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Special Issue Fairhurst and Galambos: Celebration of 90 Years CEGE magazine cover
Awards and Honors

Special Issue: Fairhurst and Galambos: Celebration of 90 Years

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This special edition celebrates Emeritus Professor Charles Fairhurst and Emeritus Professor Ted Galambos, who have been instrumental in establishing CEGE and its reputation as a department of inspired and innovative engineering for society.

Department News, Student Activities

CEGE celebrates graduate student and faculty diversity

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Currently, graduate students in CEGE represent eight different countries and faculty members represent several more.

Department News

Driving transportation research in CEGE

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CEGE welcomes a new transportation engineer to the faculty, Raphael Stern. Stern will study and teach topics at the intersection of technology and transportation including autonomous vehicles. Of particular interest to Stern is how technologies such as increased vehicle automation will influence transportation.

Rachel Tenney is beginning her research in environmental engineering
Awards and Honors, Research

Rachel Tenney Receives ARCS Award

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Rachel Tenney, a PhD student co-advised by Professors Tim LaPara and Paige Novak, was selected to receive a Minnesota ARCS Scholar Award for the academic years of 2019-2021.

Test of beam in the Theodore V. Galambos Structural Engineering Laboratory
Awards and Honors, Research

Collaboration for Better Bridge Repair

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A new method for repairing damaged bridge girders has proven to be effective for restoring girders to their original shear strength and reducing repair costs.

Department News

2019 Fall Issue of CEGE Magazine

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Student Kat Hetico, researcher John Gulliver, alumna and advisory board member Ali Ling, and more in our latest magazine!

John Gulliver
Research

John Gulliver

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The wet summer of 2019 led many to ponder, just what happens with so much stormwater runoff? Professor John Gulliver has been investigating such questions for years.

Michelle Anderson
Department News

CEGE Advisory Board

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The CEGE vision: Inspired and innovative engineering for society. Our culture is one of excellence, using rigorous fundamentals for wide-ranging applications. Our teaching and research covers a broad spectrum, is interdisciplinary, and has an emphasis on science and fundamentals.

Ali Ling
Profiles

Ali Ling

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Ali Ling, PE, Ph.D. (BCE 2008) is an Environmental Engineer at Barr Engineering. Ling describes her work as “linking science to engineering.” She uses her joint training in basic science and engineering to make project decisions based on scientific principles and data.

Kat Hetico
Profiles

Kat Hetico: Rockin' and Rowin' on the Mississippi

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Katrina (Kat) Hetico (BGeoE, 2019) puts a priority on fun, so of course she would pursue geoengineering and women’s crew!
In addition to selecting a rigorous major in geoengineering, Kat Hetico is a Division 1 athlete competing on the UMN Women’s Crew Team.