College-wide featured stories

CSE student uses TikTok dance videos to solve problems in computer vision and machine learning
Posted May 18, 2022
What if we used TikTok as a tool to further scientific research? Computer science Ph.D. student Yasamin Jafarian is doing just that, using data from the app to create more realistic 3D digital avatars.

CSE graduating senior embraces numbers and learning from others
Posted May 11, 2022
Student clubs, mentors, and an internship give Abdullahi Abdullahi, a transfer student and mechanical engineering major, both technical and leadership skills.

CSE senior finds community, creativity in UMN math program
Posted May 9, 2022
Delanna Do, a self-proclaimed math nerd, taps mentors in her department and student mathematics groups to prepare for a future in applied mathematics.

CSE senior means business—in the engineering field
Posted May 2, 2022
Graduating senior Clay Hall reflects on his time as a leader in CSE and looks ahead to his career in industrial and systems engineering.

For CSE senior, undergraduate research paves way to grad school
Posted April 25, 2022
Knowledge and experience from his time in CSE faculty member Vlad Pribiag’s lab has prepared physics student Tyler Littmann to enter the quantum—er, real—world.

UMN researchers' $10 plasma igniter produces zero emissions and doubles fuel economy
Posted April 21, 2022
Driven by the urgency of climate change, mechanical engineering assistant professor Sayan Biswas invented a spark plug alternative that leaves no carbon footprint. The project earned him the University's inaugural Innovation Impact Case Award.

With mentorship from CSE, student hopes to make a positive environmental impact
Posted April 20, 2022
Environmental engineering student and graduating senior Salomeh Rostami wants to use her mentorship and research experiences to help local communities.

Qiuge Zhang: Engineering bacteria to treat diseases
Posted April 14, 2022
With the help of the U of M Technology Commercialization office, chemical engineering Ph.D. student Qiuge Zhang's research on "living therapeutics" results in patent applications for two of her projects.
After studying ‘dirt’ and living abroad, CSE student pursues career in natural resources engineering
Posted April 12, 2022
Armed with knowledge from internships, CSE classes, and a semester in Hong Kong, bioproducts and biosystems engineering senior Katherine Tomaska is ready to dive into a career in water resources.

University of Minnesota requests funding for new chemistry teaching labs
Posted April 5, 2022
The University of Minnesota is requesting $72 million from the 2022 Minnesota State Legislature to renovate Fraser Hall to create a 117,000-square-foot modern chemistry teaching laboratory building.