Bloom — scanning electron micrograph of flower-like structures observed on DNA/lipid films for surface-mediated transfection. Created by Professor Sarah Perry and undergraduates Savannah Szemethy and Matthew Gagnon in celebration of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) movement.

Marshall Jones ’72 MA, ’74 PhD MIE was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his pioneering work on industrial lasers. Eric Swanson ’82 ECE was among a team of researchers awarded the $500,000 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering.2016/17 recipients of the College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Alumni Award were: Roberto Padovani ’83 MS, ’85 PhD ECE; Edward S. Price ’90 ChE; Martin C. Ross ’86 MIE; John P. Sullivan Jr. ’72 CEE.2016/17 recipients of the College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Alumni Award were: Vered Bisker-Leib ’02 MBA, ’03 PhD ChE; Aaron M. Dollar ’00 MIE; Tiffany T. Labrie ’03, ’05 MS CEE; Justin S. Peavey ’93 ECE.2017 inductees into the Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni were: Daniel Adams ’86, ’88 MS CEE; Dick Bedard ’73 CEE; Ruth Bonsignore ’83 CEE; Robert Brack ’60 CEE; Michael Chajes ’84 CEE; Stephen Kellogg ’72 CEE; Minhaj Kirmani ’68 ME, ’77 PhD CEE; Roberto Leon ’78 CEE; William O’Neill ’60 CEE; Richard Reardon ’58 CEE; Dwight Sangrey ’64 CEE.

As every engineer knows, there’s strength in numbers. Each gift, regardless of size, plays a part in enhancing the experiences of our students and the value of all UMass Amherst degrees—past, present, and future. We greatly appreciate your generous support during fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017).

THANKS!

As good stewards of the gifts you have given, and in support of our campus-wide effort to encourage green environmental practices, the College of Engineering now publishes its Honor Roll of Donors online at engineering.umass.edu/donorlist. This electronic list recognizes those who have given generously to the college in fiscal year 2017.

Celebrating Our Donors

ACADEMIC DEGREESBiomedical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Chemical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Civil Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Computer Systems Engineering (BS)Electrical Engineering (BS)Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS, PhD)Engineering Management (MS)Environmental & Water Resources Engineering (MS)Industrial Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Mechanical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)

ACCELERATED MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS (4+1)Civil and EnvironmentalElectrical and Computer EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering

MBA/MS 3-YEAR DUAL GRADUATE DEGREESCivil EngineeringEnvironmental & Water Resources EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering

CONTINUING & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DEGREESEngineering Management (MS)Integrated Field Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS)

OTHER PROGRAMSConcentration in Biochemical EngineeringDepartmental Honors Track, Commonwealth Honors CollegeEngineering Management MinorIntegrated Concentration in Science (iCons)Materials Engineering CertificateTransit Operations and Management CertificateWind Power Engineering Certificate

RESEARCH CENTERS • Northeast Climate Science Center• The UMass Amherst Institute for Applied Life Sciences: Center for

Personalized Health Monitoring• The Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

(CASA)• The Center for Advanced Sensor and Communication Antennas (CASCA)• The Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CEERE)• The UMass Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering• The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research (TIMBR)• MassNanoTech• The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL)• The National Science Foundation Center for e-Design and Realization of

Engineered Products and Systems (e-Design Center)• The University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC)• The University of Massachusetts Traffic Safety Research Program

(UMassSAFE)• The Center for Process Design and Control (CPDC)• The Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS)

STUDENTS IN 2016–2017Undergraduate: 2,108Master’s Candidates: 296Doctoral Candidates: 276

ENTERING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTSFALL 2016 395 enrolled4.0 mean weighted GPA1210–1360 SAT mid 50% range

DEGREES AWARDED IN 2016–2017Bachelor’s: 456Master’s: 136Doctoral: 44

FACULTY IN 2016–2017Tenure Track: 111Lecturers: 9Research Faculty: 8

U.S. News & World ReportENGINEERING SCHOOL RANKINGUndergraduate (September 2016): #63 overall; #35 among public universities Graduate Programs (March 2017): #56 overall; #29 among public universities

