2009 Press Coverage
11/5/2009
Discover Magazine blogs about Evan Ulrich's mapleseed flyer.
11/1/2009
News article and video feature Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel.
10/27/2009
MIT Technology Review covers the mapleseed-inspired robotic device.
10/25/2009
The Guardian interviews Gerry Galloway regarding New Orleans hurricane protection efforts.
10/24/2009
The Baltimore Sun covers Mtech's Technology Start-Up Boot Camp. A technology columnist blogged live from the event as well.
10/23/2009
Washington Post covers business plan competition winner; Mtech mentioned.
10/20/2009
CBS coverage of the maple seed flying device reached stations nationwide.
10/20/2009
WBAL (Baltimore) video news story about the monocopter inspired by a the design of a maple seed.
10/20/2009
NewsChannel8 (Washington, D.C.) video news story about the maple seed monocopter.
10/20/2009
WTTG FOX 5 (Washington, D.C.) video and story about the maple-seed flying device.
10/20/2009
WJZ 13 (Baltimore) coverage of Evan Ulrich's maple seed-inspired monocopter.
10/5/2009
The San Diego Business Journal profiles biological resources engineering alumnus Jeff Goldberg.
9/23/2009
The Christian Science Monitor quotes CEE's Gerry Galloway regarding the recent flooding near Atlanta.
9/16/2009
The Clark School's nuclear engineering program gets a mention in the Annapolis Capital .
9/13/2009
Associated Press coverage of Prof. Gang-Len Chang's traffic-monitoring work.
9/3/2009
Washington Post story on The Mighty Sound of Maryland, and the number of engineering majors who are a part of the marching band.
9/3/2009
CATTLab's Michael Pack provides traffic tips to ABC News for Labor Day weekend.
9/2009
Incoming AeroE Chair Mark J. Lewis pens an Aerospace America Magazine article on greening military aviation .
8/27/2009
Local teacher includes the Clark School among the world's best engineering schools (Washington Post letter to the editor).
8/27/2009
The Washington Post sends a reporter into the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel (with video; see below).
8/27/2009
CivE's Ed Link interviewed by the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Southern California Public Radio (with audio).
8/20/2009
Smolyaninov featured in a Technology Review blog.
8/16/2009
Associated Press coverage of ECE's Bruce Jacobs and his company, Coil Guitars LLC.
8/16/2009
Clark School student pens column for Baltimore Sun on her high-school teaching plans.
8/11/2009
Print and television coverage of Philip Tarnoff's service on a panel to review the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.
7/27/2009
The Chronicle of
Higher Education covers Prof.
Bruce Jacob and how he involves his students in his company, Coil Guitars. Video from the Chronicle of
Jacob and a student playing Coil guitars available here and below.
7/21/2009
The New York Times web site quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway on White House floodplain development policy.
7/19/2009
Alum Bastian "Buz" Hello (B.S. '48, Aero) featured in Baltimore Sun article on Apollo 11 mission.
7/17/2009
Meteorologists from WRC-TV (Washington, D.C., NBC affiliate) and WBAL (Baltimore NBC affiliate) take on the wind tunnels hurricane-force winds.
7/17/2009
WJLA (Washington, D.C., ABC affiliate) sends a reporter into the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel. Video available below and here .
7/17/2009
WTTG Fox 5 (Washington, D.C.) reporter tests out hurricane-force winds in the Clark School's Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel. Video available below and here .
7/11/2009
NPR coverage of Prof. Bruce Jacob and his new electric guitars (with audio).
7/8/2009
Washington, D.C., radio station WTOP covers Bruce Jacob's new electric guitars (with video).
7/8/2009
The Maryland Daily Record features new electric guitars from Bruce Jacob's Coil LLC (with video; may require a subscription).
7/7/2009
WUSA 9 (Washington, D.C., CBS affiliate) coverage of the Coil LLC guitars. Video available here .
7/7/2009
Baltimore Sun blogger looks forward to learning about Coil LLC's new electric guitars.
7/7/2009
Washington Post coverage of ECE Prof. Bruce Jacob's new electric guitar, developed with the help of students at the Clark School.
7/3/2009
Prof. Anthony Ephremides (ECE/ISR) is quoted in the Washington Post in an article on how to possibly jam cellphones in Maryland prisons.
7/2/2009
WJXT-TV (Jacksonville, Fla.) covers the work of the Clark School's Traffic Safety and Operations Lab. [article not available online]
7/1/2009
Video news story on SAE racing, including interview with a student on the TerpsRacing team.
6/25/2009
CATT Lab's Tom Jacobs is interview on WUSA 9 (Washington, D.C. CBS affiliate) regarding the recent Metro subway crash.
6/24/2009
WTTG 5 (Washington, D.C. FOX affiliate) visits the CATT Lab to learn more about the traffic-tracking and emergency management technologies developed there.
6/23/2009
NewsChannel8 (Washington, D.C. cable news network) coverage of how the CATT Lab assisted emergency management officials in the wake of the Metro crash.
6/23/2009
The Frederick (Md.) News Post features a safety product co-invented by a mechanical engineering student.
6/22/2009
Professor Shihab Shamma is interviewed by the New York Times in an article on hearing.
6/20/2009
Civil engineering's Ed Link comments in an Associated Press article on progress made on New Orleans' levee system.
6/17/2009
TAP's Lurn Inc. receives coverage in the Baltimore Sun for being named a Maryland Incubator Company of the Year.
