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Alumni Profile: Marcus Thomas
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March Thomas began his career at Bolton & Menk as an intern during his sophomore year of college and has been there ever since. CEGE met with Thomas recently to hear his thoughts about civil engineering and the future of the field.
A Paradigm-changing Framework for Reliability-based Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures: Jia-Liang Le
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No engineering structure remains risk-free during its entire service lifetime. Engineers must design structures to limit probable risk of failure to a tolerable level. Because of many of the factors affecting the risk of failure, probabilistic methods have become an indispensable tool for structural design.
Student Profile: Doug Novak
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Doug Novak (BCE 2017) was successfully ensconced in a management career.
Student Profile: Rena Weis
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Rena Weis (BEnvE 2017) grew up on a hobby farm in New Prague, Minnesota, and developed an interest in how things grow and how people interact with the earth.
Student Profile: Emily Erhart
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Emily Erhart (BGeoE 2017) has been a rock hound since childhood. When she learned she could combine her interests in engineering and geology, she was all in! She will complete her Bachelor in Geoengineering with minors in chemistry and geology.
Richard Braun
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Richard Braun (BCE 1948, MSCE 1955), former commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation and a founder of the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota, died peacefully on April 11, 2017, at the age of ninety one.
Dominik Schillinger Receives 2017 NSF Career Award
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Dominik Schillinger received an NSF CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar through outstanding research and excellent education.
Water Research Champion Bernie Bullert
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Bernie Bullert (BCE 1968, MBA 1977) strongly believes that water research has an essential role to play in the future of our cities, states, and nation.
On the Crest of Waves Research
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The study of acoustic and elastic waves is one of the pillars of modern engineering mechanics. Recent technological advances have turbocharged various new developments in this rich field and opened exciting possibilities for engineering breakthroughs and new collaborations with the physical sciences.
Three Faces of Robert John Rudin III
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Robert Rudin is the first in his family to become an engineer. His father and grandfather, in addition to passing along their name, passed on an affinity for science and numbers. He got another strong dose of technological ability from his mother, a computer systems analyst. It seems young Robert was predestined for the sciences.