We are pleased many Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) faculty and research scientists were recognized at this year's UMBC Inventors Luncheon sponsors by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of Technology Development (OTD), Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA), and bwtech@UMBC. 

We are very proud of the work our faculty and researchers are doing and the positive impact it has on our environment.

UMBC’s Entrepreneurs of the Year

• Dr. Ghosh, CBEE & Dr. Sowers, Department of Marine Biotechnology

75 Bright Ideas

• Dr. Govind Rao, CBEE

First Patent Approved

• Dr. Blaney, CBEE

UMBC Technology Catalyst Fund Awardees

• Dr. Blaney, CBEE
• Dr. Ghosh, CBEE
• Dr. Kostov, CBEE
• Dr. Xu, CBEE

UMBC Technology Catalyst Fund (TCF)

With support provided by the State of Maryland, UMBC launched a new internal funding initiative, the UMBC Technology Catalyst Fund, in 2014, which is designed to advance innovations originating from UMBC research to commercially viable technologies. Additional proof-of-concept studies, extending data collection and prototype development are examples of the essential steps needed to demonstrate commercial potential. The Office of Technology Development (OTD), under the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), is continually seeking ways to help bridge the funding gap— support that can be difficult to obtain from traditional funding sources.

TEDCO Maryland Innovation Initiative Awardees

• Dr. Ghosh, CBEE
• Dr. Kostov, CBEE
• Dr. Szeto, CBEE

Maryland Innovation Initiative (TEDCO MII)

The Maryland Innovation Initiative was created in 2012 as a partnership between the State of Maryland and Maryland’s academic research institutions. The program is designed to promote commercialization of research conducted in the research universities and to leverage each institution’s strengths. Specifically, it is the intent of the program to foster the commercialization of such technologies through technology validation, market assessment, and the creation of start-up companies in Maryland based on a technology from a participating university. Site Miners are individuals selected by the MII program to assist start-ups and faculty in the process of submitting a strong business-oriented application, focused on commercialization. These individuals work as liaisons between the applicant and the MII program, providing valuable input and feedback prior to submission of an MII application.

2019 Awards: 

2019 Honorable Mention: 

Mandar Bokare wins Honorable Mentions at 2019 AAAS Student E-poster Competition in the Environment and Ecology category.

Poster Title: Air-Water and Sediment-Water Transfer of PCBs in an Urban River

Mandar Bokare is a CBEE PhD student in Dr. Upal Ghosh's lab.

Utsav Shashvatt won 1st place in the 3 Minute Thesis competition at GEARS and will be traveling to the regional competition later this year.

3MT celebrates the exciting research conducted by PhD students. Developed by The University of Queensland, the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

CBEE Students at GEARS

We are pleased to announce the abstract “Disposable cardboard low-cost incubator for thermoregulation of stable preterm infants - a non-inferiority trial”, co-authored by Dr. Govind Rao and team members at Phoenix Medical Systems and Clinical team at Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India was selected as the winner of the 2019 Academic Pediatric Association Global Health Research Award. Funding for this research is provided by FDA and Venturewell. The award will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting begins Saturday, April 27th and ends Tuesday, April 30th.