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Gary Davis, Transportation Engineer
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Gary Davis has long been working to keep you safe as you drive. Now, Davis is developing ways to keep you safe in the presence of automated vehicles.
Ali Daneshy and the Mysterious Underground
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Ali Daneshy (MS 1968) has devoted his career to finding creative ways to unearth hidden resources and promote a better understanding of what happens in the mysterious underground.
Svetlana Baranova’s award highlights connection to China
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Svetlana Baranova has been selected as a recipient of a Hsiao Shaw-Lundquist Fellowship.
Olutooni Ajayi awarded a PEO International Peace Scholarship
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Olutooni Ajayi, a graduate student in the first year of her doctoral studies in CEGE, has been awarded a PEO Internationa Peace Scholarship
Alumnus Marcus Thomas Steps Up to Help EWB UMN Land a Rotary Grant
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When enthusiastic and dedicated students can tap into the passion and experience of our alumni, amazing things happen. Like when alumnus Marcus Thomas (BCE 1994) and the student chapter of EWB USA UMN collaborated to bring in a $15K grant from Rotary International District #5950.
Renee Sailor, a student and a leader
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“I never specifically sought out leadership roles, but as I pursued what I liked, things tend to work out that way.” At the University of Minnesota, Sailor took on leadership roles in several groups. Sailor has been part of Steel Bridge Team, treasurer of APWA, and is currently Captain of the Concrete Canoe Team and President of ASCE Student Chapter.
In Hard Times, Hope and Persevere
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Dennis Kim has a message for engineers coming of age in the covid-19 pandemic: Do not give up hope.
Student Profile: Svetlana Baranova
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Svetlana Baranova’s heart is drawn to research and applied mathematics
Celina Tragesser
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Celina Tragesser, BCE 2020, completed her degree online in the midst of the pandemic and began working full-time in August—also online.
Graduate Student Dan Kennedy Goes Deep
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As a Civil Engineering graduate student, with a geomechanics focus, Dan Kennedy (BCE 2018, MS 2020) studies deep foundations necessary for tall, slender structures. He is advised by Bojan Guzina and Joseph Labuz. “I am extremely impressed with the CEGE program and have been since the first time I visited the building. It is apparent that everyone associated with CEGE is passionate about engineering.”