Presenting the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients
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World-class research
Here, strong minds challenge the ordinary with game-changing ideas. From developing life-saving medical devices to advancing technologies for sustainable energy, our students and faculty are conducting groundbreaking research that invites the pursuit of a bold new path to a better future.
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Reimagining the possible
Big ideas are born at UMass Amherst Engineering. With top-ranked programs and global research, our inclusive community invites the pursuit of knowledge and dreams.
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Innovating solutions to global challenges
The Paros Center for Atmospheric Research at UMass Amherst—co-directed by College of Engineering professors Michael Zink and Brenda Philips—leads research to improve the nation’s ability to forecast, plan for, and respond to shifting climate and hazardous weather.
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Shaping the future of sustainability
Featured events
In the news
CEE’s Guoping Zhang Secures $3-million NSF Grant to Produce Eco-friendly Cement (iCem)
This multidisciplinary research uses recycled carbon-dioxide-equivalent emissions and upcycled mining wastes to manufacture greener, next-generation cement.
Sam Wojda and Eleni Christofa Awarded the College Outstanding Teaching Award
The college presents its teaching awards once every spring semester, and each award consists of a $1,000 prize and a commemorative plaque.
UMass Amherst Researchers Join $26 Million Quantum Computing Effort to Build Internet of the Future
UMass is leading the core effort to design architectures and protocols for quantum networking for the National Science Foundation’s Center for Quantum Networks.
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