Engineering and Computing Education Program News

Flora Kirk B.A., Ancient Studies Minor: Political Science Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Middletown, Maryland Plans: Fulbright researcher, Romania Since I first rubbed True Grit’s nose, UMBC...

Soheila Escobar B.S., Information Systems Cum Laude Hometown: Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia Plans: Business and systems analysis career I really appreciate the diversity that I have found...

Maia Schechter B.A., Dance Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Glen Rock, Pennsylvania Plans: Presenting choreography at the National College Dance Festival; studying with the NW Dance Project The...

Arissa Falat B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Columbia, Maryland Plans: Pharm.D./J.D., University of Maryland School of Pharmacy UMBC is peerless...

Daniel Morris B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Lexington Park, Maryland Plans: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania UMBC connected me with professors and...

Jonathan Werner B.S., Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Glen Burnie, Maryland Plans: Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory The Meyerhoff program taught me...

Adaku Uchendu B.S., Mathematics Cum Laude Hometown: Beltsville, Maryland Plans: Ph.D., Penn State University A famous saying goes, ‘The sparkle depends on the flaws in a diamond.’ This...

Katherine Dillon B.S., Computer Science Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland Plans: Software Engineer, Google; M.S., computer science, UMBC The CWIT program has prepared me to...

The calendar may have flipped to 2018, but there are so many great milestones achieved by the UMBC community to recognize from 2017. Here are twelve top highlights: 1. Rhodes Scholar Naomi...

A discovery by UMBC theoretical physicists could improve the performance of one type of quantum computer enough to stimulate major progress in its development, enabling more practical uses of...