6/16/2009
Student-community partnership in Edmonston, Md., receives nationwide attenion.
6/1/2009
The Washington Times covers Jenna Aidikoff's selection as the Maryland Top 100 Women Circle of Excellence Scholarship winner.
6/1/2009
The Daytona Beach News-Journal features alumnus Jim Bannerman's work with the Florida Commemorative Air Force Wing .
5/22/2009
The Frederick News-Post features an alum's involvement with the Hubble telescope.
5/21/2009
The Associated Press asks a Clark School student for advice on dealing with stress in college.
5/15/2009
The Associated Press quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway regarding the recent Army Corps of Engineers Katrina trial.
5/13/2009
IEEE Spectrum coverage of an IEEE anniversary event featuring K.J. Ray Liu (ECE).
5/10/2009
Jeffrey Herrmann (ME/ISR) is interviewed by WTOP's Randy Atkins regarding his flu clinic planning software. [launches MP3 player]
4/28/2009
ME/ISR Prof. Jeffrey Herrmann is mentioned in a MIT Technology Review article on tracking swine flu cases.
4/24/2009
The Associated Press interviews civil engineering's Ed Link regarding the levee situation in New Orleans. The story appears in media from ABC News to the Sydney Morning Herald . The New Orleans Times-Picayune runs its own story with quotes from Link.
4/16/2009
A Scientific American blog details the news of alumnus and former NASA head Michael Griffin's new position at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
4/10/2009
Dean Darryll Pines is interviewed by the Washington Business Journal in an article about stimulus funds.
4/8/2009
Reuters video features the work of Prof. Elias Balaras to build a better golf ball.
4/5/2009
The New York Post features the golf-ball research of Prof. Elias Balaras.
4/1/2009
Video interview with materials science and engineering's Prof. Ichiro Takeuchi regarding a lead replacement for electronics.
3/29/2009
The Washington Post features an obituary for Professor Emeritus Hung C. "Jimmy" Lin.
3/19/2009
The Richmond Times-Dispatch covers the gubernatorial appointment of a Clark School alum.
3/18/2009
MIT's Technology Review highlights Mtech participant Zymetis.
3/16/2009
MIT's Technology Review covers the NanoCenter's work on energy storage.
3/15/2009
New Scientist features Gary Rubloff's work on nanocapacitors.
3/12/2009
Washington, D.C.'s News Channel 8 and NBC affiliate cover a new type of aircraft undergoing air-flow tests at the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel as part of the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program.
3/10/2009
TAP graduate AnthroTronix is featured in The Washington Post .
3/9/2009
TAP participant Zymetis is profiled by WAMU (Washington, D.C., NPR station)
3/4/2009
Aerospace engingeering's Mark Lewis is interviewed by New Scientist .
3/1/2009
Voice of America Indonesia interviews Prof. Bill Fourney about opportunities for new students at the Clark School (WMV /QT ).
2/18/2009
Popular Science features the MX-2 space suit under development at the Space Systems Laboratory Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility.
2/17/2009
CEE Prof. Gerry Galloway discusses how infrastructure spending can create jobs in the New York Daily News .
2/8/2009
Bridge safety expert Chung C. Fu provides comment for the Belleville News-Democrat (Ill.) regarding a local bridge project.
1/30/2009
ECE Prof. Carol Espy-Wilson is included among the Palo Alto Weekly "Soul of Technology" listing.
1/28/2009
ME Chair Avram Bar-Cohen is quoted by IEEE Spectrum in an article on chip-scale refrigeration.
1/27/2009
Yahoo! highlights alumnus Michael Griffin's Space Technology Award.
1/26/2009
MSNBC features Prof. Rama Chellappa's work on camera surveillance technology.
1/20/2009
ABC News shows how Michael Pack's 4D imaging technology helped keep inauguration traffic running smoothly.
1/18/2009
Chemical engineering alumna Brigitte Le (B.S. '84) and her inaugural "flying pigs" are featured in The Washington Post .
1/17/2009
NPR's "All Things Considered" shows how Michael Pack and the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology could help keep inauguration traffic manageable.
1/16/2009
ECE Prof. Tony Ephremides is interviewed by WTTG Fox 5 (Washington, D.C.) regarding cell phone outage concerns for Inauguration Day. [article no longer available online]
1/13/2009
CNN features Michael Pack and the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology.
1/1/2009
Urbanite Baltimore features the Clark School's invisibility cloak work ("(Not) Seeing Things").
2008 Press Coverage
12/23/2008
Jeong H. Kim is named among Fast Company 's "Most Creative Minds of 2008."
12/18/2008
The Baltimore Examiner chats with alumnus and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.
12/11/2008
Biodegradable bandage out of Srini Raghavan's lab is featured on WUSA 9 (CBS, Washington, D.C.).
12/11/2008
Alumnus Xuesong Zhou reveals a car key that prevents teenage drivers from using their cell phones while behind the wheel.
12/5/2008
Miao Yu gets a Sensors Magazine mention for her research on fly ears for unmanned aerial vehicles.
12/2/2008
Fischell Department of Bioengineering Chair Bill Bentley is interviewed by CNN about bioterrorism.
11/29/2008
The New York Times features Prof. Elias Balaras' research on the aerodynamics of golf balls.
