This cooperative program "allows our students to be at the forefront of what NOAA is doing,” says Ruben Delgado, and it bridges the gap between scientists and engineers.
“This funding for expanded programs indicates that we are able to continue the legacy of inclusive excellence that UMBC celebrates,” explains Renetta Tull.
“Exactly what’s happening at UMBC is what we’re looking for," says Jennifer Hammaker, MII director. Since its inception, UMBC has had a remarkable success rate in the MII program.
"We were asking serious questions about developing cures for cancer and how we use composite materials in the mechanical engineering lab," shared Oliver Myers, describing his experience as a...
Mendelson says researchers use “a mish-mash of terms to describe cognition. We say, ‘We know what we mean,’ but do we?" Using a specific framework that breaks decision-making into components could...
“These are more massive than our own Sun but squeezed down to something about the size of Washington, DC,” explains Corbet. The forces required to create gamma rays are intense, he says, "It's...
The inaugural GRIT-X featured some of the university community's most fascinating new research and creative work in three sets of 10-minute talks that covered topics from the process for creating...
Rachel Brewster's lab will investigate how zebrafish embryos survive without oxygen for extended periods, which has eventual applications in medicine and even space travel.
Initial collaborative efforts will focus on cybersecurity, but Portuguese Commodore Henriques Gomes emphasized, "What we sign here is just a start of the collaboration between these two...
Budding collaborations with experimental physicists may soon put Kestner's theories to the test. The goal? "Use quantum weirdness to actually do something useful."