Prove It!
An SGA contest challenges students to create a project, service or event that builds community – and gives the winners $50,000 to implement it. Recent winner Green
Space highlights UMBC’s
sustainable practices.
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A Real-World Cleaner Energy Classroom
Making the classroom connect to the real world is a pillar of undergraduate education at UMBC. Dawn Bennett, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, recently took that principle to heart, on a field trip with her Thermodynamics (ENME 217) students to see how a local power plant is striving to be greener.
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Students’ Biofuel Idea Funded by MTV Contest
Nothing says “reduce, reuse and recycle” like turning horse manure into fuel. Inspired by Indian innovators, four members of the UMBC Biodiesel Club recently won $1,000 in seed funding in an MTV-sponsored, international environmental contest for their idea to make biofuel at a Maryland farm.
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Green Skies: A Better Environment for Air Travel
Hillol Kargupta logs thousands of frequent flier miles each year to do research, conduct business for a successful, global firm and to visit his family. But it was his quest to make those flights friendlier to the environment that recently won him a highly competitive IBM Innovation Award and a $20,000 grant.
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At UMBC, we are working to address global warming every day. Through our research and academic programs, we are developing both the knowledge and the new generation of leaders needed to move the world toward dramatically reduced use of greenhouse gases. In addition, the campus community is engaged in a variety of initiatives to reduce our own carbon footprint on campus and beyond. We hope you will find this Web site a useful resource in learning more about sustainability and UMBC’s goals to help protect our planet.
