The funding supports 40 undergraduate scholarships in engineering and 20 in computer science at UMD over the next five years and the Computer Science Connect program.
The fellowship is one of 18 awarded this year nationwide and bestows unrestricted funds of $875,000 over a five-year period to the most promising early-career scientists and engineers.
Sita created Precision Polyolefins to expand the range of advanced performance materials and specialty chemicals produced by feedstocks derived from the oil and gas industries.
Ben Shneiderman’s art will be featured in an exhibition at the National Academies Keck Center that opens on Oct. 16.
New faculty members join five departments and three institutes and centers.
Award will support UMD initiatives aimed at attracting women and underrepresented minorities to computing.
This research will help identify the precise interactions between millions of nerve cells and alterations in these interactions that may be responsible for brain disorders.
UMD crowdfunding campaign supports early warning systems for beekeeper hives.
UMD astronomers find water vapor on the smallest planet yet.
The Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation will expand research in virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, and immersive science.