Francis Vasquez Wins Best Poster at IEEE ITherm 2026
Research from the Nanoscale Imaging and Transport Lab led by Prof. Georges Pavlidis points to a lower-cost way to keep next-generation power electronics cool. Francis Vasquez received the Best On-Site Poster Award in the component-level thermal management track at IEEE ITherm 2026, held May 26–29 in Orlando, Florida. He competed against 60 other students […]
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On the Right Track with Formula SAE Team
by Julie (Stagis) Bartucca ’10 (BUS, CLAS), ’19 MBA Can Formula Racing Open Doors for Students? The first time he visited UConn, it was pouring rain. It’s an understatement to say Jake Gannon was not sold on the University. “After that, I didn’t really want to go to UConn,” says Gannon ’27 (ENG). Still, he […]
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Prof. Chao Hu Named 2025 Associate Editor of the Year by the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
The award recognizes sustained excellence in editorial service in the volume, quality, and speed of the peer review. ME Associate Professor Dr. Chao Hu has been selected as a 2025 Associate Editor of the Year for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD). The award recognizes Associate Editors who have made outstanding contributions to the […]
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Chang Liu Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
by Sarah Redmond. His research could improve the efficiency and reliability of technologies ranging from aircraft and transportation systems to electronics cooling and data centers Mechanical engineering assistant professor Chang Liu has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the agency’s highest honor supporting early-career faculty who […]
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Anna Tarakanova Recognized by ASME For Early Career Achievements
Her central contribution is the development of rigorous multiscale frameworks that connect molecular structure, statistical mechanics, and macroscopic behavior across complex materials. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has recently recognized a UConn College of Engineering faculty member for her early career contributions in advancing mechanical characterization and multiscale description of biomaterials. School […]
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Seung Yeon’s NSF CAREER Award in Micro- and Nanoscale Manufacturing
by Sarah Redmond. SeungYeon Kang has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for her work on transforming how microscopic electronic devices are built. SeungYeon Kang, an assistant professor in the UConn School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, is working to transform how microscopic electronic devices are built. This research could help power a new […]
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Farhad Imani Wins NSF CAREER Award to Build Manufacturing Systems That Think
by Sarah Redmond. Automation dominates modern factories, but much of it still breaks when parts vary, damage is uncertain, and expert judgement is required. Farhad Imani’s project targets this failure by developing robotic manufacturing systems that can sense change and adapt in real time. A critical challenge is emerging in manufacturing: how to repair and restore […]
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Embracing Uncertainty For Stronger Engineering Systems
by Claire Galvin Many real-world systems—from materials to infrastructure—contain a mix of order and randomness, a concept known as stochasticity A few years after receiving the National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, UConn College of Engineering Assistant Professor Hongyi Xu is demonstrating how embracing uncertainty can lead to stronger, smarter engineering systems. Xu’s research focuses on a simple, but challenging, fact, which is that not […]
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UConn team wins award to test robots in the Stratosphere!
With support from the New York Consortium for Space Technology, UConn and Union College will collaborate to complete a mission for high altitude balloon testing of solid-state actuator used to augment glove functionality for astronauts, as well as a spintronic thermal sensor for space structures. Conducting high altitude balloon testing provides experiential learning to graduate […]
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