Congratulations to the 2026 Riccio College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award recipients! These eleven alumni exemplify innovation, dedication, and leadership, using their engineering expertise to shape a better future in Massachusetts and beyond. Learn more: www.umass.edu/engineering/...

“The Arctic Ocean is the least studied and it’s the coldest—and we don’t know how it’s changing,” says Colin Gleason, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. Under a new NASA grant, he will lead an effort to help address this knowledge gap. www.umass.edu/news/article...

How do you detect dangerous immune responses in real time? Prof. Guangyu Xu just patented a rapid cytokine sensor that could monitor inflammatory biomarkers in minutes, an advance with potential impact on critical care and precision medicine. https://www.umass.edu/engineering/news/guangyu-xu-patent

Congratulations to Govind Srimathveeravalli, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and director of the Center for Personalized Health Monitoring, who has been named a Senior Member of the 2026 Class of the National Academy of Inventors. www.umass.edu/news/article...

Prof. Shannon Roberts is among the researchers using a driving simulator to understand driving behaviors, road infrastructure, and automation. @boston25news.com has the inside look. https://bit.ly/4rLRLbi

From "shredding" dangerous proteins to reprogramming cancer cells for normal function, researchers in the Riccio College of Engineering at UMass Amherst latest work could pave the way for personalized therapies against cancer and other immunological diseases. umass.edu/news/article...

Old-school tech, new-school breakthrough! A team led by Riccio College of Engineering Prof. Qiangfei Xia is tackling a major tech problem using analog computing and a classic component called the memristor. www.umass.edu/news/article...

The future of bridge repair may look less like beams and welding and more like high-tech spray paint—a new additive manufacturing technique developed by UMass Amherst researchers involves spraying high-velocity metal powder particles to coat sections of a steel beam. www.umass.edu/news/article...

WWET Lab joined the Hitchcock Harvest: A Celebration of Sustainability to share our poster “From Rain to Tap”, highlighting the Hitchcock Center’s net-positive water system and future innovations in sustainable water treatment!💧🌿 @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations to @umassinforms.bsky.social on receipt of the Cum Laude Award at the @informs.bsky.social conference in Atlanta! The ceremony was wonderful. Proud of this student chapter, which is a great collaboration between the @isenbergumass.bsky.social and the @umassengineering.bsky.social!

ChE Professor Sarah Perry is the principal investigator on a four-year, $636,834 award from the NSF to support her groundbreaking research to engineer materials that can modify the assembly of surfactants to improve the usefulness of numerous nano-scale structures. www.umass.edu/engineering/...

ECE Professor Wayne Burleson is a co-principal investigator on a five-year, $3,500,000 award from the National Science Foundation to support a trailblazing, five-institution project that promises to address several security threats related to neural implants. www.umass.edu/engineering/...

Congratulations to Jonathan Rothstein, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering @umassamherst.bsky.social, on being named a 2025 American Physical Society Fellow! www.umass.edu/news/article...

A team of UMass Amherst engineers has created an artificial neuron with electrical functions that closely mirror those of biological ones. The discovery means that we could see immensely efficient, biology-inspired computers that interface directly with living cells. www.umass.edu/news/article...

Researchers from UMass Amherst—including Meghan Huber, assistant professor of mechanical engineering—have received a grant from the NSF to define the primary mathematical components of running. Compared to walking, much less is understood about agile movement. www.umass.edu/news/article...

Amazing lecture by Prof. Raskin (@lutraskin.bsky.social), this year’s Distinguished Feng Lecturer. Thanks for joining us at UMass! @umassengineering.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Research and Education Division has named Professor Michael Knodler of the UMass Amherst Civil and Environmental Engineering Department as its new president.

UMass Amherst researchers—including Mario Parente, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering—have helped identify a new mineral on Mars, giving more insight into possible life on the planet.

We heard from @informs.bsky.social that our @umassinforms.bsky.social Student Chapter will receive the Cum Laude Award at the #INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta. This chapter is a great collaboration betw @isenbergumass.bsky.social & @umassengineering.bsky.social! More: websites.umass.edu/umassinf/

We are so excited to have been awarded $2M from the @NSF #DMREF program to develop bio-inspired membranes in collaboration with @schiffmanlab.bsky.social, Charles Sing, Cecilia Leal, Viviana Monje, and Jeffrey Ethier! www.umass.edu/news/article...

