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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.
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.
Raphael Stern Joins CEGE Faculty
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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.
UPDATE: NCEES Award presented to EWB by Board Chair Nirmal Jain
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Board Chair Nirmal Jain, PE, and Immediate Past Chair Dennis Martensen, PE, were please to present on behalf of NCEES an award to the Department of Civil, Environment, and Geo-Engineering (CEGE) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. The students and their university advisors and professional mentors won for their project, a multistage drip irrigation system.
Graduate Student Anndee Huff Loves Wastewater
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"I was drawn to the University of Minnesota because Paige Novak offered me the opportunity to work on an interesting, relevant, and very applicable project—looking at removal of nitrogen from wastewater." — Anndee Huff
Preparing a Global Workforce - Edwin Jarquin Martinez
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In this issue we share perspectives of two students with global experience. Mariah Dooley, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has travelled, studied, and worked in Spanish-speaking countries. Edwin Jarquin Martinez earned an architecture degree in his native Nicaragua. He came to the University of Minnesota to earn his second degree in civil engineering.
Dominik Schillinger receives Presidential Award
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Assistant Professor Dominik Schillinger of the Department of Civil Environmental, and Geo- Engineering was chosen as a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
EWB-UMN’s Outstanding Service Awarded
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The student chapter EWB-UMN received the UMN Annual Tony Diggs Excellence Award for Outstanding Service/Philanthropic Project of the Year.
A Circular Water Economy
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If you are concerned about water on our planet, you might take heart from a recent gathering of over 100 experts and interested parties who are looking for ways to protect this precious resource.