News & Events
April 24, 2009
The UMass Amherst Center for Teaching (CFT) named Assistant Professor Deepak Ganesan as a Lilly Teaching Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. Lilly Fellows are selected on the basis of their promise in teaching and research, their interest in... more
April 10, 2009
Graduate students Jacqueline Kenney and Benjamin Ransford have received 2009 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, and Henry Feild received Honorable Mention in the competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three... more
October 15, 2008
The Department is very saddened to report that Professor Paul E. Utgoff died on October 11, 2008 at the age of 57 due to complications from surgery that he elected to undergo as part of his battle against appendiceal cancer.
Professor Utgoff joined... more
January 01, 2008
Professor Emeritus Edward M. Riseman died at the age of 64 on February 26, 2007 at his home in Leeds, MA.
January 02, 2007
In Memoriam
Professor Emeritus David W. Stemple (1937 - 2006)
Professor Emeritus David W. Stemple passed away at the age of 68 on March 22, 2006 after a long battle with cancer.
"David was a great colleague and good friend, and we will miss him... more
January 01, 2007
In Memoriam
Professor Emeritus Robin Popplestone, 1938 - 2004
Professor Emeritus Robin John Popplestone, one of the early pioneers in Robotics and Computer Programming Languages, died on April 14, 2004, in Glasgow, Scotland after a 10 year battle... more