Jessica Schiffman Receives NSF Grant for the Sustainable Manufacture of Polymer Membranes for Water Purification
Schiffman will use NSF grant funds to produce polymer membranes through a sustainable manufacturing process that for the first time is free from toxic solvents.
Friederike Jentoft Works with Technion in Israel to Develop Greener Catalysis Processes
NSF-BSF grant supports research into revolutionary catalysts that can play a key function in a sustainable chemical industry that minimizes carbon emissions.
Four College of Engineering Teams Win UMass ADVANCE Seed Grants
The teams will receive seed grants and abundant logistical aid from the ADVANCE program to help them apply for external support based on their funded research.
Nianqiang Wu and Qiangfei Xia Make Annual List of World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers
List of “Highly Cited Researchers” places Wu and Xia among global researchers “who have demonstrated exceptional influence through their published papers.”
Wei Fan Works on Research Team Developing Pioneering Catalysts for Producing Carbon-neutral Biofuels
The research of Fan and colleagues on how zeolite crystals form “is critical for learning how to make the materials of the future for combating climate change.”
Four Engineering Faculty Chosen as 2022-2023 ADVANCE Faculty Fellows
Cornelison, Gao, Jiménez, and Kulkarni become UMass ADVANCE Fellows working to improve the equity, inclusion, and success of faculty members in engineering.
REUs Bring Students to Campus for Summer Research and Mentorship
Two Research Experience for Undergraduates ran at UMass Engineering over the summer of 2022 and a third has recently been approved for NSF funding.
College of Engineering Welcomes 8 Talented New Faculty Members
Beginning in September of 2022, 8 skilled academics are arriving on campus to strengthen the exceptional faculty at the College of Engineering.
PhD Student Shao-Hsiang Hung Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Hung is developing a non-toxic manufacturing process for separation membranes that can be used in everything from water purification to kidney dialysis.
Jessica Schiffman Receives Inaugural Gary Lapidus Faculty Fellowship
Jessica Schiffman of the Chemical Engineering Department has been named the first recipient of the Gary Lapidus Faculty Fellowship in Chemical Engineering.
