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The Clark School's numerous research centers address a wide variety of advanced engineering topics. The eight listed below are highly focused multidisciplinary organizations that advance research in their specialized fields and maintain strong relationships with industry and government.
The Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center is one of three Army Research Office rotorcraft centers of excellence. Faculty, staff, and students conduct leading-edge research in rotorcraft aerodynamics, aero-acoustics, dynamics, structures, smart materials and flight mechanics. The center includes unique experimental facilities, such as two fully instrumented rotor rigs, a hover tower and a 10-foot (three-meter) vacuum chamber.
For the world's leading avionics, automotive, computer, semiconductor and electronics manufacturers, CALCE develops methodologies, models and tools for the design, manufacture, analysis and management of electronic products. The center is a leader in physics-of-failure approaches to reliability and life-cycle prediction and in accelerated testing, failure analysis and electronic parts selection and management.
Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE)
CEEE is an international leader in research and education in environmentally responsible and economically feasible thermal management systems for buildings, transportation and electronic cooling. With support from government and industry sponsors and the university, CEEE research addresses advanced heat exchangers, alternative cooling technologies and fluids, integrated systems optimization, and cooling, heating and power systems.
One of 17 NASA-sponsored Commercial Space Centers, the Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet) partners with industry to transform hybrid network concepts into profitable business ventures. Hybrid networks link satellite and wireless systems with cellular, cable, Internet and telephone networks. Research topics include network security, Internet-over-satellite, wireless and ad hoc networks, Internet traffic patterns, free-space optics and air traffic control.
Maryland Center for Automotive Research & Testing (MCART)
MCART offers
a practical lab environment to engineering students interested in vehicle dynamics, powertrain performance and vibration testing.
A recent agreement with the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland gives students access to an advanced Roadway Simulator capable of testing the performance of vehicles ranging from 5,000-pound, 2-axle light trucks to 80,000-pound tractor trailers. The center is also focused on hybrid electric vehicle transmission design, modeling and controls.
Maryland Center for Firefighter Safety Research
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Development
The center's mission is to study, produce and implement advanced technologies to improve firefighter safety and reduce deaths and injuries. This includes the development of a fully integrated information-centric system able to accurately determine the position and physiological condition of each firefighter at an incident scene. The Center also studies how technology can be used to map burning buildings in real time, assess fire magnitude and growth rate, and predict stuctural collapse.
A partnership between the Clark School, the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences and the College of Chemical and Life Sciences, the Maryland NanoCenter promotes major nano research and education initiatives, provides one point of contact for those seeking nano expertise and partnerships at the university, and supplies infrastructure to facilitate university nano activities through equipment, staff support, and informational and administrative functions.
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
MRSEC is part of a network of national materials research centers funded by the National Science Foundation. Research is focused on two areas of advanced materials technology: low dimensional interfaces and multifunctional magnetic oxides. The center maintains scientific collaborations with industry, government laboratories and other educational institutions, as well as outreach programs to public schools.
University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC)
UMERC is a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to advancing the frontiers of energy science and technology, with a special focus on forward-looking approaches for alternative energy generation and storage. The center focuses on four principal areas of energy technology research, energy policy and economics, and educational programs.
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The Maryland Center for Automotive Research and Testing (MCART) and the University of Maryland entered into an Educational Partnership Agreement with the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) in Aberdeen, Md., for the purpose of encouraging and enhancing study in automotive engineering and test technologies. |
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Above: An atomic force microscope (AFM) image of a single-wall nanotube contacted by six multi-wall nanotube probes connected to gold pads.
Nano research at the includes profound strengths in scanning nanoprobes, complex oxide and multifunctional materials, focused ion beam research, ultrasmall devices, biomolecular engineering, biomaterials, polymer composites, and ultrafast dynamics. |
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