Ghosh group and collaborators receive Project of the Year
Department of Defense SERDP/ESTCP program
Dr. Upal Ghosh and his research group at UMBC are part of a collaborative team to win the 2021 Project of the Year Award from the Department of Defense SERDP/ESTCP program.
The project is titled "Standardization of Polymeric Sampling for Measuring Freely Dissolved Organic Contaminant Concentrations in Sediment Porewater"
The project team included researchers from the USACE (lead), USEPA, UMBC, Texas Tech and MIT. and demonstrated the use of polymeric passive samplers for measuring freely dissolved organic contaminant concentrations in sediment. The demonstration paves the way for standardization of the novel analytical method and routine use in contaminated site assessments.
View Audio Summary of Project:
Learn more about the project:
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Dr. Upal Ghosh and his research group at UMBC are part of a collaborative team to win the 2021 Project of the Year Award from the Department of Defense SERDP/ESTCP program. The project is...
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Dr. Josephson's NSF proposal is funded
Congratulations!
Dr. Tyler Josephson, CBEE's newest faculty member, receives funding for his first NSF proposal. Congratulations to Dr. Josephson! We are looking forward to the exciting research.
Award# 2138938, ERI - Simulation methods for competitive adsorption in Bronsted acidic zeolites
Abstract:
The production of synthetic zeolites for use as catalysts and adsorbents is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Zeolites are materials having molecule-scale pores that enable catalytic applications in petroleum refining, automotive emissions treatment, and biomass processing. Zeolites frequently catalyze chemical reactions in water, as is the case when producing renewable fuels and chemicals from biomass. The interactions of water molecules with the zeolite catalysts are incredibly complex, but it is important to understand how these systems behave so that zeolites can be optimized for application-based performance. Unfortunately, existing computational modeling tools struggle to both accurately and efficiently predict how complex chemical mixtures interact with zeolite catalytic active sites. This project will develop simulation techniques that will enable orders-of-magnitude improvements over current approaches, thereby generating fundamental knowledge of how water interacts with zeolite catalyst active sites. Symbolic regression, a machine learning tool for identifying equations that represent a given dataset, will also be explored for describing fundamental interactions between acids and bases. Community-based learning and outreach activities are planned to engage high school students in symbolic regression for math, science, and machine learning.
This project will advance Monte Carlo simulation methods to enable efficient sampling of water adsorption in acidic zeolites. Specific aims include 1) introducing Monte Carlo moves for directly sampling protonation states of water clusters in zeolites, 2) demonstrating simulations of competitive adsorption of water and alkanes using literature force fields, and 3) generating interatomic potentials for acid-base interactions by using symbolic regression to learn equations from quantum chemistry calculations. The anticipated outcomes will lay the groundwork for simulations of competitive chemisorption in porous materials with active sites, as well as discover new equations for simply characterizing potential energy surfaces of acid-base interactions.
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Dr. Rao speaks to the future of sensors & Bioprocessing 4.0
Excerpt from GEN News
Bioprocessing 4.0 Depends on Advances in Optical Sensors
By Mike May, PhD | January 18, 2022
The move to Bioprocessing 4.0 depends heavily on advancing sensor technology. Only then can one accurately monitor and control biochemical reactions occurring in living cells. At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Govind Rao, PhD, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, and director of the center for advanced sensor technology (CAST), and his colleagues develop new sensors that help bioprocessors move from batch to continuous processing. One of the key elements to monitor is oxygen.
“Oxygen is the critical metabolic requirement for aerobic cells in culture and is the hardest to supply to cells due to its low solubility,” Rao explained. “Consequently, monitoring its presence is critical.”
Optical sensors offer promise in this area for oxygen and more. When asked about the most important recent advance in optical sensors that can be used in bioprocessing, Rao said that it’s “the ability to monitor multiple parameters in a non-invasive manner.”
Although research on optical sensors plays a fundamental role in their development, bioprocessors look for technology that can go into manufacturing facilities. That’s just what Rao develops. “All our sensors are designed for commercial application and in fact several are on the market,” he said
Image: Govind Rao. Photo courtesy Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.
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Highlights of CBEE Graduate Student Publications
Fall 2021
We highlight some of the articles published by CBEE Graduate Student during 2021.
