UMass Amherst Selects MIE’s David Schmidt as a 2025 Provost Professor
This honorific recognizes exceptional faculty achievements in research and teaching and comes with a $12,500 award in addition to campus-wide recognition.
MIE’s Xian Du and Students Awarded U.S. Patent for Breakthrough in High-speed Autofocus Control
Du’s invention offers transformative potential for quality control in advanced manufacturing, which relies heavily on the inline-process inspection, and beyond.
College of Engineering Announces New Certificate Programs in Aerospace Engineering and AI Engineering
The programs will allow students to gain knowledge and skills in the rapidly evolving fields of Aerospace Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Engineering.
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.
MIE’s Frank Sup and Erin Baker Win UMass Amherst ADVANCE Awards
Sup received an ADVANCE Peer Mentoring Award, while Baker was a member of the faculty team that won an Equitable Practices in Collaboration Award.
New Study Suggests that Simultaneously Burying Broadband and Electricity Could Be Worth Millions to People in MA Towns
Modeling data shows that upfront investments in co-undergrounding wires, particularly in outage-prone areas, can pay off.
New Study Reveals Polymers with Flawed Fillers Boost Heat Transfer in Plastics
The UMass Amherst-led team challenges the conventional wisdom that perfect fillers are better for making thermally conductive polymers.
UMass Pilot Tests Alumni-created Innovative Trash and Recycling Sorting Robot
rStream, a robotics-based recycling startup founded by two College of Engineering alumni, returned to campus to pilot its newest recycling innovation.
MIE’s Govind Srimathveeravalli Elected as Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology
This honor, achieved by only 15 percent of eligible SIR members, is bestowed on those who have demonstrated excellence in interventional radiology.
CoE Selects ChE’s Lauren Andrews and MIE’s Jim Lagrant for the College’s 2024-2025 Outstanding Teaching Award
The COTA recognizes excellence in teaching and honors individual faculty members at each of the university’s colleges for their instructional accomplishments.