CAREER PLACEMENT — UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF 2016, 6 MONTHS OUTTotal # of 2016 graduates: 462Reported: 87%Placement: 93% of those who reportedAverage starting salary: $65,500Starting salary range of $43,700–$105,60083% participated in experiential learning opportunities (internships, co-ops, research, study-abroad, competitions, and service learning)

LEADERSHIPTim Anderson, DeanDavid McLaughlin, Associate Dean James Rinderle, Associate DeanRussell Tessier, Associate DeanEngineering Department Heads:

C. V. Hollot, ECEJohn Klier, ChESundar Krishnamurty, MIERichard Palmer, CEE

PRODUCTION

Writing: Heather Demers & Charlie Creekmore; Design: Sarah Harvey; Photography: Ben Barnhart, John Solem, and others

Our undergraduate population represents every county in Massachusetts, 27 U.S. states, and 32 countries.

Our graduate students hail from 35 countries and enrich our campus with diverse perspectives and experiences.

UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE 2016–17

GRADUATE PROFILE 2016–17

Enrollment by department(2,108 total):

Enrollment by department (572 total):

◼ Current Gifts◼ Fee Income/Misc. Revenue◼ Sponsored Research◼ Campus Appropriation

3% 4%

40% 53%

TOTAL COLLEGE REVENUES O U R C E S F Y 1 7 ($58.9M)

ChE: 254 CEE: 240 ECE: 314 MIE: 506Exploratory Track:

115First-year: 679

ChE: 56 (56 PhD)

CEE: 121(57 MS, 64 PhD)

ECE: 262(175 MS, 87 PhD)

MIE: 133(64 MS, 69 PhD)

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

FISCAL YEAR

2017$532,206 ◼ Support Talented Students$20,000 ◼ Support First-Class Faculty$3.7M ◼ Support Research and Programs$171,184 ◼ Support Buildings & Infrastructure$319,393 ◼ Support Our Annual Fund

HOW OUR DONORS DESIGNATED THEIR GIFTSAt a Glance

Clockwise from top left:

Amir Abibi, Colin Gleeson, Emily Kumpel, Shannon Roberts, Jay Taneja, Lauren Woodruff, and Kara Peterman

In the News

J. Joshua Yang and Qiangfei Xia (ECE) are leading a research team that is developing a new type of nanodevice for computer microprocessors that can mimic the functioning of a biological synapse—the place where a signal passes from one nerve cell to another in the body. Such neuromorphic computing in which microprocessors are configured more like human brains is one of the most promising transformative computing technologies currently under study.

GraduatePhD candidate Julie Bliss Mullen (CEE) pitched her new venture ElectroPure, a competitively priced water treatment device for homes and small community systems, in both the UMass Innovation Challenge (First place, $26K), and as a finalist in the National Academy of Inventors Student Innovation Showcase.

Doctoral student Shirin Montazeri (ECE) won the first prizein the electronics area of the Applied Superconductivity Conference Best Student Paper Contest in Colorado.

UndergraduateParticipants in a new service-learning course tackled volunteer projects with the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst and the Amherst Public Works department.

Victor Champagne ’17 and Alex Smith ’17 (MIE) were awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTSJuan Jiménez (MIE) received an Innovation and Career Development Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society.John Klier (ChE) was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Peter Monson (ChE) was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.Richard Palmer (CEE) was elected Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. David Schmidt (MIE) was elected Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers.Paul Siqueira (ECE) was selected as co-lead for the “Ecosystems” phase of an $800 million collaborative space mission being carried out by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

New FacultyAmir Arbabi, Assistant Professor, ECE Nanophotonics, flat optics, and photonic integrated circuitsColin Gleason, Assistant Professor, CEE Rivers, the hydrologic cycle, and global water budget Emily Kumpel, Assistant Professor, CEE Sustainable drinking water and sanitation servicesKara Peterman, Assistant Professor, CEE Structural engineering and mechanicsShannon Roberts, Assistant Professor, MIE Human factors in transportation safetyJay Taneja, Assistant Professor, ECE Sensing and communications technology Lauren Woodruff, Assistant Professor, ChE Genome engineering

