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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

  • Evan  Yu
    Plastics Engineering

    Evan Yu didn’t know much about plastics engineering coming into college. He graduates with a deep appreciation for its role in helping the planet.

  • Maxwell Dumerant
    Mechanical Engineering

    Mechanical engineering grad Maxwell Dumerant, who was activated by the Mass. National Guard to assist with the state’s pandemic response during his senior year, landed a job at General Dynamics Electric Boat.

  • Jennifer Schultz
    Mechanical Engineering

    When she was younger, Jennifer Schultz didn’t want to be an engineer. Yet here she is, a summer intern in the office of Nonspec, a company that offers low-cost prosthetic limb systems. She even trekked to India with UMass Lowell’s B.V.B. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program.

  • Jacob Villeneuve
    Electrical Engineering

    Jacob Villeneuve was drawn to UML by its sound recording technology and Air Force ROTC programs.

  • Josh Barosin
    Mechanical Engineering

    Josh Barosin helped to relaunch the Rocketry Club, leading its growth and spearheading fundraising efforts that expanded the team’s budget and impact.

  • Mina Le
    Mina Le
    Chemical Engineering

    Senior chemical engineering major Mina Le chose a work-study job at the front desk of the Student Employment Office because she wanted to improve her communication skills. She’s done that and more, being named the university’s Student Employee of the Year.

  • Lewis Tseng standing between two education Ph.D. students and research assistants, Youlim Lee and Negin Yazdani Motlagh.

    Professors Awarded $500,000 to Help Researchers Share Big Data

    As technology allows scientists to generate huge datasets that increasingly require artificial intelligence to analyze, the complementary technology to share their work is lagging. Two associate professors have won a nearly $500,000 NSF grant to lead a team that will co-design a national framework for sharing data and collaborating on scientific discoveries.
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  • A man with white hair and a white beard poses for a photo with a cat and a dog in front of a fireplace.

    Engineering Alum's Vibrant Artwork Finds a Home in Perry Hall

    The family of late mechanical engineering alum Paul LaCroix ’71 has donated 18 of his geometric paintings to UMass Lowell, where they now line the hallways of Perry Hall, celebrating the connection between engineering, mathematics and art.
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  • 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.