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Maryland Moments, August, 2002 Sponsored Research Jumps Past the $350 Million Mark Grant and contract awards to the University of Maryland surged to an all-time high of $352 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2002. This is $44 million more than last year's mark of $308 million and continues a rapid rate of growth that has seen research funding double in the past five years. University Directs Timely and Unique Public Safety Wireless Network CapWIN, the first multi-state, inter-jurisdictional transportation and safety network in the United States, is being facilitated through the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology at the university. The network, which serves Maryland, Virginia and the District, could serve as a model for other regions of the country. Putting Out A Forest Fire Is Just The Beginning Researchers from the university along with NASA Goddard and the U.S. Forest Service create software that can take data from NASA satellites and provide agencies with faster, broader assessments of the severity of the burn damage. The development of the software is the latest in a collaborative effort between the university, NASA and the Forest Service that is known as the Rapid Response project. Professor Helps Secure Nation's Fiber Optic Communication According to the Office of Naval Research, Rajarshi Roy, professor in the department of physics and at the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and fellow researchers have demonstrated "an ingenious method to do communication through fiber optics by using dynamically fluctuating states of light polarization." Balloon Seeks Antimatter, Other Cosmic Particles The university, along with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Japan's Kobe University, the University of Tokyo and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Japan collaborate each summer to launch BESS (Balloon-borne experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer) to look for antimatter high above the Canadian plains. The experiment looks for evidence of antimatter in the universe, a theory waiting to be approved after a research odyssey of many decades. Starburst Galaxy Found at the Edge of the Universe Researchers from the University of Maryland, University of Hawaii and the National Astronomical Observatory in Japan discovered an image of a starburst galaxy at the edge of the universe. Found by the 8-meter Subaru Telescope, LAE J1044-0130 is the most distant galaxy known to contain such vigorous outbursts of star formation. It is also so far away (about 14 billion light-years from Earth), that the galaxy is seen as it was when the universe was less than a billion years old. Grants to Study Time-Sensitive E-Markets The National Science Foundation awarded the Center for Electronic Markets and Enterprises at the university's Smmith School of Business a three-year, $2 million grant to study electronic markets for time-sensitive goods. The research is expected to advance the understanding of E-markets at a time when online sales are posting rapid gain. University Computer Expert Uncovers Critical Security Problem Jonathan Katz, assistant professor of computer science, and Bruce Schneier of Counterpane Internet Security Inc., earned the attention of the Wall Street Journal and the nation's IT media for finding how an attacker could trick "Pretty Good Privacy," the most popular Net program to encrypt messages. University Researcher Helps Determine the World of Metro Colors Charles Piety, an analytical/physical chemist who is a faculty research assistant in meteorology, is one of the five scientists who enter the world of colors to label the Metro area's heat-related summertime gunk in the air. A decision to declare a Code Red means the loss of income by many buisnesses, putting Piety and his fellow scientists in a Health/Business Catch 22. Voting Tests Shows Pros and Cons A study was done by Paul Herrnson, director of the Center for American Policy and Citizenship on campus, and Ben Bederson, director of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, raises questions about an electronic solution to the Florida voting debacle in 2000. Their assessment of an electronic touch screen voting machine is being closely watched by officials in Maryland and other states as this November's elections make use of the new machines. Groundbreaking Survey of Palestinians, Israelis Released A majority of Palestinians and Israelis support nonviolent protest as a way of solving their conflict, but most also feel rage and want revenge, a University of Maryland poll proclaimed in late August. A poll of 600 Palestinians showed that 80 percent would support a nonviolent protest movement and 56 percent would participate. The survey was commissioned by Search for Common Ground, an independent Washington and Brussels-based conflict resolution group. A Most Diverse Student Population In "The Best 345 Colleges," released by the Princeton Review, the university is ranked No. 19 among schools with diverse student populations. Student Travels the World Doing Missionary Work Sharon Jacobson, an undergraduate student in physiology and neurobiology, spent two months in Kenya serving as a teacher in informal church-run schools. She also worked in AIDS ministry. Jacobson, who wants to become a doctor, previously did missionary work in Romania. Miss Maryland Travels the State to Stress Music Education The recently crowned Camille Lewis made her way across the state proclaiming the importance of art and music education. Lewis, who plays the violin, graduated in May from the university. The Miss America competition is September 21. A Captain Searches for His Next Ship In a Washington Post feature about engineering alumnus Jeong Kim, he reflected on the successful billion dollar sale of his technology firm to Lucent; how he turned down the head job at Bell Labs; and how he considers his appointment as an engineering professor at Maryland a job for life.
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