Professor Charles D. Eggleton appointed Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering

[5/31/2012]--Dr. Charles Eggleton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed as Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for a five-year term.

Building Engineers and Computer Scientists One Bit at a Time

Cyber Challenge Hones Students’ Cyber Skills

[11/18/2011]--Tyler Campbell, Nick Ducq, Ryan King, Andrew Nguyen and Tim Spillman walked out of the Baltimore Convention Center elated. Their team, the Sherwood Cyber Warriors, had just won the high school division of the inaugural Maryland Cyber Challenge. Their success netted them each a $5,000 scholarship from the National Security Agency.

The entire experience was rewarding for both the students and their parents, says Steve Weiss, one of the team’s advisers. “Winning first place was the icing on the cake.”

Drs. Julia Ross and Anupam Joshi Appointed to Named Professorships in recognition of their Leadership as Educators and Scholars

Dr. Julia M. Ross, Professor and Chair, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering Department has been appointed as the Constellation Professor of Information Technology and Engineering, and Dr.

UMBC’s Baja Racing Team Hopes To Claim Top Honors

[4/17/2011]--BALTIMORE (WJZ) — They are known for academics, but now the University of Maryland Baltimore County is making a name in the racing world.

The school has created an off-road race car, and as Tim Williams explains, they will now compete on a world stage.

It’s not your typical classroom, but at the University of Maryland Baltimore County technology is moving at an accelerated pace.

Cyber Games

[2/9/2011]--As a senior at UMBC majoring in computer science, Max Spector has spent long hours in the classroom learning the theories and principles that explain how information systems work. He has studied the vulnerabilities that can cripple and corrupt these systems, and he talks rapid-fire about such hacking techniques as “buffer overflow attacks” and  “ARP spoofing attacks.”

But for Spector, who aspires to a career in cybersecurity, what happens in the classroom is only one part of his education.

SAIC Donates $300,000 to UMBC Initiative Fostering Student Success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education

[1/11/2011]--The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced that SAIC has committed $300,000 to support a new active-learning initiative at UMBC that draws on the latest technology and education research to help students succeed in critical introductory mathematics and science classes.

Five Md. colleges make magazine's list of 100 best values

[1/10/2011]--Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine has ranked the University of Maryland at College Park as fifth on its list of the 100 best values in public colleges.

Four other Maryland colleges made the annual list, including Salisbury University, Towson University, St. Mary's College of Maryland and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

UMBC finishes second in 'World Series' of chess

[1/1/2011]--University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the defending champion in the "World Series" of college chess, finished second in the most recent tournament.

UMBC placed second in the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships that concluded Dec. 30 in Milwaukee. In its sixth and final match, the team earned a draw against the University of Texas-Brownsville, one of its arch rivals.

Securing Cyberspace

[12/6/2010]--Military commanders often talk about the need for “situational awareness” — they want to see and track the potential threats facing them, whether they come from planes, ships, troop movements or any other source.

In a traditional conflict, that awareness might come from a giant digital map hanging in a darkened command center. But as the country faces a growing range of threats to the computers and networks that make these maps and other vital technologies possible, it becomes difficult to imagine what a picture to track them would even look like.