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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- In Memoriam: Former Athletics Administrator and Trustee Phil Barry June 17, 2025Barry dedicated over 60 years of service to the University
- UConn to Host 57th North American Power Symposium June 17, 2025NAPs serves as a launchpad for emerging scholars and a convening ground for frontier research in power systems, electric grid operations, renewable energy integration, and distribution-transmission coordination
- UConn Medical Students Riding Coast-2-Coast to Prevent Suicide June 13, 2025Two rising second-year UConn School of Medicine medical students are on a once-in-a-lifetime coast to coast bicycle ride, in honor of a lifesaving cause – suicide prevention.
Engineering News
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- President Radenka Maric Named a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society June 18, 2025Maric is a world leader in electrochemistry at surfaces and interfaces
- UConn to Host 57th North American Power Symposium June 17, 2025NAPs serves as a launchpad for emerging scholars and a convening ground for frontier research in power systems, electric grid operations, renewable energy integration, and distribution-transmission coordination
- At UConn’s Queer Science Conference, New Futures Take Shape for Young Scientists June 11, 2025Fourth annual event offers high schoolers hands-on fun served up with a scoop of science
Community News
- UConn Medical Students Riding Coast-2-Coast to Prevent Suicide June 13, 2025Two rising second-year UConn School of Medicine medical students are on a once-in-a-lifetime coast to coast bicycle ride, in honor of a lifesaving cause – suicide prevention.Lauren Woods
- Office of the Provost Honors Two Members of the UConn Law Community June 13, 2025Professor Jon Bauer and Research and Instructional Services Librarian Tanya Johnson received the prestigious Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship (PAECES).Meagan Fazio
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