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College of Engineering

John V. Lombardi Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

“Philanthropy makes the difference between good and excellent: exceptional students, outstanding faculty, and cutting-edge research.”

Michael F. Malone ’79 PhD Ronnie and Eugene Isenberg Distinguished Professor Dean, College of Engineering

We’d like to invite you to help us make the College of Engineering a place where excellence, opportunity, and innovation prosper

far into the future. Imagine the 20th century without the airplane. Scrap the automobile, jettison the jet engine, ditch the Apollo Program, wipe out the polio vaccine, dismantle the highway system, and toss the computer out the window. Where would we be without these engineering wonders? The answer is mired in the 19th century.

In fact, the College of Engineering is helping society time travel in the opposite direction, toward a more rewarding, productive, and wondrous future. Our brilliant faculty and students are helping power tomorrow with clean, renewable energy. We’re helping to cure cancer. Detect killer tornadoes. Invent crashproof transportation systems. Solve crippling problems such as diabetes, polluted water, and the greenhouse effect.

Inventing the future is not just a dream at the College of Engineering. You can help us create it by investing in tomorrow’s engineering leaders. With our hands-on teaching, research, and learning, we are actively engaged in engineering human potential. Necessity is no longer the mother of invention. Education is. And you are the renewable fuel that drives the “engine” of excellence in the College of Engineering.

When is the right time to invest in the College of Engineering? Right now. Never before have we played a more critical role in the future of the Commonwealth, the nation, the world. Join with us and the UMass Amherst campus in this crucial fundraising campaign. With your support, the college goal of $75 million will take an already storied engineering program where it has never been before: to a bigger, better, brighter future characterized by “Excellence, Opportunity, Innovation.”

Thank you,

Michael F. Malone ’79 PhDRonnie and Eugene Isenberg Distinguished ProfessorDean, College of Engineering

Our Campaign Goals

Who will conceive the technologies that take civilization to the next level? Today’s

engineering students. Be part of the vital support they need through scholarships,

graduate fellowships, and undergraduate research.

Investing in Students Goal: $22.5 million

The age of the self-taught inventor like Edison is past. To cultivate genius for the coming

age, we will attract and retain our best and brightest minds through the professorships

necessary to pass the torch of engineering education to the next generation.

Investing in Faculty and Research Goal: $22.5 million

Will our engineers be leaders or followers? Academic program initiatives cultivate

aspiring engineers from every walk of life and equip them with the entrepreneurial

training, international experience, and co-op jobs to become future leaders.

Investing in Programs Goal: $5 million

Where would Shakespeare have been without his Globe Theater, Picasso without his art

studio, Bernstein without Carnegie Hall? Likewise, engineering students show their stuff in

the laboratories, workshops, auditoriums, and classrooms we build for them.

Investing in Facilities and Technologies Goal: $25 million

At the College of Engineering we are aware of the financial burden that

higher education can place on students and their families. In this day and

age, when students finish their undergraduate or graduate education, many

face an overwhelming challenge: paying back education loans. We don’t

believe that the legacy of an education here should be enormous debt. It should

be the knowledge, learning, background, and experience to lead creative

and productive careers. Each year, through private support, the College of

Engineering provides scholarships to undergraduates who possess the aptitude

and attitude to study engineering and excel. Fellowships support graduate

students who mentor undergraduates and support faculty in the laboratory

and classroom.

For students, a scholarship or fellowship is an honor that recognizes aca-

demic achievement, leadership, and service to others, and fuels their desire

to attain new heights. In every case, financial support is a critical part of

providing the education necessary for students to achieve and make a differ-

ence. Looking toward the future, keeping pace with our peer institutions, and

sustaining our current commitments will require a significant increase in the

amount of scholarship and fellowship assistance we can offer our students

and their families.

