Innovation
UMass Pilot Tests Alumni-created Innovative Trash and Recycling Sorting Robot
rStream, a robotics-based recycling startup founded by two College of Engineering alumni, returned to campus to pilot its newest recycling innovation.
UMass Research Wins Award for Technology that Removes PFAS from Water
The winning project is based on research by David Reckhow, research professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Julie Bliss Mullen.
UMass Amherst Nurse-Engineer Team Honored for Inventing IV Pole Designed to Improve Patient Safety
Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation’s robust research is helping to improve the usability of intravenous smart pumps.
ChE’s Neil Forbes and Colleagues Engineer Pioneering Bacterial Treatment for High-mortality Cancers
A UMass Amherst team uses non-toxic bacteria to fight high-mortality cancers such as pancreatic, liver, ovarian, and metastatic-breast tumors.
I-Corps Showcases a Half-decade of Entrepreneurial Innovation
I-Corps@UMass has triggered more than five years of progress “building an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem here at UMass and in the Pioneer Valley.”
Eric Swanson ‘82 Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Swanson co-invented optical coherence tomography, which had a transformative impact on ophthalmology and the detection of sight-impairing eye diseases.
ECE’s Jeremy Gummeson Collaborates with Four Other UMass Inventors to Patent a Loose-fitting “Smart” Textile
The invented textile enables comfortable, loose-fitting garments with flexible electronic components that can measure respiration, heartbeat, posture, and more.
UMass Named Partner Institution in $15 million NSF I-Corps Hub
The Hub will support researchers in Western Massachusetts as they translate their scientific discoveries into entrepreneurial ventures.
Liang Competes as Finalist in Innovation Challenge
Tristan Liang, a senior Electrical Engineering major, is one of four finalists participating in tonight's Innovation Challenge at 5:00 in Old Chapel.
ECE Alum Barun Kar Leads Auradine into the Future of Bitcoin
Kar is the co-founder and COO of Auradine, which promises to become a leader in web infrastructure solutions by “reimagining blockchain, A.I., and security.”
CEE’s Angelina Caggiano Wins the 2024 Traffic Control Device Student Challenge
The “GlowSafely” device, using motion-sensor technology and LED lights, enables drivers to spot cyclists and pedestrians in dark crosswalks and bike lanes.
MIE Students Bring Innovative Musical Shoe Concept to Life
For their senior capstone design project, a team of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering students brought an innovative musical shoe concept to life.