Research
The Agility Equation: Discovering the Math of Human Movement for Robotic and Advanced Footwear Technologies
UMass Amherst researchers have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to define the primary mathematical components of running.
UMass Engineers Create First Artificial Neurons That Could Directly Communicate With Living Cells
Built of low-powered protein nanowires, made from bacteria, these neurons open the door to vastly more efficient, bio-inspired computers.
UMass Researchers Help ID New Mineral on Mars, Providing Insight on the Red Planet’s Potential to Have Supported Life
Identifying the mineral on Mars’ surface has eluded scientists for decades.
BME Researchers Serve on Team That Publishes Pioneering Paper in Nature Communications
The researchers developed a novel “Graphene-Mediated Optical Stimulation” platform with applications in neurodevelopment, disease treatment, robotics, and more.
CEE’s Simos Gerasimidis Receives Mutual Mentoring Micro Grant
The grant supports research between Gerasimidis of UMass Amherst and faculty at MIT to strengthen cross-institutional and cross-departmental collaboration.
Team Led by Chemical Engineers Awarded $2 Million to Develop New Separation Membranes Inspired by Biological Cells
The multi-institutional effort led by UMass Amherst is positioned to have wide-reaching industry applications.
MIE and Kinesiology Postdoc Mark Price Wins Prestigious President’s Choice Award
Price’s prize-winning poster explained his research on pioneering adjustable-compliance footwear to enable neurologically impaired people to improve mobility.
NSF Grants ECE’s Jun Yao and Two Colleagues $1.5-million Award to Harvest Clean Energy from Thin Air
The technology promises next-generation power for wearable electronics, the Internet of Things, biomedical devices, autonomous microsystems, and much more.
BME’s Jingjing Gao Awarded Grant from Alzheimer’s Association
Gao’s funded research aims to develop a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that boosts the brain’s own immune cells, called microglia.
CEE’s Emily Kumpel Begins Fulbright Research on Intermittent Water Supplies
Kumpel is working as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar while collaborating with academic researchers in India to study water-distribution reliability in that country.
UMass Amherst to Establish Nurse-Engineer Graduate Training Program With Nearly $3M NSF Grant
The new program builds the university’s rich tradition of interdisciplinary research between nursing and engineering.
CEE’s Nicholas Tooker Receives Fulbright Fellowship to Teach Coursework on Water and Wastewater Treatment in Kenya
Tooker’s goal is to teach environmental courses at the University of Nairobi and further strengthen the relationship between that institution and UMass Amherst.