Engineering and Computing Education Program News

In the weeks leading up to the Alumni Awards Ceremony, we’ll be profiling each of this year’s honorees in detail here on the blog. First up is our Outstanding Faculty Award winner, Dr. Tara...

Matty Bell, the 30-year-old protagonist of the novel Waiting for Paint to Dry, is a woman in constant survival mode, a woman, wounded as a girl, who hasn’t fully healed. The novel follows her...

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...

Mike Adelstein ’96, biochemistry and molecular biology, gets excited by the littlest things. As president and CEO of Potomac Photonics Inc., he leads a company that uses advanced manufacturing...

Like many UMBC alumnae, Kavita Krishnaswamy ’07, mathematics and computer science, feels driven to create a better world for the next generation. More than most alumnae, however, she has a...

What does it take to be the Miss Exotic World, Reigning Queen of Burlesque? And, what’s more, to make a career from an art form that you love? Ask Trixie Little (aka Keri Burneston ’99, visual and...

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...

Alex Pyles ’09, English and media and communication studies, had loyal friends during his UMBC days. One night, when he returned to his UMBC dorm room after covering a Baltimore Orioles player’s...

Joe Jones remembers the day vividly. After attending Freddie Gray’s funeral at New Shiloh Baptist Church on April 27, 2015, he walked to his office across the street at the Center for Urban...