Investing in Students

“I want to inspire people to

give. I believe you have to

put your money where your

mouth is. And I believe that

a scholarship creates a

self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s

a good way to set a student

on the path to success.”Janice Rossbach Class of 1949 Founder, The Leopold Jerome Rossbach Memorial and Janice Rittenburg Rossbach ’49 Scholarship Endowment

Tracy Heckler

Scholarship ImpactJanice Rossbach’s scholarship endowment

honors her late husband, Leopold Jerome

Rossbach,

by providing

scholarships to

students from

her high school

alma mater,

Jeremiah Burke

High School

in Dorchester,

Massachusetts,

or to students from the metropolitan

Boston area.

“I believe that education is the passport

to the future,” says former Rossbach

Scholar Maria Gomes ’07. “This

scholarship has allowed me to devote

more time to life and activities on

campus, enhancing my college

experience. I feel very privileged.”

After graduation, Gomes accepted a

position with BAE Systems, a premier

global defense and aerospace company.

Philanthropy is a state of mind that is often passed from generation to generation, as proven by the College of Engineering scholar-ship fund set up by Nicholas Boraski ’50 and his wife, Ruth. From an early age Boraski knew he wanted to go to engineering school, but he didn’t know quite how he could do it. Then, after a Navy discharge in 1946, he went to UMass Amherst on the G.I. Bill. His College of Engineering education qualified him for his career at General Electric. The Boraski Scholarship Fund is his way of giving back for the education he received.

“All kids should have the opportunity for an excellent education,” says Boraski. “I would like to believe that all graduates who have benefited from our College of Engineering would support the great need for additional funds for engineer-ing scholarships.”

And his philanthropy inspires others. “Scholarship support has been critical in allowing me to pursue my degree,” says Lynn Crevier ’08, a Boraski Scholar, who is majoring in mechanical and industrial engineering. “It has also opened my eyes to the world of philanthropy. In response, I’m already volunteering to tutor my peers through Women in Engineering and volunteering my time for the Society of Women Engineers.”

In addition, Crevier has raised and donated more than $5,000 through sales of her own handmade jewelry to benefit the handicap accessibility ramp project at the First Churches in Northampton. Her Boraski Scholarship has also inspired her to create a jewelry scholarship fund at the college, and she has pledged to start another scholarship fund as soon as she begins her professional career.

Philanthropy Is Catching

No Luce EndsTracy Heckler of the Chemical Engineering Department and Stacy Canepari of the

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department were the first two College of

Engineering students to each receive a $30,000 Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship. The

fellowships are a program of the Henry Luce Foundation and draw from a pool of

$120,000 awarded to UMass Amherst by the Clare Boothe Luce Women in Science

and Engineering Program. The funds support women of the highest academic standard

during their first year of doctoral studies in the fields of engineering, computer science,

physics, and polymer science.

“The Graduate Fellowships offered through the Clare Boothe Luce Program support

talented female students in the first two years of their PhD study,” says Dr. Jane Z.

Daniels, director of the Clare Boothe Luce Program at the Henry Luce Foundation. “The

fellowships provide a jump start for their graduate work and give them freedom to choose

a research area and advisor without financial pressure. The program further hopes to

encourage the fellowship recipients’ departments to critically examine the graduate

student environment for gender bias and eliminate any that might be found.” Stacy Canepari

T he College of Engineering constantly seeks faculty who can expand

our research competencies and accelerate our efforts to be nationally

recognized in such areas as energy, clean water, the environment, health care,

transportation, safety, and security. Traditional rank and salary by themselves

no longer provide us with a competitive edge in recruiting both seasoned

faculty and rising stars. Excellence is defined with resources such as endowed

chairs and professorships, some of the highest honors a professor can achieve

and proven ingredients in recruiting and retaining the best faculty. That

means establishing professional development, engineering innovation, and

entrepreneur-in-residence professorships that serve to attract, sustain, develop,

reward, and enhance our faculty. This will expose our students to the best

research, thinking, knowledge, wisdom, and teaching we can provide.

