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UMD Researchers Awarded a Combined $11.4M for Fuel Cell Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a combined $11.4 million to three projects involving Clark School faculty members from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). The funding comes from ARPA-E’s Reliable Electricity Based on ELectrochemical Systems program (REBELS). Individually, the three projects’ grants are among the highest awarded in this round of funding.
 UMD Researcher Helps Arm the Immune System to Fight Cancer
Fischell Department of Bioengineering Assistant Professor Christopher M. Jewell and members of the Jewell Research lab have been working to develop cancer technology that could aid in the fight against cancer. Jewell’s research group is developing a unique system in which controlled-release, biodegradable polymer “depots” are injected directly into the lymph nodes, the body’s immune system “command centers.”
University of Maryland Establishes Orbital Debris Research Center
The University of Maryland (UMD) has announced the establishment of the Center for Orbital Debris Education and Research (CODER) to address critical issues in orbiting space debris and serve as a hub for academic, industry and government research collaboration.
 Fire Tornado and Wildfire Research Featured by Discovery Channel Canada
University of Maryland assistant professor Michael Gollner (Department of Fire Protection Engineering) explained–and demonstrated–the phenomenon known as a fire tornado in an episode of Daily Planet, airing on the Discovery Channel in Canada. The episode was part of the series’ “Forces of Nature Week.”
UMD Researchers Address Water Management, Sustainability Challenges
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Baoxia Mi, along with students Catherine Birney, Michael Lee, Vincent Fiedler and Elizabethe Manzi – recently launched efforts to develop a system for emergency drinking water supplies that offers sustainable water purification technology, which can be used for both emergency and household drinking water. Their project uses a system that will integrate two emerging membrane processes, forward osmosis and membrane distillation. It can be used for the onsite treatment of various water sources including contaminated field water, brackish water, stormwater and gray water.
DOE Report Considers Potential of Thermoelastic Cooling
Thermoelastic cooling technology developed at the University of Maryland was reviewed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s (DOE-EERE) Non-Vapor Compression HVAC Technology Report. The report identifies emerging alternatives to traditional heating and cooling systems, with a particular emphasis on solutions that are more affordable, efficient and environmentally friendly.
Researchers at UMD, UCONN, and Rice Awarded MURI
Researchers at the University of Connecticut, the University of Maryland, and Rice University have won a $7.5 million grant via an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) MURI to address the topic “Security Theory for Nano-Scale Devices.” Ten researchers across the three institutions will collaborate to analyze and upgrade security protections for nano-scale computer hardware. Their goal is to develop Universal Security Theory for the evaluation and design of nano-scale devices.
Tiny Origami Boxes Hold Big Promise for Hydrogen Energy Storage
Graphene is the world’s thinnest material, just one atom thick. Shuze Zhu and Teng Li, of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, have found that they can make tiny squares of graphene fold into a box, which will open and close itself in response to an electric charge.
 Robo Raven appears on 60 Minutes
Footage from the Maryland Robotics Center is part of the Drones over America segment shown on CBS News’ 60 Minutes on March 16. In the segment, veteran correspondent Morley Safer explores various types of micro air vehicles, the domestic uses to which they may be put, and the questions about safety and privacy that arise from their use.
Robotic fish research profiled in Baltimore Sun
Associate Professor Derek Paley (AE/ISR); Associate Professor Sean Humbert (AE); alumnus and Michigan State University Associate Professor Xiaobo Tan (EE Ph.D. 2002), and Professor Sheryl Coombs of Bowling Green State University have been working on bio-inspired flow sensing and control for autonomous underwater vehicles through a 2012 Office of Naval Research grant.
UMD's Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory Featured in The Accelerator
The University of Maryland (UMD) Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (AVL) was featured in this month’s issue of The Accelerator, a monthly e-newsletter and blog published by the American Society for Engineering Education.
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