College-wide featured stories
DEI coordinator emphasizes inclusion and education in new role
Posted September 17, 2021
Gabbi Horsford, the new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) coordinator for the Department of Biomedical Engineering, discusses the impact she hopes to have on the BME community.
Research studio to put art first—with the help of science and technology
Posted September 14, 2021
CSE faculty are collaborating with others across the University of Minnesota Twin Cities to establish a research space where students, researchers, and artists can create together.
Four CSE alumni among 2021 Minnesota Cup finalists
Posted September 10, 2021
A heating system designed for Minnesota winters, an instant cooling towel, and a healthcare app are some of the CSE alumni-led innovations recognized by the statewide entrepreneurial competition.
A smart and meaningful investment
Posted September 7, 2021
To honor his wife and their relationship with the University of Minnesota, Chieh (Jack) Ouyang set up two College of Science and Engineering scholarships to support students in civil engineering and mathematics.
For CSE student, climate change solutions are bigger than electric cars
Posted August 3, 2021
Electrical engineering senior Amethyst O’Connell hopes to fight global warming while addressing both transportation and racial inequities.
Investing in Minnesota’s future—and titanium
Posted July 19, 2021
CSE faculty members David Poerschke and Uwe Kortshagen received a Minnesota Futures Grant for their project that aims to more sustainably process Minnesota’s titanium resources.
Collaboration with Cisco explores frontier of data technologies
Posted July 14, 2021
CSE researchers are leading several new projects funded by the company that address topics like technology for health care, ethics in artificial intelligence, and edge computing.
CSE student combines physics with biology to tackle Chronic Wasting Disease
Posted June 30, 2021
Peter Christenson, an electrical engineering Ph.D. student and recipient of the U of M’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, is developing a means to more efficiently and quickly detect the disease.
UMN Rocket Team wins 2021 Virtual Spaceport America Cup
Posted June 29, 2021
The CSE student group took first place in the international rocket design competition, beating out 74 other teams from 16 countries and six continents.
Recycling mixed plastics is about to get a lot easier
Posted June 25, 2021
University of Minnesota researchers invented a polymer technology that enables two of the most common types of plastic to be recycled together, eliminating the need for recycling facilities to sort them.