UMass Amherst Science Olympiad (UMASO) Wins Two “Sammies” Awards
UMASO, with four of its 11 student organizers from the CoE, hosts an annual Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament for high-school students in New England.
Center for Research on Families Issues Dissertation Award to BME’s Mousa Moradi
Moradi’s award-winning research is aimed at investigating the potential correlation between skin pigmentation and the accuracy of pulse oximetry readings.
MIE’s Lee and Liu Obtain Major NSF Grant to Explore Ballistic Metamaterials Steering Fast-Moving Microparticles
Their fundamental research could also trigger novel applications such as particle-sorting and selection processes in the industrial and public-health sectors.
Six College of Engineering Faculty Collaborate on Five Research Teams Getting Interdisciplinary Research Grants
The grants empower multidisciplinary teams of researchers to innovate at the interfaces of their expertise and thus have a transformative impact on our world.
Institute of Diversity Sciences Announces 2023-2024 Faculty and Student SLOAN Fellows
Engineers and computer scientists at UMass Amherst and UMass Boston have teamed up to help diversify STEM culture across the UMass system.
Chen, Sup, and Irwin Promoted to Full Professors
Provost Tricia Serio has approved the promotion of three faculty members from the College of Engineering to full professor with tenure.
Jun Yao, Derek Lovley, and Colleagues Make International News with Revolutionary “Air-gen” Research
The innovative research has demonstrated the ability to generate electricity reliably and continuously “from thin air” in what is called the “Air-gen effect.”
College of Engineering Announces New Accelerated BS/MS Degree Programs in Biomedical and Manufacturing Engineering, and a New Graduate Certificate in Decision Analytics
4+1 programs enable students to earn their MS and BS degrees in a combined effort, graduating with both in as few as five years.
Yanfei Xu Receives National Science Foundation Award to Study Thermal-transport Properties in Electrically Conductive Polymers
Xu's project studies the fundamental thermal-transport properties in polymers, bridging fundamental research to practical applications in thermal management.
Engineering Team Wins 2023 Armstrong Fund for Science Award
Cathal Kearney of BME and Govind Srimathveeravalli of MIE will work together to develop a new approach to speed the healing process in hard-to-heal wounds.