly autonomous departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering. Dr. Shaw, who has served on the faculty for nearly three decades, is responsible for […]

Chandy Lands $538K Grant

Dr. John Chandy, assistant professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, was awarded a three-year, $538,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research in the area of computer storage subsystems. Dr. Chandy will seek to solve the problem of slow access times for network disk storage performance, which limit computer system performance. His […]