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Our students organizations compete nationally in competitions from building steel bridges to designing prosthetic limbs. The concrete canoe team scored an impressive win at this year’s regional competition organized by the New England student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Learn more about our clubs and organizations.

Hear From Our Students, Alumni & More

  • Javier Palma
    Electrical Engineering, UTeach

    Javier Palma is earning a teaching license along with his B.S. in electrical engineering.

  • Matthew Clancy
    Mechanical Engineering

    As a sophomore, Matthew Clancy designed a small satellite with a vital mission: getting children and teens excited about their STEM studies and aerospace careers. Now he’s developing his LEARNsat for NASA launch.

  • Dan Murphy
    Mechanical Engineering

    Dan Murphy uses his mechanical engineering skills to design sets for Broadway performances.

  • Lisa  Panagopoulos
    Computer Science and Computer Engineering

    Lisa Panagopoulos went remote and part time – and launched a second career on the silver screen.

  • Connor Pozzi
    Mechanical Engineering

    Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Connor Pozzi is working to help the country’s transition to renewable energy.

  • Mina Le
    Chemical Engineering

    Senior chemical engineering major Mina Le chose a work-study job at the front desk of the Student Employment Office because she wanted to improve her communication skills. She’s done that and more, being named the university’s Student Employee of the Year.

Social Media

  • Mahsa Ghandi stands near a test geothermal borehole in a South Campus parking lot

    Engineering Professor Studies Geothermal Energy Networks

    Jasmina Burek, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, is studying geothermal energy networks that can heat and cool a mix of residential, commercial and public buildings. It’s part of a statewide collaboration.
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  • A man holds a model of an entertainment center while a man and a woman look on next to a podium.

    Fire Safety Innovation Wins Engineering Prototyping Competition

    A device that makes permanently mounted window bars fire-safe by allowing residents to release them instantly in an emergency won the annual Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition, hosted by the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute.
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  • A young man in a blue shirt holds a microphone and gestures with his hand while speaking.

    Shah Academy Expands with New Class of Engineering Leaders

    UMass Lowell’s Shah Academy of Innovation and Leadership welcomed a new cohort of engineering scholars as the inaugural class reflected on a transformative first year of mentorship, professional development and leadership training.