14 March

Medical device companies find an ideal home in the UM BioPark

The research park’s prime location and cluster of device companies delivers resources and support to growing ventures. Meet three of them. Published 3/10/22 on Technical.ly Baltimore In 2003, a group of University of Maryland officials approached then-mayor Martin O’Malley with a development plan for …

14 March

CoapTech prepares clinical trials for its ultrasound-based device

The company’s device uses ultrasound for feeding tube placement and hopes to reduce risk of radiation in young patients. Published 3/10/22 on Techical.ly Baltimore Medical device startup CoapTech‘s pediatric version of PUMA-G, its ultrasound-based device already available and FDA-approved for adults, was recently cleared …

14 March

UMB Faculty Awarded Highest System Honor

Published 3/11/22 on UMB News Baltimore, Md. (March 8, 2022) – The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents is honoring three University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) faculty members as recipients of the 2022 USM Regents’ Faculty Awards. USM Regents’ Faculty Award …

08 March

Cummings and Resnik Receive MPower Seed Funding

Published 3/8/22 by the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies Two faculty members in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) have received seed funding to advance interdisciplinary research focused on Parkinson’s disease, hearing disorders …

03 March

MPOWER Funds 17 New Research Collaborations

Published 3/2/22 on UMB News The Joint Steering Council of the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) a formal collaboration of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), has awarded funding to 17 targeted collaborative research seed …

28 February

A Growing Presence in Baltimore

Published 2/25/22 by the Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices The Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices appointed Ryan Smith (B.S.’18, mechanical engineering) as a faculty specialist and Fischell Foundry engineer. Smith also works with UM Ventures as a Medical …

24 February

Q-Lab Seed Grant Program to Support New Quantum Connections

UMD and IonQ Team up to Provide $300,000 for Quantum Research and Curriculum Development By Maryland Today Staff Feb 24, 2022   Researchers are developing a quantum sensing system for precision measurements of magnetic fields in UMD’s Quantum Technology Center. The university …

24 February

$30M Investment Charges Up Battery Company Founded at UMD

Ion Storage Systems Beginning Commercial Production of New Breed of Lithium Metal Batteries By Maryland Today Staff Feb 23, 2022   A UMD spinoff company will begin manufacturing a new generation of lithium metal batteries designed to be safer and pack in …