OpenFieldUMass Lowell · Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) is a top-tier Carnegie R1 public research university located along the historic Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Renowned for plastics engineering, robotics, cybersecurity, clean energy, and nanomanufacturing, UMass Lowell is a driving engine of technological commercialization and STEM innovation in New England.
UMass Lowell features six colleges: the Francis College of Engineering, Kennedy College of Sciences, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, Manning School of Business, College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and the School of Education. The university operates the Massachusetts Biomanufacturing Center and the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center.
Undergraduate admissions evaluate academic transcripts, rigor of coursework, and extracurricular leadership. Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, statement of purpose, three letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 79+ or IELTS 6.5+).
The nation's founding and preeminent plastics engineering doctoral program, pioneering bio-derived polymer matrices, polymer rheology, extrusion modeling, and circular recycling technologies.
Advanced doctoral curriculum conducting field robotics validation at the NERVE Center, human-robot interaction, reinforcement learning, and embedded network defenses.
Rigorous mechanical engineering doctoral specialization in wind turbine blade aerodynamics, structural health monitoring, thermal management, and additive manufacturing.
Doctoral training focusing on environmental endocrine disruptors, cancer cell signaling pathways, developmental neurobiology, and microbial genetics.
Nationally recognized audio production master's combining acoustics physics, multi-track mixing in professional control rooms, spatial audio mixing, and DSP audio plugin programming.
Top-tier criminology doctoral program conducting empirical evaluations of security policy, digital forensics, violent extremism prevention, and juvenile justice reform.
Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science
NERVE Center & Department of Computer Science
Dr. Yanco directs the NERVE Center, conducting foundational research on human-robot interaction, assistive robotic technologies, robot performance evaluation, a...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Plastics Engineering
Department of Plastics Engineering
Dr. Sobkowicz-Kline specializes in renewable biopolymers, biodegradable packaging composites, polymer crystallization kinetics, and circular economy plastics re...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Hansen's research focuses on self-healing materials, microvascular structural composites, multifunctional polymers, and microfluidic processing technologies...
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