 The university has recently established a new multi-million dollar Center for Applied Electromagnetics, known as AppEl, with significant funding from the Office of Naval Research. Patrick O’Shea (pictured), chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), will serve as executive director of the new center. Victor Granatstein, a professor with ECE, will be the research director of the center, which will include approximately 19 faculty researchers from seven academic departments and research institutes across campus. The new research will form a basis for all-electric ships, speed-of-light weapons and advanced communication technologies that the Navy anticipates deploying.
 The Clark School has developed a new Master of Engineering in Sustainable
Energy Engineering program that will meet the emerging market demand for sustainable energy
engineers, and do so with high accessibility by virtue of its being completely available online. The
new program was developed by faculty engaged in mechanical, nuclear, reliability, chemical and
biomolecular, and systems engineering. It is offered on campus and online through the Office
of Advanced Engineering Education.
 The inaugural seminar
in the Clark School's new Engineering Education lecture series was presented by
Norman L. Fortenberry (pictured) of the National Academy of Engineering Center
for the Advancement of
Scholarship on Engineering Education. Fortenberry's talk, "Revitalizing Engineering Education:
A Research-Driven Approach," provided an overview of the forces driving improvement in engineering
education and discussed efforts to improve the quality of engineering education through
research and innovation.
 The Graduate Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering
student group has gained official status as a student organization at the University of Maryland.
The group, which was started in the fall of 2006, is dedicated to fostering a sense of community
among graduate female students in the ECE department. The group's new president is Mahsa
Dornajafi. The faculty advisors for the Graduate Women in ECE group are Professors
Kris Rosfjord and Min Wu.
 Booz Allen Hamilton made a gift to the Clark School to
sponsor the Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Colloquium series. The purpose of the
series is to provide a forum for talks on innovative research and technology by external lecturers
from academia, industry and government, as well as by ECE faculty researchers.
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