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Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Ana Doblas
Ana Doblas receives $406K from the National Science Foundation to develop next-gen microscope technology

The NSF grant will support research and development of improved lens-free microscopes to observe aquatic microorganisms in their natural environments.

Dr. Nefeli Bompoti, Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMass Dartmouth
Nefeli Bompoti named to 2026 40 Under 40 by American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

National award recognizes Bompoti's work in safe, equitable land use and resilience in coastal communities.

Foldit results proteins
UMass Dartmouth researcher advances global protein databases through citizen science game

Associate Professor Firas Khatib’s latest paper on Foldit yields impressive results

UMassD PhD alumni Priscila de Paula Silva and Vidhyashree Nagaraju
Two UMassD PhD alumni begin tenure-track faculty positions at top institutions this fall

UMassD alumni are now professors in cybersecurity and machine learning

Students practicing Gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing, during an anatomy workshop with STEM4Girls
STEM4Girls event introduces girls to the Blue Economy and encourages pursuit of science

Over 100 young students gain STEM experience from scientists and researchers in collaboration with UMassD's Kaput Center

U.S. News and World Report Badge Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs
UMassD's computer science program ranked among the nation's best

The computer science program ranks 4th among New England public institutions

A group of Blue Tech Innovations interns posed for a group photo at Fleet Robotics
Blue tech programming ushers in the future of the ocean workforce

Early-career events and real-world projects connect UMassD students to the opportunities driving the SouthCoast’s ocean economy.

Aboard the RV Thomas G. Thompson, UMassD researchers sailed from Phuket, Thailand, for a global ocean mission
Following the monsoon winds: UMass Dartmouth’s role in a global ocean mission

UMassD team returns from international monsoon research expedition funded by $1M Office of Naval Research grant in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences

Image Courtesy Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
UMass Dartmouth faculty involved in discovery of the largest-ever black hole merger

UMassD faculty help LIGO uncover signal that upends black hole formation theories

Walaa Mogawer, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Walaa Mogawer receives National Academy of Sciences grant

Commonwealth Professor Walaa Mogawer was awarded nearly $650K for asphalt testing research

UMassD's 3 SMART scholars Nathanael Winchell, Eric Savage, and Jin Feng Lin
Three UMassD students win highly competitive SMART scholarship

UMass's smallest campus produces the highest number of SMART Scholars

MassCEC CEO, Sen Rodrigues, UMassD leadership and faculty attend roundtable at SMAST
UMass Dartmouth hosts Renewable Energy and Sustainability Roundtable for state officials

Senator Rodrigues and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center CEO Emily Reichert visit the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST)

Best Online Programs US News Grad Information Technology 2025 Ranking
Best online master's programs in computer science and technology

National recognition: U.S. News & World Report ranks UMassD’s online master’s in computer information technology among the best

Women engineers networking
Alumni and professionals lend advice to aspiring engineers

6th annual Empowering Women in STEM event connects UMassD students and STEM professionals

STEM4Girls in lab
STEM4Girls cultivates interest in science fields for local students

Workshops and keynote speakers introduce 400+ girls to STEM careers

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UMassD computer science program soars in national rankings

UMassD's undergraduate computer science program ranked among best in the country

Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research status renewed
UMass Dartmouth renews designation as Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research

The designation is awarded by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) Program and the National Security Agency

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UMassD computer science students help save the North Atlantic right whale

In collaboration with Whale and Dolphin Conservation, UMass Dartmouth students developed an educational video game to help protect endangered animals.

PhD graduate Shabnam Mohammadshahi in Dr. Ling's lab
Newly minted PhDs receive prestigious post-doc, tenure-track faculty appointments

Two class of 2024 engineering PhD graduates are moving on to highly competitive postdoctoral research and tenure-track faculty positions

Aerial view of UMass Dartmouth's main quad.
UMass Dartmouth is trending up

Highlights of an extraordinary academic year

PhD student David Anchieta in Sydney, Australia
Electrical engineering PhD student wins Best Paper Award from Acoustical Society of America

David Campos Anchieta recently received the award for a paper he presented at the ASA meeting in Sydney, Australia

Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Nefeli Bompoti
Assistant Professor Nefeli Bompoti wins $1M in federal grants in first year at UMassD

The civil and environmental engineering faculty member recently received her second $500K award from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Students and SMART scholarship winners Chris Brunette and James Bourgeois stand side by side in the library
Two UMassD students receive prestigious SMART Scholarship

The Department of Defense SMART Scholarship awards full tuition and a stipend, and guarantees employment after graduation.