- Screen Printing Tissue Models Using Chemically Cross-Linked Hydrogel Systems: A Simple Approach To Efficiently Make Highly Tunable
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00902
Narendra Pandala1, Michael A. LaScola1, Yanchun Tang, Maria Bieberich, LaShanda T.J. Korley, and Erin Lavik2
- Stability of proteins encapsulated in Michael-type addition polyethylene glycol hydrogels
https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27949
Zahra Ghassemi1, Samuel Ruesing, Jennie B. Leach2, Silviya P. Zustiak3
- Development and testing of a fully-coupled subsurface-land surface-atmosphere hydrometeorological model: High-resolution application in urban terrains
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100985
Mahdad Talebpour1, Claire Welty2, Elie Bou-Zeid
- Emerging Nanotechnology for Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.672594
Amanda Li, Joel Tyson1, Shivni Patel, Meer Patel, Sruthi Katakam, Xiaobo Mao and Weiwei He
- Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7070525
Samantha Reese, Cynthia Chelius3, Wayne Riekhof, Mark R. Marten2 and Steven D. Harris
- The RNA-binding protein and stress granule component ATAXIN-2 is expressed in mouse and human tissues associated with glaucoma pathogenesis
https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25228
Chad A. Sundberg1, Monika Lakk, Sharan Paul, Karla P. Figueroa, Daniel R. Scoles, Stefan M. Pulst, David Križaj
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3 CBEE Graduate Student Alumni
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | NOVEMBER 23, 2021 | MEGAN HANKS
When a person experiences a trauma that leads to significant bleeding, the first few minutes are critical. It’s important that they receive intravenous medication quickly to control the bleeding, but delivering the medication at the right rate can prove challenging. Slower infusions can cause fewer negative reactions, but the medication might not work fast enough, particularly in the case of a serious trauma.
Four UMBC researchers have developed a unique way of modifying the surfaces of nanoparticles within these life-saving medications to provide infusions that can be delivered more quickly, but with a reduced risk of negative reactions. Infusion reactions can cause a range of symptoms, such as rashes and inflammatory responses. This can include anaphylaxis, a life-threatening respiratory failure. Up until this point, the seriousness of these reactions has limited the use of promising nanomedicines, and reducing the likelihood of adverse reactions could be game-changing.
The core of the issue
In a paper recently published in
Nano Letters,
Erin Lavik, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering; Chuck Bieberich, professor of biological sciences;
Nuzhat Maisha, Ph.D. ‘21, chemical engineering; and Michael Rubenstein, M.S. ‘14, Ph.D. ‘22, biological sciences, discuss their novel approach to the research. They focused on the core material of the nanoparticles delivered to patients.
“We found that using a polyurethane core reduced the markers associated with infusion reactions,” explains Lavik, who is also the associate dean for research and faculty development in UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology.
Currently, 7% of people experience infusion reactions, the authors note in their paper. “These reactions…limit the treatments available in a substantial portion of patients,” they explain.
“We, like most of the field, have spent a lot of time trying to modify the surfaces of nanoparticles to modulate the reaction,” says Lavik. She shares that while that approach does help to a degree, going a step further by changing the core material appears to have a greater impact.
The research conducted by Lavik, Bieberich, and their colleagues lays the groundwork for future testing of preclinical models using nanocapsules to stop internal bleeding. Lavik explains that collaboration was an important element of this work, especially being able to conduct the research in UMBC’s Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building.
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PhD Student Research Assistantship
Fall 2022 - AI & Theory-Oriented Molecular Science
A PhD student is sought for Fall 2022 to carry out a PhD project under Dr. Tyler Josephson's guidance on developing and applying molecular simulation techniques and artificial intelligence tools to gain molecular-scale insights on processes in the environment to enable new solutions for cleaner air and water.
Applicants should have a Masters or Bachelor’s degree in a related field and can apply to either the Environmental Engineering PhD program or the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering PhD program
Environmental Engineering PhD Program Overview
Applicant's prior coursework must include the completion of key prerequisites courses with a B or better. The prospective students must be admitted to the Environmental Engineering Doctoral program at University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering PhD Program Overview
Applicant's prior coursework must include the completion of key prerequisites courses with a B or better. The prospective students must be admitted to the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Doctoral program at University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Benefits:
Full-time PhD students admitted to the department are paid a stipend plus tuition remission and health insurance. The Fall 2022 PhD stipend is of $34,967/year.
Application Deadline: January 1, 2022
~~ UMBC is an EEO/AA employer. Individuals with disabilities, veterans, women and minorities are encouraged to apply. ~~
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PhD Student Research Assistantship
Fall 2022 - Air Pollution, Atmospheric Chem. & Aerosol Sci.
A PhD student is sought for Fall 2022 to carry out a PhD project under Dr. Chris Hennigan's guidance on Air Pollution, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Aerosol Science.