Investing in Faculty and Research

“My philanthropic vision is

strategically focused to

promote interdisciplinary

science and education

among academia,

government, and industry.”Jerome M. Paros Class of 1960 President, Paroscientific, Inc.

Fostering Scholarship

A terrific example of the impact that

can be created by a professorship is an

appointment made through the

Armstrong Endowment, established

through John and Elizabeth Armstrong

to support full-time engineering profes-

sors in the early stages of their careers,

thus allowing them to focus on ground-

breaking research. The first Armstrong

Professor was a momentous one: David

McLaughlin, a faculty member in the

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department, who has since become the

director of the $40 million Center for

Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

(CASA), sponsored by the National

Science Foundation and other

organizations.

“This professorship was to

supplement young faculty in their

research,” says John Armstrong. “You

could hardly hope to see clearer results

because of what’s happened with

CASA.” George Huber, an assistant

professor in the Chemical Engineering

Department at UMass Amherst, was

named the second Armstrong Profes-

sor. Huber’s expertise is conversion of

biomass from plant material into fuels

and chemicals, an area that could

potentially shape the world’s energy

economy for years to come.

In his roles as entrepreneur, researcher, and teacher, adjunct professor Dev Gupta, who earned his PhD in electrical engineering from UMass Amherst in 1977, always has an eye to the future. His company, NewLANS, is pioneering in its approach to developing broadband and wireless technologies. His other startups have been equally successful in anticipating the future of telecommunications.

Gupta and his wife, Linda, are committed to helping shape the future at the College of Engineering. They have given gener-

ously – among their gifts was an endowed professorship in 2000 – and they think a lot about the educational direction the school might take. Their interest in UMass Amherst is deeply personal. “All of our children have been at UMass,” they note with pride. Divi, the eldest, has a Bachelor’s and Master’s from UMass Amherst and is now seeking his PhD in engineering; Navin has a Bachelor’s, completed graduate courses, worked in the Paige Lab, and is a student at UMass Medical School; and Jai has a Bachelor’s from UPenn and Master’s from the University of Southern California and is enrolled in the doctoral electrical and computer engineering program at UMass Amherst. Penelope Gupta, who is married to Divi, is studying for her PhD in biology.

For the Guptas, the future must include multidisciplinary programs. “By building programs that combine biomedical research and systems engineering that bring in statistics, mathematics, and cellular and molecular biology, we bring together the right people to focus on identifying new areas to investigate,” says Dev Gupta.

An Eye Toward the Future

Measure for Measure

Jerome M. Paros ’60 is a successful en-

trepreneur who believes that interdisci-

plinary collaborations produce ground-

breaking discoveries. To this end, he

has endowed two professorships at

UMass Amherst.

In 2005, Paros

gave $1 million to

endow the Jerome

M. Paros Profes-

sor of Measure-

ment Sciences.

In 2007, he

established the

Paros Professor

of Environmental

Sciences with

another $1 million

endowment. The

Colleges of Engineering and Natural

Sciences and Mathematics will hold the

new professorship jointly. Paros hopes

the environmental sciences professor-

ship will generate synergy between the

two colleges and the two Paros profes-

sors’ work.

“I see my support, and the professor-

ships, as a catalyst in breaking

down the barriers among disciplines

so we can create great scientific

breakthroughs,” says Paros. He is an

internationally recognized leader in

measurement sciences and holds more

than 20 patents in the instrumentation

field. He is the founder of Paroscien-

tific, Inc. and related companies that

manufacture sensors to measure pressure,

acceleration, temperature, weight, and

other parameters based on the quartz

crystal resonator technology that he

developed.

The first Paros Professor is Andreas

Muschinski, Electrical and Computer

Engineering Department, whose

research deals with measuring wind,

turbulence, wave propagation, and

weather in the lower atmosphere.

