Manil Suri, Math and Fashion

Nov 18, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Manil Suri was featured in a “Math and Fashion” episode on the Scholastic website. This is their first episode with the specific aim of popularizing mathematics among school kids by tying it to a popular theme. Tim Gunn, the super host of the hit TV series “Project Runway” introduced Suri, where he talked about math for about 90 seconds right near the beginning of the 26 minute show. The famous fashion designer, Diane von Furstenberg, also talks about how math is useful in her line of work. Watch the video

Manil Suri, Math and Fashion, Scholastic

Nov 18, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Manil Suri was featured in a “Math and Fashion” episode on theScholastic website. This is their first episode with the specific aim ofpopularizing mathematics amongst school kids by tying it to a populartheme. Tim Gunn, the super host of the hit TV series “Project Runway” introducesSuri, and he talks about math for about 90 seconds right near thebeginning of the 26 minute show. The famous fashion designer, Diane vonFurstenberg, also talks about how math is useful in her line of work. Watch the video

Upal Ghosh, Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, in the Dover Post

Nov 13, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

Cleaning up polluted sediments isn’t an easy task. Standard remediation methods include dredging contaminated sediments or capping with clean sand. Both procedures are costly and disruptive to the existing ecosystem. Enter Upal Ghosh. Ghosh, who researches the effects of toxic pollutants on the environment, had developed a way of using the charcoal, the same kind found in home water filters, to effectively bottle up the contamination and keep it out of the ecosystem. Ghosh’s idea had been tried successfully before, but only to a small degree, Greene said. Ghosh did some reconnaissance of Mirror Lake and agreed the procedure could… Continue Reading Upal Ghosh, Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, in the Dover Post

Stuart Schwartz, CUERE, in the Baltimore Sun and TakePart

Oct 31, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

Radishes: They’re not just for salad anymore. In fact, they may be useful for controlling runoff into the Chesapeake. Stuart Schwartz, senior scientist with UMBC’s Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, spoke with Tim Wheeler, an environmental reporter for The Baltimore Sun, for Wheeler’s article, “Radishes get tryout as runoff fighters.” Wheeler writes: “City and most suburban soil is badly in need of aeration, Schwartz said. He and other researchers have found that even grass-covered ground, just below the surface, is often as dense and impermeable as concrete. Anything heavier than a light rain runs off, washing fertilizer, organic… Continue Reading Stuart Schwartz, CUERE, in the Baltimore Sun and TakePart

Yonathan Zohar, Department of Marine Biotechnology, WJZ CBS Baltimore

Oct 10, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Yonanthan Zohar talks about the Aquaculture Research Center at the Institute for Marine and Environmental Technology. Zohar spoke to WJZ about over fishing the world’s oceans. “In the 70s when I started, I knew that we are going to run out,” said Dr. Yonathan Zohar. “That sparked Zohar and a group of scientists to create the aquaculture research center. It’s a fish farm that is completely green and self-sustaining,” said WJZ reporter, Gigi Barnett. “All the solid waste that is produced by the fish is removed, collected and converted to bio-fuel,” Zohar said.

Yi Huang, Mathematics and Statistics, In JAMA Pediatrics

Oct 7, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

Yi Huang, in the department of mathematics and statistics, was first author in a recent paper in JAMA Pediatrics. In a press release put out by the University of Virginia, Huang was quoted, “Our study provides strong evidence that bedsharing promotes breastfeeding by increasing breastfeeding duration using survival analysis, with the greatest effect found among frequent bedsharers,” said Yi Huang, a biostatistician at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She noted that this is “one of the very few nationwide studies with a high response rate for extensive postnatal measurements on this issue and a sample large enough that under-represented… Continue Reading Yi Huang, Mathematics and Statistics, In JAMA Pediatrics

Govind Rao, CAST, on Protein Expression in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Sep 18, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

Govind Rao, a professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering as well as the director for the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (CAST) was recently quoted in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. “Advances in DNA biology, particularly those of the past three decades, catalyzed the emergence and expansion of experimental approaches to manipulate gene expression. Subsequently, these advances impacted protein science, a field that found itself increasingly positioned at the juncture of technology, science, and art,” wrote Richard Stein, in the article. “We are trying to make bioprocessing more intelligent and provide a greater degree of measurement at all stages,”… Continue Reading Govind Rao, CAST, on Protein Expression in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Exhibition Curated by Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, Features Panel with Anupam Joshi, CSEE

Sep 16, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

A panel discussion for the exhibition, Cyber In Securities, curated by Lisa Moren, visual arts, and presented by the Washington Project for the Arts will take place Saturday, September 21 at 3 pm in the Pepco Edison Place Gallery. Participants in the panel, moderated by Moren, will include, Kevin Bankston, senior counsel and director of Free Expression Project, Center for Democracy and Technology; Heather Dewey-Hagborg, information artist and PhD candidate, electronic arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Rokeby, interactive sound and video installation artist; and UMBC faculty member, Anupam Joshi, computer science and electrical engineering, director of the Center for Cybersecurity. “Cyber In Securities is an exhibition that… Continue Reading Exhibition Curated by Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, Features Panel with Anupam Joshi, CSEE

Freeman Hrabowski, Mike Summers Offer Ideas for Improving Science Education

Sep 3, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

“If you could make one change to improve science education in the United States, what would it be?” asked the New York Times in a special feature published Monday, September 2. Nineteen people answered the question, and among them were President Freeman Hrabowski and Mike Summers, HHMI Investigator and professor of chemistry and biochemistry. “We need to create opportunities to excite students about how math and science connect to real life,” said Hrabowski, adding that he would like to see more programs offering teachers the chance to apply their skills outside of the classroom. “A teacher who has worked summers… Continue Reading Freeman Hrabowski, Mike Summers Offer Ideas for Improving Science Education

bwtech@UMBC in the Baltimore Sun

Aug 19, 2013 / 1 minute of reading

“At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s incubator for cybersecurity start-ups there’s a definite government focus. Companies can participate in a federal contracting institute, and some have scholarships from contracting giant Northrop Grumman that cover their rent. But incubator leaders are emphasizing the importance of going after the “huge and growing” commercial market, said Ellen Hemmerly, who oversees all of the university’s incubators as executive director of bwtech@UMBC,” writes Jamie Smith Hopkins.

Alan Sherman receives two NSF awards for cybersecurity

Aug 16, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

Professor Alan Sherman received two research awards from the National Science Foundation to support work at UMBC on cybersecurity. Sherman is a co-principal investigator on a two year, $300K Eager award to foster research cooperation among four successful and mature Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research: Purdue University, UMBC, UC Davis, and Mississippi State. The project will provide opportunities for students to work on problems proposed and mentored by practitioners in the real world rather than just faculty led research. As a result, more pressing and urgent problems will be addressed, the students will benefit from the guidance… Continue Reading Alan Sherman receives two NSF awards for cybersecurity

UMBC Announces DARPA Contract To Reinvent Biologics Manufacturing

Aug 12, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

UMBC announced last week a $7.9 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technology that would dramatically reduce the time and space needed to manufacture biologics, such as insulin, and make them more accessible in the field. “This project,” says Govind Rao, the principal investigator and director of UMBC’s Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (CAST), “will completely revolutionize the manufacture of biologics. Today, protein based drugs, which are used in the treatment of diabetes, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis, among others, are made using cells suspended in large, stationary, tanks of several hundred liters or more… Continue Reading UMBC Announces DARPA Contract To Reinvent Biologics Manufacturing