11/29/2008
Port security expert Prof. Kenneth Gabriel comments in the Philadelphia Daily News on the likelihood of a terrorism attack like those in Mumbai occurring in the United States.
11/26/2008
Prof. Ichiro Takeuchi's replacement for lead in electronic devices sparks a discussion on Slashdot.
11/24/2008
Prof. Elias Balaras' work on golf ball dimples receives international coverage.
11/18/2008
Washington, D.C., radio station WTOP and other local media outlets run an Associated Press story on Prof. Ichiro Takeuchi's lead alternative for electronics.
11/10/2008
The Engineer features the Space Systems Lab.
11/10/2008
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review profiles aerospace engineering student Cassandra Alberding.
11/7/2008
The Chronicle of Higher Ed features Prof. Jaydev Desai's robotic cancer treatment research. Related video is available here .
10/27/2008
The Baltimore Sun covers the appointment of Darryll Pines as dean and profiles this year's Innovation Hall of Fame inductee .
10/25/2008
WTTG Fox 5 in Washington features a heart device created by bioengineering department benefactor Robert E. Fishell.
10/24/2008
ME Assistant Professor Sarah Bergbreiter participates in a podcast about jumping micro-robots for the Robots Podcast and Community. [downloads an MP3 file]
10/21/2008
Popular Mechanics interviews Prof. Inderjit Chopra regarding personal tilt-rotor aircraft.
10/18/2008
The Associated Press quotes Ed Link regarding the possibility that termites are further endangering levees in New Orleans.
10/17/2008
Aerospace engineering student Laura Meyer blogs for the Discovery Channel web site regarding her recent trip to Capitol Hill to advocate for more NASA funding.
10/14/2008
Reuters covers the appointment of alumnus Robert Bernhard, Notre Dame VP for research, to a corporate board of directors.
10/1/2008
Innovations Digest features Prof. Gilmer Blankenship's course on autonomous robots.
9/29/2008
Prof. Sean Humbert comments on pterodactyl-inspired aircraft design for Discovery News.
9/25/2008
Small Times covers Prof. Reza Ghodssi's work on microscale turbines.
9/25/2008
The Washington Post interviews alumnus Hugh Grunden (B.S. '82, civil engineering) regarding his successes with Easton (Md.) Utilities.
9/23/2008
Reporters from WUSA 9 and NBC 4 in Washington, D.C., try out the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel's hurricane-force winds.
9/20/2008
PCWorld covers the University of Maryland WiMax Lab, run by ECE affiliate professor Ashok Agrawala.
9/5/2008
The Clark School's flooding experts Ed Link and Gerry Galloway (civil engineering) are quoted by the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the Los Angeles Times , respectively.
9/4/2008
WTTG Fox 5's morning show broadcasts live from the Clark School's Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility and the Kim Building Plaza .
9/3/2008
Prof. Bill Bentley's work using the tobacco mosaic virus in gene therapy research is covered by Wired .
8/25/2008
Robert Fischell's migraine device is featured in the Baltimore Sun .
8/22/2008
Prof. Bill Bentley gets a mention on NPR's "Chemistry News Roundup."
8/22/2008
Prof. James Quintiere (fire protection engineering) is quoted in Newsday and the Los Angeles Times regarding the World Trade Center fire.
8/18/2008
Prof. Chung C. Fu (civil engineering) is quoted by the Baltimore Sun in an article on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
8/16/2008
Prof. Vincent Brannigan (fire protection engineering) is quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding a construction fire in Conshohocken.
8/13/2008
WUSA Channel 9 (CBS, Washington, D.C.) covers the recent win by Robotics@Maryland.
8/12/2008
Popular Mechanics featured Dan Lathrop's Dynamo planet project.
8/5/2008
The Associated Press covers Robotics@Maryland's national underwater robotics competition win.
7/31/2008
Esquire features an alum's search for the source of mysterious short-wave radio communications.
7/30/2008
Prof. Don Vannoy is interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio regarding the first anniversary of the I-35 bridge collapse.
7/14/2008
U.S. News & World Report features the Clark School's "Catapult Camp."
7/13/2008
Prof. Gerry Galloway quoted in Baltimore Sun article regarding the nation's levees.
7/4/2008
The Chicago Tribune quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway regarding a levee controversy.
7/2/2008
Scripps Howard News Service interviews Prof. Gerry Galloway about floodplain management.
6/22/2008
The New York Times covers Prof. Gerry Galloway's involvement on a federal committee to review levees along the Mississippi River.
6/22/2008
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes Prof. John Cumings and Prof. Gerry Galloway in two different articles on the same day.
6/20/2008
NPR interviews Prof. Gerry Galloway regarding the levee system along the upper Mississippi River.
6/17/2008
Prof. John Cumings is interviewed by the Washington Post about crane collapses across the country and participates in an online chat session with Post readers.
6/11/2008
The Discovery Channel features Prof. Dan Lathrop's Dynamo project.
6/9/2008
Wired Magazine features a project by civil engineering research Ed Link to model the effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans.
6/8/2008
Clark School alumna and Carroll County, Md., native Sydonia Rehm is featured in the Washington Post .
6/4/2008
Reader's Digest features Miao Yu's work with sensors modeled after the eardrums of a fly.
6/2/2008
A Los Angeles Times article on virtual worlds featuring CATT's highway emergency simulations makes its rounds across the country .
6/2/2008
NPR features IREAP Director Dan Lathrop's work to create a mini-Earth in order to study our planet's magnetic field.
