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CEGE Magazine - Spring 2019
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For news about CEGE students, faculty, and alumni, read the CEGE magazine online.
Faculty Profile: Catherine French & Carol Shield: Mavens of structures, students, and standards
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Structural engineering professors Catherine French and Carol Shield have often collaborated. Both have been recognized as College of Science and Engineering Distinguished Professors, in which exceptional faculty are honored for their efforts and contributions to teaching, scholarly research, and genuine commitment to the College of Science and Engineering and its activities.
One Student's Formula for Success: 'Put Yourself Out There!'
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Diego De Bedout (BCE 2018; MS 2019) has developed a personal philosophy that helps make him one of CEGE’s most successful students. Ironically, dealing with failure is his key to success.
Alumni Profile: Laura Amundson, (BCE 1978) Vice President & Project Manager, WSP
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Laura Amundson has been designing, inspecting, and rehabilitating bridges for more than 40 years. She still remembers her first class.
‘Part of This Together’: Alumna Powers Global Engagement
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Ruth V. Jones is an avid supporter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) even though she herself is not an engineer. Jones, a University graduate in elementary education (1971), is passionate about education and about how international experiences shape students.
The Right Tool for the Job
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Four local companies recently stepped up to supply some much-needed tool kits for Engineers Without Borders after the University of Minnesota student group realized its tool arsenal was no longer adequate for the growing scope of its projects.
Record Professors Vaughan Voller and Miki Hondzo
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These water and the environment researchers enjoy a fruitful collaboration that started with a project (sponsored by the Legislative and Citizens Commission on Minnesota Resources) aimed at developing a barrier for carp.
Alumni Profile: Amy Vennewitz (BCE 1985), Deputy Director Transportation Planning and Finance, Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities
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The career path Amy Vennewitz followed might seem unconventional for an engineer. She has spent most of her career in government, involved in policy, planning and financing state and regional transportation systems.
Student Profile: Anna Liakou
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Anna Liakou (Ph.D. 2017) has big, expressive eyes, a husky, Greek-accented voice, and a ready laugh. She came to CEGE from Greece via Milwaukee with a degree in civil engineering and a strong desire to study mathematics.
Student Profile: Noah Germolus
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Noah Germolus (BEnvE 2018) is an engineer and a performing musician (mainly saxophone); he loves being outdoors as much as working out solutions on a computer; he’s comfortable in the Boundary Waters and, relatively so, when making a speech at commencement. Germolus tries a lot of new things just in case he might like them. But one thing is consistent: Noah Germolus is committed to environmental engineering.