Meet Matt,

He is a Chemical Engineering major, a NIST Scholar and a presenter at URCAD 2016. Matthew also volunteered his time as a Peer Alumni from Community Colleges, assisting potential students from Anne Arundel Community College to UMBC. And he served in the Air Force for three years. (Thank you for your service!) 

His research focused upon the development of an alternative method for heat transfer to chill hot wort in the brewing process. Efficient heat transfer is necessary to ensure an adequate cold break for a clear and flavorful product. The cold break is a group of proteins that must be thermally shocked to precipitate out of solution. An ice bath is not sufficient to obtain an efficient cold break, so alternative methods must be explored.

Read more about his research project here...