Research News

CSEE Professor Curtis Menyuk wins Humboldt Research Award

Coveted international prize a win for UMBC, too

By Sarah Hansen UMBC Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Curtis Menyuk recently won the prestigious Humboldt Research Award.  Academics from any discipline are eligible for...

Posted: April 13, 2015, 5:38 PM

President Hrabowski speaks at Maryland Biotech Forum

Meeting fosters growth across academia, industry, government

The Maryland Regional Biotech Forum was held at the MedImmune campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 30 and 31.  The event brought together representatives from government, industry, and...

Posted: March 31, 2015, 11:47 AM

Technology Catalyst Fund jumpstarts inventions on campus

(At right: A still from an informational video about a distracted driving detection system project, available here.) By Sarah Hansen The Office of Technology Development (OTD) at UMBC granted...

Posted: March 30, 2015, 8:04 AM

IMET–UMBC collaborative grant program takes off

by Sarah Hansen Last spring, the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) initiated the IMET–Partner Institutions Seed Grant Program.  The program stipulates that proposals include...

Posted: March 13, 2015, 4:32 PM

UMBC-UMB Collaboration Seeks Mechanisms Behind Migraines

This story covers a UMBC-UMB research collaboration and is cross-posted from the UMB news site. For scientists, finding the cause of migraine headaches has turned into a real brain teaser....

Posted: March 13, 2015, 9:07 AM

MIPAR Researchers Receive International Award

The International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics has awarded UMBC researchers David Salkever (Public Policy) and Brent Gibbons (Ph.D., ’13, Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and...

Posted: March 10, 2015, 3:40 PM

National Endowment for the Humanities Workshop at UMBC

Dresher Center and CAHSS host regional NEH Grants Workshop

UMBC welcomed the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a regional grant-writing workshop on February 20, 2015. The workshop, conducted by the NEH’s Division of Research Programs, was...

Posted: March 2, 2015, 2:10 PM

$50k awarded to CAST team for preemie respiration monitor

by Sarah Hansen Right: The winners and judges after the NCC-PDI conference and competition. Govind Rao, UMBC Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (CAST), was the...

Posted: February 26, 2015, 7:03 PM