Student Life
Seneviratne Selected as Class of 2025 Student Speaker
Salani Seneviratne has been selected as the Class of 2025 student speaker for this year’s Senior Recognition Ceremony, on May 16th in the Mullins Center.
MIE Undergrads Ben Hyjek and Flo Sabatini Win First Prize in Innovation Challenge Final
MIE seniors team up with students from the College of Information and Computer Sciences to win $35,000 for their sustainable smartwatch technology.
UMass Amherst Hosts ASCE Northeast Regional Student Symposium
Approximately 400 students from 20 different universities gathered on campus for the symposium.
UMass Amherst Sweeps Student Awards at 2025 Safe Mobility Conference
An international panel of academic judges reviewed the posters, which showcased innovative research aimed at improving transportation safety and mobility.
UMass Amherst NSBE Student Chapter Wins Award at Annual Convention
The UMass Amherst NSBE student chapter won the Region 1 Large Collegiate Chapter Award—their first time receiving a regional award.
CEE's Florence Dadzoe Wins Award at the Society of Risk Analysis Conference
Dadzoe received the award for her abstract, titled “Prioritization of Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Considering Social Equity.”
CEE's Amma Agyekum Wins Poster Award
Amma Agyekum, a CEE PhD student, has received a Competitive Student Poster Award at the 2024 Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting.
MIE’s Georges Chebly Wins a “Finish Strong Honors Thesis Award” from Commonwealth Honors College
Chelby is an MIE undergraduate in the Dynamic and Autonomous Robotic Systems Lab doing research on robot design, fabrication, and motor control.
Spring Career Fairs for Engineering Majors
The College and the University will be hosting several career fairs this semester.
CEE’s Angelina Caggiano Publishes Paper on “Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons” in Journal of Safety Research
Pedestrian hybrid beacons serve to control traffic at unsignalized locations to assist pedestrians in crossing streets or highways at marked crosswalks.
ChE Ph.D. Student Siqi Chen Publishes and Presents “Spotlight” Paper at AI Conference
The paper presents a new framework to boost computation-aided design of large functional materials “with manageable accuracy, complexity, and interpretability.”
ChE Senior Claire Walko Wins Outstanding Presentation Award
Walko won the award at the 2024 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium for her presentation on a promising new approach for greener production of ammonia.