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NSF has awarded a 5-year S-STEM grant to UMBC

We are very pleased to announce that UMBC's ME S-STEM Scholarship Program has received a 5-year grant to continue the scholarship program, with a total amount of $991,618. Receiving this grant the...

Posted: January 16, 2018, 3:14 PM

Using Quantum Dots in Biological and Clinical Applications

Research Seminar by Dr. Andrew Smith at UIUC

Dr. Andrew Smith at UIUC visited UMBC last Friday to give the ME S-STEM scholars a research seminar.  Dr. Smith's talk was focused on using quantum dots (a type of nanoparticles) for imaging...

Posted: November 6, 2017, 2:07 PM

Lucas McCullum -- ME S-STEM Scholar's Research

ME S-STEM scholar, Mr. Lucas McCullum has been working on a research project related to using a PZT transducer for tumor screening in the past year.  He works in Dr. Soobum Lee's research lab in...

Posted: October 25, 2017, 9:51 AM

AACC Faculty and Students Visiting UMBC

ME S-STEM Scholars Shared Their Experience

On October 13, 2017, faculty and students from Anne Arundel Community College visited UMBC, via an event coordinated by the Office of Undergraduate Education and College of Engineering.  In the...

Posted: October 25, 2017, 9:35 AM

Jordan Bendler -- Development of a microfluidic device

Mr. Jordan Bendler worked this past summer in Dr. Ronghui Ma’s laboratory at UMBC.  He and a graduate student, Mr. Myo Min Zaw, designed and prototyped polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic...

Posted: October 6, 2017, 4:28 PM

Mechanical Engineering Lab Tour - Bioheat Transfer Lab

We were glad to see more than 30 students coming to the lab tour to get to know ongoing research projects in the Mechanical Engineering Department. 90% of the ME faculty members have active...

Posted: November 16, 2016, 2:31 PM

ME S-STEM Scholar's Research -- Keith Purvis

ME S-STEM scholar, Keith Purvis has been working in the Micro Materials Characterization Lab directed by Dr. Marc Zupan in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The lab is focused on...

Posted: September 22, 2016, 9:50 AM

ME S-STEM Scholar's Research -- Angela Bartolomeo

Ms. Angela Bartolomeo, an ME S-STEM scholar, has had several internships in the past years. In her previous internship with Sigma Space she assembled and aligned optical equipment for lidar units....

Posted: September 1, 2016, 3:42 PM