True Competitors

UMass Lowell Image

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.

  • Rohann Nair
    Engineering Management

    Rohann Nair was torn about whether to pursue a master of science degree or an MBA. Instead of choosing, he opted for both by enrolling in UMass Lowell’s master’s degree in engineering management.

  • Kevin Twitchell
    Criminal Justice, Mechanical Engineering Technology

    Kevin Twitchell graduated the first time as a criminal justice major – and then switched direction, going back to school at night to get a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology.

  • Joey Mead
    Plastics Engineering

    For most of her professional life, Prof. Joey Mead has been interested in plastics.

  • Yrvanie Joseph
    Plastics Engineering

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

  • Maggie  Davenport
    Mechanical Engineering

    An honors seminar and fellowship sent Maggie Davenport to Haiti, where she’s working on sustainability projects.

  • 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.
    Featured Story
  • A woman in a lab coat and safety glasses uses tweezers on electronics in a lab while a man in a lab coat and glasses looks on.

    Engineering Professor Alkim Akyurtlu Named NextFlex Fellow

    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Alkim Akyurtlu was recently named a NextFlex fellow for her leadership and contributions to the field of hybrid electronics manufacturing.
    Department News
  • A woman with a striped shirt gestures toward a poster on an easle while talking to a man in a room.

    InnovAGE Fellowship Teaches Researchers How to Think Like Entrepreneurs

    Two UMass Lowell doctoral students were among 12 researchers selected for the InnovAGE fellowship, in which they received entrepreneurship training and mentorship to help bring their AI-powered innovations for rehabilitation and dementia detection closer to market.
    Featured Story
  • A man with his arms folded stands in front of a nuclear reactor that has a silver crab painted on it.

    Nuclear Engineering Professor Helps Chart State’s Energy Future

    Nuclear Engineering Professor Sukesh Aghara, who is leading Massachusetts’ advanced nuclear and fusion energy roadmap, explains how emerging nuclear technologies could fit into the commonwealth’s long-term energy strategy and create opportunities for UMass Lowell students and researchers.