Historic News! Dan Riccio ’86, ’24MS has committed $50 million to the College of Engineering which will now be known as the Daniel J. Riccio Jr. College of Engineering. Learn more about this extraordinary gift: www.umass.edu/gateway/ricc...

Assistant Professor Jingjing Gao of UMass Amherst Biomedical Engineering Department has received an award of $200,000 from the Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant program to support her research into a novel Alzheimer’s treatment.

Paul Siqueira, professor of electrical and computer engineering @umassamherst.bsky.social, is the ecosystems lead for NISAR, which launched last week. This satellite will observe nearly all of Earth’s land and ice surfaces two times every 12 days, detecting centimeter-level changes.

At UMass Amherst, engineering is more than a discipline—it’s a tool for solving real-world problems. Through the university’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, undergraduate students apply their knowledge and creativity to make a tangible difference in communities both locally and globally.

UMass Amherst has joined the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)—a nationwide partnership of universities that have the shared mission to graduate engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Congratulations to Vibha Balaji for winning the @snmmi-pidsc.bsky.social Best Poster Award (1st Place) and Fan Yang for a great oral presentation at the @snm-mi.bsky.social conference! Ziyuan Zhou & Bowen Lei did excellent work on their virtual posters. #BIDSLab @umassengineering.bsky.social

The Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW) recently held a Summer Education Accelerator for faculty, lab staff, postdocs, and students from across the country to participate in an intensive course of study on the UMass Amherst campus. www.umass.edu/engineering/...

Big congrats to Faye, Alanna & Josh on their graduation! We're so proud of everything you've accomplished at WWET Lab and excited to see what’s next. Read more on our website: www.wwetlab.com/2025/05/22/f... @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations to BME PhD candidate Vibha Balaji, who recently received the Alavi-Mandell Award for her paper on “Artificial Intelligence for PET and SPECT Image Enhancement,” published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine!

Faye Kuszewski representing the @mcbeathlab.bsky.social at #AEESP2025. Presenting to a packed room about the unforeseen consequences of toxic disinfection byproduct formation during the electrochemical treatment of textile dye wastewater.

The student startup features pioneering kinetic-energy-harvesting technology that the budding entrepreneurs hope will “revolutionize the wearable-technology industry.”

Great UMass Amherst faculty representation at #AEESP2025! Many more students, postdoc and staff also in attendance. @aeesprofs.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations @umasschemeng.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social #Classof2025!!!

🎉 WWET Lab wrapped up the term with a group celebration before summer! Huge congrats to Faye and Alanna on their graduation—we’re so proud of you both! 🥳💧 @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations to the UMass Rocket Team, which was recently featured as the NASA Image of the Day!

Congrats to Alanna and Faye for successfully defending their MS thesis this week! Very proud of the work they've done in the @mcbeathlab.bsky.social. They have made a big impact @umassamherst.bsky.social, and both will soon be starting their next journey in industry! @umassengineering.bsky.social

How #utilities choose which power source to invest in depends in large part on two key aspects: price and reliability. Scholars explain: buff.ly/asR6XC6 #energy #greenenergy By @erinbakerenergy.bsky.social and Paola Pimentel Furlanetto @umassamherst.bsky.social

The 2025 Safe Mobility Conference, held last week at the University of Wisconsin, has announced the winners of its Student Poster Competition. In a remarkable achievement, UMass Amherst students secured all three top honors in this prestigious, peer-reviewed event. www.umass.edu/engineering/...

Last month, the UMass Amherst National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) student chapter attended the 50th Annual NSBE Convention in Chicago, where they won the Region 1 Large Collegiate Chapter Award—their first time receiving a regional award. www.umass.edu/engineering/...

So proud of the work that @umasschemeng.bsky.social senior Yaozu Chen has done during his time in the group! Congratulations on winning the @umassamherst.bsky.social Rising Researcher Award! www.umass.edu/gateway/rese...

rStream, a robotics-based recycling startup founded by two recent College of Engineering alumni, returned to campus to pilot its newest recycling innovation: a mobile trailer that uses AI to separate trash and recycling. www.umass.edu/news/article...

Through the new BEAM program, @umassamherst.bsky.social biomedical engineering undergraduates conduct translational research in a clinical setting at UMass Chan Medical School.

A nurse-engineer team at @umassamherst.bsky.social has been honored with an ANA (American Nurses Association) Innovation Award for inventing a new intravenous (IV) pole designed to improve the safety and ease of administering IV medications at the hospital bedside.