GRANT HIGHLIGHTSMichael A. Henson (ChE) is the principal investigator for a three-university collaborative project, which involves creating mathematical models of a “circadian rhythm” generation to better understand the deleterious effects of shift work patterns on sleep and other diseases triggered by the malfunction of this 24-hour “body clock” in humans. The research is being supported by a very significant, four-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Jenna Marquard (MIE) is the director of the “Human Factors Core” of a five-year, $1.23 million collaborative grant received by the UMass Amherst College of Nursing from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health. The grant was awarded to create the new UManage Center to Build the Science of Symptom Self-Management, where scientists and engineers will develop technologies to help people with chronic illness manage fatigue and impaired sleep.

Mario Parente (ECE) is the principal investigator for a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to apply recent advances in biologically inspired deep learning methods to analyze large amounts of scientific data from Mars. Parente’s research on hyperspectral camera images is being applied to direct the analysis of data gathered by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

Shelly Peyton (ChE) and Jae-Hwang Lee (MIE) are part of a team working to understand cavitation damage in soft tissues and gels with a $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research. Other team members include team leader Alfred Crosby and his fellow UMass Amherst polymer scientist Greg Tew, as well as researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, San Diego.

Wei Fan (ChE), a renowned expert in catalysis, has been working on a number of exciting multiuniversity research teams. Most notably, he has collaborated to:

• Develop a new environmentally friendly chemical process to make p-xylene, an important ingredient of common plastics, e.g. plastic bottles for soft drinks. The new method has a 97-percent yield and uses sustainable biomass as the feedstock. P-xylene is currently produced from petroleum. 

• Invent a process to make butadiene from renewable sources such as trees, grasses, and corn. Butadiene is a key ingredient in synthetic rubber and plastics that is traditionally made from petroleum or natural gas.

• Create a new environmentally friendly soap molecule that is made from renewable sources such as soybeans, corn, and coconut and can reduce the number of harmful chemicals needed in cleaning products.

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

Renewable Chemicals from Natural Biomass Sources

SELECTIVE

Swift Rise in Departmental RankingsOur discipline-specific peers across the country recognize the growing excellence within our departments.

TOP RANKED

U.S. News & World Report ranks the UMass Amherst College of Engineering 56th overall; 29th among public engineering programs and #1 among those in New England (March 2017).

NEW Biomedical

Engineering Department

Program degrees: BS, MS, PhD

First admitted class on campus fall 2017

CEE – Civil and Environmental Engineering

ChE – Chemical Engineering

ECE – Electrical and Computer Engineering

MIE – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

NSF – National Science Foundation

ABBREVIATIONS

CompetitiveA surge in applications and decrease in the acceptance rate provides a clear indication of our increasing selectivity.

Destination of ChoiceOur booming reputation as an affordable, well-regarded engineering college has led to an increase in first-year applications. Clockwise from

top left:

Julie Bliss Mullen, Shirin Montazeri, Victor Champagne, Rune Percy, and Minwo Wang

Rune Percy ’17 (MIE) was a youth delegate at the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogota, Colombia. He also cofounded the UMass Social Entrepreneurship Club.

Minwo Wang ’17 (ECE) received a Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Undergraduate/Pre-graduate Scholarship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Several undergraduates and graduate student Kaavya Ram (CEE) participated in a program that collected and analyzed water samples from 818 public schools in Massachusetts. Results revealed that 70 percent of the buildings had at least one sample test high for lead or copper. Their work was done under the guidance of David Reckhow and John Tobiason (CEE), and testing was paid for by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Assistance Program for Lead in School Drinking Water. In the first draw sample, many (12 percent for lead, 2 percent for copper) surpassed federal “action levels” of 0.015 mg/L lead and 1.3 mg/L copper, but after flushing of the taps, subsequent samples (97.5 percent for lead, 99 percent for copper) measured below the limit. Kitchen kettles and classroom faucets were the fixtures most likely to have action-level exceedances. These tests resulted in hundreds of water fixture replacements in the state. 

