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Headshot of Georgios Giannakis.
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Engineering professor named 2023 International Fellow for the Royal Academy of Engineering

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Professor Giannakis is one of only 73 engineering and technology pioneers worldwide to receive the honor this year

Architectural drawing of new chemistry lab
Awards-Grants, Infrastructure/Transportation, Students

Construction begins on new $144.7 million Chemistry Teaching Laboratories

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The University of Minnesota began construction on a new $144.7 million state-funded Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories.

Professor Taner Akkin in lab with students
Awards-Grants, Research

University of Minnesota receives $16M to uncover 'wiring diagram' of the brain

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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Professor Taner Akkin is part of a research team that has received a $16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the groundbreaking project of unraveling the mysteries of the brain's ‘wiring diagram.’

Professors John Bischof and Hubert Lim combo portrait
Awards-Grants, Medical-Health Technology

University of Minnesota receives $53.9 million to advance health research

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Two University of Minnesota engineering professors are part of the leadership team that will administer a $53.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to find better, faster ways to bring scientific advances to real-world use.

Andrew Alleyne portrait 900x600
Awards-Grants

CSE Dean Andrew Alleyne appointed to Department of the Navy Science and Technology Board

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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Dean Andrew Alleyne has been appointed as an inaugural member to the United States Department of the Navy Science and Technology Board (DoN S&T Board).

University of Minnesota campus
Awards-Grants, Energy-Environment, Research

Two U of M-affiliated projects named as finalists in NSF Regional Innovation Engine Competition

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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering researchers are part of two proposed sustainability projects chosen as finalists for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines competition.

CSE Professor Svitlana Mayboroda
Awards-Grants

University of Minnesota math professor receives prestigious 2023 Blavatnik Award for physical sciences and engineering

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Svitlana Mayboroda has been named the 2023 Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering, an award that honors the nation’s most innovative young scientists and engineers.

Three new associate deans - David Blank, Beth Stadler, Victor Barocas
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

CSE announces three new associate deans

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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Dean Andrew Alleyne recently appointed three new associate deans who will begin their duties in July 2023.

Professor Bharat Jalan
Awards-Grants

CSE Professor Bharat Jalan receives international Schieber Prize

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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Professor Bharat Jalan has received the prestigious Schieber Prize from the International Organization of Crystal Growth in recognition of his scientific leadership and pioneering work in developing the hybrid molecular beam epitaxy growth technique.

Andrew Alleyne and Boris Shklovskii portraits
Awards-Grants

Two CSE faculty elected to National Academies in 2023

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Two University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering faculty will be inducted into National Academies in 2023, one of the highest honors for scientists and engineers.