Engineering and Computing Education Program News

It’s 4 a.m. in Puerto Rico, and Ellie Bare’s alarm is going off. Within an hour, she and her research colleagues are driving to their forested field site on the north side of the island to record...

Emily Ferketic Degrees: B.S., Physics Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Post-grad plans: Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from UMBC As a scholar athlete, Emily Ferketic has excelled in both the...

New findings in Science co-authored by UMBC researchers reveal details of the complex relationship between atmospheric dust and vast populations of phytoplankton at the ocean’s surface. These tiny...

Connor McPherson Degree: B.A., History; Minor in Naval Science Hometown: Bel Air, MD Post-grad plans: Surface Warfare Officer (Intel option), stationed in Yokosuka, Japan As a student in...

Joana Hernandez Degree: B.S., Chemical Engineering Hometown: Hyattsville, MD Post-grad plans: Applying to biochemical engineering Ph.D. programs McNair Scholar Joana Hernandez is a...

On a recent Friday, representatives of UMBC, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered in UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery and pledged to work together...

Avni Patel Degrees: B.S., Biological Sciences; B.A., Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Hometown: Ellicott City, MD Post-grad plans: Medical school Avni Patel has completed a...

Elijah Mugabe Degree: B.S., Chemistry Hometown: Greenbelt, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D., Pharmacology, Cornell University Amongst the beakers, test tubes, and chemicals in a laboratory prep...

Written by Jeffrey Gardner, associate professor of biological sciences, UMBC One of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor’s office is “You have an antimicrobial-resistant...

Avi Newman Degrees: B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B.S., Biological Sciences; B.A., Philosophy Hometown: Derwood, MD Post-grad plans: Graduate school Embracing all of the...