6/2/2008
WTOP interviews CATT Director Phil Tarnoff regarding how poorly timed traffic lights affect your car's gas mileage.
6/2/2008
Clark School alum dubbed "Dr. Carbon" is profiled by the Associated Press.
6/1/2008
Reader's Digest features mechanical engineering Professor Miao Yu.
5/23/2008
Clark School grad featured in Washington Post article on the UM commencement.
5/21/2008
Prof. Greg Baecher is a guest on WAMU's "The Kojo Nnamdi Show" regarding sinkholes.
5/19/2008
Forbes profiles Sezmi, a new company led by alumni Phil Wiser and Buno Pati.
5/7/2008
Popular Mechanics and Sensors Magazine feature the cell-based sensor work of Professors Abshire, Smela and Shapiro.
5/7/2008
Flight International features a podcast by Mark Lewis, aerospace engineering professor and U.S. Air Force chief scientist.
5/6/2008
Alumnus Roy McCauley is profiled by Washington, D.C.'s NBC4.
5/6/2008
CATT Director Phil Tarnoff quoted in the Baltimore Sun regarding a new traffic calming center.
5/1/2008
Alumnus Edward St. John profiled in Baltimore Magazine .
4/28/2008
Prof. Peter Sandborn quoted in the Wall Street Journal regarding technology obsolence. [subscription required]
4/27/2008
Gerald Galloway is quoted by WJZ regarding the water woes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
4/20/2008
The New York Times features work done by the 2007 UM Solar Decathlon team.
4/18/2008
Baltimore Sun covers Clark School alum's gift to create seed fund fo Hinman CEOs students.
4/17/2008
Prof. Edward Ott quoted in New York Times obituary for father of chaos theory.
4/16/2008
InfoWorld includes Phaneuf's research to "grow" computers on list of 25 key projects.
4/10/2008
Baltimore Sun covers departure of Sarah Djamshidi to lead Chesapeake Innovation Center.
4/7/2008
CNBC covers new advance in biochip microfactories research. [article no longer available online]
4/7/2008
Flight International covers the Clark School's new MAST center.
4/3/2008
Chris Cadou (aerospace engineering) quoted in the Orlando Sentinel
regarding NASA's Ares craft. [article no longer available online]
3/27/2008
Maryland Daily Record covers aerospace engineering's new "Microsystems Mechanics" center.
3/22/2008
New Scientist features Miao Yu's work on microphones that mimic a fly's ear. [subscription required to read full article]
3/15/2008
Los Angeles Times , in an editorial, mentions MTECH-assisted biofuel research. [article not available online]
3/14/2008
Investor's Business Daily covers Davis/Smoliyaninov's invisibility cloak work.
3/13/2008
Santiago Solares (ME) is quoted in a MIT Technology Review article on nanotech drug delivery.
3/12/2008
The Washington Post covers an award received by alumna Sarah Navid, M.S. '77, civil engineering.
3/11/2008
Ed Link (CivE) is quoted in two articles in the New Orleans Times-Picayune —on on the future outlook for flood control and another on flood insurance .
3/10/2008
Double coverage by the Associated Press on flood control efforts (quoting Ed Link) and on MTECH-assisted biofuel research.
3/10/2008
NBC4 (Washington, D.C.), WJZ-TV (Baltimore), and the Washington Post cover biofuel production technology assisted by MTECH.
2/28/2008
The Associated Press quotes Ed Link (CivE) regarding a flood risk study.
2/1/2008
The Associated Press interviews Ed Link in an article picked up across the nation, including by Time .
2/1/2008
ECE Chair Pat O'Shea co-authors an article in Physics Today . [subscription required]
2/1/2008
Alumnus, benefactor and Professor of the Practice Jeong H. Kim is profiled in the February issue of Fast Company .
2/1/2008
Aerospace Engineering Professor Gordon Leishman is quoted in the February issue of Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine .
1/29/2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education mentions alumni-created DoFlick.
1/18/2008
Transcript and MP3 of online interview with Prof. Gerry Galloway by the Central Valley Business Times regarding a report on California flooding risks.
1/18/2008
The Sacremento Bee covers a report regarding California flooding and an article in Science magazine, both of which featured Clark School professors as authors.
1/17/2008
Prof. Gerry Galloway contributes to an article in Science magazine about reclaiming old infrastructure sites for ecological restoration. [requires a subscription]
1/17/2008
The Discovery Channel quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway.
1/14/2008
The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal reports on Prof. Christopher Davis' invisibility cloak.
1/11/2008
The Engineer (UK) covers a Clark School professor working with a company to develop sensors for detecting bridge concrete temperature.
1/10/2008
The Detroit Free Press reports on Prof. Dimitrios Goulias' efforts to make bridges safer.
1/9/2008
The CATT Lab's "serious game" for training emergency responders is mentioned in a national study on virtual worlds.
1/8/2008
A Clark School alumna joins Turner Broadcasting.
1/8/2008
ME Chair Avi Bar-Cohen is quoted by the Associated Press.
1/3/2008
The Washington Times reports on bubbly research by Prof. Jim Duncan.
1/1/2008
Glass Magazine turns to Ed Link, civil engineering senior fellow, for a construction industry outlook.
12/22/2007
Prof. Hani Mahmassani weighs in on the effect of base realignments and closings (BRAC) on the area.
