Closing the Loop and Empowering Students
The College of Engineering and the Innovation Shop are excited to announce an annual fundraiser for the Innovation Shop here at the College of Engineering.
To keep this momentum going, we are launching the 2024-25 Innovation Shop Annual Fundraiser with a goal of raising $50,000.
Why This Initiative?
The Innovation Shop’s mission is to empower student innovators through experiential learning. With a cutting-edge space designed to foster academic and research projects, the Innovation Shop supports the departments, faculty, staff, and students at the College of Engineering.
About Our Team
Comprised of four individuals spanning backgrounds in engineering, medical devices, accounting, architecture, precision machining, electronics and more, students can gain skills in varied fields on their way to a complete engineering education.

Anthony Beatty
Mechanical Engineer
anthony.beatty@uconn.edu

Peter Glaude
Manufacturing Engineer
peter.glaude@uconn.edu

Joe Luciani
Design & Manufacturing Instructor
joseph.luciani@uconn.edu

Ken Premo
Electrical Engineer
kenneth.premo@uconn.edu
About Our Space
The Innovation Shop is composed of a 6,000-square foot space with key manufacturing equipment like CNC mills, 3D printers, and welding tools. Students and Innovation Shop employees proceed through the space from ideation, prototyping, and finally creation.
What's Happening @
University News
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- Commencement Student Speaker Spotlight: Kristina Dubois April 23, 2025Dubois is a DMD candidate in the UConn School of Dental Medicine and is a student speaker for UConn Health’s 54th Commencement on May 12, 2025
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Engineering News
- Senior Design Team Develops Personalized Breast Self-Exam Virtual Reality Training Simulator April 23, 2025A haptic glove uses a sophisticated combination of microprocessors, balloons, and air pumps to exert force onto the fingertips, simulating the feeling of a breast exam.
- CoE Group Shares Fuel Cell Aviation Research, Networks at DOE Energy Summit April 23, 2025A UConn team joined energy scientists, technologists, engineers, and industry leaders at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Innovation Summit to collaborate on the future of energy innovation
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- Nursing and Engineering Innovation Forum Highlights Interdisciplinary Work April 17, 2025'Just one conversation can open the door'
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- New Online Dashboard Offers Look at Violent Deaths in Connecticut – When, Where, and How April 16, 2025Details on how much violent death is in the state has been hard to come by until nowKimberly Phillips
- UConn Seniors Win Awards for Landscape Architecture Projects April 16, 2025'It’s very validating to all of the hard work I put into this project to have it recognized at a professional level by my peers'Jessica McBride, PhD