High-Impact Student Research

Data from U.S. News & World Report, March 2017

Productivity and Contributions

Our faculty authored 355 papers (AY 15–16) featured in such prestigious academic journals as Nature Communications; Nature Materials; Environmental Science: Nano; and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.

Research FY 2017

EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT

($31.5M TOTAL)

◼ ChE◼ CEE◼ ECE◼ MIE

$3.9M

$13M$9.4M

$5.2M

Frank Sup (MIE) and Jane Kent (kinesiology) are working on a groundbreaking nonmagnetic ergometer to be used with the new magnetic resonance (MR) machine. The researchers are pioneering new approaches to MR imaging and spectroscopy studies of human muscle function to investigate the energetic mechanisms underpinning changes in muscle function, which can yield unique insights into fatigue, muscle properties, and age-related changes.

Innovation Spotlight

Clockwise from top left:

Amir Abibi, Colin Gleeson, Emily Kumpel, Shannon Roberts, Jay Taneja, Lauren Woodruff, and Kara Peterman

In the News

J. Joshua Yang and Qiangfei Xia (ECE) are leading a research team that is developing a new type of nanodevice for computer microprocessors that can mimic the functioning of a biological synapse—the place where a signal passes from one nerve cell to another in the body. Such neuromorphic computing in which microprocessors are configured more like human brains is one of the most promising transformative computing technologies currently under study.

GraduatePhD candidate Julie Bliss Mullen (CEE) pitched her new venture ElectroPure, a competitively priced water treatment device for homes and small community systems, in both the UMass Innovation Challenge (First place, $26K), and as a finalist in the National Academy of Inventors Student Innovation Showcase.

Doctoral student Shirin Montazeri (ECE) won the first prizein the electronics area of the Applied Superconductivity Conference Best Student Paper Contest in Colorado.

UndergraduateParticipants in a new service-learning course tackled volunteer projects with the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst and the Amherst Public Works department.

Victor Champagne ’17 and Alex Smith ’17 (MIE) were awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTSJuan Jiménez (MIE) received an Innovation and Career Development Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society.John Klier (ChE) was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Peter Monson (ChE) was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.Richard Palmer (CEE) was elected Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. David Schmidt (MIE) was elected Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers.Paul Siqueira (ECE) was selected as co-lead for the “Ecosystems” phase of an $800 million collaborative space mission being carried out by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

New FacultyAmir Arbabi, Assistant Professor, ECE Nanophotonics, flat optics, and photonic integrated circuitsColin Gleason, Assistant Professor, CEE Rivers, the hydrologic cycle, and global water budget Emily Kumpel, Assistant Professor, CEE Sustainable drinking water and sanitation servicesKara Peterman, Assistant Professor, CEE Structural engineering and mechanicsShannon Roberts, Assistant Professor, MIE Human factors in transportation safetyJay Taneja, Assistant Professor, ECE Sensing and communications technology Lauren Woodruff, Assistant Professor, ChE Genome engineering

GRANT HIGHLIGHTSMichael A. Henson (ChE) is the principal investigator for a three-university collaborative project, which involves creating mathematical models of a “circadian rhythm” generation to better understand the deleterious effects of shift work patterns on sleep and other diseases triggered by the malfunction of this 24-hour “body clock” in humans. The research is being supported by a very significant, four-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Jenna Marquard (MIE) is the director of the “Human Factors Core” of a five-year, $1.23 million collaborative grant received by the UMass Amherst College of Nursing from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health. The grant was awarded to create the new UManage Center to Build the Science of Symptom Self-Management, where scientists and engineers will develop technologies to help people with chronic illness manage fatigue and impaired sleep.

Mario Parente (ECE) is the principal investigator for a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to apply recent advances in biologically inspired deep learning methods to analyze large amounts of scientific data from Mars. Parente’s research on hyperspectral camera images is being applied to direct the analysis of data gathered by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

Shelly Peyton (ChE) and Jae-Hwang Lee (MIE) are part of a team working to understand cavitation damage in soft tissues and gels with a $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research. Other team members include team leader Alfred Crosby and his fellow UMass Amherst polymer scientist Greg Tew, as well as researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, San Diego.

