A UMBC faculty member and a UMBC alumnus were recognized by the Maryland Science Center for their outstanding work in engineering and science. Lee Blaney, associate professor of chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, was one of two people to receive the 2017 Outstanding Young Engineer Award, and Phillip Graff ’08, physics, was awarded one of two 2017 Outstanding Young Scientist Awards. The ceremony, hosted annually by the Maryland Science Center and the Maryland Academy of Sciences, highlights the work being done by young scientists and engineers in Maryland to advance the fields.

In his work, Blaney develops technology used to recover nutrients, such as phosphorus, from poultry litter. The phosphorus found in poultry litter often saturates the soil on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, making the water that runs off into the Chesapeake Bay a hazard for aquatic life. The technology he is testing in his lab could reduce the amount of phosphorus that ends up in the Chesapeake Bay from manure by about 90 percent.

-- UMBC News

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John 15:5 (NLT) – “Apart from Me, you can do nothing.”

Philippians 4:13 (NLT) – “But I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

“He, the strong, works in me, the weak. I, the weak, abide by faith in Him, the strong. And I, in the self-same moment, know myself to be weak and strong.” – Andrew Murray

“The error of this mode of thinking is that people estimate their weakness, not too highly, but too meagerly. They would still do something by the exercise of all their powers, and with the help of God. They do not know that they must be nothing before God.  You think that you have still a little strength, and that the Father must help you by adding something of His own power to your feeble energy. This thought is wrong. Your weakness appears in the fact that you can do nothing. It is better to speak of utter inability, for that is what the Scriptures mean by the word ‘weakness.’ ‘Without me ye can do nothing.’ ‘In us is no power.’” – Andrew Murray

Prayer: Father, I come to you and first acknowledge my utter inability to do anything in my own strength.  In my inability, may I receive Your strength– the power that comes in fullness with the resurrection power already living inside of us and say, “For when I am weak then I am strong” in Christ.

– JK

Hey guys, my townhouse has three rooms opening up, with availability being in early January (two UMBC students are graduating and one UMBC alum that lives here is moving out.)

The house is located right off Wilkens Avenue by the intersection of Maiden Choice and Wilkens, in the townhouse neighborhood called Broadfield.

Info on the house:

Rent: $375 plus utilities (averages ~ $390-$415 a month), security deposit on move in is $375

Location: Located less than a minute drive from I695, around a 8-10 minute drive (depending on traffic) to the Inner Harbor following Wilkens; about a 5 minute drive, 20-25 minute walk, and a 10 minute bike ride from UMBC.

Accessibility: Accessible via the UMBC shuttle (Groise Ct. and Maiden Choice and Maiden Choice and Wilkens bus stops); accessible via Maiden Choice bus stops via MTA Bus 76 and to CCBC Catonsville via MTA Bus 35.

Additional info: Located across the street from Giant, less than a quarter mile from the Weis off Wilkens and from other grocery stores. Downtown Catonsville is accessible to this location through car, bike, walking trails, and MTA bus. St. Agnes is about a mile down Wilkens from this house. The house has 1.5 bathrooms, with all occupants sharing a shower. There are laundry machines on the property, as well as a functioning dishwasher. Common spaces include the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and washer room in the basement. Storage is located in the washer room if needed.

DISCLAIMER: This house does have cockroaches. A few years ago, a tenant (who no longer lives here) moved in and was not good at keeping their space clean. Unfortunately, this brought cockroaches. Thankfully, the current tenants (including myself) have been working to keep the house clean, and the cockroaches are mostly in the bathroom. Some have migrated to the kitchen, though the situation in the kitchen is being contained. There is a mold problem in the basement room, though it appears to not be severe.

Here's the posting on the OCSS website.

Male college students only. If you're interested in seeing the house, send me an email at steven15@umbc.edu to set up an appointment.