12/18/2008
Ray Kurzweil takes note of the Clark School's 2-D invisibility cloak in his blog.
2007 Press Coverage
12/18/2007
ScienceDaily covers Davis and Smolyaninov's invisibility cloak.
12/8/2007
Newsweek profiles alumna and weapons expert Anh Duong.
12/2/2007
The Baltimore Sun covers the conclusion of the Supercomputer Naming Contest (scroll down to second item).
11/28/2007
The Washington Post includes a class offered by MTECH's Certificate in Innovation Management program in its event listing for small businesses.
11/26/2007
New Scientist features Prof. Benjamin Shapiro (aerospace engineering) and his work on a "living bioterror detector."
11/19/2007
Newsweek quotes the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology's Stan Young. [article no longer available online]
11/5/2007
The Seattle Times covers Ray Phaneuf's natural process for "growing" computers (scroll to third item).
11/4/2007
"CBS Sunday Morning" features the UM Solar Decathlon Team (with video).
11/2/2007
"Good Morning America" visits the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel. (first video on the right)
11/1/2007
The New York Times features the UM Solar Decathlon team's desiccant waterfall.
10/30/2007
The Austin AmericanStatesman mentions Cukier's hacker study.
10/29/2007
USA Today quotes civil engineering's Ed Link.
10/29/2007
Chemical & Engineering News features the $2 million NSF grant for Bentley, Ghodssi, Rubloff and Payne.
10/27/2007
Washington Post coverage of the Solar Decathlon team.
10/24/2007
BusinessWeek coverage of the Solar Decathlon.
10/23/2007
Fire protection engineering Professor James Quintiere is interviewed by ABC's "20/20" regarding the phenomenon of fire tornadoes (video).
10/23/2007
PBS's "NewsHour" covers the Solar Decathlon and one of the team's faculty advisors is interviewed (video available).
10/22/2007
NBC 4 (Washington, D.C.) covers UMd.'s win of the BP Solar People's Choice award for its LEAFHouse entry into the Solar Decathlon.
10/22/2007
The Washington Post covers the UM Solar Decathlon winners.
10/22/2007
The Associated Press recognizes the UM Solar Decathlon team—the leader among the U.S. contestants.
10/21/2007
The Baltimore Sun covers the Solar Decathlon and the UMd. home.
10/20/2007
Bloggers praise LEAFHouse.
10/20/2007
Ed Link, senior researcher in civil engineering, writes a commentary piece for the New Orleans Times-Picayune .
10/18/2007
More blog coverage of the Solar Decathlon team.
10/18/2007
The Washington Times features, LEAFHouse, the UM Solar Decathlon home.
10/18/2007
CNN highlights LEAFHouse (transcript).
10/16/2007
NBC 4 (Washington, D.C.) features LEAFHouse.
10/16/2007
The Houston Chronicle features the CATTLab's virtual-reality training software for emergency response personnel.
10/15/2007
CNN Student News features LEAFHouse (video).
10/15/2007
MIT's Technology Review covers Smolyaninov's "invisibility cloak."
10/12/2007
Read a Washington Post preview of the Solar Decathlon and watch a slideshow from the National Mall including pictures of the UM home.
10/12/2007
The Maryland Daily Record names Prof. Uzi Vishkin an Innovator of the Year for his work in parallel computing. [requires subscription]
10/10/2007
Prof. Romel Gomez is quoted by The Baltimore Sun regarding this year's Nobel Prize in physics.
9/27/2007
Prof. Mohammed Modarres writes a letter to the editor of The Baltimore Sun regarding nuclear energy.
9/25/2007
Forbes runs story on gift to establish seed-fund for entrepreneurs who aim to improve the world.
9/24/2007
Clark School students are quoted in a Washington Post article on federal job opportunities.
9/24/2007
PBS' "Nightly Business Report" features Prof. Peter Kofinas' research (transcript).
9/20/2007
Fortune Small Business features MTECH programs in its list of the top 25 schools for entrepreneurship.
9/18/2007
The Houston Chronicle runs a story on the $2 million NSF grant won by Bentley, Kofinas, Rubloff and Payne.
9/10/2007
The Chronicle of Higher Education features Prof. Vishkin's desktop supercomputer.
9/9/2007
PCWorld also runs a story on the desktop supercomputer.
9/4/2007
CATT's Phil Tarnoff is quoted by Australia's ABC News.
8/30/2007
Prof. Gang Qu is quoted in MIT's Technology Review .
8/26/2007
Baltimore CBS station sends reporter into the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel to experience hurricane-force winds.
8/14/2007
The Associated Press quotes bioengineering Professor Peter Kofinas regarding flexible paper batteries in an article picked up across the country.
8/3/2007
WTOP covers Michael Pack's new communications technology for emergency response and traffic agencies. (MP3)
8/3/2007
The Baltimore Sun turns to Prof. Donald Vannoy for expert analysis of the Minnesota bridge tragedy.
7/26/2007
Voice of America films a story about a collaboration between Five Aces Breeding and MIPS.
7/25/2007
Fire protection engineering professor quoted by the Associated Press.
7/23/2007
Corporation references Cukier's hacker study in release of new product.
7/22/2007
The Baltimore Sun features the Hinman CEOs and other entrepreneurship programs.
7/20/2007
The Washington Post covers new Biotechnology Research and Education Program director.
