Breña Receives Curriculum Development Award from PCI
Dr. Sergio F. Breña recently received a curriculum development award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Foundation.
Jeannine Blake Receives eFellows Award from American Society for Engineering Education
MIE postdoctoral researcher Jeannine Blake has been awarded a fellowship from the American Society for Engineering Education to study IV smart pumps.
Cathal Kearney Receives $1.91 Million NIH Grant for Tissue Engineering Research
Cathal Kearney, an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department, has been awarded a grant of $1.91 million from the NIH.
Yao and Colleagues Publish Paper in Science Advances Describing Pioneering Sensors for Cardiac Tissue
A research team led by Jun Yao has invented nano-electronic sensors capable of probing electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue.
Joseph Bardin Wins IEEE Microwave Magazine Best Paper Award
Joseph Bardin, a professor in the UMass Amherst Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, has won the IEEE Microwave Magazine Best Paper Award.
PhD Student Shao-Hsiang Hung Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Hung is developing a non-toxic manufacturing process for separation membranes that can be used in everything from water purification to kidney dialysis.
Breña and Peterman Receive $397,767 Grant to Develop Techniques to Improve Performance of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings During Earthquakes
CEE researchers will study better ways to retrofit older reinforced buildings so that communities often subjected to earthquakes can return quickly to normal.
NSF Awards Balasubramanian $502,159 to Improve the Healthcare of Patients with Complex Medical and Social Needs
Hari Balasubramanian is working with a coalition in New Jersey to better deliver care to patients facing physical, mental, and socio-economic challenges.
Jinglei Ping Receives Air Force DURIP Award
MIE Assistant Professor Jinglei Ping obtains Air Force instrumentation grant to purchase an essential atomic-scale, thin-film processing system for $150,000.
Casey Brown Appointed as Provost Professor
Casey Brown of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has been named by Provost John McCarthy as one of six UMass Amherst Provost Professors.