College of Engineering
Full Speed Ahead: Using Additive Manufacturing to Repair Ships at Sea
A team of UConn engineers has now developed a way for a ship’s crew to pinpoint the exact location of any mechanical trouble on board, leading to valuable time saved.
New Materials Testing Apparatus Could Mean Money, Time Saved for Manufacturers
Dr. Pettes' invention could change the way manufacturers test materials in the hybrid and all-electric car industries.
Zhang and His Students Look To Advance Power Systems Into The Future
The lab’s most recent research, which focuses on national infrastructure, is looking to enhance the connectedness of the fractured U.S. grid system.
Tough Engineering Classes Forged These CEOS
The School of Engineering’s main classroom building produced an unusual number of CEOs from chemical engineering in the early ’80s.
Alumni News for January 2018
Three accomplished UConn School of Engineering alumni are moving up the career ladder at CTS Engines, Weston & Sampson, and Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Remembering Charles Knapp, an Engineering Icon
Professor Emeritus Charles Harris Knapp, 86, passed away at home on Thanksgiving Day surrounded by his family and loving wife of 62 years, Charleen Gaudet Knapp. Over the course of his 40-year career at UConn, Dr. Knapp enriched and shaped the lives of innumerable students and inspired an imperishable legacy, The Charles H. Knapp Associate […]
UConn Grad Student Takes Home Gold at National Engineering Conference
A PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut has received the Materials Research Society’s (MRS) Gold Graduate Student Award for its fall 2017 meeting. “It’s a huge honor. MRS is an esteemed organization and this meeting is one of the biggest conferences in the world for researchers in the field,” Sypek said. “To even be […]
Brownfield Remediation gets Groundswell of Support from UConn
Connecticut’s municipalities are dotted by hundreds of brownfield sites with remnants of toxic chemicals and industrial waste from years of unregulated activity. Federal and state assistance is available for cleanup, but the expertise and resources for the intensive process to secure those funds are not. UConn’s new Connecticut Brownfields Initiative aims to bring much-needed […]
Brownfield Remediation gets Groundswell of Support from UConn
Beginning next fall, students will be able to enroll in a class on grant proposal writing, regulatory and liability issues, site investigation and remediation, and other topics related to brownfield cleanup.
Supporting the Next Generation of Innovators
After announcing his $22.5 million commitment to foster innovation at UConn, donor Peter Werth attended presentations by student innovators at the newly named Peter J. Werth Residence Tower.