Ten Ways You Can Make a Difference

1 Enable Summer Research

A deep-pressure vest that comforts patients with high-anxiety

disorder. Radar that promises to revolutionize how humans

monitor weather. A drug-delivery system using a synthetic clay

called laponite. These are all projects carried on through the

summer Research

Experience for

Undergraduates

(REU). “The REU

program provides

an in-depth

experience working

with faculty and

other students

on the edge of

knowledge that

often provides a

defining moment

for students,”

says Dean

Michael F. Malone.

2 Give Students

Survival Skills

The campus is offering four

pioneering dual-degree

options that will integrate

graduate study in management

and engineering. The four

new degrees are the combined

MBA and Master’s in Civil

Engineering, Industrial

Engineering, Environmental

Engineering, and Mechanical

Engineering. “At least one-

third of our graduates wind

up in management,” says

Dean Malone. “For them and

many of our other graduates,

business skills have become

survival skills.”

3 Change the World One Village at a Time

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a nonprofit organization

established in 2001 to partner with developing communities

abroad and thus improve their

quality of life. Since its founding,

EWB has grown to more than

3,000 members involved in 135

diverse projects located in more

than 30 countries worldwide.

“We are very proud of our campus

chapter,” notes David Reckhow,

professor of Civil and Environ-

mental Engineering, “which recently sent a team of engineers to

western Kenya and installed a clean water supply for a com-

munity of 3,000 subsistence farmers. We know our students will

benefit from their involvement in EWB their whole lives.”

4 Support Young

Leaders of the 21st Century

The College of Engineering now

has 18 faculty members who

have been awarded grants from

the National Science Foundation

Faculty Early Career Develop-

ment (CAREER) Program.

CAREER is the NSF’s most

prestigious program for young

faculty members. CAREER

“recognizes and supports the

early career development

activities of those teacher-

scholars who are most likely

to become the academic leaders

of the 21st century,” according

to the NSF.

Your support can enhance knowledge and improve lives.

Here are some examples.

5 Promote Scholarships and Fellowships

“My scholarships are a big motivation for me to get my bachelor’s

degree and give back to the community by improving our tech-

nology to save lives and to solve the numerous problems

encountered in the world today,” says Rossbach Scholar Uchenna

Obiagba ’08. An endowed scholarship or fellowship gives back to

the college, society, and the world every day of every year.

7 Jump-start Student Careers

Co-op jobs that give undergraduates a head start in their

engineering careers. Mock interviews that train students how

to navigate their first job interviews. Personal connections with

prestigious engineering employers. These are only a few services

provided by the newly upgraded Career Planning and Student

Development Office.

8 Encourage the

Business of Innovation

The Technology Innovation Challenge (TIC)

is a campus-wide competition for the best

entrepreneurial business plan based on a

technological concept. The two-phase TIC includes

the $5,000 “Elevator Pitch” competition each fall

and the $45,000 grand prize competition each

spring. For example, one winning team proposed

an enterprise that would produce longer-lasting,

diamond-coated, artificial-joint implants.

6 Bankroll Excellence

The Dean’s Fund for Excel-

lence was created to support

a variety of initiatives that

carry out our mission of

teaching, research, and public

service. What might the

fund support? The

Multicultural and

Women’s Engineer-

ing Programs. Study

abroad opportunities.

Unrestricted funds

support student

teams working on the

Concrete Canoe and

Supermileage Vehicle

Competitions. These programs

and others help raise the bar

for excellence at the College

of Engineering.

9 Build Labs of the Future

Engineering laboratories are the proving grounds for our research

and education. The Human Performance Lab comes equipped

with a state-of-the-art driving simulator and other equipment

worth more than $1 million. Our new $25 million ELab II

building contains 57,000 square feet of lab and other space for

chemical engineering and civil and environmental engineering.

The Assistive Technology Lab provides engineering solutions for

people with disabilities. The Microwave Remote Sensing Labora-

tory is the nation’s leading university laboratory of its kind.