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UMass Dartmouth and Roger Williams University launch 4+1 engineering program partnership

UMassD and RWU to provide joint accelerated master's programs in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and civil engineering

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Students explore career opportunities and develop skills during Tech and Innovation Externship

The cohort of students from traditionally underrepresented groups gained essential career skills, networking experience, and first-hand interactions with companies in high-growth industries

Zachary Gay and Moly Gedutis
Future biologist and bioengineer receive 2024 Founders' Scholarship

Scholarship offers a four-year "full ride" for two high-achieving Massachusetts residents

A student presents an idea for a startup venture in just 60 seconds.
UMassD students win prizes at 10th annual Startup Weekend

45 participants competed on 7 teams to present the best startup venture ideas

Best Online Programs US News Grad Information Technology 2024 Ranking
Best online master's programs in computer science and technology

U.S. News & World Report ranks UMassD among best online master's in computer information technology programs

Group photo of students with Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan
College of Engineering and College of Visual and Performing Arts students join forces to revitalize Fall River waterfront

Students in civil engineering and interior architecture and design work together to benefit the city's future and leave their mark on the SouthCoast.

Professor Hong Liu portrait in the library
Commonwealth Professor Hong Liu named Leo M. Sullivan Teacher of the Year

The UMass Dartmouth Faculty Federation named Dr. Liu the 2023 recipient of the the Leo M. Sullivan Teacher of the Year award

students in a classroom listening to a lecture
UMass Dartmouth partners with local high schools

From remote lectures to campus visits, local students find a supportive early college pathway through the Commonwealth Collegiate Academy program.

Seniors Christian Fall (left) and Dylan Cantara (right) pose with their ceremonial first-place check
Dylan Cantara '24 and Christian Fall '24 win the 2023 Corsair Idea Challenge

$1,000 of cash prizes awarded in eighth annual pitch competition

Professor Hangjian Ling portrait
Hangjian Ling receives NSF CAREER award

The $505K award provides funding for research and student training in hydrodynamics and marine technology.

Adjunct faculty Collin Capano portrait
College of Engineering adjunct faculty finds new evidence for ringing black holes

A study led by Collin Capano, adjunct faculty in the Department of Physics, has been published in Physical Review Letters.

Yaribel Matos measures out vanilla to flavor the homemade ice cream the students would make using their newly-acquired knowledge of thermodynamics. Photo courtesy: Morgan Beard, Dartmouth Week
UMassD hosts 11th STEM4Girls Day

200 3rd to 8th-grade girls attend day of engaging STEM activities and conversations

Graphic courtesy Tia Martineau '18 (Physics)
UMassD PhD students and faculty gain new insights on binary black holes

PhD students lead international study on gravitational waves and black hole mergers

Professor Iren Valova portrait
Engineering Professor Iren Valova Named ELATES Fellow in National Leadership Program

Dr. Valova is one of 38 faculty across the U.S. and Canada selected for national leadership development program designed to promote women in academic STEM fields.

Entrance of the NBKRIST campus in India
UMass Dartmouth signs first international accelerated MS degree agreement

International agreement will create an accelerated pathway for MS degree in mechanical engineering with an industrial and systems engineering option

People line up outside the observatory
UMass Dartmouth premieres renovations, reopens Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory

After over a decade of harsh New England winters, the observatory’s rotatable dome now sits atop a rebuilt, well-sealed foundation, ready to resume scholarly use.

Student veteran and electrical engineering student Chris Norton headshot
Christopher Norton '24 wins prestigious Google scholarship for student veterans

The electrical engineering major is 1 of 8 recipients nationwide.

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Jiawei Yuan receives $299K NSF grant

Associate professor of computer and information science receives grant for research on artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial vehicles

Professor Liudong Xing portrait
Liudong Xing receives $420K NSF grant

Professor of electrical and computer engineering awarded $420K for research on modeling and mitigating cascading failures in the Internet of Things.