Wei Fan (ChE), a renowned expert in catalysis, has been working on a number of exciting multiuniversity research teams. Most notably, he has collaborated to:

• Develop a new environmentally friendly chemical process to make p-xylene, an important ingredient of common plastics, e.g. plastic bottles for soft drinks. The new method has a 97-percent yield and uses sustainable biomass as the feedstock. P-xylene is currently produced from petroleum. 

• Invent a process to make butadiene from renewable sources such as trees, grasses, and corn. Butadiene is a key ingredient in synthetic rubber and plastics that is traditionally made from petroleum or natural gas.

• Create a new environmentally friendly soap molecule that is made from renewable sources such as soybeans, corn, and coconut and can reduce the number of harmful chemicals needed in cleaning products.

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

Renewable Chemicals from Natural Biomass Sources

SELECTIVE

Swift Rise in Departmental RankingsOur discipline-specific peers across the country recognize the growing excellence within our departments.

TOP RANKED

U.S. News & World Report ranks the UMass Amherst College of Engineering 56th overall; 29th among public engineering programs and #1 among those in New England (March 2017).

NEW Biomedical

Engineering Department

Program degrees: BS, MS, PhD

First admitted class on campus fall 2017

CEE – Civil and Environmental Engineering

ChE – Chemical Engineering

ECE – Electrical and Computer Engineering

MIE – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

NSF – National Science Foundation

ABBREVIATIONS

CompetitiveA surge in applications and decrease in the acceptance rate provides a clear indication of our increasing selectivity.

Destination of ChoiceOur booming reputation as an affordable, well-regarded engineering college has led to an increase in first-year applications. Clockwise from

top left:

Julie Bliss Mullen, Shirin Montazeri, Victor Champagne, Rune Percy, and Minwo Wang

Rune Percy ’17 (MIE) was a youth delegate at the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogota, Colombia. He also cofounded the UMass Social Entrepreneurship Club.

Minwo Wang ’17 (ECE) received a Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Undergraduate/Pre-graduate Scholarship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Several undergraduates and graduate student Kaavya Ram (CEE) participated in a program that collected and analyzed water samples from 818 public schools in Massachusetts. Results revealed that 70 percent of the buildings had at least one sample test high for lead or copper. Their work was done under the guidance of David Reckhow and John Tobiason (CEE), and testing was paid for by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Assistance Program for Lead in School Drinking Water. In the first draw sample, many (12 percent for lead, 2 percent for copper) surpassed federal “action levels” of 0.015 mg/L lead and 1.3 mg/L copper, but after flushing of the taps, subsequent samples (97.5 percent for lead, 99 percent for copper) measured below the limit. Kitchen kettles and classroom faucets were the fixtures most likely to have action-level exceedances. These tests resulted in hundreds of water fixture replacements in the state. 

High-Impact Student Research

Data from U.S. News & World Report, March 2017

Productivity and Contributions

Our faculty authored 355 papers (AY 15–16) featured in such prestigious academic journals as Nature Communications; Nature Materials; Environmental Science: Nano; and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.

Research FY 2017

EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT

($31.5M TOTAL)

◼ ChE◼ CEE◼ ECE◼ MIE

$3.9M

$13M$9.4M

$5.2M

Frank Sup (MIE) and Jane Kent (kinesiology) are working on a groundbreaking nonmagnetic ergometer to be used with the new magnetic resonance (MR) machine. The researchers are pioneering new approaches to MR imaging and spectroscopy studies of human muscle function to investigate the energetic mechanisms underpinning changes in muscle function, which can yield unique insights into fatigue, muscle properties, and age-related changes.

Innovation Spotlight

Bloom — scanning electron micrograph of flower-like structures observed on DNA/lipid films for surface-mediated transfection. Created by Professor Sarah Perry and undergraduates Savannah Szemethy and Matthew Gagnon in celebration of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) movement.

