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2013 Press Coverage
October 2013
Washington Post: Tech companies help others, themselves with donations of software
Daily Record: Maryland teams enlist in Innovation-Corps
In the Capital: UMD Students Create Super Intelligent Trash Can That Sorts Your Trash for You
September 2013
Baltimore Sun: UMD receives $750 million in software from Siemens Corp.
Wall Street Journal: University of Maryland Receives Largest Ever Software Grant from Siemens
NPR: Why Brain Surgeons Want Help From A Maggot-Like Robot
Popular Mechanics: Revolutionary RINGS Electromagnetic Propulsion Tech on Board the ISS
The Daily Record: UM receives largest in-kind gift ever
Baltimore Business Journal: UMd., Northrop Grumman launch cyber honors program
Washington Post: Cyber College -- UMD ACES Program Launch
The Daily Record: Nurturing Cybersecurity Aces at UM
Motor Week: University of Maryland Wind Tunnel
MSN Money: 10 Crazy Ideas That Might Just Work: Wood Battery #7
Baltimore Sun: Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey to team for drone tests
Baltimore Sun: State vies to be FAA drone test site
Washington Business Journal: UMD gets $750M Siemens software grant
Reuters: UMD Receives Largest Ever Software Grant from Siemens
The Business of Robotics: Three states to work together on FAA UAS integration efforts
Campus Technology: University of Maryland Scores $750 Million Software Grant
MD Biz: University of Maryland forges partnerships in manufacturing, cybersecurity
RMI of Maryland: University of Maryland Receives Largest Ever Software Grant from Siemens
Washington Post: U-Md. students design energy-saving clothes dryer
WTOP: U Md. team wins award for dryer design
Phys.Org: UC San Diego, UMD researchers to build 'WIFIRE' cyberinfrastructure
Woodworking Network: Wood Battery - Get Charged
Department of Energy Blog: Maryland Heats Up Student Appliance Design Competition!
August 2013
MIT Technology Review: An Inexpensive Fuel-Cell Generator
Washington Post: At Redox Power Systems, the future of electricity lies in fuel cells
Gizmag: RINGS propels satellites without propellants
Forbes: Redox Power Plans To Roll Out Fuel Cells That Cost 90% Less Than Currently Available Fuel Cells
Huffington Post: Sequestration Ushers In A Dark Age For Science In America
The Herald: UMD Researchers Awarded Two ARPA-E Grants for Electric Vehicle Energy Storage Systems
Baltimore Sun: UM researchers seek power breakthrough
The Atlantic: The Navy Has Fuel-Cell Generators; Will You Have Them Soon, Too?
Green Tech Media: Could This Be the Fuel Cell to Beat All Fuel Cells?
WUSA-TV: UMD Shows Off Energy Innovations
Mobile Mag: RINGS Propulsion Tech Uses Magnetic Fields to Move Spacecraft
MD Biz News: Maryland-developed 'Cube' promises weather-resistant low cost electricity
WTOP: Steering Girls Toward STEM: Statistics and Solutions
July 2013
NPR Morning Edition: All Charged Up: Engineers Create A Battery Made Of Wood
Fox 5 TV: Summer fun at the University of Maryland: Women in Engineering
Wall Street Journal: Tavis Smiley and UMD Announce $75000 Social Innovation Challenge
The New Yorker: The Flying Man: Human Powered Helicopter
Popular Mechanics: Finally! A Human-Powered Helicopter Wins the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize
ASEE First Bell Headlines: University Of Maryland Engineers Create Battery Made Of Wood
Fire Engineering: Resensys' Technology Prevents Bridge and Building Collapses
ExecutiveBiz: Top 10 Universities Preparing Future Cybersecurity Professionals
June 2013
UPI: U.S. researchers create 'green' battery using wood
ACS: An environmentally friendly battery made from wood
Science Daily: Environmentally Friendly Battery Made from Wood
Design & Trend: Green Battery: Wood-Origin Nanobatteries Breakthrough
WUSA TV 9: Surviving Hurricane Force Winds At UMd Wind Tunnel
NBC TV 4: Storm Team 4 Faces Hurricane Strength Winds at UMd
WBAL TV 11: Kim Dacey Braves Wind Tunnel
The Times of India: Soon, battery made of wood
The Morning Call: Cyclist Colleen Gulick races on her path to med school
CBS Evening News, "On the Road": Students defy gravity in human-powered helicopter
Baltimore Sun: Robo Raven makes aviation history
MSN Now: New Robot Bird So Realistic, Other Birds Attack It
The Daily Mail: The Ultimate Bird of Prey? Robo Raven
Live Science: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's... Robo Raven!
May 2013
IEEE Spectrum: UMD's Robo Raven Attacked by a Hawk
Gizmag: Robo Raven gets in a flap with real-life hawk
NBC News: See the Robotic Raven Dive and Flip
Huffington Post: 'Robo Raven' Is So Realistic It Got Attacked By A Real Hawk
In the Capital: UMD Engineering Students Take the Coolest Final Exam Ever
Voice of America: Students Aim for Aviation History with Human-Powered Helicopter
Helicopters Magazine: Smithsonian Beckons for Helicopter Development Teams
April 2013
Wall Street Journal: Flight of Fancy: The Sky's the Limit for Team That Rises to the Occasion - UMD's Gamera Human-Powered Helicopter Team
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Popular Mechanics: Two Teams, One Dream: The Human-Powered Helicopter
Wired Magazine: How to Fly a Human-Powered Helicopter
Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: Prizing Success in Aerospace Innovation
Associated Press: University of Maryland students vie for $250K prize for human-powered helicopter flight
CBS News: 25 State Schools with the Happiest Freshmen – UMD #9 in Freshmen Retention
Washington Post: Could an immigration overhaul keep more STEM graduates in the Washington area?
Medical Xpress: Study finds analysis of many species required to better understand the brain
CTV News: Terps Racing Formula SAE Team
March 2013
Mercury News: The Clark School's James Green and his UMD Coursera course featured
Baltimore Sun: UMD students fly human-powered helicopter, try for $250,000 prize
Washington Post: U-Md. students try to win $250,000 prize for hovering in a man-powered helicopter
Wired: Human-Powered Helicopter Attempts Prize-Winning Flight Today
NBC News: Human-powered helicopter closes on Sikorsky Prize
Sky News: Pedal-Power Helicopter Heads For $250k Prize
February 2013
Quantum Dot Enables Nanoprecision Imaging, featured in EE Times India
January 2013
Clark School's Advanced Distance Learning Technologies Featured in Higher Ed Tech Decisions Magazine
Alumnus George Laurer, Inventor of the UPC Bar Code, Featured in NY Times Magazine
Gamera is featured in the January issue of Air & Space Magazine.
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