College-wide featured stories
Faster than the speed of sound
Posted
Aerospace engineering professors Tom Schwartzentruber and Graham Candler are collaborating with multiple universities to study how particles in the atmosphere could damage vehicles traveling at hypersonic speed.
AEM student and future astronaut shoots for the stars
Posted
Aerospace engineering senior Robert Halverson hopes his experience in undergraduate research, student groups, and mentorship will land him a job studying—and eventually traveling to—space.
Land of opportunity
Posted
College of Science and Engineering alumni who leave their home countries for the United States have the talent to spot opportunity and the drive to make a contribution.
Student benefits from charitable IRA rollover
Posted
Emily Hindal, a senior studying Industrial and Systems Engineering, is the recipient of the Wendy and Chani Sra Scholarship, who created their scholarship from a charitable IRA rollover.
An emerging leader
Posted
The Land O’Lakes Global Food Challenge—Emerging Leaders for Food Security program taps 10 or more exceptional college students each year for a yearlong fellowship. Elizabeth Alonzi, a junior studying bioproducts and biosystems engineering, was among the 2015-16 cohort.
Coaching the next generation
Posted
CSE alumnus and Boston Scientific recruiter Kent Howe (EE ’88, M.S. ’91) is helping to prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers for their careers.
University partnership with Dow results in major discovery to improve oral medications
Posted
A five-year partnership between the University of Minnesota and The Dow Chemical Company has resulted in a discovery that could allow life-saving oral medications to work faster and more efficiently.
The three faces of CSE student Robert John Rudin III
Posted
Robert Rudin is an engineering student, environmental researcher and marching band drum major.
Innovation and collaboration in the land of 10,000 Makes
Posted
The 10,000 Makes Makeathon, held at the University of Minnesota, enabled students from multiple colleges to come up with innovative solutions to grand challenges.
New virtual service delivers high-end computing to your laptop
Posted
CSE is implementing a service called Virtual Online Linux Environment, or VOLE. This exciting, high-end technology allows students to access all the power and software of a CSE Linux computer using their laptop.