College of Engineering
Don’t Get Soaked: Flood Damage Could Lessen if Cities Build Smarter
More pavement means more damage from floods
Bahram Javidi Named Finalist for Berthold Leibinger Innovation Award for COVID-19 Detection Device
UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of engineering Bahram Javidi has been named a finalist for the Berthold Leibinger Innovation Award for his rapid disease identification technology.
UConn Researcher Working with Naval Research Lab to Develop AI Decision Support Tools
UConn engineer Krishna Pattipati is developing optimization and machine learning algorithms for agile planning for the U.S. Navy through a grant from the Department of Defense.
UConn School of Engineering Unveils the Vergnano Institute for Inclusion, Supported by UConn Alumni Mark and Betsy Vergnano’s $3M Donation
The gift represents the largest diversity, equity, and inclusion investment in UConn School of Engineering history and is one of the largest single DEI investments in UConn
UConn Engineer Develops Lab-on-Paper SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic by CRISPR
Changchun Liu’s low-cost, easy-to-use device provides accurate results within an hour
UConn Researcher Performing Collaborative Research Assessing City Water Systems Resilience
Christine Kirchhoff is studying the effects of financial stress on decision-making by city government as it relates to essential services like drinking water.
Laurencin Named Fellow of The American Ceramic Society
The University of Connecticut School of Engineering is proud to announce that Professor Cato T. Laurencin, a faculty member in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering departments has been named a fellow of The American Ceramic Society.
Laurencin Named Fellow of The American Ceramic Society
In ceramics, Dr. Laurencin is a life member of the American Ceramic Society and has lectured on Bioceramics as the prestigious Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecturer of The American Ceramic Society and as the Rustum Roy Lecturer of The American Ceramic Society.
Dori-Hacohen joining UConn School of Engineering, transitions to CSO and Chair of Board of Startup
Dr. Shiri Dori-Hacohen will be joining the University of Connecticut School of Engineering in the Computer Science and Engineering Department starting August 2021 as a tenure-track assistant professor. She is currently the founder and CEO of Automated Controversy Detection, Inc. (AuCoDe), an AI-based startup that detects controversies and misinformation online and turns them into actionable intelligence. Dori-Hacohen founded AuCoDe in 2016, and the company has received over $1 million in funding from the National Science Foundation.
UConn Researchers Develop Cheap, Accurate Device to Diagnose COVID-19
How red blood cells and laser light offer the opportunity to make a rapid diagnosis