A University of Maryland engineer's work could lead to cleaner engines and power plants, and safer living conditions in space. Professor Peter Sunderland's current research involves leading one and co-investigating two other experiments aboard the International Space Station.

While they individually cover a wide range of questions and potential future applications, the projects all have one essential purpose: to build a more complete picture of how fire and flames behave—from an engineer’s perspective.
Professor Christopher Monroe has been elected a Fellow of The Optical Society for “pioneering leadership in quantum information processing with trapped ions and ultrafast optics technology, and leadership in the National Quantum Initiative.” He leads an experimental research group that masterfully manipulates the delicate interactions of light and ions. Their experiments span everything from simulating wormholes to pushing the frontiers of quantum computing.
Christopher T. Jones (Ph.D. ’97) and Rajiv Laroia (M.S. ’89, Ph.D. ’92) have been elected to the 2021 Class of the National Academy of Engineering: Jones “for leadership of defense logistics, sustainment, training, and system readiness in support of U.S. national security,” and Laroia “for contributions to adaptive multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplexing for cellular voice and data systems.”
The Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance (MQA)—a rapidly growing hub of quantum technology research, development, innovation and education organized and facilitated by the University of Maryland—has added 10 new members for a total of 24 university, government and industry partners. Together these MQA members are building a vibrant and diverse ecosystem designed to foster U.S. and regional leadership in the coming quantum technology revolution.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a broad, uneven impact on society, with communities of color being disproportionally affected. Bringing their data engineering expertise to the table, Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Michelle Bensi and doctoral student Kaveh Faraji have been supporting Healthcare Ready as it develops a research study to understand what these communities need to cope and recover.