Research News

UMBC Hosts Inaugural Research Forum

"The Nexus of Social Sciences and Human Health"

On Friday, November 21, UMBC hosted its inaugural Research Forum, the first event in a new, semi-annual series to bring together researchers and scientists from across UMBC and partner...

Posted: December 3, 2014, 3:23 PM

Anupam Joshi named an IEEE Fellow

CSEE Professor Anupam Joshi has been named an IEEE Fellow, recognized for his for contributions to security, privacy and data management in mobile and pervasive systems. This designation is...

Posted: November 28, 2014, 7:15 PM

Surdna Foundation Awards IRC Funds for Liz Lerman Residency

The Surdna Foundation, which is dedicated to fostering sustainable communities in the United States, has awarded $95,882 to the Imaging Research Center, in partnership with the College of Arts,...

Posted: November 19, 2014, 11:52 PM

Professor Yesha to head NSF Center for Hybrid Multicore

Dr. Yelena Yesha, UMBC Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, is the new Director of the Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR). Led by UMBC, CHMPR is a...

Posted: October 27, 2014, 12:18 PM

Room-Sized 3D Scanner to be Built at UMBC

NSF award will benefit users across campus community

The National Science Foundation has awarded UMBC a Major Research Instrumentation grant to acquire a 3D scanner the size of a room. The scanner will work by having many digital cameras...

Posted: October 24, 2014, 4:11 PM

UMBC student research to benefit from $18M grant from NIH

STEM BUILD@UMBC initiative part of $240 million NIH program

Faculty researchers, administrators, and staff across UMBC cheered when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced by teleconference on October 22, 2014, a groundbreaking series of awards...

Posted: October 22, 2014, 3:33 PM

Dr. Strow's Atmospheric Spectroscopy Group Wins NASA Award

The UMBC Atmospheric Spectroscopy Laboratory, led by Dr. Larrabee Strow, has been collaborating with NASA/California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) AIRS Project for many...

Posted: October 14, 2014, 10:23 AM

UMBC Dining Hall Serves Seafood Grown Sustainably by IMET

The UMBC dining hall recently served sustainably grown seafood from the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET).  The scientists at IMET conduct marine and environmental research...

Posted: October 9, 2014, 10:27 PM