UMBC’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (April 27) is a must-see, campus-wide event featuring a diverse array of performances, film screenings, exhibits, posters, and talks. Continue Reading Talented students to share passion for research and creative expression at 20th annual URCAD
“My mentors often reminded me…to seek out opportunities to use the skills I learned in class to create positive change in the community around me, even as a student,” Mysore shares. Continue Reading Ganesh Mysore combines social science and engineering degrees with commitment to civic engagement
Lee Blaney talks about how his lab extracts phosphorus from poultry litter to offer farmers a sustainable source of the nutrient, in Chemical & Engineering News. Continue Reading Lee Blaney’s lab reimagines chicken litter challenge as an opportunity for sustainable farming
“As a first generation college student, I feel extremely fortunate to be pursuing higher education, let alone a career in scientific research,” says Daniel Ocasio. “To me, earning the Goldwater Scholarship is recognition of all those who made it possible…” Continue Reading Three UMBC students receive Goldwater Scholarships, a national investment in future STEM leaders
Sec. Gill toured UMBC’s Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, which is developing new technologies to rapidly manufacture medicines, support premature infants, and track asthma triggers in kids. Continue Reading Maryland Sec. of Commerce Mike Gill focuses on growth of UMBC research during campus visit
Kafui Dzirasa ’01 is featured in a PBS documentary that offers a glimpse into the lives of people with bipolar disorder. He is developing an electrical device that would stabilize a person’s mood without the side effects caused by medications. Continue Reading PBS documentary features neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa’s new approach to treating bipolar disorder
Through this program “the nation invests in those individuals who have shown great potential to…become the next generation of research leaders,” explains Janet Rutledge, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at UMBC. Continue Reading UMBC’s 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellows share gratitude for research experience, mentorship
Faculty speak about UMBC’s well-rounded research portfolio and focus in on research strengths in physics, geosciences, space science, and bioengineering; students share career goals and experiences working with local communities. Continue Reading Congressman Elijah Cummings discusses UMBC’s research leadership and commitment to Baltimore during campus visit
The Baltimore Sun highlights UMBC as a university that offers students various research opportunities. UMBC undergraduate students are involved in research that impacts UWIN’s goal of creating solutions to help prepare communities to respond to water crises. Continue Reading Urban Water Innovation Network connects UMBC students and faculty with research partners nationwide
Kafui Dzirasa ’01 is named a recipient of the highest honor the U.S. government awards to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their research careers. He is working to develop a “pacemaker” for the brain. Continue Reading Neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa to receive Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Erin Lavik, CBEE, has developed a new blood-clotting agent that can withstand extreme temperatures, like those found in some combat zones. The agent can be used when soldiers suffer traumatic battle wounds in combat. Continue Reading New blood-clotting agent shows promise for soldiers in combat zones with extreme temperatures
The National Science Foundation has recognized Lee Blaney, assistant professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering (CBEE), as a tremendously promising researcher in concurrently funding three projects that work to reimagine waste streams as important resources and investigate threats from toxic contaminants. The grant funding, totaling more than $800,000, will support Blaney’s work in the areas of environmental engineering, environmental sustainability, and environmental chemical sciences. The three projects focus on sustainably recovering phosphorus from agricultural waste, the photodegradation of organometallic compounds in water, and understanding how three antibiotic classes react when exposed to UV-based processes. Blaney began receiving funding for… Continue Reading Lee Blaney’s sustainability-focused engineering research examines the potential impact and value of waste streams
