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CBEE students Zhang and Seas present at BMES

Record numbers at the 26th annual meeting of bioengineers

CBEE 1st year PhD student Michael Zhang (Szeto lab) and senior Andreas Seas presented their research at the annual Biomedical Engineering Society meeting in Minneapolis from Oct 5-8. Michael...

Posted: October 17, 2016, 11:15 PM

Lee Blaney and Govind Rao GRIT-X talks available on UMBCtube

As part of UMBC's 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend, CBEE faculty members Lee Blaney and Govind Rao gave compelling GRIT-X talks to an enthusiastic audience. Videos of their presentations are...

Posted: October 12, 2016, 1:37 PM

Erin Lavik presents research at ACS meeting in Philadelphia

Nanoparticles aid blood clotting; may someday save lives

[Video] Nanoparticles that speed blood clotting may someday save lives Streamed live on Aug 23, 2016 Whether severe trauma occurs on the battlefield or the highway, saving...

Posted: August 29, 2016, 10:43 AM

Hennigan highlighted in UMBC Mag's "Bright Futures" feature

Bright Futures August 16, 2016 · by UMBC Alumni · in Stories UMBC’s growing reputation as a hub for research with powerful impact isn’t founded on the...

Posted: August 19, 2016, 8:20 AM

Marten start-up gets nod in UMBC magazine

Innovation initiatives help bring discoveries to market

UMBC professors are navigating the startup economy – and finding harmony between research and commerce. By Elizabeth Heubeck ’91 [full article here] ...UMBC researchers have found additional...

Posted: August 19, 2016, 8:15 AM

Hollie Adejumo wins 2016 ACS Certificate of Merit

Hollie Adejumo, an undergraduate research assistant in the Blaney lab, was awarded the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Certificate of Merit for her presentation at the Spring 2016 national...

Posted: June 20, 2016, 12:46 PM

Alumna's cell image featured on cover of Tissue Engineering

Congratulations, Swarna Balasubramanian ('14)!

Congratulations to Swarnalatha Balasubramanian, whose cell image is featured on the cover of the June 2016 issue of Tissue Engineering. The journal contains Balasubramanian's article entitled...

Posted: June 14, 2016, 3:21 PM

Welty project featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia keeps stormwater out of sewers; protect rivers

by Tom Avril, Staff Writer Tropical Storm Girard unleashed a torrent of water on West Philadelphia in March. Missed that news? It was not a real storm, but it might as well have been....

Posted: June 1, 2016, 8:21 AM

Erin Lavik TEDxBroadway talk featured on UMBC News

dynamic talk connects theatre and engineering

May 25, 2016 by Megan Hanks When Erin Lavik, professor of chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, was pursuing her graduate degree, she was required to pursue a minor outside of...

Posted: May 31, 2016, 8:09 AM

three CBEE students selected as Featured Graduates

Congratulations to the following students who were selected as Featured Graduates by UMBC News: Sara “Cheli” Arussy ’16, chemical engineering Travis Dennis ’16, chemical engineering Ganesh...

Posted: May 18, 2016, 2:57 PM