Applicants should have a Masters or Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Their prior coursework must include the completion of key prerequisites courses with a B or better. The prospective students must be admitted to the Environmental Engineering Doctoral program at University of Maryland Baltimore County in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering. Environmental Engineering PhD Program Overview
Benefits:
Full-time PhD students admitted to the department are paid a stipend plus tuition remission and health insurance. The Fall 2022 PhD stipend is of $34,967/year.
Application Deadline: January 1, 2022
~~ UMBC is an EEO/AA employer. Individuals with disabilities, veterans, women and minorities are encouraged to apply. ~~
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Masters Student Trainee opportunity in the urban environment
FALL 2022
UMBC is seeking applicants in the following areas for urban environmental work:
Masters Student Traineeships - iCARE
The
iCARE NRT master’s degree is a 2-year interdisciplinary degree program with a dual mission of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice combined with research focused on improving the health of Baltimore Harbor as a socioecosystem. Students will be mentored by a UMBC faculty member and a non-academic scientist from a government agency, non-profit, or industry. That research team will be embedded in a larger stakeholder team, meaning that each student and their mentors will identify one or more community members (non-scientists) with a stake in the research to be engaged in the research from development to completion.
Students will also be taking skills courses (community leadership, DEIJ, oral and written communication) and disciplinary courses appropriate to their research project.
Graduate students in our program will follow a two-year schedule that includes a series of professional and disciplinary courses, plus a research project that will comprise their master’s thesis. For the research project, students will be mentored by a team that includes at least one faculty member and one partner practitioner working on projects related to the Baltimore Harbor and surrounding environments.
Student Benefits Include:
- $34,000 annual stipend, full tuition coverage, fees, & health insurance.
- Up to $7,500 in research expenses.
- Mentoring and networking with employers across the environmental sector.
Students should apply to any of the five main departments at UMBC affiliated with the program: Biological Sciences; Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering; Geography and Environmental Systems; Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences; or the School of Public Policy. They should also separately complete a short application to the ICARE program, available to view on our website here:
https://icare.umbc.edu/application/.
Here is a link to a
series of slides that describes what each of the ICARE faculty do especially with respect to the ICARE master's program.
Please pass this information on to prospective students and encourage them to contact us and complete the
ICARE Interest Form.
Students need to apply to their respective program at this
link and complete a supplemental
ICARE NRT application by
January 1, 2022 for the
Fall 2022 cohort.
Potential Environmental Engineering Mentors:
- Lee Blaney - contaminants of emerging concern & resource recovery
- Upal Ghosh - analysis and remediation of toxic pollutants in soils and other environments
- Brian Reed - removal of inorganic contaminants from the aqueous phase by activated carbons
- Christopher Hennigan - Processes governing atmospheric chemistry and aerosol pollution
- Claire Welty - quantify and predict the urban hydrologic cycle and coupled biogeochemical cycles from neighborhood to regional scales
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa ‘01, M8, chemical engineering, recently earned two highly prestigious honors distinctive even among leaders in the medical and life sciences: an HHMI Investigator award and election to the National Academy of Medicine.
Dzirasa is the K. Ragna Rama Krishnan Associate Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University. He earned both his MD and his PhD in neurobiology and neurosciences at Duke. Today, he examines the role of the brain’s electrical activity in psychiatric illness, including depression, bipolar disorder, and addiction, with the goal of creating mechanisms to disrupt these disorders.
Achievement and service
Dzirasa is one of 100 new members
elected to the National Academy of Medicine this year. The announcement recognizes his “seminal contributions to the neuroscience of emotion and mental illness” as well as his pioneering research methods. It also honors his “contributions to society through science policy and advocacy, a commitment to mentoring, and support for efforts to build a diverse and inclusive scientific workforce,” carrying forward the values of UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program.
Election to the National Academy of Medicine recognizes leaders in health and medicine who have demonstrated both outstanding professional achievement and a commitment to service. The National Academy of Medicine has more than 2,200 elected members worldwide, with new members limited to 100 per year.
The annual GRIT-X talks returned for UMBC homecoming as eight UMBC community members, including Dr. Upal Ghosh, Professor, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering. He joined three other CBEE faculty members and one CBEE alumnus as distinguished presenters at the GRIT-X talks since it’s inception in 2016.
His talk explored his work in understanding toxic pollutants and how they impact the environment. Even though some of the pollutants were banned from use 50 years ago, these contaminants can still be found in fish and wildlife today. Ghosh’s work also includes creative approaches to removing dangerous pollutants from waterways so they can’t cause further harm.
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