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Robert Herschbach

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Students to Greet Eclipse—at 80,000 Feet

Balloons to Be Released in Indiana to Capture Data on Daytime Darkness

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From Magical Machines to Real-World Design

Legend of Zelda Inspires New Engineering Course

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Students to Observe Eclipses With Precision Balloon Launches

Team to Collect Data on Saturday, April 2024 for Atmospheric Scientists’ Weather Modeling

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A ‘Lint Roller’ for Moon Dust?

$1.7M NASA Grant to Fund Research Inspired by Stickiness of Tiny Lizard’s Skin

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$1.2M in NSF Funding Supports Research to Develop New Water and Ice Sensors

UMD-led Project Could Expand Understanding of Climate Change Impacts

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Rotorcraft Center Students Win International Competition—Again

Graduate Team Takes Top Prize 23rd Time With Design of Vertical-Takeoff Aircraft

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$1M NSF Grant Supports Development of Quantum Sensors

UMD Team Is One of 18 Nationwide Pushing Groundbreaking Measurement Technologies

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Texas flooding

Sea-Level Rise Could Leave Many Marooned Earlier, UMD Study Finds

Before Inundation, Isolation Will Impact U.S. Coastal Communities

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Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft VSS Unity

Alum at Frontier of Commercial Space Tourism

Aerospace Engineer Joins Virgin Galactic’s Final Test Before Service Begins

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Cooling Down the Cloud

$3.5M DOE Award Supports UMD Project to Reduce Energy Use in Data Centers

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New Research Could Spur Broader Use of 2D Materials

UMD, Rice Led Effort That Created Lightweight Material Several Times Stronger Than Steel

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UMD Tapped to Lead University Transportation Center Focused on Moving People and Goods

Researchers, Partners Awarded $10M to Study Use of Autonomous Vehicles, Access and Equity, and Climate Impacts

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