Archives: Monthly Archives: April 2023
UConn Team Wins CIM-LRD Design/Construction Student Competition
April 28, 2023 On Saturday, April 22, a team of UConn students competed in the annual CIM-LRD Student Competition in Heavy Civil Infrastructure Design/Construction, where they won first place in designing and proposing a western extension of the MBTA Blue Line subway in Boston. “My team and I worked on the Blue Line Extension Project […]
Steel Bridge Design Club Takes Home the Hardware
April 27, 2023 On April 23, the UConn Steel Bridge Design Club competed in the Northeast Regional Steel Bridge competition, where they had a clean sweep victory against 12 other teams in all major categories. The Steel Bridge Design Club is a structural engineering club that deals with designing a bridge based on the specifications […]
New Center on Soil Research Addresses Industry Needs for Reliable Sensors
April 17, 2023 A group of UConn researchers from the School of Engineering and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources have recently established an industry-driven center for advanced soil science research as part of a collaborative SoilTech IUCRC Center project led by the University of Southern California. The following text is from UConn Today: “The UConn […]
CEE Professor Featured on Vox
March 30, 2023 Our own Dr. Arash E. Zaghi was featured on a video by Vox discussing the misconceptions surrounding dyslexia, dispelling the stigma surrounding it as purely a “deficiency” and analyzing the strengths and advantages unique to neurodiverse individuals. As Dr. Zaghi says, “It doesn’t make me superhuman… It’s just how my brain structure […]