10 Inspire Invention

Each May curious visitors to

the College of Engineering see a

variety of brilliant inventions

ranging from wireless juke-

boxes to sensor systems that

warn drivers of impending

collisions at intersections. The

occasion is the Electrical and

Computer Engineering Senior

Design Project Day, a public

review in which students dis-

play their inventions, explain

them to visitors, and demon-

strate their functions. “Design

Day is not only the culmina-

tion of what ECE students

learn at UMass Amherst,”

says T. Baird Soules, the

department’s undergraduate

program director, “but also

the demonstration of broader

skills, such as presentation,

teamwork, and budgeting.”

While private gifts directed toward more traditional areas such as

scholarships, fellowships, faculty support, and facil i t ies are an

essential part of our campaign for the College of Engineering, there are

additional, albeit less well-known, opportunities for private support.

We welcome unrestricted gifts that provide the dean and the department heads

with the flexibil i ty to capitalize on opportunities and enrich existing programs.

One of our goals is to attract exceptional students who reflect the racial, ethnic,

gender, and cultural diversity of our increasingly global community. This is

precisely why the college has such a strong commitment to enhancing our

Women in Engineering and Multicultural Engineering Programs. Gifts to these

programs enable us to provide academic and nonacademic assistance to increase

enrollment of underrepresented minorities and women. Through specialized

scholarship programs, recruiting activities, mentoring programs, and tutoring,

we are better positioned to enroll, retain, and graduate the best and brightest students.

Industry and corporate partners can be part of our success while directly benefit-

ing from faculty experts and talented students.

Investing in Programs

“I wanted to give the college

the wherewithal to seize

new opportunities, tackle

new initiatives, and expand

current programs.”

Stephen R. Dunne

Class of 1989

Established the

Stephen R. Dunne Endowment Fund

Innovation Fund

Innovation, collaboration, and the delivery of new knowledge in our research

and educational programs is a priority in the College of Engineering. New

knowledge created in one discipline often bears on another, and research

universities such as UMass Amherst are being called on to make a visible

contribution to solving real problems in society. The College of Engineering

is making innovation a special priority with its new Innovation Fund, which

is supporting collaboration with other colleges at UMass Amherst that have

inherent, built-in connections to engineering. One fruit of the Innovation

Fund is an Engineering Management minor in conjunction with the Isenberg

School of Management. Another is our flagship program for this fund, the

Technology Innovation Challenge, a competition for the best entrepreneurial

business plan for a technology produced by students on campus.

The term “unrestricted support” sounds like a

sweet nothing in the ear of any savvy College

of Engineering administrator. What this dry-

sounding term actually means is carpe diem:

Seize the day. Unrestricted support allows the

college to do what most needs to be done pre-

cisely when it needs to be done. This is exactly

why Stephen Dunne ’89 decided to establish an

endowment of unrestricted funds.

“My purpose for establishing the Stephen R. Dunne

Endowment Fund in 1997,” he recalls, “was to give the College of Engineering a

much-needed pool of unrestricted money that could be appropriated in ways that

best serve the students and faculty. I wanted to give the college the wherewithal to

seize new opportunities, tackle new initiatives, and expand current programs.”

In recent years, such funding has enabled the college to promote entrepreneurial

spirit, interdisciplinary collaboration, and educational cross-fertilization. With

these funds, we have expanded our Career Center, supported student societies,

maintained labs and facilities, hosted networking events, and recruited the best

candidates for our student body. Unrestricted support is an invaluable tool that

permits the college to seize the day and all its opportunities.

Seizing the Day Industry and Corporate Partnerships

As vice president of engineering for

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems,

Mark Russell

’85 knows the

value of an

education at

the College of

Engineering as

an alum and an

employer. “Our

support of col-

laborative efforts at UMass Amherst

and our employees’ pursuit of graduate

degrees help Raytheon continue its

leadership and competitiveness in the

technology marketplace.”

Being able to tap faculty expertise

and students for joint projects can

be of great advantage to a corpora-

tion testing new theories or markets.

Funding for program support, research

initiatives, technology, laboratories,

and scholarships allows companies to

collaborate with us to shape the future.

