Riccio College of Engineering Innovation Day Reception
Sponsored by the Robert and Sandra Glass Innovation Fund
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Join us to celebrate the growing innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at the college, network with featured esteemed alumni leaders, and meet the newly appointed Riccio College of Engineering Faculty Innovation Fellows.
This is an invitation-only event. For more information please contact Neesha Andreadis at adandreadis [at] umass [dot] edu.
Program:
- 5:30 PM – Networking & Conversation
- 6:00 PM – Welcome Remarks
- 6:10 PM – Celebrating Excellence: Introducing Our Featured Alumni Innovators
- 6:20 PM – Spotlight Alumni Innovator: Eric Swanson, ’82 Alum, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
- 6:35 PM – Celebrating Excellence: Introducing Our 2025–26 Faculty Innovation Fellows
- 6:45 PM – Networking, Conversation, and Student Posters
- 7:45 PM – Closing
Enjoy light fare and refreshments.
Featured alumni innovators:
Eric Swanson, ’82, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Maura Lane Warner ’91 Chemical Engineering
Co-Founder and CEO, Sidereal Therapeutics, Inc.
Kristian DiMatteo ’93 Mechanical Engineering
COO & Co-Founder, CranioSense, Inc.
Ian Goodine ’21 Mechanical Engineering
Co-Founder, RStream
Ethan Walko ’21 Mechanical Engineering
Co-Founder, RStream
Steve Wolkenbreit ’73 Chemical Engineering
Co-Founder, Argotec
Eric Crawley ’89MS Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Start-Up Advisor and former Entrepreneur In Residence
Angelina Caggiano ’22, ’24MS, PhD Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering
Winner 2024 Traffic Control Device (TCD) Student Challenge
Second Place Winner 2022 Berthiaume Innovation or Technology Challenge
Steven Luby ’84, MS ’86 Mechanical Engineering
Former CEO of Vistagy
Tom Laramee, ’94, ’97MS Mechanical Engineering
Strategic tech advisor and Co-Founder, Zulily
Chris Leidel, ’04 MechE, ’09 MBA
Head of Cell and Gene Therapy Strategym, MilliporeSigma
Ken Brown ’81 Mechanical Engineering
(recently retired) Intel Corporation, Vice President, Photonic Packaging Development, Intel Data Center Group
This event is sponsored by the Robert and Sandra Glass Innovation Fund