News & Stories: Clark School of Engineering

February 01, 2024

Alumni Excellence Awards: Rising Terp Award Winner Parinaz Fathi '15

Parinaz Fathi '15, a mechanical engineering graduate (with an Honors College citation in the Gemstone program), is one of the youngest principal investigators in the National...

Alumni Spotlight

August 09, 2023

Alum Uses Artificial Intelligence to Spot and Treat Lung Disease

Before arriving at the University of Maryland, Susan Wood ’84 thought her destiny was to become a doctor. But there was one significant obstacle to that career path: “I’m...

Alumni Spotlight

April 21, 2023

10 for TEN: Hallie Williams '95

Hallie Williams '95, founder of Right Next Door, discusses his advice for starting a journey in entrepreneurship. With vast experience working with new and seasoned...

Alumni Spotlight , Terp Business Spotlight

January 26, 2023

Alumni Excellence Awards: Terp Research Award Winner Dr. Matthew Stamm

Have you heard of “fake news” or struggled to discern if a photo was real or had been digitally altered? This is just one area where Dr. Matthew Stamm’s lifework has been...

Alumni Spotlight

August 11, 2022

Meet the Board of Governors: Nefretiti Nassar ’10, M.S. ’12

At age 12, Nefretiti Nassar ’10, M.S. ’12 accepted a challenge that would forever change her life.

Alumni Spotlight , Volunteer Spotlight

June 15, 2022

Game, Set, Match

Love, in many cases, can be a roll of the dice. Just ask Michael Shindledecker ’16 and Colin Morrow ’16.

Alumni Spotlight

June 06, 2022

Helping Terp Companies Go “Lean”

Brad Eisenberg ’09 knows what it’s like to be a “starving entrepreneur,” from the requisite stint in his parents’ basement to the exhausting scramble of working two jobs at once.

Alumni Spotlight

January 19, 2022

On the Same Page: Alums’ Online Book Group Expands Nationally

When Zach Rubin ’12 wanted to start a business, he turned to books to learn how to tackle the ambitious endeavor.

Alumni Spotlight

January 18, 2022

Legacy Award: Rita B. Leahy Ph.D. ’89

Rita B. Leahy Ph.D. ’89 Asphalt technology authority, Graduate School Doctoral Careers Advisory Board member, founder of the annual Rita B. Leahy Doctoral Career Series Through...

Alumni Spotlight

January 11, 2022

Research Award: Faez Ahmed Ph.D. ’19

Faez Ahmed Ph.D. ’19 Assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, head of the institute’s Design Computation & Digital Engineering...

Alumni Spotlight

January 10, 2022

EnTERPreneur Award: Evandro Valente ’03, M.S. ’06 and Pramod Raheja ’91

Evandro Valente ’03, M.S. ’06, and Pramod Raheja ’91 Co-founders of Airgility Former aerospace engineering students, Valente and Raheja founded Airgility to design and...

Alumni Spotlight

October 08, 2021

Joel ’70 and Barbara Buschek ’72: Golden Terps

Kimberly Marselas ’00 Joel Buschek ’70 decided to attend the University of Maryland after he was selected as an alternate to the U.S. Air Force Academy, and his dreams of...

Alumni Spotlight