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			<title><![CDATA[CEEE Director Vikrant Aute Receives Distinguished Service Award]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Aute honored for outstanding service to the Herrick Conferences.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17248</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17248</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 31, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Vikrant Aute holds a rectangular plaque honoring him for receiving the Dave Tree Distinguished Service Award. He stands between two representatives from the Herrick Conferences.</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[SMART Scholarship Winner: Catherine Argentina]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Family history during WWII helped spark UMD senior&rsquo;s interest in national security.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17234</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17234</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 21, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>SMART Scholarship awardee Catherine Argentina aims to utilize her engineering skills in support of the American warfighter.</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Building Bridges to Accelerate Innovation]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[University of Maryland MATRIX Lab event encourages collaboration to bring ideas to impact]]></blurb>
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			<id>17237</id>
			<semanticurl>building-bridges-to-accelerate-innovation</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17237</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 20, 2026</submitdate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UMD Grand Challenge Awardees Include Multiple ME Faculty]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[The university has announced a new round of grants to support interdisciplinary research on high-impact topics.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17231</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17231</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 13, 2026</submitdate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lee Earns Springer Nature Outstanding Paper Award]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[UMD team unveils breakthrough in 3D nanoprinting of retinal vasculature.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17224</id>
			<semanticurl>lee-earns-springer-nature-outstanding-paper-award</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17224</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 7, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Photo of Haena-Young Lee</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. DOE Renews Funding for Das-Led Polymer Research]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[UMD Prof. Siddhartha Das has been pioneering the use of atomistic simulations and ML for polymer research.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17218</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17218</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 30, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Professor Siddhartha Das</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interdisciplinary team receives UMD Grand Challenges Impact Award]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[MEII leads team on sustainable AI infrastructure]]></blurb>
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			<id>17213</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17213</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 26, 2026</submitdate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leading the Way: Gabriella Anthony &rsquo;26]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Thanks to scholarships, she didn&rsquo;t have to work during college. She devoted her time to study and leadership.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17207</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17207</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 25, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Gabriella Anthony headshot photo</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dean Graham Reappointed to Second Five-Year Term]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Samuel Graham will serve as the Clark School dean through June 30, 2031.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17203</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17203</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 24, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>headshot of Dean Samuel Graham</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Han Wins IEEE EPS Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[UMD professor wins new recognition for his work in electronics packaging design.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17196</id>
			<semanticurl>han-wins-ieee-eps-outstanding-sustained-technical-contribution-award</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17196</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 16, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Keystone Professor Bongtae Han receives an Oustanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award</alttext>
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