College of Engineering

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin

Biden Administration Appoints Dr. Cato T. Laurencin to Selection Panel

Laurencin has been reappointed to the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI) Nomination Evaluation Committee.

heart muscle

Creating an “Adult-like” Mature Human Cardiac Tissue

Model developed by UConn and UCSF researchers to be used for myriad of applications, most notably to evaluate safety and efficacy of drugs on the cardiovascular system

Dr. Cato Laurencin in group portrait at awards ceremony

UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Honored at NAACP Spingarn Awards Dinner

Professor Cato T. Laurencin of the University of Connecticut was further recognized as the 106th Spingarn Medalist, the highest honor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

UConn Researcher Invents Low-Abundance Biomarker Detection Platform for Early Diagnosis

Yu Lei has created a technology that holds the potential to advance early-stage disease detection using biomarkers

Using Machine Learning to Identify Promising Polymer Membranes

Polymer membranes are commonly used in industry for the separation of gases like CO2 from flue gas and methane from natural gas. Over several decades, researchers have been studying various polymers to improve their permeability and usefulness but have hit a roadblock when it comes to testing them all in a quick and efficient manner--until now.

Pratt & Whitney Scholar, Jadon Gomez Stafford outside UConn School of Engineering.

Pratt & Whitney Scholar Comes Into His Own at UConn

'I have the opportunity to be myself here at UConn, to be the person I always wanted to be'

UConn students Robert Avena (left) and Sumeet Kadian (right) pose for a photo in front of the Hop River Trail tunnel in Bolton Notch State Park that runs under Interstate 384 in Bolton, CT

For Popular Trail, There’s Light at the End – and the Beginning, and the Middle – of the Tunnel

UConn students' Service Learning project will help make the Hop River Trail safer for the thousands of bikers and pedestrians who use it

Kristin Morgan Gait Lab

Gait Dynamics Offer UConn Researcher a Powerful Diagnostic Tool

Through NSF and NIH funding, biomedical engineering professor Kristin Morgan is applying her understanding of human movement to noninvasively diagnose neuromuscular and neurological impairments

UConn rising senior Hritish Bhargava poses with his VS1 rocket.

Rocket Science, Toothpaste, and Determination

Student combines engineering and entrepreneurship as he aims for the stars

An aerial photo of the gold cupola of the Wilbur Cross building as the sun rises in the horizon

Innovative Transportation Research Facility Envisioned for UConn’s Depot Campus

The facility would combine research, education, and economic development