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<!DOCTYPE html> <html dir="ltr" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/favicon.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" /> <meta name="generator" content="Drupal 7 (http://drupal.org)" /> <link rel="canonical" href="index.html" /> <link rel="shortlink" href="index.html" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <title>Building Together, University of Maryland | BUILDING TOGETHER: AN INVESTMENT FOR MARYLAND</title> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/css/css_FFMDRYZ2nSV6HGDyDVpm9-yNY8H0IkhZ90k-a2N9jFE.css" media="all" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/css/css_-Y2zfPUpeZtlFsYi1luSPFRC74f9YANc5OH1KeCXWik.css" media="all" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/css/css_PGbJgHCUCBf4dg7K9Kt8aAwsApndP4GZ9RuToPy3-Fk.css" media="all" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/css/css_LGr5vc10ySixuCD3vEIBSqYR13Dh_rFhEkdBSZZ6JUE.css" media="screen" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/css/css_Ktb0qcmYJlwtM4F6vkjWGbyXapXgA4HSTkrbZgqDNJE.css" media="print" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/js/js_Pt6OpwTd6jcHLRIjrE-eSPLWMxWDkcyYrPTIrXDSON0.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/js/js_6Y3SIIzkJS5S6qZmGTNwtRmhqYh7yv-hix49Ug4axb4.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/js/js_waP91NpgGpectm_6Y2XDEauLJ8WCSCBKmmA87unpp2E.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-65XNYWKGJL"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/js/js_BGAmTIituKXVSZYmpu34iOOgVWUXoFW2EHAXTCNHWZc.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/js/js_dCb_1fm9MNKvszDGRhDNAmh4yizRnPs0qZQx-H-EVlE.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script> </head> <body class="html front not-logged-in no-sidebars page-node page-node- page-node-829 node-type-homepage body-light home landing body-dark" > <div id="skip-link"> <a href="#main-content" class="element-invisible element-focusable">Skip to main content</a> </div> <header class="landing-header"> <div class="landing-header--inner"> <h1><a href="index.html">BUILDING TOGETHER: AN INVESTMENT FOR MARYLAND</a></h1> <div class="landing-nav"><span class="landing-nav--trigger">Menu</span> <ul> <li class="first leaf"> <a href="#overview" title="" class="active">Overview</a></li> <li class="leaf"> <a href="#vision" title="" class="active">Vision</a></li> <li class="leaf"> <a href="#building-blocks" title="" class="active">Building Blocks</a></li> <li class="last leaf"> <a href="#stories" title="" class="active">Stories</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </header> <main> <a id="main-content"></a> <div class="tabs"></div> <h1 class="visible-for-screen-readers">A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland</h1> <div id="node-829" class="node node-homepage node-promoted clearfix" about="/home" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document">  <section style="background-image: url( sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/hero_students_testudo_0.jpg)" class="hero landing-hero"> <div class="landing-hero--content"> <h2> An unprecedented new investment of $219.5 million from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation that will transform the University of Maryland</h2> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K8-UbuP83U" class="button button--red video-popup">Watch the Video</a> </div> </section>  <section id="overview" class="overview"> <div class="text-block compartment--small"> <div class="center-text"> <h2> The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation's $219.5 million investment is the largest in University of Maryland history and ranks among the largest to a public research institution in the 21st century. </h2><span class="red-divider"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers">Seperator</em></span> <p> <p>This transformative investment will propel UMD and the A. James Clark School of Engineering to the forefront of education and research worldwide by establishing and funding an array of scholarships and fellowships, professorships, and operational and capital projects.</p> <p>Thanks to the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, this investment will increase college access and affordability, spark innovations that tackle the daunting problems facing the nation and world, and inspire the next generation of engineering leaders. </p> </p> </div> </div> </section>  <section id="vision"> <div class="four-square-grid"> <div class="clear"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/Accessbility.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjregYJX1wg" class="col-large-6 left-grid img-grid img-grid video-story video-popup"></div> <div class="col-large-6 left-grid img-grid content-grid"> <div class="content-grid-content"> <span class="grid-cat">Vision</span> <h2 class="h2"> Increase College Access and Affordability </h2> <p>Providing an affordable college education to promising students was a goal of great personal importance to A. James Clark. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/solve%20challenges%201.png') center center / cover no-repeat" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bva2HwQc-Qk" class="col-large-6 right-grid img-grid img-grid video-story video-popup"></div> <div class="col-large-6 right-grid img-grid content-grid"> <div class="content-grid-content"> <span class="grid-cat">Vision</span> <h2 class="h2"> Solve Daunting Problems Facing the Nation and World</h2> <p>The most daunting challenges of our time—from energy and the environment to security and human health—demand brilliant problem-solvers to help people lead better lives. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/Next%20generation%20of%20engineers.png') center center / cover no-repeat" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNFdqYZYzQ" class="col-large-6 img-grid video-story video-popup"></div> <div class="col-large-6 content-grid"> <div class="content-grid-content"> <span class="grid-cat">Vision</span> <h2 class="h2"> Build the Next Generation of Engineering Leaders </h2> <p>Engineers are in high demand. At the University of Maryland, we are answering the call for our state, the nation, and the world to open new pathways to research and innovation. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section id="building-blocks"> <div class="items-grid"> <div class="compartment"> <h2 class="section-title-bold">Building Blocks</h2> <div class="items-grid--wrap"> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/1_University%20wide%20matching%20program_0.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> A Significant Boost to University-Wide Need-Based Aid </em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> A Significant Boost to University-Wide Need-Based Aid </div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> The Foundation’s investment in the Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise, a campus-wide matching program, aims to catalyze an equal amount of support from alumni and friends to ensure an education for students with the greatest financial need. If fully matched, the program would double the number of need-based scholarships available to outstanding students in Maryland.</div> </div> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/2_Scholarships%20for%20talented%20engineers.