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Faculty Research

Home Our Work Faculty Research

Our faculty research tackles challenges in transportation, housing, water quality, heritage preservation, building tech and the most pressing challenges of our built environment. 

To learn more about our faculty research interests, visit our people page.

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VR Can Boost Police Empathy

Officers Immersed in Simulated Confrontations Felt More Connection to People in Mental Health Crisis

VR Can Boost Police Officer Empathy, UMD Study Finds
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Maryland Housing Report

State-Commissioned Study Indicates Housing Costs, Availability at Crisis Levels

UMD Researchers Find Homeownership Increasingly Out of Reach for Marylanders
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Unearthing a Campus’ Past

Students Look for Clues to Life Before UMD’s Founding in Ongoing Archeological Project

Unearthing a Campus’ Past
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Healthy Seed Grant Initiative

Inaugural Projects Dig Into Connections Between Built Environment, Health Outcomes, Quality of Life

New Seed Grants Sow Interdisciplinary Research Between MAPP, School of Public H…
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Green Brewing Practices on Tap

Federal Grant Funds Expansion of Effort to ‘Distill’ Best Practices for Regional Craft Beer Industry

UMD Program Puts Green Brewing Practices on Tap
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Stormwater Sensor Project

This project provides real-time and continuous data to inform stormwater surface runoff treatments.

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