College of Engineering

Green building with a view of the treetops.

Engineering Entrepreneurship: UConn Students Participate in DOE Contest

These teams are working to develop attainable, equitable, scalable energy technologies and business opportunities.

Department of Energy grant

UConn Awarded $4.5M DOE Grant to Benefit Grid Reliability for Transmission and Distribution Systems

The project team will create open-source data visualization tools to display information about renewable energy sources and distributed energy resources

Solar panels at the Depot Campus.

UConn Successfully Pursues Energy Efficiency, Even As Campus Grows

Despite 1 million square feet of new building space, UConn's carbon footprint is smaller than it was 20 years ago

DNA is an emerging medium for data storage.

Searching for Data in DNA with CRISPR

UConn researchers deploy CRISPR technology to make it easier to search for data stored in DNA—an emerging medium for data storage

The World’s Smallest Basketball, from the Basketball Capital of the World

Laterally, the patterns are about 4-5 um. For comparison, a human hair is roughly 50 um. Hence, the world’s smallest basketball was chiseled here in Storrs

An aerial view of the UConn Storrs campus

Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Elects 12 New UConn Faculty

Of the 35 CASE members inducted this year, 12 work at UConn

A researcher and student looking at data with a wind turbine in the background

Forecasting Wind Energy

Using a novel computer program, UConn researchers are now able to forecast weather, identify climate projections, and assess wind turbine performance like never before.

Wilbur Cross with fall foliage. Oct. 12, 2021.

Two Faculty Entrepreneurs Named to National Academy of Inventors List

'We all brainstorm and discuss - how can this be more perfect? How can it help more people improve their quality of life?'

EWB in Peru

UConn Engineers Without Borders Use Skillsets to Help Communities Find Longterm Solutions to Worldwide Problems

On March 24, UConn Engineers Without Borders will host the 2024 Northeast Regional Conference, offering poster and technical sessions, professional development, and hands-on trainings

senior design project

UConn to Assist Connecticut Farmers with Innovative Projects

With support of a USDA grant, students and faculty from UConn’s College of Engineering and College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources will help farmers design and implement innovative tools to better their farming practices.