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UMD's Tech Sargent James A. Lewis, won the 2016 Air Force National Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Volunteer of the Year Award.
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Professor Viktor V. Zhdankin joined colleagues from across the world at an International Green Chemistry Seminar.
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Students in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the Electrical Engineering departments took first place in the Air Force Research Lab Challenge.
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Students in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the Electrical Engineering departments took first place in the Air Force Research Lab Challenge.
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Civil Engineering and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering work with non-profits.