UMBC’s Jianwu Wang receives NSF CAREER Award to help climate scientists make discoveries from massive, complex data sets

Apr 28, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

Jianwu Wang is the most recent UMBC faculty member to receive a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. It will support his work to develop more efficient and reproducible causality analytics for use in climate science. Continue Reading UMBC’s Jianwu Wang receives NSF CAREER Award to help climate scientists make discoveries from massive, complex data sets

UMBC Cyber Dawgs rank #1 among university teams at annual Capture the Flag event

Apr 22, 2020 / 2 minutes of reading

UMBC went head to head with both collegiate teams and teams of professionals from the industry, placing third overall and #1 among the universities. Continue Reading UMBC Cyber Dawgs rank #1 among university teams at annual Capture the Flag event

CWIT Scholar Sammie Maygers ’20 finds, and builds, a community of support at UMBC

Apr 15, 2020 / 6 minutes of reading

A community of support welcomed Maygers to UMBC before she started classes freshman year. She thoughtfully grew that community during her time as a Retriever. Now, she’ll carry it with her to the next stage of her life and career. Continue Reading CWIT Scholar Sammie Maygers ’20 finds, and builds, a community of support at UMBC

UMBC Cyber Dawgs win Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Apr 6, 2020 / 2 minutes of reading

Over the weekend, the UMBC Cyber Dawgs took first place in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, which was held virtually. Now, they head to the national competition. “We are so proud of our team, and their ability to work together as a team under such extraordinary conditions,” says faculty advisor Charles Nicholas. Continue Reading UMBC Cyber Dawgs win Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

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Three UMBC student researchers receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Mar 30, 2020 / 8 minutes of reading

“We are so proud of UMBC’s Goldwater Scholars,” says April Householder. “Their research—in neuroscience, genetics, and machine learning bias—is timely and important.” Continue Reading Three UMBC student researchers receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

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UMBC leads research team to study COVID-19-related discrimination against Chinese Americans

Mar 6, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

The researchers will collect data on public opinion, the social climate, and the experiences of Chinese-American families. They seek to capture the current moment and make it possible for future researchers to study this phenomenon in the longer term. Continue Reading UMBC leads research team to study COVID-19-related discrimination against Chinese Americans

UMBC once again ranks among the top 150 universities in federal research funding

Feb 28, 2020 / 4 minutes of reading

The Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey aggregates federal research and development expenditures for fiscal year 2018. The survey data combines total funding from all federal agencies and also provides information on research funding from non-federal and non-governmental sources. Continue Reading UMBC once again ranks among the top 150 universities in federal research funding

Sensing an opportunity to improve wind energy: Maryland Innovation Initiative and bwtech help UMBC faculty commercialize their research

Feb 10, 2020 / 4 minutes of reading

Wind turbines are massive. UMBC engineer Soobum Lee thinks about their size as an enormous opportunity and also a challenge. Today, sensors used to maintain turbines need their batteries replaced every two years, a challenge when they are on blades hundreds of feet in the air. Lee came up with a novel solution and received state and university support to make it a reality. Continue Reading Sensing an opportunity to improve wind energy: Maryland Innovation Initiative and bwtech help UMBC faculty commercialize their research

Wearable sensors and infrared cameras: Introducing UMBC’s User Studies Lab

Feb 5, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

“This lab enables us to harness the precise study of movement and perception, which will open up doors of collaborations across many different disciplines that are interested in its study. Collaborative work through this lab will bring us closer in our joint pursuit of knowledge of human behavior and interaction with and through technology,” says Vandana Janeja, interim chair of information systems. Continue Reading Wearable sensors and infrared cameras: Introducing UMBC’s User Studies Lab

U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence selects UMBC Training Centers to design a cyber curriculum for soldiers

Jan 28, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

The U.S. Army recently selected UMBC Training Centers as the sole recipient of an award to develop a novel cybersecurity curriculum for soldiers. UMBC was the only recipient selected, explains Kent Malwitz, president of UMBC Training Centers. This relatively rare move by the Army affirms the quality of UMBC Training Centers’ proposal and existing programs. Continue Reading U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence selects UMBC Training Centers to design a cyber curriculum for soldiers

UMBC’s Jiaqi Gong receives $1M NIH grant for wearable sensor to help breast cancer survivors maintain complex medication schedules

Jan 22, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

The goal of the project is to design an intelligent, wearable sensor system for breast cancer survivors to help them more closely follow their prescribed medication routine. “We will focus on understanding the links between environmental, personal, and behavioral contexts of medication-taking behavior,” Gong says. Continue Reading UMBC’s Jiaqi Gong receives $1M NIH grant for wearable sensor to help breast cancer survivors maintain complex medication schedules

UMBC researchers work to support first responders through NSF-funded stress-response technology

Jan 15, 2020 / 5 minutes of reading

Through a $370,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, UMBC researchers are using a wristband to collect stress level information from first responders during simulations that mimic on-call situations. They are developing a visual display system to aid first responders in understanding and reflecting on how they react to stressful situations. Continue Reading UMBC researchers work to support first responders through NSF-funded stress-response technology

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