Attracting and empowering a world-class faculty and student body

depend on our ability to provide an environment that fosters

creativity and inspires learning and discovery. Our research success has

created the need for specialized work areas, new kinds of classrooms, and

technologies that enable collaboration and multidisciplinary learning and

innovation, while promoting interaction among our diverse students. In

addition, laboratories have always been essential ingredients in delivering

a hands-on engineering education. Today, more than ever, the practical

application of a student’s technical knowledge in the laboratory will be

necessary in graduating the most sought-after engineers.

We are committed to offering our students up-to-date computer classrooms,

teaching laboratories, and study spaces. One good example is a new

Bioengineering Teaching Laboratory to service our new Bioengineering

Program and Institute for Cellular Engineering, which performs cutting-

edge research to develop stem cell engineering platform technologies,

educates a well-trained workforce at the engineering-biology interface,

and establishes industry connections to apply research.

Investing in Facilities and Technologies

“I gave to UMass Amherst

because I really believe in

education. I see what it can

do for people, because it

had a major impact on my

family. Giving to the College

of Engineering was the

right thing to do, and it

made me feel good.”Peter Maden Class of 1961

We Have a Launch

Charlie Perrell ’71 knows a going

venture when he sees one. He has

more than 30 years of experience

launching and managing technology

companies. That’s why his investment

in funds such as the Charles F. Perrell

Research & Teaching Endowment

in Environmental Engineering is the

action of a professional backing a

sure winner.

“I thought it would be wonderful

to provide students at the College of

Engineering with opportunities to

do research,” says Perrell about his

motivation for funding that endowment,

“and combine both computer science

and environmental engineering to

solve some of today’s problems.”

One winner, in this case, was

Kenneth Mercer, a doctoral

student in civil and environmental

engineering. “Without funding

from the Perrell endowment,” he

says, “I wouldn’t have attended

UMass Amherst and would have

missed out on one of the premier

institutions conducting environmental

research. His support has helped

shape those who wish to make this

world a better place.”

Peter Maden ’61 with a degree in

chemical engineering, gave his

support and his name to a

laboratory in the new ELab II.

It is now used by chemical

engineering faculty member

Surita Bhatia in her research

related to polymeric materials

for cell encapsulation, and other

projects. Maden’s inspiration was

the profound

impact the College of Engineering had on his own education, be-

ginning with his very successful and long career in engineering and

management. He has seen a similar effect generated by UMass

Amherst on his daughter, sister, and son-in-law.

The Right Thing to Do

The Big Payback

Al Drewes can spot a good investment. After

graduating from the College of Engineering in

1978, he went on to get his MBA from Columbia

University. In 1982 he invested his engineering and

management education in the Pepsi Bottling Group,

PBG, and he has been rising through the ranks ever

since. Currently he is senior vice president and chief

financial officer of PBG. So when Drewes talks

about investing, people listen.

All of which explains why he has been a major

donor to the College of Engineering. “I give be-

cause my experience at UMass Amherst was

the defining experience in my life and shaped my

whole career,” he says. “A dollar given to UMass

Amherst has a bigger impact than at other schools.

Investing in the future of the students here has a

big payback.”

Your investment in our students will guarantee that the College of

Engineering can attract the brightest, challenge them to do their best,

provide an exceptional and affordable education, and in turn, change

the world through the leaders we educate.

Here is our formula for a sustainable world-class engineering faculty. Compete for

the best teaching and research recruits who are widely recognized as experts

in their own disciplines. Reward accomplished teachers and researchers

with carefully planned professorships that provide faculty with prestige and

resources, while assuring that all our students get the best teaching and

research experience possible.

Naming Opportunities

“I would like to believe that

all graduates who have

benefited from our College

of Engineering would

support the great need

for additional funds for

engineering scholarships.”Nicholas Boraski Class of 1950 Established the Boraski Scholarship Fund

Fellowships for first-year graduate students $5,000,000 – Provide funds for research support, materials, travel, other needs, and defray the cost of tuition and fees.