Marshall Jones ’72 MA, ’74 PhD MIE was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his pioneering work on industrial lasers. Eric Swanson ’82 ECE was among a team of researchers awarded the $500,000 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering.2016/17 recipients of the College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Alumni Award were: Roberto Padovani ’83 MS, ’85 PhD ECE; Edward S. Price ’90 ChE; Martin C. Ross ’86 MIE; John P. Sullivan Jr. ’72 CEE.2016/17 recipients of the College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Alumni Award were: Vered Bisker-Leib ’02 MBA, ’03 PhD ChE; Aaron M. Dollar ’00 MIE; Tiffany T. Labrie ’03, ’05 MS CEE; Justin S. Peavey ’93 ECE.2017 inductees into the Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni were: Daniel Adams ’86, ’88 MS CEE; Dick Bedard ’73 CEE; Ruth Bonsignore ’83 CEE; Robert Brack ’60 CEE; Michael Chajes ’84 CEE; Stephen Kellogg ’72 CEE; Minhaj Kirmani ’68 ME, ’77 PhD CEE; Roberto Leon ’78 CEE; William O’Neill ’60 CEE; Richard Reardon ’58 CEE; Dwight Sangrey ’64 CEE.

As every engineer knows, there’s strength in numbers. Each gift, regardless of size, plays a part in enhancing the experiences of our students and the value of all UMass Amherst degrees—past, present, and future. We greatly appreciate your generous support during fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017).

THANKS!

As good stewards of the gifts you have given, and in support of our campus-wide effort to encourage green environmental practices, the College of Engineering now publishes its Honor Roll of Donors online at engineering.umass.edu/donorlist. This electronic list recognizes those who have given generously to the college in fiscal year 2017.

Celebrating Our Donors

ACADEMIC DEGREESBiomedical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Chemical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Civil Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Computer Systems Engineering (BS)Electrical Engineering (BS)Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS, PhD)Engineering Management (MS)Environmental & Water Resources Engineering (MS)Industrial Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Mechanical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)

ACCELERATED MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS (4+1)Civil and EnvironmentalElectrical and Computer EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering

MBA/MS 3-YEAR DUAL GRADUATE DEGREESCivil EngineeringEnvironmental & Water Resources EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering

CONTINUING & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DEGREESEngineering Management (MS)Integrated Field Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS)

OTHER PROGRAMSConcentration in Biochemical EngineeringDepartmental Honors Track, Commonwealth Honors CollegeEngineering Management MinorIntegrated Concentration in Science (iCons)Materials Engineering CertificateTransit Operations and Management CertificateWind Power Engineering Certificate

RESEARCH CENTERS • Northeast Climate Science Center• The UMass Amherst Institute for Applied Life Sciences: Center for

Personalized Health Monitoring• The Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

(CASA)• The Center for Advanced Sensor and Communication Antennas (CASCA)• The Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CEERE)• The UMass Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering• The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research (TIMBR)• MassNanoTech• The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL)• The National Science Foundation Center for e-Design and Realization of

Engineered Products and Systems (e-Design Center)• The University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC)• The University of Massachusetts Traffic Safety Research Program

(UMassSAFE)• The Center for Process Design and Control (CPDC)• The Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS)

STUDENTS IN 2016–2017Undergraduate: 2,108Master’s Candidates: 296Doctoral Candidates: 276

ENTERING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTSFALL 2016 395 enrolled4.0 mean weighted GPA1210–1360 SAT mid 50% range

DEGREES AWARDED IN 2016–2017Bachelor’s: 456Master’s: 136Doctoral: 44

FACULTY IN 2016–2017Tenure Track: 111Lecturers: 9Research Faculty: 8

U.S. News & World ReportENGINEERING SCHOOL RANKINGUndergraduate (September 2016): #63 overall; #35 among public universities Graduate Programs (March 2017): #56 overall; #29 among public universities

