RKF Engineering is a dynamic, rapidly growing communications engineering firm designing satellite & wireless communications. Based in the Washington DC metro area, RKF is seeking exceptional engineers & developers/programmers to work in dynamic team environment on array of challenging problems. Successful candidates for RF Communications and System Engineer position(s) will have familiarity in one or more of the following areas: communications theory, link budgets, electromagnetic theory, network architecture/protocols, RF design, antennas, wireless communications, signal processing, optimization & operations research, modeling & simulations. Positions will interact directly with customers and represent RKF in a professional manner. Need strong oral & written communications and presentation skills; proven ability to work both independently and in small teams, be organized and meet deadlines is required.

***Must be a US Citizen, due to ITAR and client requirements***

AVAILABLE POSITIONS:

Optimization Engineer - UMBCworks Job ID #9297757

RF Communications/Systems Engineer - UMBCworks Job ID #9297759

Simulation Engineer - UMBCworks Job ID #9297758

Software Engineer & Debeloper - UMBCworks Job ID #9297757

Application Deadline: April 14, 2018

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Drivers should expect heavier than normal traffic on campus on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 as fans will be arriving for the A Day To Remember concert, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the UMBC Event Center. Drivers should use caution and allow extra time to reach their destinations.

The UMBC Asian Studies Council of Majors welcomes undergraduate and graduate students doing research in Asian Studies to present their work at our on campus conference. Students of all majors may apply to present. Those interested in listening to student presentations are welcome to come for all or part of the day.

Upcoming Visiting Artists

Connie Imboden  April 12, 2018  4:15pm PAHB room 132

www.connieimboden.com

Throughout the years, Imboden has shown her photographs in an extensive range of group and solo shows at galleries and museums within the United States, South America, Europe, and most recently China.Her photographs are in the permanent collections of many museums including The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Baltimore Museum of Art. Imboden’s most recent book, “Reflections, 25 Years of Photography”, features photos from 1983 to 2009 charting her artistic journey and offering new insights into her work and vision.She is also the president of the board of governors of the William G. Baker Jr. Memorial Fund.

   Jenny Perlin

   April 23^rd, 2018 5:00pm Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Jenny Perlin makes films, videos, installations, and drawings. Her projects draw on interdisciplinary research interests in history, cultural studies, literature and linguistics. Her films incorporate innovative techniques to investigate history as it relates to the present. Perlin shoots 16mm film and digital video and combines live-action, staged, and documentary images with hand-drawn, text-based animation. Her films have been shown as single-channel works and multi-channel installations at numerous national and international venues including the Guggenheim Museum, Mass MoCA, MoMA, and Guangzhou Triennial, Berlin and Rotterdam film festivals. She is currently teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, the Cooper Union, and The New School in New York.

UMBC Memes for Smoke-Free Teens is a forum for posting entertaining content regarding UMBC campus life. However, on Tuesday morning there were multiple pictures posted on the page containing images of safety concerns surrounding the Event Center.

“Not a meme but just so everyone is aware, I took a little walk this weekend to the new Event Center and noticed a few safety issues. All of the newly installed safety lights were not lit, and the buttons for calling emergency services from them were not fully installed and did not push. There were at least 3 that I saw,” the caption read.

When asked about his post, EMT-B Harrison Lewis replied, “The blue lights are put up for a reason: to allow students to feel safe at night. In my opinion, it’s irresponsible for the Event Center to have been opened without these safety lights being operational or even fully installed. There are stickers on the lights directly over the unpressable buttons explaining how to install them. Kinda funny really. But I know that if I were feeling unsafe at night and were to go to one of those blue lights, I don’t think it would be half as funny.”

Deputy Chief of Police Paul Dillon responded, saying, “Safety of UMBC students and faculty is of the utmost importance to campus police.” He pointed out the safety devices located around the building to ensure student and faculty safety.

There are emergency telephones located around. Dillon states that he was aware of the malfunction in the telephone located outside of the Event Center, however he stresses that he never believed this to be a safety concern for those passing by. The matter was brought to his attention and, within three days, the phone was fixed.

“In today’s day and age, with the accessibility of personal cell phones, it is very unlikely that if you are being attacked, you would run over to the emergency phone instead of using your cell phone to call for help,” Dillon said. In regards to the safety lights, Fire Marshal Michael Pound stated that the lights were inoperable for four days.

The final safety concern Lewis mentioned was the opened Knox Box. To address this he states, “Possibly more importantly, the red and black box in my picture is called a Knox Box. It is meant to contain a key to the building for emergency services (especially fire personnel) to enter the building in case of a fire, mass casualty incident or disaster. This box was not only opened but empty.”

The Knox box’s website describes their product as, “Trusted by thousands of fire and law enforcement agencies for over 40 years, Knox Rapid Access Solutions have provided first responders with immediate access into secure buildings, campuses, residences and commercial properties when it matters most. Removing barriers to entry reduces injuries to responders and minimizes property damage.”

According to Dillon, however, the Knox Box is rarely used. Should an incident arise which requires outside assistance, the firemen responding to the scene will be accompanied by a UMBC official who would have a key to open the building already.

Pound added that all fire departments within the area which have the potential to respond to an emergency at UMBC are frequently trained and given a detailed tour of the area ensuring that, should an incident arise, they would be familiar with the area and protocol.

Firefighter Christopher Lancaster Jr. from Baltimore County station 36 offered insight into the matter, stating, “If the new basketball arena has a Knox box mounted on the building they have to have something inside so the fire department can open the doors because if there is an emergency after hours we need to be able to get inside and investigate. If there is nothing in the Knox Box there is no real purpose of having one and [we will] have to force entry to get inside.”

In response to Lewis’ claims that the Knox box was open and without a key during his visit, Dillon agrees that the box was not fully operational yet. He states that there was a two-day period in which the box had not been set up, meaning the key had not been locked in the box yet. He delved further into the matter, explaining that the Event Center, while open for visitation and some use, is not completely open. He was aware that the box was open, however, he does not believe it put the students or faculty of UMBC in at any risk during that two-day period.

Both Dillon and Pound believe they maintain a safe campus, including the newly built Event Center which is, “one of the safest places on campus,” according to Pound. The facility was designed with a smoke evacuation system and multiple cameras to ensure the safety of anyone inside or outside the building should an emergency arise.

They encourage direct contact to report problems found with safety equipment on campus, rather than posting on a public forum where authorities may not see the post. More information regarding UMBC campus safety regulations and policy can be found at https://reslife.umbc.edu/campus-living/student-involvement/campus-safety/.

A new study almost 20 years in the making provides some of the strongest evidence yet of the 'speciation reversal' phenomenon -- where two distinct lineages hybridize and eventually merge into one -- in two lineages of common ravens.

Dr. Kevin Omland, professor of biological sciences at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) initially began work on this project in 1999, Common Ravens were considered a single species worldwide. He thought further research might uncover two distinct species -- perhaps an "Old World" and "New World" raven -- but the real story is much more complicated. Omland reported the existence of two Common Raven lineages in 2000, one concentrated in the southwestern United States dubbed "California," and another found everywhere else (including Maine, Alaska, Norway and Russia) called "Holarctic."

Since then, the plot has thickened. Two undergraduates in Omland's lab, Jin Kim and Hayley Richardson, former URA's, analyzed mitochondrial DNA from throughout the western United States and found the two lineages are extensively intermixed.

Read the entire article here.

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