Deanna Conti Receives NASA Space Grant Fellowship to Transform Kapton Thermal Insulators into Heat Conductors
MIE M.S. Student will develop Kapton, a commercially available polyimide from Dupont, into heat conductors for advanced applications in aeronautics and space.
Erin Baker Publishes Paper on a “Just Energy Transition” in PLOS Climate
Baker’s paper focuses on how the energy research process can be harnessed to ensure an equitable, technology informed, clean-energy transition.
Erin Baker Publishes Paper on a “Just Energy Transition” in PLOS Climate
Baker’s paper focuses on how the energy research process can be harnessed to ensure an equitable, technology informed, clean-energy transition.
Ashwin Ramasubramaniam Obtains Collaborative Grant to Develop Superior, Ultracompact, On-chip Spectrometers
Ramasubramaniam and collaborators will create enhanced mid-infrared spectrometers for critical uses in biomedical, security, and industrial applications.
Meghan Huber and Wouter Hoogkamer Receive $612,700 NIH Trailblazer Award to Develop Robotic Footwear
An interdisciplinary team of UMass researchers, including Dr. Meghan Huber of MIE, has been awarded an NIH grant to develop novel portable, robotic footwear.
Three College of Engineering Faculty Members Receive Manning/IALS Innovation Awards
Dr. Mariana Lopes of CEE, Dr. Juan Jiménez of MIE, and Dr. Chul Park of CEE have received awards of up to $100,000 each to pursue translational research.
Yeonsik Noh Works on Team Converting Discarded CDs into Wearable Biosensors
Researchers invent a non-toxic, inexpensive process that upcycles little-used music technology into health-monitoring sensors and solves a major waste issue.
Yubing Sun Receives NIH Award to Develop Superior Brain Organoids
Sun’s grant will enhance brain organids, which are powerful tools to study fundamental mechanisms underlying human brain development and neurological disorders.
BusinessWest Celebrates the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
BusinessWest has recognized the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation as part of its Healthcare Heroes series.
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.