College Announces 2023 Outstanding Alumni
The College is proud to announce the recipients of its 2023 Outstanding Alumni Awards, including five Distinguished Alumni and five Outstanding Young Alumni.
BME’s Lauren Brown Wins Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
The NSF program supports outstanding early-career graduate students in STEM fields who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees at U.S. institutions.
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Awards BME Student Vibha Balaji a Prestigious Grant
The grant introduces high-achieving students to molecular imaging and targeted radiotherapy as a potential career path by supporting a related research project.
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Awards Stacyann Bailey a John Haddad Young Investigator Award
The award funded Bailey to attend the 2023 Advances in Mineral Metabolism annual meeting in Colorado and present her research on tumor-induced bone fragility.
Five College of Engineering Researchers Win Kudos in Health Tech Challenge
The prize-winners are launching startup companies with pioneering health technologies triggered by avant-garde research at UMass Amherst.
Trustees Award Tenure to Xiaohui “Frank” Zhang
Zhang is working to develop a mechanically switchable nanodevice for targeted drug therapy for ailments such as stroke, thrombosis, and viral infection.
Three College of Engineering Faculty Members Receive Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards
Siyuan Rao of BME, Wen Chen of MIE, and Fatima Anwar of ECE each win the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed award for young researchers.
Siyuan Rao Receives Prestigious AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award
Rao’s new project is part of her overall research to develop neuroengineering techniques to study the nervous system and neurological and psychiatric disorders.
CoE Undergrads Brown, Kelly, and Molom-Ochir Honored as Rising Researchers
UMass Amherst selects College of Engineering students Lauren Brown, Lauren Kelly, and Tergel Molom-Ochir for the fall 2022 class of Rising Researchers.
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.
Yu Chen’s NIH Grant Supports New Method That Will Accurately Predetermine the Viability of Donor Kidneys
Chen’s research aims to slash the number of deaths from lack of viable kidney transplant matches and to drive down the number of failed kidney transplants.
