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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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Faisal Quader, Ph.D. ’20: Expanding access to the cyber ecosystem

There’s already a student waiting outside the office of Faisal Quader, Ph.D. ’20, when the adjunct professor arrives at the Information Technology and Engineering building on a Thursday...

Posted: November 7, 2024, 10:05 AM

UMBC researchers to study digital twinning technology, AI use in neurodegenerative diseases with NSF grant

A multidisciplinary team of UMBC researchers was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to expand the use of digital twinning technology to diagnose, treat, and increase the...

Posted: October 18, 2024, 3:25 PM

GRIT-X talk series ushers in UMBC’s 2024 Homecoming activities

UMBC’s GRIT-X event is returning for its eighth year with a lineup of dynamic talks spanning a wide range of subjects, including insight into the university’s contributions to the next Moon...

Posted: October 17, 2024, 5:15 PM

For 15 consecutive years, UMBC‘s faculty and staff shine in the Great Colleges to Work For survey

In the early hours of the morning, as the windows of Albin O. Kuhn Library begin to reflect the sunrise, UMBC’s faculty and staff are making sure all the campus needs—technology, buildings,...

Posted: October 17, 2024, 4:55 PM

UMBC’s 2024 Cybersecurity Leadership Exploratory Grant Program recipients announced

The UMBC Cybersecurity Institute and the Division of Research and Creative Achievement, in partnership with the College of Engineering and Information Technology, recently announced the recipients...

Posted: October 10, 2024, 1:07 PM

Preparing students for a quantum tomorrow: Lei Zhang brings futuristic computing concepts into the classroom

In the early 20th century, as physicists explored the tiny world of atoms, they noticed some perplexing things: Energy transferred only in chunks; particles that also acted like waves; mysterious...

Posted: October 3, 2024, 9:24 AM

Retrievers are upping their research game in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program cohort

At the height of COVID-19, Nicole Attram developed severe lower back pain which impeded her mobility and flexibility. While physical therapy helped mitigate the symptoms, the cause is still...

Posted: September 23, 2024, 2:32 PM

Pagers and walkie-talkies over cellphones—a security expert explains why Hezbollah went low-tech for communications

Written by Richard Forno, principal lecturer in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Sept. 17, 2024, killing 12 and...

Posted: September 19, 2024, 11:58 AM

Upal Ghosh appointed to D.C. mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River

On September 12, UMBC’s Upal Ghosh, from the Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, was sworn in as a member of the Washington, D.C., mayor’s Leadership Council for a...

Posted: September 18, 2024, 7:09 AM

Lee Blaney assumes presidency of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors

Professor Lee Blaney, in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, formally assumed the role of president of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science...

Posted: September 16, 2024, 10:12 AM

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