Research News
![Professor Tracie Ferreira](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-engineering/news/Professor-Tracie-Ferreira-1-850X566.jpg?text=fallback320)
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](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-engineering/news/banafsheh-in-the-lab-1-850X566.jpg?text=fallback320)
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.
![](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/supportingfiles/layoutassets/images/homepage/april/171003-entrance-sign-tjc-004-md-2.jpg?text=fallback320)
Projects were reviewed by faculty and deans and rated for their relevance and potential for external funding
![](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/supportingfiles/layoutassets/images/homepage/april/171003-entrance-sign-tjc-004-md-2.jpg?text=fallback320)
Congratulations to students and faculty mentors for their research endeavors
![PrimaLoft](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2021/PrimaLoft_Primary_Logo_CMYK_1-1-373X345.png?text=fallback320)
With funding from PrimaLoft and the MassTech Collaborative, researchers bring focus to sustainability
![](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-arts-amp-sciences/cas-images/Screen-Shot-2021-12-06-at-4.45.41-PM-1.png?text=fallback320)
Achilov will take residency at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
![View of night sky](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2021/astronomy-courtesy-pixabay-1-850X579.jpg?text=fallback320)
Through supercomputer simulations of supernovae, Professor Fisher and colleagues will shed light on the origin of exploding stars.
![Mogawer Walaa, professor of Civil and Environmenal Engineering at UMass Dartmouth](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2021/Mogawer-Walaa-landscape-1-850X480.jpg?text=fallback320)
Study conducted by Dr. Walaa Mogawer selected as American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2021 Sweet Sixteen High Value Research project.
![Julia Fang](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2021/20170111-julia-fang-dac-007-480h-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
Associate Professor Dr. Hua Fang awarded with first-ever NIH RO1 grant in University history
![Adrienne and Lukas of SMAST aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2021/adrienne-and-lukas-of-smast-1-850X637.jpg?text=fallback320)
Dr. Avijit Gangopadhyay and his research team were involved in a multi-institutional research cruise for their collaborative research project funded by the National Science Foundation that seeks to unfold the impact of the changing nature of the Gulf Stream and its rings on the ecosystem in the continental shelf and slope region of the northeast U.S.