UMBC Engineering Students Foster Development of Clean Water in Kenya

[March 26, 2013 by Lee Blaney]--Lee Blaney is an assistant professor in UMBC’s Department of Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering

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.

Dr. Marc Zupan Named Fulbright Scholar

[4/4/2012, by ]--Marc Zupan an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering has been named a Fulbright Scholar, 2012-2013, to teach and conduct research at the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Portugal.

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.

Marie desJardins, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Selected for NAE Symposium

[October 11, 2011]--Marie desJardins, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, has been selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to participate in NAE’s Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. desJardins was one of sixty-five faculty members selected from all over the country to participate in the symposium.

UMBC Researchers Receive $1.8 Million Grant to Build a “Toolbox for Global Thinking”

 

[9/7/2011]--A team of UMBC researchers has received a

Maryland Cyber Challenge Conference

The Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference site is up and student teams can now register for the competition, with the first qualifying round early in September. It is a chance to demonstrate your ability to work in a team and your cybersecurity and problem solving skills.

UMBC Chess Team Seeks Third Straight Victory in “Final Four of College Chess”

3/31/2011]--The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) chess team will attempt to reassert its dominance in the collegiate chess world with a victory this weekend in the 2011 President’s Cup, known as the “Final Four of College Chess.”

Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

[3/28/2011]--Dr. Brian E. Reed, Professor of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering and Interim Chair of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant for environmental engineering/engineering education for the 2011-2012 academic year. Dr. Reed will go to Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

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.