7/17/2007
News outlets across the country run story on new technology out of Center for Advanced Transportation Technology.
7/9/2007
Clark School student quoted in story on emergency and disaster planning.
7/9/2007
The Washington Post features entrepreneurial effort to create perfect strawberry.
7/2/2007
The Associated Press turns to Ed Link yet again regarding the flooding risks in New Orleans and he is quoted in articles across the country and the world .
6/28/2007
A posting on slashdot.org regarding Prof. Uzi Vishkin's supercomputer prototype drives more than 20,000 visitors to the Clark School web site.
6/25/2007
Technical and mainstream media outlets across the country carry the story of Prof. Uzi Vishkin's "desktop supercomputer."
6/21/2007
Civil engineering research engineer Ed Link is interviewed by The New York Times and the Associated Press regarding New Orleans flood risk.
6/19/2007
Fire protection engineering alumnus Chris Jelenewicz is interviewed on CBS Nightly News regarding firefighter training procedures.
6/12/2007
Prof. Eugene Keating weighs in on the debate over which grill fuel is more environmentally friendly—charcoal or gas—in an Associated Press article.
6/12/2007
Forbes covers the appointment of Dean Chang as head of MTECH.
6/8/2007
Spin features rock band Army of Me, led by mechanical engineering alumnus Vince Scheuerman.
6/7/2007
Fire protection engineering alumnus is featured on a PBS show about the deadliest fire in the country's history.
5/30/2007
The Chronicle of Higher Education quotes Jane Fines, director of undergraduate recruitment and special programs, in an article about global engineering.
5/29/2007
Clark School student and NASA Robotics Academy participant Sarah Grice is quoted by the Associated Press in an article picked up by media outlets across the country.
5/29/2007
The New York Times quotes civil engineering's Ed Link in an article about protection against hurricane damage.
5/25/2007
The Baltimore Sun quotes civil engineering Associate Professor Dimitrios Goulias in an article about advances in concrete.
5/25/2007
Gerald Galloway receives national attention for his testimony before Congress regarding water resources management.
5/18/2007
The work of John Fisher gets national and international attention after he wins stem-cell funding from the state of Maryland.
5/16/2007
Timothy Horiuchi gets Wired 's attention for his work to make computers mimic bats' echolocation ability.
5/12/2007
The Baltimore Sun covers Jeong Kim's induction into the Maryland Business Hall of Fame.
4/23/2007
Prof. Bill Bentley (bioengineering) is interviewed on WTOP Radio regarding his research on nanofactories. (MP3 file)
4/2/2007
Engineering News-Record announces civil and environmental engineering Professor Ed Link has won its Award of Excellence.
3/29/2007
Forbes features Michel Cukier's work on computer security.
3/12/2007
Washington, D.C.'s FOX affiliate covers Prof. Rama Chellappa's smart security camera research.
3/10/2007
A New Orleans Times-Picayune article regarding a new levee report quotes Prof. Ed Link.
2/26/2007
USA Today and local radio station WTOP carry stories about Rama Chellappa's smart security camera research.
2/25/2007
MSNBC , BusinessWeek and many national daily newspapers run an Associated Press story about Rama Chellappa's work on improving security camera systems.
2/18/2007
The Baltimore Sun features an after-school science program run by an aerospace engineering alumnus.
2/14/2007
Radio's American Public Media covers Michel Cukier's study on hacker behavior.
2/8/2007
United Press International runs a story on Michel Cukier's hacker study.
2/7/2007
MSNBC , the Chronicle of Higher Education and PC World feature Michel Cukier's study on hackers and common passwords.
1/31/2007
Professional Engineer features the Department of Fire Protection Engineering and its recent anniversary (link's to pdf).
1/17/2007
MIT's Technology Review features Prof. Rama Chellappa's gait analysis software.
1/10/2007
ECE Professor Uzi Vishkin is quoted by PC Magazine about advances in microchips.
1/5/2007
Prof. Rama Chellappa's work on gait and behavior recognition is covered by the Baltimore Sun (video also available).
1/2/2007
Professor Shihab Shamma is interviewed by NPR about his impressions on the situation in his home country of Iraq.
1/2/2007
Research Scientist Diganta Das (Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering) is quoted in the New York Times in an article about refurbishing computers.
2006 Press Coverage
12/31/2006
The
Los Angeles Times quotes Ed Link in an article about the New Orleans levee-risk study.
12/8/2006
The
Baltimore Sun features an alumna's efforts to help young mothers earn college degrees.
10/25/2006
Fox News affiliate WTTG covers MIPS company ACAGI.
10/20/2006
The Baltimore Sun covers Women in Engineering's efforts to interest females in math and science,
quotes Clark School graduate student.
10/15/2006
The Washington Post previews
and covers the
groundbreaking of the Energetics Technology Center in Indian Head, Md.
10/1/2006
The Baltimore Sun mentions the Clark School's Engineers Without Borders chapter (story no longer available online).
9/20/2006
The
Financial Times quotes Prof. Hani Mahmassani.
9/11/2006
axonX, a company collaborating with Prof. Jim Milke, wins Wall Street Journal innovation honors.
9/7/2006
Alumni Jeffrey Bernstein and Brian Hinman are featured in The New York Times .
8/29/2006
Prof. Hani Mahmassani is quoted by The Wall Street Journal .
8/23/2006
Professor
Reinhard Radermacher is quoted by the Discovery Channel's Discovery News.
