Mckenzie assembling the UROC Penguin B VTOL Mckenzie Crandall, a test engineer with the University of Maryland’s Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Research and Operations Center (UROC), has been named the 2025 Newcomer of the Year by the A. James C…
There are healthcare challenges across the United States, but in rural areas where transportation barriers are common, access to timely care is especially difficult. Rural residents are 15% more likely to have diabetes and 58% more likely t…
UMD student Steven Kuo spent the summer making improvements to a powerful rotorcraft-biplane combination aircraft used by the Autonomous Micro-Air Vehicle team during Vertical Flight Society competitions. Photo: Mckenzie Crandall. Three stu…
UROC Director John Slaughter (right) speaks with Dr. Rozalina McCoy, director of precision medicine and population health at the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing. Residents of Smith Island and other remote communities i…
From left: Kevin Anderson, former Secretary of Commerce; Susan Lee, Secretary of State; Ricky Smith, Executive Director and CEO, Maryland Aviation Administration; John Porcari, former Secretary of Transportation; John Slaughter, Director, U…
Rob Neuner, Jr.’s rich and varied career has taken him across the world. A former Naval Aircrewman with 12 years of distinguished military service, Rob later transitioned to Boeing, where he piloted 500-pound uncrewed helicopters with the U…
Grant Williams, UAS Operator at the UMD UAS Research and Operations Center, operates an uncrewed aircraft during extreme temperatures in Nome, Alaska. A Safety Management System (SMS) is a mandatory requirement for U.S. airlines, and the bu…
2023 STEM summer camp participants, instructors, and interns (Click to expand. Photo credit: University of Maryland UROC.) Projects start with learning concepts and context -- and this year’s STEM Summer Camp for Future Problem Solvers foll…
Three University of Maryland professors are among the 124 engineers newly elected to the 2023 Class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). With the elections of Zhao, Chopra, and Chellappa, Maryland Engineering has had 33 affiliated
MATRIX Lab interns Shannon Austria and Ryuta Griffith work on autonomous underwater vehicle University of Maryland (UMD) student Shannon Austria is carving her own educational path. The senior already has her associate’s degree in mechanica…
Short course participants will be able to build and fly their own drones A new short course being offered in Southern Maryland is all about uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). Participants will learn about the verification process, as well as ho…
From left: UROC Project Engineer Josh Gaus, Willis H. Young Professor of Aerospace Engineering Derek Paley, UROC Test Enginneer Chris Titus, Zach Bortoff, Srijal Poojari, UROC Lead UAS Pilot Grant Williams, Kleio Baxevani, and UROC Director…