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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.
Investing in Students Goal: $22.5 million
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.
Investing in Faculty and Research Goal: $22.5 million
Investing in Programs Goal: $5 million
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.
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.
Investing in Students Goal: $22.5 million
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.
Investing in Faculty and Research Goal: $22.5 million
Investing in Programs Goal: $5 million
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.
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.
Investing in Students Goal: $22.5 million
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.
Investing in Faculty and Research Goal: $22.5 million
Investing in Programs Goal: $5 million
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.
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.
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