8/15/2006
The Baltimore Sun covers the latest round of MIPS funding (article no longer available online).
8/7/2006
The Philadelphia Inquirer
covers Reza Ghodssi's chitosan research.
8/1/2006
USA Today
quotes VentureAccelerator Director Scott Laughlin on what makes a successful entrepreneur.
7/29/2006
The
Washington Post
covers MTECH's "Discovering New Ventures" course for teens.
7/26/06
WTOP Radio (MP3 file) and
NBC4 (Washington, D.C.) cover
Reza Ghodssi's nano-sensors, which make use of a material found in crab shells.
7/17/06
WTOP Radio (MP3 file) covers Jeffrey
Herrmann's flu clinic planning model, which is required by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for counties
that receive CDC funding.
7/2/06
The Sacramento Bee quotes civil engineering professor Gerald Galloway on the Katrina disaster.
6/19/06
MIPS company Calibrant Biosystems, led by mechanical engineering Associate Professor Don Devoe, is profiled in The Washington Post.
June 2006
Senior research engineer Lewis "Ed" Link is interviewed by media outlets across the country, including the New York Times , regarding the culpability of the Army Corps of Engineers in the failure of the New Orleans levee system.
5/25/2006
Prof. Mario Dagenais, electrical and computer engineering, is quoted by MIT Technology Review about advances in fiber-optic networks.
5/10/2006
Prof. Michel Cukier's study on chatroom users is covered by the Associated Press and featured across the country on the radio .
May 2006
Alumnus Dwight Williams gets a mention in the current issue of Ebony magazine for being named Young Engineer of the Year (story not available online).
4/29/2006
Explosives expert and Clark School alumna Anh Duong is profiled by The Washington Post .
April 2006
ASEE's Prism magazine features the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.
3/27/06
The Washington Post profiles MIPS company Advanced Digital Forensic Solutions Inc.
3/26/2006
The Baltimore Sun interviews several UM faculty about port security, including the Clark School's Hani Mahmassani.
3/19/2006
The Baltimore Sun quotes CEEE researcher Dennis Moran regarding the impending electricity rate hike.
3/10/2006
Clark School researcher Ed Link is quoted in publications varying from The New York Times to The Washington Post regarding the New Orleans levee breaches.
2/23/2006
WUSA 9 News (Washington, D.C.) interviews professors Nam Sun Wang and Gregory Jackson about their research into alternative fuel sources.
2/23/2006
The Chronicle of Philanthropy profiles bioengineering benefactor and medical device inventor Robert E. Fischell.
2/23/2006
Clark School benefactors A. James Clark and Robert E. Fischell make The Chronicle of Philanthropy 's list of America's most generous donors.
2/19/2006
The Associated Press uses Prof. Gerry Galloway as a source in an article on flood-zone development.
2/18/2006
Reuters quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway on the possibility of future Katrina-like disasters.
2/18/2006
MSNBC quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway on the risk of floods sparked by California earthquakes.
2/17/2006
FOXNews covers a MIPS company developing a new breast cancer test kit.
2/6/2006
The Washington Post profiles MIPS company Imagilin.
2/1/2006
Several local news outlets cover the latest round of MIPS funding including WTOP Radio and The Baltimore Sun (story no longer available online).
1/30/2006
The Washington Post profiles MIPS start-up NextBreath LLC.
1/29/2006
UM President C.D. Mote, Jr., advocates for U.S. competitiveness in science and technology in The Baltimore Sun (column no longer available online).
1/17/2006
The Los Angeles Times quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway in an article on the failure of the New Orleans levees.
1/3/2006
The Baltimore Sun runs a feature on the life of Robert Fischell, benefactor of the new Fischell Department of Bioengineering and Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices at the Clark School (story no longer available online).
2005 Press Coverage
12/22/2005
The Washington Post features the futuristic ferry and the Wind Tunnel's involvement in the project.
12/21/2005
A plane-like passenger
ferry developed in conjunction with Clark School researchers is highlighted by WBAL Radio (Baltimore).
12/20/2005
The Associated Press story on the Fischell bioengineering gift is picked up by news outlets across
the country from The New York Times
to The San Francisco Chronicle and many places in between.
12/19/2005
The Baltimore Sun covers the announcement of the Fischell family gift (story no longer
available online).
12/18/2005
The Washington Post highlights the Fischell family's gift to the Clark School.
12/10/2005
Lewis 'Ed' Fink, a senior fellow in civil engineering, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times
in an article on the investigation of New Orleans levee failure. (free registration required)
12/8/2005
The New Orleans Times-Picayune quotes Prof. Gerry Galloway in an article on levee failure.
12/6/2005
Elisabeth
Smela is mentioned in a CNN story on the development of artificial muscles.
11/26/2005
The
Washington Times features the CATT lab in an article on using cell phones to track traffic.
11/17/2005
The Baltimore Sun quotes civil engineering's Phil Tarnoff regarding a traffic-tracking
project using cell phones (story no longer available online).
11/17/2005
The
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology is featured on ABC 7 News (Washington, D.C.).
11/16/2005
WUSA 9 News (Washington, D.C.)
profiles alumnus Dwight Williams, People Magazine 's "Sexiest Engineer Alive."
11/15/2005
Michael Pack, director of CATT,
is interviewed by WUSA 9 News (Washington, D.C.).
