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Mike Coute, MS student at SMAST, with tautog
Marine science student awarded $14K

Michael Coute garners a $14,536 research grant from the Northeast SARE for his project focusing on the tautog species and sustainable seafood efforts.

Flying drone photo, courtesy of Pixaby
Jiawei Yuan receives $150K NSF award

Dr. Yuan, assistant professor of Computer & Information Science, will lead a three-year project aimed at building awareness and competence to respond to a dynamic and rapidly developing array of cyber threats.

Prinkle Sharma and Vidhyashree Nagaraju, College of Engineering alums awarded tenure-track faculty positions at prestigious universities
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.

Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering professor honored for outstanding commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Dr. Arghavan Louhghalam is the recipient of the 2020 College of Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Two students research
UMass research and development expenditures rise to record $684 million

Fiscal Year 2019 UMass Dartmouth research expenditures grew by more than 5% over the prior year

Associate Professors Hua Fang and Honggang Wang
College of Engineering professors receive $452,178 research grant from the National Institute of Health for development of statistical learning tool

Associate Professor Hua Fang (Computer & Information Science) and Associate Professor Honggang Wang (Electrical & Computer Engineering) to use innovative tool to analyze studies on diets and health implications

Student Akira Harper
Doctoral student awarded 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Doctoral STEM Education student Akira Harper joins an elite group of education researchers

SMAST to help guide regional offshore wind development
SMAST to help guide regional offshore wind growth

The Baker-Polito Administration, in partnership with the State of Rhode Island and the BOEM, announced UMass Dartmouth as one of four institutions selected as part of a Southern New England pilot regional fisheries studies project worth $1.1 million.

US School Choice Graph Map
Center for Marketing Research releases new report on school choice

The study examines school choice options across the nation and how Massachusetts compares

Dr. Yong Kim
Detecting COVID-19

Dr. Yong Kim, professor of bioengineering, is the developer of materials used in COVID-19 test kits.

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