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Exploring Every Angle: Climate Research at UMBC
Researchers across UMBC are using unique, interdisciplinary approaches to explore global environmental challenges. Here are just three examples. Lipi Mukherjee, Ph.D. ’20, atmospheric...
Posted: December 2, 2020, 7:31 PM
On Thin Ice
For UMBC alum Nathan Kurtz, the only thing scarier than a surprise visit from a polar bear is a melting ice cap. When the Polarstern set sail from northern Norway in September 2019, it was...
Posted: December 2, 2020, 7:30 PM
NASA awards UMBC team $1.4M to develop AI that improves how computers process climate data from satellites
Data archives from NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), which collects data from satellites, aircraft, and ground instruments, currently contain about 31 petabytes...
Posted: October 26, 2020, 4:09 PM
Small satellite, big ambitions: UMBC’s HARP named SmallSat Mission of the Year
UMBC’s Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) Satellite, which began in Vanderlei Martins’s imagination more than a decade ago, has been flying in low-Earth orbit since February 19. It contains...
Posted: August 7, 2020, 10:41 PM
Support comes full circle: When students become mentors
In 2015, Cherie Tebah’s dream of providing dental care in marginalized communities was shattered when she sustained injuries while in the U.S. military. Tebah, who is originally from Ghana, had...
Posted: May 19, 2020, 2:55 PM
Graduating CNMS Scholars carry on a commitment to support women in STEM
UMBC has made great strides in increasing its number of women faculty members in STEM through the ADVANCE program. Now, through the CNMS Scholars Program, these women are serving as mentors to the...
Posted: May 18, 2020, 3:30 PM
UMBC once again ranks among the top 150 universities in federal research funding
The annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey from the National Science Foundation again includes UMBC as a top recipient of federal research support. The most recent...
Posted: February 28, 2020, 8:23 PM
UMBC’s Pelton and Daniel are developing light-driven chips to enable super-fast computing
By combining their expertise in physics and chemistry, Matt Pelton and Marie-Christine Daniel are working toward the next big leap in computing. Both are engaged in photonics research, which is...
Posted: January 16, 2020, 9:17 PM
Climate Shift
From Eritrea to UMBC, this physicist is cultivating a diverse generation of climate scientists. It’s a nearly cloudless afternoon at UMBC in early October. A group of physics students and their...
Posted: December 10, 2019, 4:47 PM
We have liftoff! UMBC-developed mini satellite launched into space to study climate, air quality
In the early morning hours of Saturday, November 2, a few hundred guests at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility gathered at the VIP launch viewing site—a grassy pad near a large tent. Sitting on...
Posted: November 8, 2019, 4:52 AM
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