UMBC’s fourth annual Engineers Week will feature a dozen creative, hands-on activities and eye-opening events, February 19–23, to highlight how engineering impacts society and contributes to solving global challenges. Continue Reading UMBC students organize Engineers Week to “inspire wonder” The grant will enable UMBC to continue boosting support for diverse students in mechanical engineering, to propel them toward success in mechanical engineering careers Continue Reading NSF grants UMBC nearly $1 million to expand supports for mechanical engineering students “This new collaboration with T. Rowe Price’s security team will provide great opportunities for our students to be exposed to cybersecurity in financial services and prepare them for promising careers protecting critical infrastructure,” says Anupam Joshi, director of the Center for Cybersecurity and chair of computer science and electrical engineering. Continue Reading UMBC Center for Cybersecurity receives funding from T. Rowe Price to support students Zhang explains that data stored and secured using commercial cloud storage systems is encrypted, which means that without the key, the information looks like a series of meaningless characters. “Just like regular keys, if someone else has them, they might be stolen or misused without the data owner knowing,” he says. Continue Reading UMBC’s Haibin Zhang shares tips to secure data in the cloud Many travelers find GPS technologies useful, but they can also have frustrating limitations. Stacy Branham received nearly $85,000 from the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS) and TRX Systems, Inc. to develop a technology system that will deliver start to finish routing services, including for travelers with disabilities. Continue Reading Trouble with your GPS? UMBC’s Stacy Branham works to improve travel apps for all users. In total, 44 UMBC alumni who identify as African-American or black earned M.D.-Ph.D.s. M.D.-Ph.D. degrees, which combine scientific and medical education. Continue Reading UMBC leads nation in producing African-American undergraduates who pursue M.D.-Ph.D.s Jennifer Sleeman, Ph.D. ’17, computer science, visiting assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, received an award from Microsoft’s “AI for Earth” program to continue to develop algorithms to model and predict scientific disciplines such as climate change. Continue Reading UMBC alumna and visiting faculty member receives grant from Microsoft’s “AI for Earth” program On Thursday, December 7, UMBC hosted experts from industry and academia at the National Press Club to discuss the cyber challenges professionals face, and how those groups can work together to prepare future generations of cybersecurity professionals. Continue Reading UMBC hosts faculty, alumni and corporate partners at the National Press Club to discuss cybersecurity and industry challenges “Unfortunately, many of the resources we found for opioid abuse didn’t target teens very well and were not reaching those who needed help,” said Agatha Turyahikayo, one of the students who received the award. Continue Reading UMBC students recognized with “Opioid Epidemic Challenge Award” by America East for designing app for teens Lee Blaney, associate professor of chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, was one of two people to receive the 2017 Outstanding Young Engineering Award, and Philip Graff ’08, physics, was awarded one of two 2017 Outstanding Young Scientist Awards. Continue Reading UMBC faculty and alumnus honored by Maryland Science Center Mburu is one of 32 students from across the United States to receive this prestigious honor for the 2018 year. She will pursue a Ph.D. in engineering science at the University of Oxford. Continue Reading Naomi Mburu receives first Rhodes Scholarship in UMBC history UMBC faculty are sharing their expertise in articles across the web to help people protect themselves and their devices from fraud and hacks. Continue Reading Three COEIT faculty offer tips on protecting mobile devices and personal information from cyber attacks
UMBC students organize Engineers Week to “inspire wonder”
NSF grants UMBC nearly $1 million to expand supports for mechanical engineering students
UMBC Center for Cybersecurity receives funding from T. Rowe Price to support students
UMBC’s Haibin Zhang shares tips to secure data in the cloud
Trouble with your GPS? UMBC’s Stacy Branham works to improve travel apps for all users.
UMBC leads nation in producing African-American undergraduates who pursue M.D.-Ph.D.s
UMBC alumna and visiting faculty member receives grant from Microsoft’s “AI for Earth” program
UMBC hosts faculty, alumni and corporate partners at the National Press Club to discuss cybersecurity and industry challenges
UMBC students recognized with “Opioid Epidemic Challenge Award” by America East for designing app for teens
UMBC faculty and alumnus honored by Maryland Science Center
Naomi Mburu receives first Rhodes Scholarship in UMBC history
Three COEIT faculty offer tips on protecting mobile devices and personal information from cyber attacks
