Academics
ChE Lecturer Dandan Xu Puts the Zing in Chemical Engineering Courses by Gamifying Student Presentations
Xu also experiments with different interactive tools and game-based setups designed to boost student participation and enhance learning outcomes.
MIE’s Fall Semester Senior Design Showcase Highlights Novel and Creative Projects
The competition rewards student teams for capturing customer needs, converting them to engineering specs, and applying optimal engineering analysis and design.
Biomedical Engineering Program Receives ABET Accreditation
The bachelor’s degree program offered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering has been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
CESL Selects ChE’s Anna Marie LaChance as Faculty Fellow to Enhance Her Course on Polymer Processing
LaChance will integrate climate-justice principles into STEM learning and involve students in local communities to educate them in socially sound plastics use.
College of Engineering Announces New Accelerated BS/MS Degree Programs in Biomedical and Manufacturing Engineering, and a New Graduate Certificate in Decision Analytics
4+1 programs enable students to earn their MS and BS degrees in a combined effort, graduating with both in as few as five years.
BME’s Lauren Brown Wins Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
The NSF program supports outstanding early-career graduate students in STEM fields who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees at U.S. institutions.
Breña Receives Curriculum Development Award from PCI
Dr. Sergio F. Breña recently received a curriculum development award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Foundation.
Oliver Arukwe Receives BRiDGE to Education Award
UMass Amherst BRiDGE Program honors Chemical Engineering undergraduate Oliver Arukwe with its BRiDGE to Education Award.
Chemical Engineering Faculty Peng Bai and Ashish Kulkarni Awarded Prestigious CAREER Grants
Peng Bai and Ashish Kulkarni receive prestigious five-year grants through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) program.
Blair Perot Patents Pioneering Airfoils to Make Wind Farms More Efficient
Professor Blair Perot and his collaborator have been awarded a U.S. Patent for a “Wind Turbine Airfoil Structure for Increasing Wind Farm Efficiency.”
ChE Professor Shelly Peyton Named a UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar
Peyton's research revolves around crucial questions: Where, how, and why does breast cancer spread?
ChE G.R.A.S.S. – R. Morgan Whitfield (Jentoft Group) and Timothy Umma Onuh (Butler Group)
G.R.A.S.S. – R. Morgan Whitfield (Jentoft Group) and Timothy Umma Onuh (Butler Group)