Our showcase of fascinating innovations being developed at Maryland will include biofuels, food science and safety, brain imaging and weather forecasting in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
ASTRONOMY/COSMOLOGY
Michael A'Hearn
Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy
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Principal Investigator for the Deep Impact mission. The spacecraft is now making its way towards comet Hartley 2.
BIOFUELS, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND NANOPARTICLES
Steven Hutcheson, Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Zymetis.
Zymetis is the newest company to join the University's technology company incubator, the Technology Advancement Program (TAP). Learn how Zymetis processes cellulosic waste products (such as paper not normally collected for recycling) into ethanol.
The Fourkas Lab
John T. Fourkas, Millard Alexander Professor of Chemistry
Research on the use of ultrafast lasers and nonlinear optical techniques to probe, control and fashion condensed matter. See a 3D letter M (for Maryland) that is smaller than a hair!
Bryan Eichhorn, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Energy Research Center
Development of fuel cells.
BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Having a significant and direct impact on human lives!
William Bentley, Chair
ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
Frank Coale, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Prof. Coale has developed a phosphorus site index for assessing the potential for phosphorus losses from agricultural lands. This will lead to food production without water pollution.
Raghu Murtugudde, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and Earth
System Science Interdisciplinary Center(ESSIC).
America's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, will be profoundly affected by climate change. Take a look at the Chesapeake Bay Forecast System, now in development at ESSIC.
Kennedy Paynter, Director, Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES)
Focusing on the biology, ecology and restoration of the eastern oyster.
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT MARYLAND
Susan Farr, Executive Director
School of Music
Department of Dance
Department of Theatre
The DAVID C. DRISKELL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VISUAL ARTS
AND CULTURE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Ms. Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director
E-GOVERNMENT
Center for Information Policy and E-Government
Paul Jaeger, Assistant Professor and Director
E-government is the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies to provide government information and services, and channels of communication to citizens, businesses and other governments. This is the future of governance!
FOOD SAFETY AND NUTRITION
CFS3: Center for Food Safety and Security
Providing comprehensive knowledge-based information and service on the protection, defense and safety of food and water.
Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition (JIFSAN)
Established between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and UM in 1996. Provides the scientific basis for ensuring a safe, wholesome food supply; provides infrastructure for contributions to national food safety programs and international food standards.
Jianghong Meng, Professor and Interim Director of JIFSAN. Expert on foodborne pathogens and bacterial antimicrobial resistance.
Mickey Parish, Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Liangi (Lucy) Yu, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science
An expert on natural ingredients used as food additives to prevent disease.
Joseph Fiola
Specialist in viticulture and small fruit. He has been working with existing vineyards and winery owners in Maryland to increase production and improve quality.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Saul Sosnowski, Associate Provost for International Affairs
Chuan S. Liu, Professor and Director, Confucius Institute
MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY
IN THE HUMANITIES (MITH)
The University's primary intellectual hub for scholars and practitioners of digital humanities, electronic literature and cyberculture.
Current projects:
Digitizing Shakespeare's Quartos; preservation of virtual worlds.
Doug Reside, Assistant Director
MARYLAND TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
Gilbert Blankenship, Carole Teolis, Karina Drees, TRX Systems
NATIONAL SECURITY
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism
and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Center of Excellence of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security based at UM. The center aims to provide guidance on how to disrupt terrorist networks, reduce the incidence of terrorism, and enhance the resilience of U.S. society in the face of terrorist threats.
Gary LaFree, Professor and Director, START
Kathleen Jane Smarick, Executive Director, START
Danielle Hawkins, Coordinator, START
Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL), conducting academically rigorous research in foreign language that supports national security.
Gregory Iverson, Research Professor
Dale Vander Wall, Director
CASL
PUBLIC HEALTH
Meet our faculty and students in the School of Public Health and discuss current issues related to public health!
Pamela Clark, Research Professor, Department of Public and Community Health
Public health and obesity control; smoking topography.
Gloria Friedgen, Coordinator, Alumni and Outreach
Cheryl Holt, Associate Professor, Department of Public and Community Health
Development and testing of theoretical models of the religion-health connection.
Veronica Jones, Associate Dean for Development
Sally Koblinsky, Professor and Chair, Family Science Department
Research on child development and parenting at-risk families, impact of community violence on children.
Stephen Roth, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
Human genetics in relation to health and fitness-related disease traits, role of physical activity in influencing DNA epigenetic structure.
Kevin Roy, Associate Professor, Family Science Department
Research on fathering and men in low-income families.
Jose Contreras-Vidal, Associate Professor, Director of Kinesiology
Movement disorders, smart prosthetics, non-invasive decoding of human action and thought.
Family Science Scholarship and Fellowship Students:
Leidy Mena, Master's program, couple and family therapy
Liz Pollack
PhD program, Family Science
Damian Waters
Master's program, couple and family therapy; PhD program, Family Science
TRANSPORTATION, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
Laboratory (CATT Lab)
Michael
Pack, Director
Try out the virtual incident management training program that allows first responders to participate in incident training scenarios. Also, check out the traffic patters around your neighborhood.
Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development
Offering comprehensive and collaborative approach to real estate education looking towards a sustainable future with an emphasis on the quadruple bottom line—development that is not only financially viable, but also environmentally respectful, socially responsible, and with a key 21st century focus on beautiful and sustainable design.
Margaret McFarland, Director (5:00—6:15 p.m.)
National Center for Smart Growth
Gerrit Knaap, Executive Director
See your neighborhood on a computer generated program.
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