Scholarships for undergraduates $15,000,000 – Covers the cost of tuition and fees and defrays the majority of room and board costs.

Support for undergraduate summer research $2,500,000 – Covers student stipend and offsets cost of housing, supplies, and project travel.


Leadership chairs $10,000,000 – Attract or retain an outstanding faculty member who shows promise of national recognition in his or her field.

Professional development professorships $6,000,000 – Provide financial support to young faculty and encourage their professional development. Engineering innovation and entrepreneur-in-residence professorship $1,500,000 – Support a visiting professor in residence who will work on innovation and entrepreneurial activities with students and faculty.

General Professorships $5,000,000 – Support faculty advancing the college’s research priorities.



Diversity Programs $1,500,000 – Enhance the promotion of multicultural programs that provide our students with cultural understanding of the needs and viewpoints of our global society.

Dean’s Fund for Excellence $1,500,000 – Addresses the most pressing needs and priorities of the college.

Outreach and Community Projects $500,000 – Support team-oriented extracurricular projects, leadership activities, membership in technical and honor societies, community service and outreach, all ingredients to produce exceptional graduates.

Innovation Fund $1,000,000 – Complements and advances programs in innovation and technology and serves as a resource for our entrepreneurs in residence.

Career Planning and Student Development Center $500,000 – Prepares graduates who are well equipped to add value to their profession and to the companies who hire them.















Research facilities for interdisciplinary collaboration $17,000,000 – Provide space that will build on our interdisciplinary research success and inspire new collaborative efforts.

Reconstruction and naming of the engineering auditorium in Marcus Hall $500,000 – Update the auditorium into a state-of-the-art teaching facility.

Laboratory renovations $4,500,000 – Renovate and upgrade our numerous existing laboratories with the latest technology and equipment.

Interactive teaching facilities $3,000,000 – Create classrooms of the future that enable interactive teaching and student participation.

Investing in Facilities and Technology Goal: $25 million

Join with us in creating this design for

academic success. Expose our students

to the best experience with a focus on

diversity, innovation, and solving

real-world issues, and connect them

with employers who will be able to

capitalize on their newly gained

knowledge.

Help us build this blueprint for the

footprint of the college. Make certain

that talented new faculty members can

outfit their labs with the equipment

required for cutting-edge research and

collaboration. Provide our faculty with

the learning spaces and interactive

teaching capabilities to instill in their

students knowledge, wisdom, and

inspiration.















Giving Opportunities for Creating Excellence,

Opportunity, Innovation

This publication provides an overview of the College of Engineering’s campaign priorities and

goals and demonstrates how private support is critical to our continued success. Private gifts are

what will set us apart from being merely good to being great. Support our extraordinary faculty

and students as well as our transformative programs and cutting-edge facilities through large

one-time gifts, gifts over time, current use, or endowment. Gifts may be restricted to certain

programs or unrestricted to be used for areas of priority and need. The support of individual and

corporate donors is vital to our success. Collaboration and partnerships among faculty, alumni,

and industry have been central to our long history of innovation and learning. Together, we have

enjoyed extraordinary success.

Your gift to the College of Engineering is an investment to our future and will help inspire

others to do the same. We are grateful to the many partners who help sustain our leadership

in education and research. We look forward to their continued support as we seek engineering

solutions to the challenges of this century and beyond. We invite all alumni and friends of the

college to join us in this campaign to provide excellence, opportunity, and innovation to our

students and faculty. Please contact Paula Sakey, director of development for the College of

Engineering, at 413.545.6396 or [email protected], for more information on how you

can be involved.

The UMass Amherst Supermileage Vehicle Team set a school record in 2007 when its vehicle got 1,125 miles per gallon. The mechanical and engineering seniors researched, designed, constructed, and raised funds for the one-seat automobile that serves as a prototype for fuel-efficient vehicles.

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