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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

  • Jyotik Savaj
    Energy Engineering/Solar

    Jyotik Savaj, who is enrolled in the Master of Science in Energy Engineering/Solar Program, aims to help fulfill the need for solar power and has a paid co-op job at Exyte, an engineering and project management company specializing in high-tech facilities.

  • Christopher Ingemi
    Civil & Environmental Engineering

    A former carpenter sidelined by the recession, Christopher Ingemi went back to school at Middlesex Community College and then transferred to UML. Now, thanks to his job in a lab, he’s completed his master’s in civil engineering and found a great job as a bridge designer.

  • Ryan Cormier
    Mechanical Engineering, MBA

    Graduate student Ryan Cormier is enjoying one extra year on campus before joining the workforce.

  • Matt Macioci
    Mechanical Engineering

    Thanks to professional co-ops at New Balance and Teradyne, mechanical engineering major Matt Macioci has designs on a future career working with complex machinery.

  • 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.

  • Lisa  Panagopoulos
    Computer Science and Computer Engineering

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

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    Aspiring Biomedical Engineers Gain Industry Insights

    Biomedical engineering majors learned about internship and career opportunities with 18 medical technology and biotech companies at the annual “Student Employer Mashup,” co-hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center and the student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
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  • Prof. Meg Sobkowicz Kline

    Researchers Win USDA Grant to Develop Biodegradable Mulch Films for Agriculture

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a four-year, $744,000 grant to Assoc. Prof. Jonas Baltrusaitis of Lehigh University and Prof. Meg Sobkowicz Kline of UMass Lowell to develop new mulch films for agricultural crops that are not only sustainable and biodegradable but will also help nourish and improve the health of soils and reduce plastic pollution.
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  • Asst. Prof. Zeinab Hajjarian

    Researcher Aims to Improve Breast Cancer Imaging Technology

    Asst. Prof. Zeinab Hajjarian of the Department of Biomedical Engineering is working to improve breast cancer imaging technology, and her project is supported by a three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.