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Breana Thibodeaux
Breana Thibodeaux '22: Real-world experience
A senior capstone project led Breana to discover her interest in conducting research for the treatment of cancer.
Rylee Gant
Rylee Gant '22: Finding her niche
Rylee, an electrical engineering major, lands a position with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
McKenzie Ferrari
Physics major to present at Council on Undergraduate Research event
McKenzie Ferrari is one of 60 students selected nationwide to participate in the Council on Undergraduate Research "Posters on the Hill" event in April.
Abigail Keith lab portrait
Abigail Keith '20: Electrical engineer 2 at Raytheon
As an electrical and computer engineering major, Abigail worked alongside her faculty mentor in the research lab where she demonstrated that dolphin-inspired algorithms are faster on average than other common search algorithms when searching for difficult to detect objects.
Mike Joyce
Mike Joyce '85: Bringing PrimaLoft's research in biodegradability to UMassD
Joyce, CEO of PrimaLoft, Inc., sparked the creation of a biodegradability testing lab at UMassD to study the breakdown of microplastics
Gracie the “Lab Lab”
Laboratory Labrador plays an important role spreading joy on campus.
Osama Aljarrah
Osama Aljarrah '21: Choosing a concentration
Osama, who recently earned his PhD, talks about the value of pursuing the industrial and systems engineering concentration as part of the College of Engineering's engineering and applied science program.
Diego Marroquin portrait
Diego Marroquin '21: A resource to his community
Senior biology major Diego Marroquin is a catalyst for economic, social, and cultural transformation by volunteering his time, experiences, knowledge, and passion to communities that need it most.
Alexander Thibedeau '22: Bringing professional experience to the classroom
Senior Computer Science Major Sergeant Alexander Thibedeau discusses changing career paths, life at UMassD, and helping other veterans feel welcome on campus
Class of 2021 Biology and Honors College
Commencement Spotlight: Alana McGraw '21
Biology major and Honors College student is earning her BS/MAT degree in biology while doing research in population genetics, microbiology, and marine fisheries
Grace Perry in research lab
Grace Perry ’20: On the forefront of science
Perry joins the world's best researchers at a Harvard Medical School lab
Katelin Harlow '21
Katelin Harlow ’21
Gained inside knowledge tracking COVID-19 in her biology course
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