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 Researchers Uncover Water’s Critical Role in Human Tissue Elasticity November 9, 2026
- NIH Grant Supports Development of Innovative 3D Organoid Platform for Drug Discovery November 9, 2026
- Northeast Power Electronics Symposium To Be Held at UConn for the Third Year November 6, 2026
- Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Delivers Keynote Address at the Advanced Therapies in Orthopaedics (ATiO) Foundation Annual Meeting November 2, 2026
School of Nursing
- Competition Celebrates Graduate Research at UConn October 23, 2026
- Common Herbal Sleep Aid Shows Signs of Addictive Potential October 8, 2026
- From 4-H Member to Healthcare Leader: A Conversation with Davina Ferrero King October 5, 2026
- A New Global Partnership Brings DNP Students from Chile to UConn September 25, 2026
UConn Today
- Mulch Ado About Plastics: Shuresh Ghimire Works to Make Mulch More Sustainable November 9, 2026
- UConn Expanding Spring Commencement Schedule to Ease Traffic and Parking, Give Guests More Time to Celebrate November 9, 2026
- UConn Researcher Takes a Look at Relationship Between Women and Guns November 9, 2026
- UConn Researchers Uncover Water’s Critical Role in Human Tissue Elasticity November 9, 2026