A student in UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology, and a recent UMBC alumna have been selected to participate in this year’s international Nobel laureate forums, which connect top student engineers and scientists from universities around the globe with the world’s leading scientific researchers. Continue Reading UMBC student and alumna selected to attend Nobel laureate meetings in Germany As a boy, John Klausmeier ’04, mechanical engineering, dreamed of working in the racing industry. He began working toward his current role as crew chief at Stewart-Haas when he was a student at UMBC, where he was able to take classes that would allow him to develop the skills needed to succeed in the motorsports industry. Continue Reading How To Lead a NASCAR Pit Crew Six finalists pitched creative business ideas to a panel of judges during UMBC’s fifth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC), held on April 25, 2018 in the new UMBC Event Center. The business ideas ranged from online tools and apps to products with medical applications. Continue Reading New test to rapidly diagnose sepsis comes out on top in UMBC’s Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition Jennifer Sleeman, Ph.D ’17, computer science, shares her love of programming via the Einstein Narwhals, her son’s FIRST LEGO League team. Continue Reading LEGO Maniacs – STEM Learning in Action In an industry known for changing direction without warning, a UMBC professor has drawn praise for predicting the movements of social networks a decade ago. A paper written in 2008 by Anupam Joshi, professor and chair of computer science and electrical engineering at UMBC and one of the authors at the IBM Research Lab in India, has received the “Test of Time Award” from the Extending Database Technology Association. Each year the Association selects a paper written 10 years prior that still applies to the industry. The paper, “Social Ties and their Relevance to Churn in Mobile Telecom Networks,” examines… Continue Reading Standing the Test of Time UMBC’s upcoming commencement ceremonies — held for the first time in the new UMBC Event Center — will highlight three honorary degree recipients nationally recognized as top leaders in their fields. Continue Reading Leaders in research, policy, and education to address UMBC’s Class of 2018 Szeto is one of just ten scientists nationwide to participate in its prestigious Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP). During the 2018-2019 year, Szeto will work to better understand how national policies impact biomedical research, and how he can use this knowledge to inform his future work. Continue Reading American Association of Immunologists names UMBC’s Greg Szeto a public policy fellow Marie desJardins will be leaving UMBC to take up a new position as founding dean of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences at Simmons College in Boston. Continue Reading UMBC recognizes Marie desJardins for lasting commitment to inclusive computing education Through this NSF award, Roy will develop algorithms and create Cross-domain Autonomous Health Assessment (CATS) technology that can account for the broad range of information reported by diverse users and their devices. Continue Reading UMBC’s Nirmalya Roy receives NSF CAREER Award to advance smart home and wearable technologies Through the Wisdom Institute, emeritus faculty and staff will have the opportunity to continue to impact UMBC’s mission and future students by attending workshops, serving as guest lecturers, and offering mentorship. Continue Reading UMBC launches Wisdom Institute to expand role of faculty and staff emeritus in the university’s future UMBC Racing wil test the limits of single-seat, all-terrain vehicles they have spent the year designing and building. The event attracts teams from across the country and the world, and will be held at Budds Creek Motocross in Mechanicsville, MD, April 19 – 22. Continue Reading UMBC Racing hosts teams from around the world at Baja SAE Maryland competition “UMBC has provided me with a welcoming environment where I have felt okay with making mistakes and trying out new skills that are outside of my comfort zone,” says Mburu. Continue Reading Naomi Mburu, UMBC’s first Rhodes Scholar, to pursue engineering Ph.D. at Oxford
UMBC student and alumna selected to attend Nobel laureate meetings in Germany
How To Lead a NASCAR Pit Crew
New test to rapidly diagnose sepsis comes out on top in UMBC’s Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition
LEGO Maniacs – STEM Learning in Action
Standing the Test of Time
Leaders in research, policy, and education to address UMBC’s Class of 2018
American Association of Immunologists names UMBC’s Greg Szeto a public policy fellow
UMBC recognizes Marie desJardins for lasting commitment to inclusive computing education
UMBC’s Nirmalya Roy receives NSF CAREER Award to advance smart home and wearable technologies
UMBC launches Wisdom Institute to expand role of faculty and staff emeritus in the university’s future
UMBC Racing hosts teams from around the world at Baja SAE Maryland competition
Naomi Mburu, UMBC’s first Rhodes Scholar, to pursue engineering Ph.D. at Oxford
