A. James Clark School of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland

Searching for ET

The Maryland Balloon Payload team took to the night skies during the Perseids Meteor Shower to test whether a low-cost stratospheric balloon flight could collect material from beyond Earth.

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Training autonomous robots

to fly and swim safely in adverse conditions

THESE ROBOTS WORK FOR GOOD

Engineering AI for Public Good

Transportation Safety: Improving self-driving vehicles via Mario Kart simulations

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Hypersonics: The Next Level

UMD researchers spur new advances in a barrier-breaking field

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Targeting Apophis

UMD Team Advances Mission Concept for 2029 Asteroid Flyby

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Teaching and Research Faculty

Leading Graduate Programs

UMD ranked top ten in the U.S. for Aerospace Engineering Graduate Programs according to the 2025 U.S. News and World Report. (No. 14 overall, No. 9 among publics)

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Leading Undergraduate Programs

UMD ranked top ten in the U.S. for Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Programs according to the 2025 U.S. News and World Report. (No. 15 overall, No. 11 among publics)

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