Computer science associate professor jiawei yuan in the library at umass dartmouth
Jiawei Yuan receives $240K NSF grant

Dr. Jiawei Yuan, associate professor of computer and information science, was recently awarded a $240K grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote cybersecurity education.

Student in Mark Altabet's lab examining a glass vial
UMass Dartmouth offers multiple paid internships to New Bedford High School students

Meeting the demand for a diverse and highly skilled workforce in some of the fastest growing industries

Best Online Programs, US News, Grad Computer Information Science 2023
Best online master's programs in computer science and technology

U.S. News & World Report ranks UMassD among best online master's in computer information technology programs

Dean Jean VanderGheynst and Banafsheh Seyed Aghazadeh
College of Engineering recognizes faculty and staff for outstanding service

The College of Engineering honors Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh and Dapeng Li, winners of the 2023 Faculty Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the 2023 Outstanding Staff Award

graduate student teacher Merin Bosco seated at her desk
College of Engineering announces inaugural Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award

PhD candidate Merin Bosco '24 is the award's first recipient

Student engineers working on project
Alum-sponsored engineering capstone project dares UMassD seniors to strive for excellence

Engineering students partnered with Kimley-Horn to devise a renovation plan for a Raising Cane’s restaurant.

Inaugural Founders' Scholars Olivia DeSimone (left) and Kailey Sousa (right)
Inaugural Founders' Scholarships awarded to two incoming students

Scholarships cover high-achieving Massachusetts residents' tuition, fees, food, and housing for four years

The Big Data Club members pose with their medals at DataFest
Big Data Club wins Best Data Visualization at DataFest

Award is the fifth consecutive for Business and Engineering students

Startup Weekend Graphic 2023
Three student teams win prizes at Startup Weekend

Forty participants competed on eight teams to present the best startup venture idea

UMass Dartmouth faculty receive CyberCorps grant at NSF ceremony
The CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Accelerating Cybersecurity Education, Scholarship and Service

UMass Dartmouth received a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to advance the study of cybersecurity and prepare students for future careers in the field.

Top stories of 2022 at UMassD
Year in Review: Top stories of 2022

A year full of momentum, accomplishments, and successes

UMassD students Brad Ferris, Kelly Grodecki, Patrice Strague, Parker Sowersby, and Taha Bin Amer with [names] at [place] celebrating the launch of their app prototype.
UMassD students launch app prototype at Global Entrepreneurship Week

Students across disciplines work together to create New Bedford-based restaurant review app "Downtown NB"

Winners of the Corsair Idea Challenge (L to R): Shawn Marcoux, Damian Guilbe Boscana, Christina Hart, and Ethan Osley
Three student teams win cash prizes at the Corsair Idea Challenge

Finalists will also receive a free six-month membership to the Co-Creative Center in downtown New Bedford

Astronaut Scott Tingle '87 returns to campus to meet senior engineering majors
Astronaut Scott Tingle '87 returns to campus

Mechanical engineering alumnus shares how a STEM education prepared him for a career with NASA

Ming Shao receives $512k CPS award from the National Science Foundation

Cyber-physical systems grant combines with Brigham and Women’s share to total $1.1 million in funds

Lance Fiondella meeting with graduate students
UMass Dartmouth receives $500K Skills Capital Grant Program award

The funding will be used to create an Intelligent Industrial Robotics and Cybersecurity Testbed to support students and gain career-relevant technical experience.

Bhargavi Govardhanam '23 designs app for diabetes research

Easy-to-use, not-for-profit app DiaFriend hopes to benefit diabetics in the SouthCoast and beyond

Ferreira
Preparing high school students for the workforce

Eight New Bedford High School students have been selected for the 2022-23 Mass Life Science Center High School Apprenticeship Challenge taking place this summer at the College of Engineering.

Gokhan Kul
UMass Dartmouth Cybersecurity Center recognized

The Center recently garnered a designation certificate presented at the National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Designation Ceremony.

UMassD Chancellor Professor Ron DiPippo
New scholarship preserves the values of retired Chancellor Professor Ron DiPippo

Mechanical engineering alumni establish scholarship honoring their influential professor

Ming Shao
Ming Shao receives $498K CAREER award from National Science Foundation

The CAREER Program is the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.

