Riccio College of Engineering Innovation Day Reception

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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