CAREER PLACEMENT — UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF 2016, 6 MONTHS OUTTotal # of 2016 graduates: 462Reported: 87%Placement: 93% of those who reportedAverage starting salary: $65,500Starting salary range of $43,700–$105,60083% participated in experiential learning opportunities (internships, co-ops, research, study-abroad, competitions, and service learning)

LEADERSHIPTim Anderson, DeanDavid McLaughlin, Associate Dean James Rinderle, Associate DeanRussell Tessier, Associate DeanEngineering Department Heads:

C. V. Hollot, ECEJohn Klier, ChESundar Krishnamurty, MIERichard Palmer, CEE

PRODUCTION

Writing: Heather Demers & Charlie Creekmore; Design: Sarah Harvey; Photography: Ben Barnhart, John Solem, and others

Our undergraduate population represents every county in Massachusetts, 27 U.S. states, and 32 countries.

Our graduate students hail from 35 countries and enrich our campus with diverse perspectives and experiences.

UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE 2016–17

GRADUATE PROFILE 2016–17

Enrollment by department(2,108 total):

Enrollment by department (572 total):

◼ Current Gifts◼ Fee Income/Misc. Revenue◼ Sponsored Research◼ Campus Appropriation

3% 4%

40% 53%

TOTAL COLLEGE REVENUES O U R C E S F Y 1 7 ($58.9M)

ChE: 254 CEE: 240 ECE: 314 MIE: 506Exploratory Track:

115First-year: 679

ChE: 56 (56 PhD)

CEE: 121(57 MS, 64 PhD)

ECE: 262(175 MS, 87 PhD)

MIE: 133(64 MS, 69 PhD)

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

FISCAL YEAR

2017$532,206 ◼ Support Talented Students$20,000 ◼ Support First-Class Faculty$3.7M ◼ Support Research and Programs$171,184 ◼ Support Buildings & Infrastructure$319,393 ◼ Support Our Annual Fund

HOW OUR DONORS DESIGNATED THEIR GIFTSAt a Glance

Bloom — scanning electron micrograph of flower-like structures observed on DNA/lipid films for surface-mediated transfection. Created by Professor Sarah Perry and undergraduates Savannah Szemethy and Matthew Gagnon in celebration of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) movement.

Marshall Jones ’72 MA, ’74 PhD MIE was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his pioneering work on industrial lasers. Eric Swanson ’82 ECE was among a team of researchers awarded the $500,000 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering.2016/17 recipients of the College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Alumni Award were: Roberto Padovani ’83 MS, ’85 PhD ECE; Edward S. Price ’90 ChE; Martin C. Ross ’86 MIE; John P. Sullivan Jr. ’72 CEE.2016/17 recipients of the College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Alumni Award were: Vered Bisker-Leib ’02 MBA, ’03 PhD ChE; Aaron M. Dollar ’00 MIE; Tiffany T. Labrie ’03, ’05 MS CEE; Justin S. Peavey ’93 ECE.2017 inductees into the Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni were: Daniel Adams ’86, ’88 MS CEE; Dick Bedard ’73 CEE; Ruth Bonsignore ’83 CEE; Robert Brack ’60 CEE; Michael Chajes ’84 CEE; Stephen Kellogg ’72 CEE; Minhaj Kirmani ’68 ME, ’77 PhD CEE; Roberto Leon ’78 CEE; William O’Neill ’60 CEE; Richard Reardon ’58 CEE; Dwight Sangrey ’64 CEE.

As every engineer knows, there’s strength in numbers. Each gift, regardless of size, plays a part in enhancing the experiences of our students and the value of all UMass Amherst degrees—past, present, and future. We greatly appreciate your generous support during fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017).

THANKS!

As good stewards of the gifts you have given, and in support of our campus-wide effort to encourage green environmental practices, the College of Engineering now publishes its Honor Roll of Donors online at engineering.umass.edu/donorlist. This electronic list recognizes those who have given generously to the college in fiscal year 2017.