Audra Palmer, organic chemistry major
New program prepares students for advanced materials workforce

As part of a 10-week summer program funded by the National Science Foundation, a cohort of community college students will conduct cutting-edge research relevant to the region’s marine economy and other industries.

Tracie Ferreira
Tracie Ferreira receives 2022 award for excellence in equity, diversity, & inclusion

Ferreira serves as associate professor and chairperson for the Department of Bioengineering.

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Staff recognized for outstanding service

Joyce Yokel and Paul Sousa receive the 2022 College of Engineering award for exemplary service.

Man standing at top of staircase
Ryan Beemer collaborates on the first study of underground deployable geosystems

Collaborative project can lead to new ways of designing foundations and underground construction to create more efficient and reliable infrastructure

Team Gateway Snow
UMassD teams among top winners in Techstars' Startup Weekend Competition

Team Gateway Snow earned second place for their design of a new style of snowboard binding & Team ScubNav placed third for their self-titled project ScubNav, a GPS system that enhances divers’ security.

UMassD students win first place at DataFest 2022

UMass Dartmouth Big Data Club team won the American Statistical Association's Best Visualization award for the fourth consecutive year

ECE student
SMART Scholarship awardees

College of Engineering students selected for the SMART Scholarship receive full tuition, annual stipends, & guaranteed employment with the Department of Defense.

McKenzie Ferrari
Mckenzie Ferrari named a 2022 Goldwater Scholar

The physics major is the first UMassD recipient of the award established to support sophomore and junior-level students who show exceptional promise in becoming the nation's next-generation leaders.

Banafsheh Seyed Aghazadeh
Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh garners $508K research award

The Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award will provide Seyed-Aghazadeh with laboratory support for research in the area of aerodynamics and Fluid-Structure Interactions in flexible structures.

Hong Liu
National Science Foundation awards Professor Hong Liu $79K

In response to evolving cybersecurity challenges, Dr. Liu and collaborators will pilot a model for the co-creation of cross-disciplinary educational content to help prepare students for success in the workforce.

Ruolin Zhou
Office of Naval Research awards $299K to Ruolin Zhou for groundbreaking research project

Dr. Ruolin Zhou received the award for her project “An Adaptive Deep Learning-based Platform with FPGA Acceleration for Continuously Monitoring and Characterizing Operations and Promptly Reconfiguring SDR in Spectrum Contested Environments.”

Ruolin Zhou
National Science Foundation awards Ruolin Zhou

Dr. Ruolin Zhou, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a National Science Foundation award of $199,902 for her research project “ERI: An Adaptive Incremental Deep Learning Architecture for Real-Time Inference of RF Signals in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Environments.”

ONR Grant Announcement
UMass Dartmouth receives $4.3M grant from the U.S. Navy for continued focus on marine technology development

The third award in as many years from the Office of Naval Research will further the University's research efforts in the blue economy and offshore wind sectors

Vijaya Chalivendra
Professor Vijaya Chalivendra awarded $430K by National Science Foundation

Dr. Chalivendra received the $430,631 award from the NSF's Division of Materials Research for his“REU site: Advanced Interdisciplinary Materials Research for Maritime Applications” project, which will host a summer cohort of community college students who will conduct cutting-edge research on advanced marine materials.

Abigail Keith lab working
Office of Naval Research awards Dr. John Buck $434K to create acoustic signal processing models

Project combines noninvasive brain imaging techniques, animal behavior experiments, & signal processing models to gain a better understanding of how animals use echolocation to gather information about their environment.

Society of Women Engineers
Society of Women Engineers partners with Acushnet Middle School

Society of Women Engineers introduces middle-grade students to the field of engineering and STEM career options.

Professor Tracie Ferreira
UMass Dartmouth awarded $1.49M from the National Science Foundation to develop leadership skills and engineering identity in graduate students

The award led by Dr. Tracie Ferreira will provide $900,000 in scholarships to prepare graduate students to excel as skilled leaders in entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation in an effort to build the South Coast’s blue economy.

Banafsheh Seyed Aghazadeh
Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Award supports Seyed-Aghazadeh’s research efforts in the area of fluid dynamics, shedding light on the fundamentals of fluid-structure-surface interactions in underwater flexible bodies, including near-surface arrays of energy harvesters and underwater soft robots.

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