Student Life
Chemical Engineering Student Emanuelle Menezes Named 2026 HSF Scholar
Rising senior recognized by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund for her academic achievement, leadership, and professional promise.
MIE PhD Student Stephen Onyeukwu Receives Computational Social Science Institute Graduate Fellowship
Onyeukwu’s research as a CSSI Fellow will focus on how vehicle technologies and advanced automation devices shape the safety of road users and driver behavior.
UMass Rocket Team Excels in International Competition Debut
Competing against more than 140 university teams from around the world, the UMass Amherst Rocket Team finished 12th overall in its first appearance at IREC.
CBE PhD Graduate Yingjie Hang Wins ECS Sensor Division Student Research Award
Hang’s research adapts paper lateral flow test strips for more effective point-of-care usage and develops them as more sensitive, next-generation biosensors.
Undergraduate Researchers Win Two Awards for PFAS Environmental Justice Research
Their award-winning research examines environmental justice and health disparities through an analysis of “forever chemicals” as they affect Latino communities.
UMass Amherst Student Chapter of ASME Excels at National Design Competitions
The goal of these two nationwide ASME competitions was to design, engineer, build, and demonstrate prototypes that solve significant pre-determined challenges.
Mechanical Engineering Students Receive NASA Fellowships for Space Materials Research
The fellowships will support research on advanced polymers for future space exploration missions.
CEE Ph.D. Candidate Madison Galusha Participates in National CASE Workshop
The CASE Workshop engages STEM students in the interplay between science and federal policymaking through training sessions and meetings with lawmakers
MIE Students Present Their Capstone Projects During the 2026 Senior Design Showcase
The showcase highlights products from the MIE’s capstone course, which perfects seniors’ abilities to plan, organize, and execute engineering-design projects.
ECE’s Christopher Kniss and Elise Polizzi Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
This National Science Foundation program recognizes and supports outstanding students pursuing research-based graduate STEM degrees.
Graduate Student Highlight: Jiteshri Dasari
Dasari came to UMass Amherst to pursue deeper research in formal verification of digital hardware, building on her time working in the semiconductor industry.
Commencement 2026 Recap
The College of Engineering Class of 2024 was honored with commencement ceremonies and activities on May 17 and 18.