Celebrating Our Donors

ACADEMIC DEGREESBiomedical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Chemical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Civil Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Computer Systems Engineering (BS)Electrical Engineering (BS)Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS, PhD)Engineering Management (MS)Environmental & Water Resources Engineering (MS)Industrial Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)Mechanical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)

ACCELERATED MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS (4+1)Civil and EnvironmentalElectrical and Computer EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering

MBA/MS 3-YEAR DUAL GRADUATE DEGREESCivil EngineeringEnvironmental & Water Resources EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering

CONTINUING & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DEGREESEngineering Management (MS)Integrated Field Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS)

OTHER PROGRAMSConcentration in Biochemical EngineeringDepartmental Honors Track, Commonwealth Honors CollegeEngineering Management MinorIntegrated Concentration in Science (iCons)Materials Engineering CertificateTransit Operations and Management CertificateWind Power Engineering Certificate

RESEARCH CENTERS • Northeast Climate Science Center• The UMass Amherst Institute for Applied Life Sciences: Center for

Personalized Health Monitoring• The Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

(CASA)• The Center for Advanced Sensor and Communication Antennas (CASCA)• The Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CEERE)• The UMass Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering• The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research (TIMBR)• MassNanoTech• The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL)• The National Science Foundation Center for e-Design and Realization of

Engineered Products and Systems (e-Design Center)• The University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC)• The University of Massachusetts Traffic Safety Research Program

(UMassSAFE)• The Center for Process Design and Control (CPDC)• The Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS)

STUDENTS IN 2016–2017Undergraduate: 2,108Master’s Candidates: 296Doctoral Candidates: 276

ENTERING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTSFALL 2016 395 enrolled4.0 mean weighted GPA1210–1360 SAT mid 50% range

DEGREES AWARDED IN 2016–2017Bachelor’s: 456Master’s: 136Doctoral: 44

FACULTY IN 2016–2017Tenure Track: 111Lecturers: 9Research Faculty: 8

U.S. News & World ReportENGINEERING SCHOOL RANKINGUndergraduate (September 2016): #63 overall; #35 among public universities Graduate Programs (March 2017): #56 overall; #29 among public universities

CAREER PLACEMENT — UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF 2016, 6 MONTHS OUTTotal # of 2016 graduates: 462Reported: 87%Placement: 93% of those who reportedAverage starting salary: $65,500Starting salary range of $43,700–$105,60083% participated in experiential learning opportunities (internships, co-ops, research, study-abroad, competitions, and service learning)

LEADERSHIPTim Anderson, DeanDavid McLaughlin, Associate Dean James Rinderle, Associate DeanRussell Tessier, Associate DeanEngineering Department Heads:

C. V. Hollot, ECEJohn Klier, ChESundar Krishnamurty, MIERichard Palmer, CEE

PRODUCTION

Writing: Heather Demers & Charlie Creekmore; Design: Sarah Harvey; Photography: Ben Barnhart, John Solem, Sarah Harvey, National Inventors Hall of Fame, and contributors

Our undergraduate population represents every county in Massachusetts, 27 U.S. states, and 32 countries.

Our graduate students hail from 35 countries and enrich our campus with diverse perspectives and experiences.

UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE 2016–17

GRADUATE PROFILE 2016–17

Enrollment by department(2,108 total):

Enrollment by department (572 total):

◼ Current Gifts◼ Fee Income/Misc. Revenue◼ Sponsored Research◼ Campus Appropriation

3% 4%

40% 53%

TOTAL COLLEGE REVENUES O U R C E S F Y 1 7 ($58.9M)

ChE: 254 CEE: 240 ECE: 314 MIE: 506Exploratory Track:

115First-year: 679

ChE: 56 (56 PhD)

CEE: 121(57 MS, 64 PhD)

ECE: 262(175 MS, 87 PhD)

MIE: 133(64 MS, 69 PhD)

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

FISCAL YEAR

2017$532,206 ◼ Support Talented Students$20,000 ◼ Support First-Class Faculty$3.7M ◼ Support Research and Programs$171,184 ◼ Support Buildings & Infrastructure$319,393 ◼ Support Our Annual Fund

HOW OUR DONORS DESIGNATED THEIR GIFTSAt a Glance