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Mechanical Engineering

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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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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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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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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Batteries Beyond Lithium

UMD, Army Researchers Develop New Electrolyte to Bolster Rechargeable Tech, Bypass Raw Material Shortages

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Oxygen mask

$3.6M NSF Grant Supports Researchers’ Work to Create ‘Third Lung’

Treatment Spurred by COVID-19 Pandemic Has Much Broader Applications for Respiratory Failure Patients

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Robot’s Soft Touch Beats Super Mario

Engineers Develop New Approach, Demonstrate 3D-Printed Hand on Classic Nintendo Game

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Kim Building

Engineering Student Receives Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

Prestigious Award, Which Aims to Create Multidisciplinary, Multicultural Community of Scholars, to Fund Doctoral Studies at Stanford

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Broken Amazon tablet

Oops-Proofing

A Collaboration Between CRR and Amazon Lab126 Seeks to Understand How Devices Can Be More Durable

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Opera singers perform with masks

Blown Away

UMD Research Seeks to Minimize Risks of Performing Together; New Tech Supports Students’ Learning

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