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Pursue your passion in the Riccio College of Engineering with its 8 BS majors; 19 MS/PhD programs; 10 4+1 BS/MS programs; 20 minors, certificates, concentrations, & flexible/hybrid options
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We're now the Riccio College of Engineering
Visionary leader Dan Riccio invests his expertise and $50 million to propel the college forward—our best days lie ahead!
Meet Dan Riccio
Dan Riccio ’86, ’24MS is a respected leader, recently retired from Apple Inc, who over the past three decades played a lead role in creating the most innovative products in the world. Riccio is "excited to make this gift and partner with UMass to take the College of Engineering to the next level...
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Team Led by Chemical Engineers Awarded $2 Million to Develop New Separation Membranes Inspired by Biological Cells
The multi-institutional effort led by UMass Amherst is positioned to have wide-reaching industry applications.
BME’s Jingjing Gao Awarded Grant from Alzheimer’s Association
Gao’s funded research aims to develop a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that boosts the brain’s own immune cells, called microglia.
UMass Amherst to Establish Nurse-Engineer Graduate Training Program With Nearly $3M NSF Grant
The new program builds the university’s rich tradition of interdisciplinary research between nursing and engineering.