Research News

UMBC Professor's Company Profiled in Baltimore Examiner

Fluorometrix, a company co-founded by Govind Rao, a professor of biochemical engineering at UMBC, was profiled in the Dec. 4 Baltimore Examiner. Fluorometrix uses technology developed by Rao to...

Posted: December 5, 2006, 12:00 PM

UMBC Astronomer Helps Discover Possible New Black Hole

Previously Unknown Black Hole’s Speed, Power Surprises NASA, European Space Agency Team Illustration Caption: An artist's impression of a possible new black hole ripping gas and matter...

Posted: November 27, 2006, 12:00 PM

Honoring a Mathematical Mind

Comedians have the Friars Club Roast, actors receive lifetime achievement Oscars, but in the world of math, a distinguished career is honored by a big gathering of very smart people....

Posted: November 16, 2006, 12:00 PM

New NASA Center is Stellar Leap for UMBC Astrophysics

Photo Caption: CRESST, a new NASA center at UMBC, will expand astrophysics research and education on black holes and other high-energy phenomena of the universe. The team of UMBC, the...

Posted: October 6, 2006, 12:00 PM

UMBC Computer Science Research in Wired Magazine

eBiquity Group's Research Part of Article on Spam Blogs Research on detecting "splogs" by UMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Professors Tim Finin, Anupam Joshi and Tim Oates and...

Posted: September 5, 2006, 12:00 PM