First Year Seminar 191ENG37 - FYS- Engineering FYS
Fall
2026
08
1.00
Elissa Zboinski
TU 4:00PM 4:50PM
UMass Amherst
21070
Engin Lab II (Feinberg) Rm 115
ezboinski@umass.edu
This seminar will support your transition to college and introduce you to a topic in engineering. The course will be an exploration of an exciting engineering-related topic of societal impact. This seminar will also introduce basic skills and available resources skills for life as a college student.
First-year (R1ST) Course Title: Engineering Disease: From Mechanisms to Medicine
Focuses on how engineers study disease systems, including cancer and immune interactions, to design new diagnostics, therapies, and technologies at the intersection of biology and engineering.