Fourth Annual Women in STEM Conference Gains Traction
The Women in STEM expo is the first event sponsored by the Jeanine Armstrong Gouin Initiative for Women in Leadership at UConn Engineering.
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Xu Receives the ASME Young Investigator Award
Dr. Xu received the 2024 ASME Design Automation Young Investigator Award in recognition of his research at the intersection of Microstructure Material Design, design for Additive Manufacturing, Design of Mixed Stochasticity Structural Systems, and Uncertainty Quantification.
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Driven to Succeed: UConn Formula SAE Makes History with 4th Place Win
The annual competition, organized by SAE International, challenges students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop, and compete with high performance “formula” vehicles. The UConn Formula SAE team is revved up after earning a record-breaking ranking. During a three-day competition at Michigan International Speedway May 8-11, UConn competed against 118 other national and international teams and placed […]
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Prof. Thanh Nguyen Named to the National Academy of Inventors List
Two UConn professors ventured on an unfamiliar journey that took them from the depths of their science labs to the complexities of technology entrepreneurship. One of these professors was Thanh D. Nguyen! In March, they learned their perseverance paid off: Raman Bahal, Pharmaceutical Sciences associate Professor, and Thanh D. Nguyen, Mechanical and Biomedical engineering associate […]
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George Matheou’s Art on Display at the National Academy of Sciences
Clouds strongly interact with solar radiation and as a result small changes in cloud cover have big impact on the Earth’s surface temperature. Currently, the effects of clouds are one of the largest sources of uncertainty in climate projections. Recent computer technology, however, is enabling scientists and engineers to create cloud simulations in controlled environments. […]
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We Welcome 3 New Faculty: Profs. Chisthy, Duduta, and Liu
Dr. Wajid Chishty joined our school as an in-residence Full Professor in January 2023. In the realm of academia, Dr. Wajid Chishty has consistently demonstrated exceptional accomplishments. He earned his MBA in Finance from The University of Karachi in 1991, followed by an MS degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1996. […]
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Chih-Jen (Jackie) Sung receives the Prestigious 2024 AIAA Energy Systems Award
Prof. Jackie Sung was awarded the 2024 AIAA Energy Systems Award for his significant contribution in the broad field of energy systems, and specifically for his outstanding contributions to flame dynamics and low-temperature chemistry for developing fuel-flexible, ultra-low emission, efficient combustion energy systems using conventional and alternative fuels. He will be recognized during the 2024 […]
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Gel Repairs Cartilage Without Surgery, With Electricity
by Kim Krieger – UConn Communications Instead of requiring surgery to insert a solid scaffold, the gel could be simply injected into the knee, a much less invasive procedure A lifetime of activity can gradually erode the cartilage that cushions our joints. Someday, we might simply inject a gel to repair it, University of Connecticut […]
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We Are Now the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering
Dear UConn Mechanical Engineering Alumni, Friends, and Colleagues, I am thrilled to announce that, effective today, November 1, 2023, our department of mechanical engineering has become the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering that is part of UConn’s new College of Engineering. This marks a significant milestone in our department’s academic evolution and represents the logical progression in […]
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