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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

  • 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.

  • Michael Doane
    Chemical Engineering, Biology

    Honors student Michael Doane has won several prestigious fellowships and scholarships for his cancer-related and biofuel research. He says UMass Lowell does a great job of structuring both classes and learning experiences that build on one another.

  • Abby Mastromonaco
    Plastics Engineering

    Abby Mastromonaco’s passion for sustainability led to a Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy fellowship and research experience in a plastics engineering lab.

  • Alyssa Puglisi
    Chemical Engineering

    Alyssa Puglisi was awarded a three-year, $75,000 scholarship by Entegris, the second UML student to receive this support from the company.

  • Ariel Shramko
    Environmental Engineering

    Ariel Shramko is growing food for Earth and beyond.

  • Molly Tecce
    Plastics Engineering

    Plastics Engineering major Molly Tecce and partners from the 3D Club leapt into action to make PPE when the pandemic struck.

  • 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.