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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

  • Jack Sullivan
    Plastics Engineering

    Jack Sullivan is gaining hands-on experience through co-ops, research and teaching that is preparing him to design more sustainable solutions for the plastics industry.

  • Scott Penfield
    Mechanical Engineering

    Honors mechanical engineering major Scott Penfield has traveled extensively on two continents besides North America – and hopes to add a fourth before long.

  • Tiana DeCrescenzo
    Mechanical Engineering

    Tiana DeCrescenzo ’23 discovered a love of competitive powerlifting en route to her degree.

  • Yrvanie Joseph
    Plastics Engineering

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

  • Harish Hande
    Renewable Energy Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

    Social entrepreneur Harish Hande is helping the poor in India in an economically and environmentally sustainable way, by bringing affordable solar power to the countryside.

  • Dan Murphy
    Mechanical Engineering

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

  • A woman with dark hair stands next to a podium and speaks to people seated in a room.

    ‘It’s My Time to Give Back’

    Computer engineering alumna Hetal Patel ’04, an engineering manager at Amazon, helped bring scholarships and a yearlong mentorship program at the company to UMass Lowell STEM students.
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  • A race car drives on a mountain road, with mountains on the horizon.

    This Car Climbed Mount Washington

    River Hawk Racing became the first collegiate Formula SAE team to drive a student-built car to the summit of Mount Washington, the highest peak in New England.
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  • Two men stand at the front of a room and talk to people seated at round tables.

    The Conversation That Sparked the Engineering Mentorship Program

    Mechanical engineering alumni Steven Serabian ’80, ’86, ’90 and Matthew Matta ’24 have turned their mentorship relationship into a growing program that connects Francis College of Engineering students with alumni mentors.