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In Depth Lab Visit at UMBC

The ME S-STEM Scholarship Program sponsored a lab visit on Nov. 2, 2022.  Dr. Deepa Madan, a co-director of the ME S-STEM Scholarship Program, offered an in-depth tour to her lab in the brand new...

Posted: November 3, 2022, 12:35 PM

T. Rozario -Understand Optimization Techniques in ME Labs

Over the past school year and summer at UMBC, ME S-STEM Scholar Turibius Rozario (he/him) conducted research on gradient descent and gradient-free optimization techniques for neural networks under...

Posted: October 17, 2022, 9:17 AM

A Successful Internship at Northrop Grumman

This summer Mr. Peter Serp, an ME S-STEM scholar, interned at Northrop Grumman in Annapolis, MD. While there he did research using 3D printers by testing different material capabilities and how...

Posted: September 13, 2022, 2:57 PM

Summer Internship in RMF Engineering

ME S-STEM scholar Joe Schlee worked with the Baltimore buildings group in RMF engineering as a mechanical engineer, with a specific focus on lab development. RMF Engineering is a full-service firm...

Posted: September 13, 2022, 2:54 PM

REU experience at University of Florida

Over the summer of 2022, ME S-STEM scholar, Ms. Chizaram Ugboh participated in a summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) at the University of Florida (UF). She had the pleasure of...

Posted: September 13, 2022, 2:50 PM

In Person ME S-STEM Retreat

We were excited to have an in person meeting this year after being locked down in the past two years due to COVID.  On Sept. 9, 2022, the ME S-STEM Scholarship Program at UMBC had its annual...

Posted: September 9, 2022, 4:05 PM

Mr. Jacob Lombardo presented research in SB3C conference

UMBC Freshman, Mr. Jacob Lombardo, attended the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) and presented his research project.  Jacob is also a Mechanical Engineering...

Posted: June 27, 2022, 4:20 PM

Spring 2022 Research Seminars

We were delighted to invite two outstanding researchers to give the students and faculty of the ME department seminars to share their ongoing research projects.  Professor Paris R. von Lockette,...

Posted: April 22, 2022, 2:51 PM

In Person Visits to Community Colleges Resumed

After more than two years of COVID-related shut down, we are pleased to see in person visits to local community colleges. In Spring 2022, Drs. Ronghui Ma and Deepa Madan visited Howard Community...

Posted: April 22, 2022, 2:31 PM

Design DRC Boots for Cooling Horse Legs

ME S-STEM Scholar, Mr. Dai Nguyen, with his group members Chris Haley and Rehman Qureshi, have worked on designing a DRC Boot for cooling horse legs.  This was part of their CAPSTONE design...

Posted: December 13, 2021, 3:39 PM