College of Engineering

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UConn Students Pitch Tech Startups at Semester-End Showcase

UConn students from across campus formed teams to tackle real-world problems with innovative technology solutions.

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Senior Design Project Aims for the Sky

Students design user-enabled flight mode to help remote pilots maintain energy-efficient flight

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Seeing Is Believing: UConn’s Materials Library Helps Student Researchers Weigh Options

The library houses a collection of raw, manufactured, and reclaimed materials from all over the world that go into the built environment around us

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For Entrepreneurs, Mistakes and Losing are Critical for Winning

Students gained personal insights from founders who have successfully launched startups in climate, energy, manufacturing, and AI

Millenia Polanco '22

Polanco ’22 (ENG) Returns to the College of Engineering as an Impact Fellow

Millenia Polanco aims to broaden access to engineering education and empower underrepresented communities through research, coaching, and community engagement

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Engineering Students Excel at UConn Stamford’s First Senior Design Day

Students shared their solutions for museum collection organization, social meetups, using AI to help file taxes, gameified startup pitches, online dating that prioritizes personality, and supporting investors

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Senior Design Team Develops Personalized Breast Self-Exam Virtual Reality Training Simulator

A haptic glove uses a sophisticated combination of microprocessors, balloons, and air pumps to exert force onto the fingertips, simulating the feeling of a breast exam.

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CoE Group Shares Fuel Cell Aviation Research, Networks at DOE Energy Summit

A UConn team joined energy scientists, technologists, engineers, and industry leaders at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Innovation Summit to collaborate on the future of energy innovation

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The Invasive Processes of Scar Tissue

Looking at placenta accreta, UConn researchers come closer to understanding the implications of scars

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Nursing and Engineering Innovation Forum Highlights Interdisciplinary Work

'Just one conversation can open the door'