Research

The award recognizes Krishnamurty for outstanding research excellence and contributions in the discipline of computers and information in engineering.

MIE Assistant Professor Jinglei Ping obtains Air Force instrumentation grant to purchase an essential atomic-scale, thin-film processing system for $150,000.

Hari Balasubramanian is working with a coalition in New Jersey to better deliver care to patients facing physical, mental, and socio-economic challenges. 

CEE researchers will study better ways to retrofit older reinforced buildings so that communities often subjected to earthquakes can return quickly to normal. 

Dr. Mariana Lopes of CEE, Dr. Juan Jiménez of MIE, and Dr. Chul Park of CEE have received awards of up to $100,000 each to pursue translational research.

Hung is developing a non-toxic manufacturing process for separation membranes that can be used in everything from water purification to kidney dialysis. 

A research team led by Jun Yao has invented nano-electronic sensors capable of probing electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue.

Sun’s grant will enhance brain organids, which are powerful tools to study fundamental mechanisms underlying human brain development and neurological disorders.

Baker’s paper focuses on how the energy research process can be harnessed to ensure an equitable, technology informed, clean-energy transition. 

Ramasubramaniam and collaborators will create enhanced mid-infrared spectrometers for critical uses in biomedical, security, and industrial applications. 

Joseph Bardin, a professor in the UMass Amherst Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, has won the IEEE Microwave Magazine Best Paper Award.

Two Research Experience for Undergraduates ran at UMass Engineering over the summer of 2022 and a third has recently been approved for NSF funding.