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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

  • Qiana Curcuru
    Mechanical Engineering

    Qiana Curcuru loves UMass Lowell for its opportunities. The honors student is president of the campus chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, has done a professional co-op at iRobot, has taught and interned at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and done research with two professors on campus.

  • Mark Saab
    Plastics Engineering

    Alumni donor Mark Saab's UMass Lowell education provided the foundation for a successful career. His gratitude to the plastics engineering program is expressed through the generous donations he's bestowed upon the University.

  • Katherine Moses
    Energy Engineering

    Katherine Moses ’12 came to Lowell to get a master’s degree in energy engineering. She fell in love with the city and has worked as Lowell’s energy manager since 2014, helping it become more energy efficient while also partnering with UML on sustainability projects.

  • Russ Perkins
    Electrical Engineering

    Russ Perkins is researching how AI can earn people’s trust through AI-CARING, drawing on lessons learned in the Army.

  • Shanice Kelly
    Physics and Mechanical Engineering

    Shanice Kelly is a leader in multiple campus clubs because she wants to get more students of color involved in STEM, especially space science programs.

  • Yrvanie Joseph
    Plastics Engineering

    Yrvanie Joseph is grateful for alumni scholarships because they confirm the value of her hard work and academic achievements.

  • Five people stand in a food forest.

    Engineering Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award for Sustainable Textiles Research

    The National Science Foundation awarded Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Jasmina Burek a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant worth nearly $600,000 to develop tools that will help decision-makers find the most sustainable strategies for keeping unwanted clothing and other textiles out of landfills.
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  • Ten young men and women in professional attire pose for a group photo while holding trophies and wearing medals.

    Business Professionals of America Chapter Brings Home National Honors

    Led by national champion Timothy Nguyen '24, '26, UMass Lowell's Business Professionals of America chapter earned multiple top-five finishes and industry-recognized certifications at the organization's national conference in Nashville.
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  • Two men with dark hair and glasses look at scientific instruments set up outside on a college campus.

    Engineering Professor Wins NSF Grant to Advance Wireless Communications

    Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Hualiang Zhang is part of an international research team that has won National Science Foundation funding to develop faster wireless communications in the terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum.