UMD students showcase engineering skills in annual Alumni Cup This year’s challenge, Testudo Tear-Up-Pins, required each team to build a device that could knock down 10 bowling pins. Freelance Reporter February 26, 2024
UMD breaks ground for Stanley R. Zupnik Hall interdisciplinary engineering building The 157,000 square foot building will feature virtual, interdisciplinary research, instructional labs, a seminar classroom and a conference and meeting space. Michelle Larkin November 11, 2022
College Park Academy celebrates new murals highlighting career paths The murals are modeled after the different schools at the University of Maryland. Freelance Reporter October 18, 2022
Fire and Life Safety Ecosystem Symposium highlights gaps in fire safety research The event was organized by James Milke, the chair of UMD's fire engineering program. Freelance Reporter October 3, 2022
Terps Racing club members reflect on team bond, test cars before May competition On Saturday, formula team members held a testing day for their racecar after working on it for two years. Parker Leipzig April 26, 2022
Petition to rename UMD engineering scholarship receives more than 300 signatures The scholarship was established in 1997, the year after Sarah Bryan died. Victoria Stavish April 20, 2022
UMD Balloon Payload Program celebrates 100th launch milestone The launch involves attaching student made engineering experiments to balloons and allowing the apparatus to fly into the atmosphere to gather data. Parker Leipzig April 12, 2022
UMD replaces certificate program with Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy minor The University Senate voted on Thursday to discontinue the Science, Technology and Society certificate. Khushboo Rathore October 7, 2021
US Secretary of State visits UMD, touts investments in infrastructure The visit came on the eve of the Senate’s vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Julia Nikhinson August 10, 2021
UMD names new engineering school dean Samuel Graham Jr. is currently the chair of the mechanical engineering school at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Khushboo Rathore June 3, 2021