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> A. James Clark Scholars Program Launched in 2018</em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> A. James Clark Scholars Program Launched in 2018</div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> The A. James Clark Scholars Program is the Foundation’s signature academic program, combining engineering, business, leadership, and community service. At UMD, 40 high-performing engineering undergraduates will receive need-based scholarships, and, as part of their studies, seek to solve some of the greatest engineering challenges as participants in the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program. </div> </div> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/3_Scholarships%20for%20transfer%20students.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> Engineering Scholarships for Undergraduate Transfer Students </em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> Engineering Scholarships for Undergraduate Transfer Students </div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> This unprecedented investment will help expand the Clark Opportunity Transfer Scholarship Program. This program will provide need-based scholarships to 40 engineering majors transferring from Maryland community colleges as they work to complete their education. </div> </div> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/4_Chairs%20for%20engineering.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> Defining the Fields: Clark Distinguished Chairs</em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> Defining the Fields: Clark Distinguished Chairs</div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> Clark Distinguished Chairs are renewable faculty positions that directly address engineering’s most critical research areas, such as additive and advanced manufacturing, autonomy and robotics, and energy and sustainability. These eight leaders will open new frontiers, creating a community of collaboration and excellence that gains momentum with each achievement in research and innovation.</div> </div> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/5_Graduate%20fellowships.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> Fostering Tomorrow’s Leaders: Clark Doctoral Fellows</em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> Fostering Tomorrow’s Leaders: Clark Doctoral Fellows</div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> The Clark Doctoral Fellows program substantially increases the A. James Clark School of Engineering’s number of graduate fellows, supporting 30 first-year doctoral students each year as an impetus for research in strategic and vital areas. These scholars have the potential to become tomorrow’s leaders and innovators, launching technology companies and spearheading lifesaving advances to improve society. </div> </div> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/6_Chairs%20for%20UMD_0.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> Investing in Innovators: Clark Leadership Chairs</em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> Investing in Innovators: Clark Leadership Chairs</div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> The five Clark Leadership Chairs funded by this investment will hold cross-disciplinary appointments across campus to support research in areas such as data analytics, neuroscience, cybersecurity, and other pressing global issues. These highly-competitive endowed faculty positions will cement UMD as a powerhouse of research and leadership. </div> </div> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/7_Mpact.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> Research Teams Solving Today’s Biggest Problems</em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> Research Teams Solving Today’s Biggest Problems</div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> The 125th Anniversary Fearless Ideas Mpact Challenge is the A. James Clark School of Engineering’s “moonshot” engineering program to spur innovative engineering research solutions. Commemorating the school's 125th Anniversary in 2019, this program provides funding for Clark School teams to develop solutions to engineering problems and innovations in engineering research that have the potential to improve the lives of millions of people. </div> </div> <div class="items-grid--item"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/8_Expanded%20facilities.png') center center / cover no-repeat" class="items-grid--item-img"><em class="visible-for-screen-readers"> Expanded Facilities for World-Class Innovation</em></div> <div class="items-grid--item-title"> Expanded Facilities for World-Class Innovation</div> <div class="items-grid--item-text"> The expansion of research facilities at UMD will secure the university’s stronghold in engineering innovation by helping recruit and retain world-class faculty and facilitate collaborations among various disciplines and expand business partners. This investment will provide ideal spaces for cross-disciplinary research.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section id="stories" class="landing-stories"><a href="stories.html"> <h2 class="landing-stories--title">Stories</h2></a> <div class="clear"> <a href="student-story/allen-corbin.html"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/allen%20corbin.png') center center / cover no-repeat" class="col-large-6 landing-stories--left"> <div class="landing-stories--content"> <h3>Allen Corbin</h3> <p><p>Growing up in Maryland, Allen Corbin knew that if he was going to go to college, he was going to have to work to pay for it himself.</p> </p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="col-large-6 landing-stories--right"> <a href="student-story/ian-stringer.html"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/Ian_Stringer.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="col-large-6 photo-story"> <div class="landing-stories--content"> <h3>Ian Stringer</h3> <p><p><strong>UMD degree: B.S. in electrical engineering, graduating Fall 2019</strong></p> </p><span>Read More</span> </div> </div> </a> <a href="student-story/melanie-turlington.html"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/Melanie%20Turlington.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="col-large-6 photo-story"> <div class="landing-stories--content"> <h3>Melanie Turlington</h3> <p><p><strong>UMD degree: B.S. ’11, civil engineering</strong><br> </p><span>Read More</span> </div> </div> </a> <a href="student-story/nina-uchida.html"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/Nina_Uchida.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat" class="col-large-6 photo-story"> <div class="landing-stories--content"> <h3>Nina Uchida</h3> <p><p><strong>UMD degree: B.S. in chemical engineering, graduating Spring 2018</strong></p> </p><span>Read More</span> </div> </div> </a> <a href="student-story/danny-kim.html"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/Danny%20Kim.png') center center / cover no-repeat" class="col-large-6 photo-story"> <div class="landing-stories--content"> <h3>Danny Kim</h3> <p><p><strong>UMD degree: B.S. ’14, electrical engineering<br> </p><span>Read More</span> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </section>  <section id="clark"> <div style="background: url('sites/buildingtogether.umd.edu/files/HEROClarkScholars.jpg') top center / cover no-repeat" class="callout-panel"> <div class="callout-panel--content"> <p> About A. 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