Chemical Engineering Asst. Prof. Gulden Camci-Unal and her team of student researchers are developing biomaterials for repairing heart tissue and bones.

Plastics Engineering Assoc. Prof. Bridgette Budhlall worked with an "innovative" student to design a polymer that would attack the cell walls of bacteria like a toothbrush scrubbing a grape.

Assoc. Prof. Amy Peterson is working to automate part of the process of growing adult bone marrow cells and make it much less expensive.

Working with a Ph.D. student researcher and aided by a three-month, $15,000 seed grant from the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, Environmental Engineering Asst. Prop. Onur Apul has developed a process to aid in removing lead from drinking water.

UMass Lowell research teams are developing new materials to safeguard soldiers and first responders.

University and Army researchers are taking advantage of the Fabric Discovery Center to make and test fabric that can act as a portable solar panel, two-way radios and other electronic devices.

Two Mechanical Engineering teams led by Prof. James Sherwood and Asst. Prof. Murat Inalpolat are looking into how to better protect soldiers from serious head injuries.