11/13/2005
The
Newark Star-Ledger profiles Bell Labs president, Jeong Kim.
11/10/2005
The
New York Times quotes civil engineering researcher Phil Tarnoff in an article on using cell phones to track traffic.
(Article available through The New York Times archives for a fee.)
11/9/2005
FOXNews.com runs a story on Prof. Jeffrey Herrmann's
vaccination clinic software.
11/7/2005
The Washington
Post profiles MIPS-funded start-up InvisiTrack.
11/6/2005
The Washington
Post covers alumnus W. Jeff Holtzinger's victory in Frederick, Md.'s mayoral race.
11/5/2005
Beating
the Flu Queue—From the WTOP Radio Series on Engineering.
11/2/2005
The Washington
Post includes alumnus Gordon England among Pres. Bush's elite group of advisors.
11/1/2005
Several online media outlets cover Prof.
Jeffrey Herrmann's vaccination clinic software. (link to Yahoo! News)
10/31/2005
Business Week
covers the Hinman CEOs Program's entrepreneurial spirit.
10/26/2005
Alumnus W. Jeff
Holtzinger's mayoral run earns him a profile in The Washington Post .
10/20/2005
United Press
International runs a story on Prof. Sreeramamurthy Ankem's discovery involving titanium alloys.
10/17/05
The Washington Post features MIPS-funded Atlantic Biomass Conversions Inc.
10/7/05
CNBC focuses on the UM solar house in its coverage
of the Solar Decathlon.
10/6/05
The
Washington Post features the UM Solar Decathlon team's Terps House.
10/4/2005
Gang-Len
Chang, civil engineering professor, serves as expert on red-light cameras for The Washington Post .
9/30/2005
The
UM Solar Decathlon team receives coverage from The Washington Post .
9/21/05
Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein
details
the Kim Building dedication and the vision of Dean Nariman Farvardin and Dr. Jeong H. Kim, '91, to propel
the Clark School into the top tier of engineering schools.
9/19-20/05
Small Times Magazine
and the Maryland Daily Record cover the dedication of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.
9/19/2005
Prof. Dave Akin is interviewed
on NPR regarding NASA's plans to send humans to the moon.
August and September 2005
Prof. Gerald Galloway is interviewed by numerous media outlets including the Baltimore Sun (article no
longer available online), Houston
Chronicle and the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his expertise on levee systems.
9/2/2005
The
Washington Post profiles Terps' starting quarterback Sam Hollenbach.
8/27/2005
The Baltimore Sun follows mechanical engineering undergrad John Leatherman through the trials and
tribulations of a demolition derby. (Article no longer available online.)
8/26/2005
Donald Langenberg, chancellor emeritus of the University System of Maryland and professor of physics and electrical
engineering, calls for innovation in math and science education in a Baltimore Sun op-ed column.
(Article no longer available online.)
8/9/05
The
Washington Business Journal details grant won by TAP-participant Innovative Biosensors
8/1/05
The New York Times profiles Clark School alumnus Mike Griffin, head of NASA
7/30/05
The Baltimore Sun highlights a MTECH program for rising high-school entrepreneurs (article no longer available online)
7/25/05
Trufina,
a TAP participant, is featured in The Washington Post
7/18/2005
A MIPS-funded
company is profiled by The Washington Post
7/17/2005
Prof. Hani
Mahmassani is quoted by The Washington Post in an article on transporation projects
7/14/2005
Alumnus quoted by The Baltimore Sun in an article on the Space Shuttle program
7/11/2005
Prof. Ali Mosleh is quoted in USA Today in an article on the Space Shuttle (only available on Lexis-Nexis)
7/7/2005
The
Washington Post gives an 'A' to the Maryland Center for Integrated Nano Science and Engineering
7/7/2005
Baltimore Sun coverage of a Clark School center's energetics research in Southern Maryland (article no
longer available on Baltimore Sun site)
6/24/2005
The Christian Science Monitor
quotes Prof. James Quintiere in an article on keeping buildings safe from terrorism
6/12/2005
The Baltimore Business Journal covers a Clark School partnership on biotechnology
6/12/2005
The Baltimore
Sun features a company in the Clark School's Maryland Technology Extension Service (.PDF file)
6/2/2005
The Baltimore Sun covers Dean Nariman Farvardin's involvement in a local nanotech council (article no
longer available online)
5/25/2005
A
MIPS-funded company is profiled by The Washington Post
5/20/2005
Small Times
covers the Clark School's #1 rating in Nano Education
4/25/2005
The Washington Post profiles Clark School alumnus, professor and benefactor Jeong Kim (article available through
Washington Post archives for a fee)
4/21/2005
USA Today, Associated Press quote Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Director Philip Tarnoff
(articles avaiable on Lexis-Nexis)
4/6/2005
The New Scientist quotes Prof.
James Quintiere on why the Twin Towers collapsed
4/1/2005
Fort Worth Star-Telegram article on alumnus Gordon England's nomination to DoD post (article available
through Star-Telegram archives for a fee)
3/17/2005
The New York Times endorses alumnus Michael Griffin to lead NASA in an editorial (column available
through Times archives for a fee)
2/24/2005
Popular
Mechanics features the Clark School's graduate nuclear engineering program
2/17/2005
The Washington Post
writes about a MIPS-funded company pioneering a new wave of agriculture on the Eastern Shore
2/4/2005
Washington
Post coverage of A. James Clark's landmark gift to the Clark School