Archives: Monthly Archives: March 2019
UConn Student Awarded Chi Epsilon Scholarship
UConn engineering student Genevieve Rigler was selected by the Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society to receive a $2000 scholarship. Genevieve Rigler is a fifth-year EuroTech student majoring in German studies and civil engineering. She has focused on both transportation and environmental engineering during her undergraduate degree. Over the past year she has been working with Dr. […]
Congressman Joe Courtney Meets with UConn Engineers about Crumbling Concrete Research
Congressman Joe Courtney met with UConn engineers at the Storrs campus this March to discuss ongoing research efforts related to the crumbling concrete foundations that have affected over thirty-five thousand homeowners in northeastern Connecticut. UConn researchers hope to validate a method that may be used to accurately determine the quantity of pyrrhotite in concrete. Congressman Courtney […]
Congressman Joe Courtney Visits UConn
Congressman Joe Courtney met with the deans and key staff at the School of Engineering when he visited UConn in early March to discuss the school’s regional collaborations with industry partners. During the meeting, Professor Richard Christenson, co-director of the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT), updated Congressman Courtney on the initiative’s ongoing research efforts. Professor […]
Dr. Christine Kirchhoff Featured in Hartford Magazine
Dr. Christine Kirchhoff was featured in Hartford Magazine as one of five “Greater Hartford Players” who are at the forefront of research on climate change and sustainability. Dr. Kirchhoff is studying the vulnerability and resilience of water and wastewater systems to extreme weather events such as storms and droughts. Read the full story here.
