Science and engineering news

Meet some former students that have gone on to make indelible marks on the world in a variety of engineering fields.

Cruising along with autonomous vehicles

Ken DeBono is the Gilbert R. Livingston Professor of the Behavioral Sciences. His main areas of research are the psychology of persuasion and the psychology of religion, although his favorite course to teach is “Introduction to Psychology.”

Chad Orzel is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He has been at Union since 2001, which he says makes him feel really old.

Alan Benvenisty ’74

Though we acknowledge 1845 as the start of engineering at Union, the seeds were sown as early as 1802, when the first course on surveying was taught.

Mason Stahl, the James M. Kenney Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering

Laura MacManus-Spencer is an associate professor of chemistry. She joined Union in 2006. Her area of research expertise is environmental chemistry.