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GRIT-X is a series of presentations to celebrate the passion and achievements of UMBC’s alumni, faculty and graduates students, with invited speakers conveying compelling aspects of UMBC’s impact in the areas of research, scholarship and creative achievement. GRIT-X is a Homecoming staple at UMBC since 2016. More information about the GRIT-X 2024 (including registration info) is available on the Division of Research & Creative Achievement website.
GRIT-X 2023
Learn more about GRIT-X 2023, past speakers, and their research.
Watch all the GRIT-X 2023 presentations [YouTube videos].
Back for its seventh year, GRIT-X returned to the Fine Arts Recital Hall during Homecoming 2023 with presentations from faculty and accomplished alumni addressing some of the most pressing issues facing society now and throughout history, and how UMBC scholars are working to build a better tomorrow.
“The goal of GRIT-X is to provide a sneak peek behind the scenes of some of the exciting and impactful research and creative achievement initiatives across our campus community,” says Karl V. Steiner, UMBC’s vice president of research and creative achievement. “[GRIT-X] takes you around the whole campus and beyond.”
Read more about GRIT-X 2023 in UMBC News.
GRIT-X 2023 – Fine Arts Recital Hall – Oct 14, 2023
Zhensen Huang ’00, ’04, information systems: “Create Possibility – on Campus and in Business”
Cynthia Matuszek, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering: “Talking to Robots – The Role of Language in Human-Robot Interaction”
Carlos Romero Talamás, associate professor of mechanical engineering: “The Fusion Energy Solution – Why Engineering Simplicity Matters”
GRIT-X 2022 – Fine Arts Recital Hall – Oct 15, 2022
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Delali Dzirasa ’04, computer engineering
Rethinking Digital Divides – Creating Access, Experiential Learning, and Empathy in the Digital World
Vandana Janeja (Information Systems)
Can We Reduce the Deluge in the Sea Levels with a Data Deluge?
GRIT-X 2021 – Proscenium Theatre – Oct 9, 2021
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Andrea Kleinsmith (Information Systems)
Stressing Connections – Designing for Affective Awareness
Upal Ghosh (Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering)
Saving our Environment from the Past – A Story of Chemicals and Fish
GRIT-X 2019 – Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building – Oct 12, 2019
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Tinoosh Mohsenin (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
Micro AI – When Intelligence Moves to Low Power Sensors
Gregory Szeto (Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering)
The Frenemy Within – Mining the Wisdom and Ignorance of our Immune System
GRIT-X 2018 – Dance Cube – Oct 13, 2018
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Kavita Krishnaswamy ’07, ’19, computer science
Robotic Journeys – A Quest for Independence
GRIT-X 2017 – Black Box Theatre – Oct 14, 2017
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Kafui Dzirasa ’01, chemical engineering
Next Generation Psychiatric Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Nilanjan Banerjee (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
When What You Wear Understands You
Gymama Slaughter (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
The Art of Powering Implantable Electronics
Corey Fleischer ’08, mechanical engineering
Building Founders the Old Fashioned Way
GRIT-X 2016 – Earl & Darielle Linehan Concert Hall – Sept 17, 2016
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Lee Blaney (Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering)
Our Environment is on Drugs
Govind Rao (Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering)
Inventing Tomorrow at UMBC
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