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The Riccio College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
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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!💧🌿
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November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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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!
October 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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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.

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ChE’s Sarah Perry Receives $636,834 NSF Award : Riccio College of Engineering : UMass Amherst
This NSF project will benefit society by establishing a class of biology-inspired materials for use across chemical, agricultural, and industrial applications.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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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.

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ECE’s Wayne Burleson Serves as Co-PI on NSF Award to Counteract “Brain-jacking” and Other Security Threats in Neural Implants : Riccio College of Engineering : UMass Amherst
This pioneering project will greatly improve many safety, security, human health, and wellness functions related to existing and future neural-implant devices.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Congratulations to Jonathan Rothstein, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering @umassamherst.bsky.social, on being named a 2025 American Physical Society Fellow!

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Jonathan Rothstein Named Fellow of the American Physical Society | UMass Amherst
Rothstein, Distinguished Professor and interim head of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, has been named a 2025 American Physical Society Fellow for pioneering advancements in fl...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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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.
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UMass Engineers Create First Artificial Neurons That Could Directly Communicate With Living Cells | UMass Amherst
A team of UMass Amherst engineers announced the creation of an artificial neuron with electrical functions that closely mirror those of biological ones.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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.

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The Agility Equation: Discovering the Math of Human Movement for Robotic and Advanced Footwear Technologies | UMass Amherst
Compared to walking, much less is understood about agile movement, and shedding light on this movement will support the development of innovative wearable technology, such as robotic exoskeletons and ...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Amazing lecture by Prof. Raskin (@lutraskin.bsky.social), this year’s Distinguished Feng Lecturer. Thanks for joining us at UMass!

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Feng Distinguished Lecturer, Professor Lut Raskin, with the Feng family and the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering faculty and staff.
October 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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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.
CEE’s Michael Knodler Named President of ARTBA Research and Education Division : Riccio College of Engineering : UMass Amherst
Besides being president of the ARTBA Research and Education Division, Knodler was just named vice president of the Council of University Transportation Centers.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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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.
UMass Researchers Help ID New Mineral on Mars, Providing Insight on the Red Planet’s Potential to Have Supported Life | UMass Amherst
Identifying the mineral on Mars’ surface has eluded scientists for decades
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September 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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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/
September 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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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!
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September 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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...
September 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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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.
BME’s Jingjing Gao Awarded Grant from Alzheimer’s Association : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst
Gao’s funded research aims to develop a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that boosts the brain’s own immune cells, called microglia.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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UMass Rocket Team Finishes First in New England in 2025 NASA Student Launch Competition : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst
The NASA event marked the conclusion of the nine-month challenge in which teams designed, built, and launched rockets carrying scientific payloads.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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ChE’s Lauren Andrews Awarded $699,903 NSF Grant to Study How Microbes Communicate in the Root Zone of Plants : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst
The NSF award will support Andrews’ pioneering research on how microbes interact in the root zone, with applications in agriculture, biomanufacturing, and more.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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UMass Amherst-led Team Finds Rapidly Changing River Patterns in High Mountain Asia Pose a Challenge for Region’s Energy Future | UMass Amherst
The increase in water coming from melting glaciers has consequences for billions of people who depend on this water for drinking, agriculture and electricity generation.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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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.
Ready for Launch: UMass Researcher Takes a Lead Role with NASA/ISRO Satellite to Collect Remote Sensing Data to Study the Earth from Space | UMass Amherst
The satellite, which makes currently invisible parts of the Earth’s surface visible, launched July 30.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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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.
Engineers Without Borders: Creating Meaningful Change, One Project at a Time | UMass Amherst
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August 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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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.
UMass Amherst Joins Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network | UMass Amherst
The network of 68 universities is committed to instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in their engineers.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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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.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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New All-Silicon Computer Vision Hardware by UMass Researchers Advances In-Sensor Visual Processing Technology | UMass Amherst
The experimental analog hardware could perform better than state-of-the-art computer vision methods.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Can 3D Printing Help Repair the Nation’s Aging Bridges? UMass Amherst Researchers Use Great Barrington’s Former ‘Brown Bridge’ as First Test Case | UMass Amherst
With more than half of the nation’s 623,218 bridges experiencing significant deterioration, this cost-effective, minimally disruptive method is positioned to be a much-needed solution.
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June 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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.

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ARROW Stages Summer Education Accelerator at UMass Amherst : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst
The Summer Education Accelerator empowered participants to share the latest innovations in offshore-wind energy and build collaborations across institutions.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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:
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June 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM