Sara Cunha, of Mahopac, NY has been awarded the Biomedical Engineering Research Award at the 2022 College of Engineering Senior Awards Ceremony held on May 21.
This award is given to a biomedical engineering student who presents research at a national conference. The award was presented by Robert Gettens, Department Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering.
Cunha is graduating with a BSE in Biomedical Engineering.
Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE's 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.