Our Program
Advancing healthcare collaborations between the School of Nursing and College of Engineering to promote new healthcare
technology innovations.
The Heart of Healthcare
Nurses play a pivotal role in bringing forth innovative change in healthcare quality and equity by addressing unmet needs through the creation and development of new devices, methods, and services for a target population. Nurses are in an excellent position to invent and evaluate new technologies because they have deep contextual knowledge and experience for care needs and are already leveraging innovative behaviors around caregiving problems daily.


A Mindset to Innovate
Engineers have the technical training and appetite to make new technologies a reality but may lack domain-specific knowledge and experience. The positive impact on people and society is greatest when domain-specific needs and practical constraints guide the technology development.
Focus Areas
Research

Robust, innovative and addressing real-world challenges
Education

Students dedicated to learning more about the world around them
Community

Existing as a supportive environment and home for students
Tech Transfer

Facilitating, and expediting the transformation of UConn
College of Engineering
- UConn To Hold Memorial Service For Students Who Have Passed Away April 16, 2026
- Local Donation Powers UConn Construction Engineering Programs April 15, 2026
- Up to the Three-Minute-Thesis Challenge April 14, 2026
- Multiple UConn Graduate Programs Earn Rankings Among Nation’s Best April 7, 2026
School of Nursing
- Aiming High: UConn Nursing Alumnus Becomes LIFE STAR Flight Nurse April 15, 2026
- Governor Lamont Proclaims April 15 as Petra Clark-Dufner Day in Recognition of Statewide Leadership April 14, 2026
- Palliative Care on a Global Scale April 7, 2026
- Multiple UConn Graduate Programs Earn Rankings Among Nation’s Best April 7, 2026
UConn Today
- Massive Eye Drop Recall Reflects Ongoing Issues with Manufacturing and FDA Inspections April 17, 2026
- UConn Magazine: Into the Exosphere April 17, 2026
- UConn To Hold Memorial Service For Students Who Have Passed Away April 16, 2026
- UConn Post-Doctoral Researchers Win Prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Awards April 16, 2026