another winner: for the 3rd straight year, an engineering student wins the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

the engineering quad: where classes and hands-on design intersect

alternative energy: applying industrial engineering to solar energy research

senior design: innovation for tomorrow by electrical and computer engineering students

wonder drugs: chemical engineering students contributing to the cancer fight

drive safe: opportunities for exploratory graduate and undergraduate research

safeguarding off-road enthusiasts: emergency beacon invention by a mechanical engineering student

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Why Choose an Engineering Major?

First-rate Faculty: Open-door access to superior faculty including those who have received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for young academics.

High-achieving Students: Engineering students have the highest average GPAs and SAT scores on campus and over 25% enroll in Commonwealth Honors College.

A Highly Ranked College: The College of Engineering is the highest-ranked public program for engineering in New England. Recent rankings from U.S. News & World Report list three of our graduate programs in the top 30.

National Research Opportunities: The College operates several national research centers. Through our national research centers and laboratories, students have the opportunity to participate in a thriving research environment.

Excellent Education at the Right Price: The College of Engineering provides an opportunity to attend a nationally competitive research and teaching institution at affordable prices. Plus, more than 200 engineering undergraduate students receive a total of $600,000 in scholarship money.

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Funding Engineers Without Borders
Hayley Franz
Senior
Civil + Environmental Engineering
Boxborough, Massachusetts

Senior civil engineering major Hayley Franz does one of the great under-publicized but all-important jobs at the UMass College of Engineering. Her responsibility is helping to raise funds to support engineering projects in Kenya and the Brazilian Amazon that provide clean drinking water for thousands of villagers eking out a subsistence living in the bush. More specifically, Hayley, who says she’s “always been very organized,” is the fundraising events coordinator for the UMass chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB).

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Monique Farrell
A Woman with a Plan
Monique Farrell
Sophomore
Chemical Engineering
Springfield, Massachusetts

Like any born engineer, Monique Farrell is a woman with a plan. In fact, she began designing her chemical engineering career as an eighth-grader, when she finished second in a national science competition. Any college recruiter can see that Monique's game plan is a blueprint for success in college and beyond.

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Majoring in Metamorphosis
To Chong
Senior
Electrical + Computer Engineering
Nha Trang, Vietnam

When Vietnamese immigrant To Chong talks about the transformation in his life triggered by UMass, it brings to mind the metamorphosis from an earthbound larva in a milky green cocoon into a soaring black and gold monarch butterfly. Some 10 years ago, To arrived in this country as a senior in high school with very little ability to communicate verbally in English. Today he is an articulate citizen of the world.

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If the Shoe Fits, Design It
Samuel del Pilar
Senior
Mechanical + Industrial Engineering
Flushing, New York

Sam del Pilar has taken the urban tradition and Hispanic heritage he grew up with in the Borough of Queens, New York, and used all that to put his own personal stamp on his mechanical engineering education at UMass Amherst. His hometown culture is the common denominator in all his activities.

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