Student Life

BME’s Vy Do and ECE’s Robert Kwolek were chosen as Rising Researchers, a program that acknowledges the most talented undergraduate researchers on campus.

At its annual meeting in November, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers recognized 12 members of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department.

 The UMass Amherst team (including members from Mount Holyoke College) was among the 30 schools selected for the College Wind Competition 2026.

In addition, eight UMass INFORMS students make research presentations, including talks by three INFORMS officers from the Riccio College of Engineering. 

The Women in Chemical Engineering Travel Award supports female graduate students and others to attend the AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston in November.

The award honors Mahankal for her work in the lab of CEE Professor Sarah Perry as applied to drug discovery, disease modeling, and personalized medicine.

Lombardi and colleagues work in ECE Associate Professor Jun Yao’s lab and help market Yao’s pioneering “Air-Gen” technology that harvests energy from thin air.

Erika Elston is preparing for a career in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, a path that has been shaped by her hands-on engineering experience at UMass.

Bharadwaj Madabhushi, a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is building a career at the intersection of academic research and industry.

Sheila Ariana was awarded the O. H. Ammann Research Fellowship by the American Society of Civil Engineers for the creation of new structural design knowledge.

As part of the award, Ashikuzzaman presented his offshore wind research at the 74th Annual Denver X-ray Conference.

The NASA event marked the conclusion of the nine-month challenge in which teams designed, built, and launched rockets carrying scientific payloads.