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Clouston and Schreyer awarded $390k NSF grant to study local CLT
Peggi Clouston (PI) has just been awarded a $390k grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study local Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). She will share this award with co-PIs Sanjay Arwade from...
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Hoque Co-PI in $1M NSF grant to study intelligent building systems
Together with Co-PIs Prashant Shenoy in Computer Science and David Irwin in Electrical and Computer Engineering, BCT faculty member Simi Hoque has received a three-year, $1M grant from the National...
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Excitement builds about possibility of local wood use for Cross-Laminated Timber
Cross-Laminated Timber (Image: UMass University Relations) The Republican and Masslive reported today about Peggi Clouston’s recent grant: AMHERST – Peggi Clouston gets almost giddy when she talked...
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BCT’s Damery Instrumental in Bringing $6M in Funding to UMass Amherst to Form...
As announced at yesterday’s day-long workshop “Helping Communities with Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency”, BCT’s faculty member David Damery was instrumental in bringing this important energy...
View ArticleWeil and Clouston Participate in NSF Grant to Fund Sustainable Agriculture,...
The National Science Foundation has awarded an $810,000 grant to Holyoke Community College, in partnership with UMass Amherst and Hampshire College, to create collaborative programs combining clean...
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Engineered wood in wind turbine blades: Focus of Clouston’s NSF-funded summer...
The UMass Offshore Wind Energy Program hosted an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) this summer. BCT Professor, Peggi Clouston, along with her PhD student, Rachel Koh from...
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Hoque receives NSF CAREER grant to study urban development impacts
Cities today contribute almost two-thirds of the world’s primary energy demand. By 2030, this fraction is projected to increase to three-quarters, matching the urban sector’s expected share of global...
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Hoque’s IUMAT research featured on NextCity
BCT Assistant Professor Simi Hoque’s research into the “Integrated Urban Metabolism Analytical Tool” and her NSF CAREER award were just featured in a blog article on NextCity. Link:...
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New Trimble Technology Lab Gift to UMass Amherst Expands Training and...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and AMHERST, Mass., – A significant in-kind gift from Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) will expand the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s leadership in training and research in 3D...
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Photos: Design Building and Trimble Technology Lab Opening Celebration
With the UMass Design Building official opening celebration a little more than a week ago, it is finally time for us to post some pictures. The event also saw the opening of the new Trimble Technology...
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Students in BCT’s 3D CAD & BIM course participate in library project on maker...
As part of this spring’s BCT 420 and ECO 620 courses (both taught by Alex Schreyer, BCT Program Director), students will explore making and digital fabrication, which will inform a curriculum pilot...
View ArticleAssociated General Contractors of Massachusetts Creates Endowment for BCT...
May 18, 2018 AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $100,000 gift from the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC MA) of Wellesley, Massachusetts. The...
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