College of Engineering stories

Shannon Kennedy ‘23: Engineering mentee

The Women in Engineering Peer Mentoring Program preps Shannon, a first-year student, for early career success.

Engineering graduates accept tenure track faculty appointments

Prinkle Sharma and Vidhyashree Nagaraju, who completed their PhDs in Computer Engineering, have accepted tenure track faculty appointments at nationally ranked universities.

Abderahmane Naidjate '21: Fortune 500 intern

Being involved in a student organization for young professionals has helped Abderahmane, a computer engineering major, hone his leadership skills and land internships with two Fortune 500 companies.

Meshkat Botshekan '19: Reducing the carbon footprint

Meshkat, a Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD student at MIT, collaborates with UMassD professors to develop app designed to help fight the effects of climate change.

Supporting future electrical engineers

John Freeman ’58 and Sakiynah Howard ’20

COE design teams take top awards at Target’s Sleepwear Safety & Design Hackathon

Two teams of Engineering students placed first and second in a national competition to create safer alternatives to hazardous flame retardants used in children’s sleepwear.

Debbie Gustafson '85: CEO, Energetiq

World traveler, high stakes negotiator, known as a trailblazing executive and clairvoyant marketer, Debbie Gustafson, BSME '85, has packed a wide range of experience into a stellar career.

Smoothing out the Red Line: capstone with community impact

For their senior capstone project, four mechanical engineering students worked for the MBTA to design and build a sensor to capture data along the Red Line's bumpy ride.

2019: Year in Review

2019 was a year of many accomplishments for our campus community.

Sean Tocci ‘19: Using big data to help others

Data science major plans to teach middle school and create apps for struggling students

Megan Scribner ’19: Researcher, volunteer, and advocate for future female engineers

Encourages STEM careers through outreach activities

Computer Science major Josue Rivera ’19 named one of “29 Who Shine” by the MA Dept. of Higher Education

Honors student and active volunteer honored in May 3 State House ceremony