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UMBC Magazine: See The Challenge, Be The Change

Written by: Megan Hanks Mastrola. Modeled after a national program, UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program was established in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) in Fall 2016. Over the past six years, the program has expanded, drawing together students from various disciplines to address major challenges that the world is facing. Ranging from engineering better medicines and securing cyberspace. …

Posted: July 11, 2022

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Helping kids with asthma breathe easier

UMBC team to develop wearable system to track asthma triggers in pediatric patients. An innovative team of researchers working across engineering fields has received a nearly $2 million award...

Posted: November 5, 2015, 1:12 AM

UMBC partnership inspires new CSEE advising website

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (CSEE) is piloting a new advising website, supporting students in computer engineering, computer science, chemical engineering, and mechanical...

Posted: November 2, 2015, 10:02 PM

Marie desJardins discusses underrepresentation of women in artificial intelligence research

In 2011, just 18% of undergraduate computer science degrees were received by women, according to data from the National Center for Education. In 1985, less than 30 years earlier, women received...

Posted: October 28, 2015, 4:37 PM

Marie desJardins explains what’s needed to bring computer science to K-12 nationwide

Since 2007, student enrollment in computer science (CS) at the university level has increased by about 120%. However, despite this level of interest, there are major gaps in CS education that...

Posted: October 23, 2015, 2:20 PM

Kavita Krishnaswamy, CSEE Ph.D. student, named an emerging leader in robotics

Robohub has named CSEE Ph.D. student Kavita Krishnaswamy ’07, computer science and mathematics, to their new “25 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About” list, along with other emerging...

Posted: October 20, 2015, 6:52 PM

Ting Zhu receives NSF grant to develop localization and mapping techniques

CSEE professor Ting Zhu received an award from the National Science Foundation to develop improved techniques for identifying a person’s location in dynamically changing environments. The award of...

Posted: October 19, 2015, 7:40 PM

First Video Game From UMBC’s Game Developer’s Club Up on Steam

A game developed by a four-student UMBC team was recently added on Steam, the giant PC game platform. The success prompted stories in the Baltimore Daily Record and in Technical.ly/Baltimore...

Posted: September 15, 2015, 5:56 PM

Jian Chen, CSEE, Discusses New Hybrid-Reality System in The Daily Record

Jian Chen, computer science and electrical engineering, received a $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to build π², a hybrid-reality system that can project 3D images in order to...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 3:42 PM

Kavita Krishnaswamy, CSEE Ph.D. student, Featured on National Science Foundation Website

Kavita Krishnaswamy ’07, computer science and mathematics, Ph. D. candidate, computer science and electrical engineering, was featured on the National Science Foundation website for her research...

Posted: June 3, 2015, 3:30 PM

Christopher Gardner ’18, Computer Science, Places First at Kaizen Capture the Flag

Earlier this week, UMBC CyberDawg Christopher Gardner ’18, computer science, took first place out of approximately fifty competitors at Booz Allen Hamilton’s Kaizen Capture The Flag event held at...

Posted: May 22, 2015, 6:36 PM

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