The Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering has received a Coulter Foundation Translational Partnership Award that will result in $5 million in funding over the next five years to speed the movement of new medical devices out of the ...

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Researchers at the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park have teamed up with counterparts at the National Geographic Society and Princeton University to develop new devices animals can wear to capture video, sound, ...

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Edward St. John, founder of the commercial real estate company, St. John Properties Inc., announced a $10 million gift to the University of Maryland Wednesday to help build a new, state-of-the-art, multipurpose classroom center on the College Park campus. The ...

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FULTON — Fulton-based pump and valve maker Colfax Corp. said Monday it will buy Charter International PLC, which owns two engineering businesses, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $2.4 billion. Colfax said it has agreed to pay about $14.45 per share, ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Professional researcher Andrew Murphy can hardly contain himself when talking about the team of employees he has working for him this summer. “I hope you don’t mind if I get a little excited about this,” said Murphy, owner ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Naval Academy is narrowly on track to meet a directive to graduate 65 percent of its officers in the class of 2013 with degrees in science, technology, engineering or math, the school’s academic dean and provost ...

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WASHINGTON — Growing up in a provincial town in Iran, Nader Modanlo was fascinated by the flickering TV images of astronauts walking on the moon. As a teenager, he came to the United States, where he earned degrees in aerospace engineering, ...

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One of them set sparks to a circuitry system. One burned himself repeatedly while welding materials together. Another still has the scar from gashing his arm on a jagged metal edge. But for them, it’s just another day at the ...

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Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu visited the School of Engineering at Morgan State University Thursday morning and addressed students and faculty about the importance of math and science to America's future. He also discussed the need for advancements in energy efficiency, so that America may remain competitive with China and other nations.

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MIDDLETOWN — A Middletown business has won a $16.3 million Navy contract to continue providing custom software for submarine engineering and design. President Tim Wilson of The Consulting Network Inc. said Tuesday the award extends for another year a contract ...

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