03 March

MPOWER Funds 17 New Research Collaborations

Published 3/2/22 on UMB News The Joint Steering Council of the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) a formal collaboration of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), has awarded funding to 17 targeted collaborative research seed …

28 February

A Growing Presence in Baltimore

Published 2/25/22 by the Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices The Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices appointed Ryan Smith (B.S.’18, mechanical engineering) as a faculty specialist and Fischell Foundry engineer. Smith also works with UM Ventures as a Medical …

24 February

Q-Lab Seed Grant Program to Support New Quantum Connections

UMD and IonQ Team up to Provide $300,000 for Quantum Research and Curriculum Development By Maryland Today Staff Feb 24, 2022   Researchers are developing a quantum sensing system for precision measurements of magnetic fields in UMD’s Quantum Technology Center. The university …

24 February

$30M Investment Charges Up Battery Company Founded at UMD

Ion Storage Systems Beginning Commercial Production of New Breed of Lithium Metal Batteries By Maryland Today Staff Feb 23, 2022   A UMD spinoff company will begin manufacturing a new generation of lithium metal batteries designed to be safer and pack in …

04 February

Progress in Fight Against Human Trafficking

Published 2/2/22 on UMB News While many advances have been made in the last two decades since landmark measures were put into place to combat human trafficking, a lot of work remains to be done and federal and international representation …

28 January

UMB’s CoapTech awarded $50K seed fund grant

Published 1/27/22 in the Daily Record CoapTech Inc., a Baltimore-based medical device company, announced Thursday it was awarded a $50,000 grant by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (“PPDC”) for its PUMA-G Peds System, a device …

27 January

CoapTech Awarded Seed Fund Grant from Pennsylvania Pediatric Device Consortium

Published 1/27/22 on PRNewswire BALTIMORE, Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — CoapTech, Inc, a medical device company focused on delivering transformative solutions for minimally-invasive surgery, announced today it has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (“PPDC”) for its …

26 January

UMD names new research vice president

Published 1/26/22 on The Diamondback Dr. Gregory Ball will be the next vice president for research at the University of Maryland and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, according to a Tuesday email from respective university Presidents Darryll Pines and Bruce …

25 January

BSOS Dean Named Vice President for Research at UMCP and UMB

Neuroscientist Gregory Ball to Lead $1.3B Joint Research Enterprise Starting Feb. 1 Published 1/25/22 on Maryland Today The presidents of the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) today named Gregory F. Ball the next …