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    <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/umbc1.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/umbc1.jpg" alt="UMBC1" width="275" height="184" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a>Mike Adelstein ’96, biochemistry &amp; molecular biology, CEO of <a href="http://www.potomac-laser.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Potomac Photonics</a>, recently moved the 31-year-old tech company to bwtech@UMBC. Potomac specializes in microfabrication and can machine a variety of materials at a size that cannot be achieved using conventional processes (think smaller than a hair follicle).<br>
    According to the <em>Baltimore Business Journal</em>, the move is expected to be good for both the company and the UMBC campus community:</p>
    <blockquote><p>Adelstein […] sees the move as a potential recruiting tool. Potomac will be utilizing interns as well as graduate students for some of its work, he said. It will give Potomac a good way to try the students out and see if it would like to bring them on as full-time employees.</p></blockquote>
    <p>View the Potomac Photonics <a href="http://www.potomac-laser.com/about/news/digital-fabrication-pioneer-potomac-photonics-expands-new-facility-bwtechumbc/http://" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">press release</a> or <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2013/11/20/potomac-photonics-bwtech-umbc.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">read the article</a> from the <em>Baltimore Business Journal</em>.</p>
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<Title>Adelstein &#8217;96, bio chem, brings tech firm to bwtech@UMBC</Title>
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    <p>According to the <em>Baltimore Business Journal</em>, the move is expected to be good for both the company and the UMBC campus community:</p>
    <blockquote><p>Adelstein […] sees the move as a potential recruiting tool. Potomac will be utilizing interns as well as graduate students for some of its work, he said. It will give Potomac a good way to try the students out and see if it would like to bring them on as full-time employees.</p></blockquote>
    <p>View the Potomac Photonics <a href="http://www.potomac-laser.com/about/news/digital-fabrication-pioneer-potomac-photonics-expands-new-facility-bwtechumbc/http://" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">press release</a> or <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2013/11/20/potomac-photonics-bwtech-umbc.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">read the article</a> from the <em>Baltimore Business Journal</em>.</p>
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