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Built for the Breakthrough

10 Ways That UMD Engineers Are Pursuing Better Health for All

E M Fall2024 Digital 1920x1080 Illustrations and animation by Aldo Crusher

From preterm births to cancer to aging, University of Maryland engineers are taking aim at some of the biggest challenges in medicine.

They’re building tools and advancing technologies designed to improve patients’ health here and around the world. By leveraging UMD’s advantages—collaborative opportunities (including a trendsetting partnership with the University of Maryland School in Baltimore), proximity to federal agencies, cutting-edge tech and commercialization support—they’re accelerating the process from idea to impact.

Read about their work in this story from Engineering at Maryland magazine.

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