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Mechanical Engineering

Bill Fourney pictured through plexiglass

A Peek Inside… Professor Emeritus Bill Fourney’s Office

Engineer Explains How Collection of Exploded Objects Enhances Teaching

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Video game still of a character with a sword on ruins in the sky among clouds

From Magical Machines to Real-World Design

Legend of Zelda Inspires New Engineering Course

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illustration of nose smelling different things

UMD Researchers Are Creating a Bio-Nose That Smells for Real

$2M NSF Grant Supports Project Based on Olfactory Abilities of Living Cells

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glacier

$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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quantum sensor

$1M NSF Grant Supports Development of Quantum Sensors

UMD Team Is One of 18 Nationwide Pushing Groundbreaking Measurement Technologies

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HVAC system at a data center

Cooling Down the Cloud

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

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AC units on roof

Crank Up the AC, Not Global Warming

Engineers Advance Heating and Cooling Technology to Push for a Greener Future

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gloved hand holding a 2d material stack

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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Pile of oyster shells on boat

The Modern Battle for Maryland’s Oysters

UMD Researchers Use AI and Robotics to Save Struggling Industry After Diseases (and Pirates) Plunder Cheasapeake’s Bounty

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

‘They Are Playing With a Huge Fire’

With Ukraine’s Massive Zaporizhzhia Plant in Putin’s Crosshairs, Nuclear Facilities Must Be Taken off Battlefield, UMD Risk Expert Says

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Marijuana

UMD Engineer Developing ‘Super-Eye’ to Investigate Marijuana’s Effects on Heart

Growing Legalization, Rising Use of Cannabis Create Need for Greater Understanding, Researcher Says

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Super-sharp wooden knife cuts steak

Wood That Can Cut Like Steel, Be Molded Like Plastic or Build Batteries?

UMD Researchers Discover More New Dimensions of an Ancient Material

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