2020 Energy Seed Grants Awarded
Diverse energy projects selected from across the University System

Igniting Entrepreneurship
Never did alumnus Ryan Fisher imagine as a student that one competition would spark his career - yet it did.

Start-up Born in UMD FPE Receives $1.2M Investment from Newly Established Maryland Momentum Fund
MF Fire, created by FPE Alumni Ryan Fisher and Taylor Myers, is the recipient. 

UMD Graduates Invent World's First Ultra-Clean Wood Stove
MF Fire introduces Mulciber, a new energy-efficient and clean-burning wood stove.

FPE Design Challenge Gets High School Students Excited About Engineering
“Junior fire protection engineers” learn about fire phenomena, core strategies in new student-run program.

Grad Student Named One of Maryland’s “Innovators of the Year”
Taylor Myers recognized for work as CTO of wood stove designer MF Fire LLC.

MF Fire: 2nd Place at National Competition, Featured in The Washington Post (VIDEO)
Alumni working to commercialize award-winning wood stove.

Fire Protection Startup Wins Awards in MIT Clean Energy Prize Competition
Efficiency, People’s Choice awards will support further development of Mulciber Stove.

Wood Stove Decathlon Team Featured in Popular Mechanics
Team Mulciber’s near-emissionless device teaches old technology new tricks.

Fire Protection Team wins IAFSS Award
FPE Research Team wins 11th IAFSS Symposium Best Fire Science Image Award

UMD's Team Mulciber Places First in Emissions in Wood Stove Decathlon
Fire protection engineering team wins first place in "Particulate Matter Emissions" category at inaugural event.

Team Mulciber to Compete as Finalist in Wood Stove Decathlon
Innovative wood stove design is only finalist from an academic institution.

Team Mulciber Featured by Popular Mechanics
Fire Protection Engineering team to interviewed by Popular Mechanics about its wood stove design.

Vote to Support UMD FPE's Team Mulciber in the Next Generation Wood Stove Design Challenge!
Team Mulciber has been named a finalist in The Alliance for Green Heat's Next Generation Wood Stove Design Challenge.

UMD Team Named Finalist in Wood Stove Design Challenge
Team Mulciber named a finalist in The Alliance for Green Heat's Next Generation Wood Stove Design Challenge.

Hoyer Honors UM Solar Decathlon Team
Praise for team entered into the Congressional Record.